(W.E. Talk) Global spread of Spring Festival proves its widely recognized inherent cultural values: folklore expert

(ECNS) -- Gao Wei, head of the Beijing Folklore Society and a member of the expert committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Beijing, stated in the latest W.E. Talk some countries have designated the Chinese Spring Festival as a local legal holiday and have their own ways of celebration, which indicating that the Spring Festival has some inherent cultural values that are widely recognized.  

Concepts often mentioned by the Chinese, such as the unity of man and nature and harmonious coexistence among people, that is, the "harmony" culture, have been spread through the Spring Festival as a carrier, and have been recognized by people from all countries, said Gao. “So I think the festival is a cultural activity with a promising future,” he said.