Chinese will celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival on September 28 this year. And even though most Chinese are running after a "modern" lifestyle these days, many of them still cherish "tradition" when it comes to festivals.

The China Youth Daily Social Research Center and Sina Culture cooperated over a research involving more than 363 people. When asked whether the country should remind people of Mid-Autumn Festival by making it a national holiday, 86 percent people said yes.

Although more than 90 percent people share the view that traditional Chinese festivals shouldn't be neglected even today, all these festivals failed to get a high level of approval on how people cherish them. The Spring Festival, which tops among traditional Chinese important days, only got an approval rating of 27 percent.

This was in sharp contrast with the view that people buy roses on February 14 (Valentine's Day), a day celebrated only in the Western world in the past.

According to analysis, how the public think of these festivals is connected with how they define them. The festivals always clash with weekdays, so they just turn into a chance to have a rich meal. Slowly, the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a "mooncake day" and the Dragon-Boat Festival has turned into "Zongzi (a kind of dumpling with fillings) day."

The monotony of celebrating the festivals has also bored people, the survey revealed.

Source: Shanghai Daily