节日研究无疑是当前国内的学术热点之一,参与其中的学者甚众。如果提及这方面的专家,民俗学界的同仁们首先想到的大约会是北京师范大学的萧放教授。事实上,萧放教授在节日研究领域内的影响远不止于民俗学界,因为我们不仅从那些出自历史学者、文化学者、民族学者的相关著述中看到对其观点的诸多征引,而且近几年来每当传统佳节来临,电视、广播、互联网以及《人民日 Festival research is undoubtedly one of the academic hotspots in the country at present, and many of the scholars participating in it are very popular. When it comes to experts in this field, the first meeting of my colleagues in folklore is Professor Xiaofang at Beijing Normal University. In fact, Prof. Xiao Fang’s influence in the field of festivals is much more than that of folklore, for we not only find many references to his views from those related to historians, cultural scholars, and ethnologists, but also in recent years Whenever traditional festivals come, television, radio, the Internet and People’s Daily