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1、DiscusstheimpactofglobalizationonChinafromcultureperspective1.IntroductionFormerUNSecretaryGeneralAnnanoncepointedoutthatglobalizationisanactualeventwhichwouldhavehugeeffectsonthefutureofhumanrace.Globalizationisledbywesterncountries,sodevelopingcountri
2、eshavelesseffectinglobalization(Lieber&Weisberg,2002).Globalizationbecomesagreatthreatandchallengetobotheconomysafetyandsovereigntyofdevelopingcountries,aswellastheirculturalsecurity(Compton,2000).Astheworld’slargestdevelopingcountry,Chinagoesfasterthan
3、anyotherdevelopingcountryintheprogressofglobalization.Coupledwiththecomplexenvironmentofglobalization,manysocialfacetsinChinaarebeingorhavebeendeeplyinfluencedbyglobalization.Amongtheseinfluences,China’sculturaldevelopmentisinamuchmoredangeroussituation
4、.Globalizationisaactually,double-edgedsword,whichbringspeoplebothchallengesandopportunities.2.ChallengesofglobalizationtoChineseculture2.1DeclineoftraditionalfestivalsIntheprocessofglobalizationandwiththeexpansionofculturalcommunication,westernculturesw
5、eepsChinaandofcourse,thisisnormal.Onlyabsorbingandintegratingforeigncultureelementcanguaranteeanationalculturearemarkabledevelopment.Inthiscultureexchangingprogress,peopleshouldholdontothebottomlineofnationalculture.However,aswesternfestivalsenterChina,
6、moreandmoreChinesefavorforeignfestivalsratherthantheirown.SomeareindifferenttotraditionalChinesefestivalsandevenforgetthem(Jie,2003).Certainly,thehypeofforeignfestivalsbytheadvertisersisoneofthereasons.However,whatisdeeplyreflectedbythisphenomenonisthat
7、Chineseareshowingastatusofbigotryandinapplicabilitytotheglobalization(Liu,2004).ItisthebigotryandinapplicabilitythatleadstothegreatendangermentoftraditionalChinesefestivals.2.2InsufficientculturalcreativeabilityChinesecultureandtechnologycannotmakeabrea
8、kthroughduringthefeudalismtimes(Huot,2000).Inthe21thcentury,feudalforcesnolongerexist.However,Chinesetechnology,alongwiththeculture,isstillonhold,whichmaybecausedinpartbyglobalization.Intheprocessofglobalization,Chinahasintroduce