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1、Theculturaldifferences----BetweenchinaandwestAboutthebirthdayThedateofbirthdayTheoriginofbirthdayThecelebrationofbirthday———石大冰ThedateinchinaChines’sbirthdayrecordingmethodwiththeWestissimplywidelydivergent(和…不同）.Theincreasingofone’sagebeginsinNearYear’sDayChineseNewYear,wil
2、lbesaysafterNewYear'sEve,eachpersonisayearolderthanbefore.Thereforethenewyeardiscardstheoldforthenewwhichalsohasagecertainmeaning.Butcelebratingabirthdaygenerallythecustomuselunarcalendar.Thereforeeachpersonmayhavetwobirthdays,alunarcalendarandasolarcalendar.Thedateinthewest
3、Westerner'sbirthdaydateisquitesimple.Thedateisbirththatday-longA.D.numberstheyearsmethodthesolarcalendardate.IflikethisisexactlyonFebruary29birthday,bringsforththeleapyearonlythentobeableeverytimetohavethebirthday.InWesternastrology,andtheories12constellationswhichareusedtoi
4、nferthesolarcalendar"personality",future"luck","Marriage,""moodchanges"andsoon.TheorigininchinaFirstview:Celebratlifeextensionandprosperous.Accordingtoanalysis,LuWan’fatherandliubang’sfatherliveinthesameyear,thayaregoodfriends.Inthesamedaythetwomen’swivesgavebirthtoababyeach
5、,thevillagerslearnedthenewsandcametocongratulatethatwiththespeciallypreparedgifts.Thedateisprobablytheanniversaryoftwochildrenbeforebirth,thatis,wesaybirthday.Secondview:Entrustswiththelifetothemotherthegratitude.Asthesayinggoes:"children'sbirthday,mother'sdifficultday."Thir
6、dview:Disappearsthedisastertoavoidevilinfluences.TheoriginofbirthdayinthewestThebirthdaymeetingcustombeginsinearlyEurope.Thepeoplethoughtinthelifedatethatoneday,thedevilcanhearthenews.Inordertocausethehumanwhocelebratesabirthdaytoexemptisinjured.Thefriendandthefamilymemberca
7、ncometohisfamily.Theyspendthedangerwithhimandbringthegoodwish.Thegivinggiftsareabletomaketheatmospherebecomehappier.whattheydocankeepoffthedeviloutsidethegate.Thisisthebirthdaymeetingorigin.Birthdaycelebrationoftheelderlyaregenerallychildren'sbirthdaynoodlesforthempersonally
8、.Kidsbirthday,mostparentswilldosoonlyforitsredeggsforthat.InchinaInthewestI
