[HIGHLIGHTS] (Two Sessions Interview) Ji Hongzhong: To promote traditional Chinese festivals, we must retain their “form” and promote their “spirit”

Ji Hongzhong, abbot of the Chenghuang Temple, said that inheriting and promoting traditional Chinese festivals must retain their "shape" and retain various festival cultural treasures. He said that through the unique symbols, rituals and colorful expressions, traditional festivals convey beautiful feelings, are full of humanistic care, and inherit awe and gratitude for people and nature.

Traditional festivals still play an important role in promoting social harmony, enhancing cultural identity, consolidating ethnic unity, and promoting multi-ethnic cultural exchanges and integration.