From2008,thepastnationalholidaypatternhaschanged:thepreviousseven-dayLabor’sDayhasbeenshortenedintoathree-dayholiday,withsomenewone’dayholidayssetup,suchasQingmingFestival,DuanwuFestival,andMid-autumnDay.
Andthischangehasbecomeahottopicaroundthecountry.
Peopleholddifferentopinionsaboutthischange.
Somearguethatitisofgreatbenefit.
Firstly,itcanrestoreandconsolidateChinesetraditions,forQingmingFestivalcanremindpeopleoftheirancestorsandthosewhosacrificethemselvesfortheliberationofthecountry,
DuanwuFestivalcanmakepeoplebetterunderstandnationalism,andMid-autumnDaycanmakepeoplesharethehappinessoffamily-gathering.
Secondly,it’shelpfultoreleasepressureontransportationwiththeshortholidaysadopted.
Sinceinthepast,manypeoplewouldgotravelingduringtheseven-dayLabor’sDay,itwillunquestionablyputmuchpressureonthetraffic.
However,otherpeopleinsistitisnogoodnewsforChineseeconomy,especiallytourism,withmorepeoplespendinglessonshoppingandtravelinginshorterholidays.
Personally,Ithinkitsbenefitsoverweighthedemerits,sincecurrently,withChinadevelopingatasurprisingspeed,it’smoreimportanttoremindpeopleofthevirtues,traditions,andcustomsofChinesecivilization.
