The festival is the focus of the two sessions, members suggested that lantern holiday be supported

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua Li Jinlei) is held in the national two sessions, the holiday issue became the representative members of the focus of attention, many representatives suggested that the National Constitution Day, Chung Yeung Festival, the Lantern Festival as a national legal holiday, to this, netizens expressed one-sided support.

Three holidays are recommended

Spring Festival Holiday just past, tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, many netizens sigh "Why not the Lantern festival holiday?"

It is noteworthy that the holiday topic has become one of the hot spots of the NPC and CPPCC this year. Many representative members put forward suggestions that the Lantern Festival, the Double Ninth Festival and the National Constitution Day should be established as statutory holidays.

According to media reports, national Political Consultative Committee members, Chongqing Normal University Conservatory of Music Zhang Lihui suggested that the Lantern Festival and the Chung Yeung Festival should be listed as a national legal holiday, "this can better carry forward the Chinese nation's folk culture, enrich our spiritual and cultural feelings, but also highlight the national economic development, It is an important way to improve people's living standard and to share the achievements of economic and social development. ”

National People's Congress, Zhejiang Fenghua Tengtou Party Secretary Fu Penping also suggested that the Chung Yeung Festival set up as a statutory holiday, a day off to guide the young "often go home to see."

National Political Consultative Committee member, Zhongshan University Food and Health Engineering Research Institute Dean Liu Xin suggested that the National Constitution Day of December 4 every year to establish as a statutory holiday. He said that the National Constitution Day through a cultural ritual to render and reflect, it is easier to have resonance effect. There are more than 20 countries in the world, such as the Constitution of the festival, such as Denmark, Spain, Japan and the Constitution of the day as a national constitutional festival, a holiday rest.

Won the support of netizens

Beijing, the reporter noted that the National Constitution Day, the Double Ninth Festival, the Lantern Festival as a national statutory holiday proposals, almost won the support of netizens one-sided.

Highlighting the importance of the Constitution and strengthening the rule of law education, the public support for the National Constitution Day holiday is the main reason. Netizens "Yingjianguang" pointed out that the National Constitution Day is set as a statutory holiday, citizens can have more free time to receive constitutional education, to establish the dignity of the Constitution, to enhance the popular culture of the rule of law identity.

Heritage and carry forward the traditional culture, then become netizens support the Lantern Festival, Chung Yeung Festival holiday Agreement. Netizen "dream Chongqing" said, Support Lantern Festival holiday, this can let traditional culture deeply rooted. There are netizens said, Qingming, dragon-Boat festival, the mid-Autumn Festival have been included in the statutory holidays, and the Lantern Festival has not been included, do not wait to be like the Dragon Boat Festival by the South Korea to seize the legacy of attention. Netizen "Birch Forest" said that the support of the Double Ninth Festival holiday, which will form a better age, respect for the elderly, filial piety of the old social atmosphere to create the necessary conditions.

However, some netizens expressed different views. Netizens "Liu Shaohua" that the National Constitution Day is set as a statutory holiday, it means that the Constitution day and rest equate, it is likely to cause a citizen's willingness to leave more than to study the embarrassing situation of constitutional will.

In addition, the Netizen "snail War lobster" pointed out that the double Ninth Festival holiday one day, the children who work outside the home to see their parents? Not as much as the Spring festival holiday more than a day, so that children spend more time with their parents.

Increase holiday and improve happiness

Liu Simin, a special researcher at the Tourism Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the National Constitution Day, the double Ninth Festival and the Lantern Festival were set as national legal holidays, which could give people more time to plan and participate in related commemorative activities, and also increased the total amount of holidays and improved the basic welfare of citizens

At present, China's current legal holiday has 11 days, is the New Year's Day 1 days, the Spring Festival 3 days, Qingming Festival 1 days, Labor Day 1 days, dragon Boat Festival 1 days, mid-Autumn Festival 1 days, National Day 3 days.

However, there is no direct causal relationship between the holidays and the traditional cultural heritage. Liu Simin pointed out that the positive point of the above proposal is to realize that the increase of holiday will help improve people's happiness. In the absence of universal implementation of paid leave, the need to increase the number of statutory holidays to ensure the public's urgent need for a long vacation.

There are comments that holiday is only a form, the most important function of the festival is not forget the commemoration, realize the original intention of the festival, more important is through a series of cultural ritual activities to render, thus playing a sympathetic effect, to prevent it from evolving into people just stay in tourism, shopping and entertainment of a holiday.