Western Festival in China
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Since China's opening up to the world in the late 1970s, western cultures flooded into China. Some foreign festivals were also imported to China, and became rapidly very popular. At the same time, some traditional Chinese festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival, the Double Seventh Festival and Qingming Festival have declined.. Some people conclude that traditional Chinese Festivals have been overshadowed by foreign festivals. For example, China's Double Seventh Festival has been overshadowed by Valentine's Day, the Spring Festival by Christmas Day. Some people even call this trend "the Western Cultural Invasion". Some conservatives think that comparisons with Chinese festivals were overshadowed by western festivals, Chinese children would not respect their traditional cultures. The traditional culture which has been continued for two thousand years would be destroyed by western culture. It's not alarmist, now days some Chinese children could prepare for Christmas Day in November, but they couldn't know which day is Spring Festival. Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, some of the “Country's Future” even ignore it now. It is definitely unacceptable to the conservatives. They don't allow it to happen. To deal with this problem, some people think the Chinese traditional festival should be protected. The school should play a key role in this situation, they should put more Chinese traditional knowledge in the textbook, and they should penetrate the Chinese festival in school activities. Parents also should give a good example for their children. In addition, the authority could do more dissemination on Chinese traditional festivals. On the
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Since China's opening up to the world in the late 1970s, western cultures flooded into China. Some foreign festivals were also imported to China, and became rapidly very popular. At the same time, some traditional Chinese festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival, the Double Seventh Festival and Qingming Festival have declined.. Some people conclude that traditional Chinese Festivals have been overshadowed by foreign festivals. For example, China's Double Seventh Festival has been overshadowed by Valentine's Day, the Spring Festival by Christmas Day. Some people even call this trend "the Western Cultural Invasion". Some conservatives think that comparisons with Chinese festivals were overshadowed by western festivals, Chinese children would not respect their traditional cultures. The traditional culture which has been continued for two thousand years would be destroyed by western culture. It's not alarmist, now days some Chinese children could prepare for Christmas Day in November, but they couldn't know which day is Spring Festival. Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, some of the “Country's Future” even ignore it now. It is definitely unacceptable to the conservatives. They don't allow it to happen. To deal with this problem, some people think the Chinese traditional festival should be protected. The school should play a key role in this situation, they should put more Chinese traditional knowledge in the textbook, and they should penetrate the Chinese festival in school activities. Parents also should give a good example for their children. In addition, the authority could do more dissemination on Chinese traditional festivals. On the