More than a month before the Spring Festival of the Year of the Snake, the good news will come to pay tribute to the early years: the "Spring Festival - the social practice of Chinese people in celebrating the traditional New Year" declared by China has been officially included in the List of Representative Works of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage. Countrymen people's pride and joy are evident in the success of the application for World Heritage during the Spring Festival. Of course, some people are puzzled: why do we still need to apply for World Heritage status for festivals that have been celebrated for thousands of years? Why did you apply for World Heritage now? Following the resolution passed by the 78th United Nations General Assembly at the end of last year to designate the Spring Festival as a United Nations holiday, the "Year of China" has once again attracted global attention. What does the successful application for World Heritage status during the Spring Festival mean? The Spring Festival is the oldest and most important traditional festival in Chinese culture. It is a happy day for families to get together, say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It has irreplaceable value for hundreds of millions of people. As netizens said, it is "a sense of ritual engraved in the DNA of Chinese people". In recent years, topics such as "Is New Year's Eve a holiday or not?" "Is there a New Year's Eve?" and "Who should I go back to for the New Year?" have repeatedly hit the hot search, fully demonstrating people's importance and expectations for this traditional festival. The successful application for World Heritage status during the Spring Festival undoubtedly means that the cultural identity of Chinese people at home and abroad will be further strengthened, and the extremely rich customs, activities, and cultural connotations accumulated will be re examined. At the same time, the unique value of the "Year of China" has been recognized and acknowledged by the international community, which helps to boost cultural confidence in the whole society and adds confidence to our communication and dialogue with different civilizations. The Spring Festival is both Chinese and global The successful application for World Heritage status during the Spring Festival also represents an international recognition, a recognition of the universality of human culture highlighted by the Spring Festival. As a successful case of China's excellent traditional culture going global, the upgrade of "China Year" to "World Year" vividly demonstrates the dissemination and influence of Chinese civilization and Eastern culture. Currently, nearly 20 countries have designated the Spring Festival as a statutory holiday, and about one-fifth of the global population celebrates the Lunar New Year in various forms. Spring Festival folk activities have entered nearly 200 countries and regions. Through the perspective of 'intangible cultural heritage of humanity', the world can gain a more vivid understanding of how Chinese civilization thrives and continues to evolve. Based on reality, this also means an increased urgency to inherit the customs of the New Year and preserve the "New Year flavor". For thousands of years, the Spring Festival has continuously maintained and strengthened the emotional bonds between individuals, families, and the country, playing an important role in the continuity of Chinese civilization. However, it cannot be denied that with the acceleration of modernization, in recent years, there have been constant voices such as "the flavor of the New Year is becoming weaker", which highlights people's concerns about the decline of Spring Festival customs and culture. As experts have called for, "applying for World Heritage status is not the ultimate goal, but a means of protection." Being included in the list of intangible cultural heritage represents a strengthening of efforts in heritage confirmation, research, protection, promotion, and inheritance in the future, thus enabling the Spring Festival to receive more respect and promotion in society. This has an immeasurable impact on promoting the inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage, especially among the younger generation. Cultural relics and heritage carry the genes and bloodline of the Chinese nation, and are irreplaceable and irreplaceable resources of China's excellent civilization. Since joining the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2004, a total of 44 projects in China have been included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List and Register, ranking first in the world in terms of total number, covering various types such as Cantonese opera, Kunqu opera, guqin art, Mazu customs, and the 24 solar terms. Taking the successful application for World Heritage status during the Spring Festival as an opportunity, we can rediscover the "Chinese Year". What needs to be deeply considered is how to better promote the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, tap into the multiple values of cultural heritage, let people have a good New Year, and also let the Chinese New Year shine with new vitality and brilliance in the new era, and better move towards the world and the future. (New Society)