民俗热点是当代中国社会变迁最集中的表现领域之一，民俗自身的公共性、集体性和超时空性与民俗的外在环境变迁、民俗自身的变迁是导致民俗成为社会热点与舆论话题的重要原因。民俗热点体现了民俗传统与当代社会之间的冲突，是当代中国社会以人的发展为根本的重要体现。以民俗热点的研究为契机，突破民俗学的学科界限、提高民俗学对于中国社会现实的学术解释力是民俗学应对社会挑战的重要选择。

A hot spot of folklore demonstrates to a great extent social changes in contemporary China. The publicity, collectivity and super space-time nature of folklore, the external environment change and the change of folklore itself are important reasons that cause folklore to become a social hot spot and a public opinion topic. A hot spot of folklore reflects the conflict of ideas between folk tradition and contemporary society, which is an important embodiment of human development in contemporary Chinese society. It is an important choice for folkloristic to meet the social challenges by studying hot spots of folklore, breaking through the disciplinary boundaries of folkloristics and improving the academic explanatory power of folkloristics for China's social reality.