What Causes a Boom in Celebrating Foreign Festivals?
Recently, celebrating foreign festivals becomes more and more flourish in campus. And what causes such boom?
First, physical environment encourage us to know foreign culture, knowing foreign festivals is the first step. Because of the man-made satellite, the idea of global villages came out and became acceptable. The speed shortens the real distant. Taking advantage of science development, we are by far more encouraged to communicate with others than any other time. All the people in the world just like members in the same family. How can’t we know our neighbors’ culture?!
Secondly, the economy and society spur us to learn foreign culture, learning foreign festivals is just the beginning. Many foreign enterprises have set up plenty of branches companies in China now day. To become one employee of them was the dream of many students. It maybe means high salary. So they do their utmost to learn foreign language. And first of all, they should be familiar of the culture of others countries so the foreign festivals is their first lesson. At the same time, as it's known to all that Beijing will hold the global celebrating Olympic Games in 2008. All of us have responsibilities to warm welcome our friends from aboard; can't you know some culture of them?
As you known, campus is one of the most activity places of a country. University students are always full of creative inspiration. They know more, and they are also eager to explore more. They are happy to accept new ideas, as well as the culture of foreign countries. As a result, celebrating foreign festivals broke out in many campuses and spread out in an unbelievable speed.
In my opinion, such heat is not always 100% good for us, maybe some blindness hiding in it. Most of the time, people don't know why they celebrate that foreign festivals, they just do it as others. They just look celebrating foreign festival as in style things. I’m opposite it. Moreover, I'm afraid without proper directing, one day this celebration will destroy our nationality spirit. Guess, provided a Chinese just know December the 25 is Christmas Day, but don't know what date is Spring Festival, what a shame! Maybe at that day, our nationality was shaking. Of course, this kinds of thought is too severe.
As the flesh blood of 21 century, we should know what should get and what should throw away. Use our knowledge to improve ourselves and help others. At the very beginning, we should find our balance of these things — foreign culture and our traditional civilization. We should look on celebrating foreign festival in a right way and keep our standpoint from the beginning to the end. We could celebrate the foreign festival, but should stop where it should stop.
