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1、TheCulturalComparisonbetweenSpringFestivalandChristmasIntroductionWithenteringWTOandtheaccelerationofeconomicalglobalization,China’sinternationalcontactisdevelopingrapidly.Theinternationalcontactisakindofinter-culturalhumanrelations,inwhichbothsideswant
2、toreachasuccessfulcommunication.Butinfact,setbacksorfailuresofthecommunicationusuallyoccur.Consequently,therelationshipsbetweennationssometimesevengetworse.Peopleoftenblamethesituationonlanguageitselfandneglectthemisunderstandingcausedbylackingtheknowle
3、dgeofcultureandcustom.Therefore,itisessentialtoacquiretheknowledgeofdifferentcustomsforenhancingtheefficiencyintheinter-culturalcommunication.1CustomsandinternationalcontactCustomscanbedefinedashabitandhabitudewhicharetheresultofconstantculturalaccumula
4、tionandestablishedusage(HanYangmin,1998:150).Itoriginatesfromspecificgeographicalandcivilenvironmentandisdevelopedbyacertainsocietyoranation.Besideswhat’smentionedabove,itisatypicalphenomenonofhistoryandculture.Manywritershavedefinedcustoms,amongwhom,Wu
5、Xiaoning(2005)said:“customsrefertothefixedwayofthinking”.Whenpeoplefollow“custom”,theyputemphasisonconventionalbehavior,therulesofdailylifeandthecharacteristicsoftheculturereflectedbytheirrepaeatedbehavior,aswellasthedistinguishedpointamongthewholecultu
6、re.Forexampel,whenChinesepeoplemeeteachother,themostcommongreetingis“Haveyougoteaten?”TheAmericansoftensay“Howarethingssettingon?”WhiletheBritishoftenusethecounterpart“Ithasbeenverycoldthesedays?”Thecustomisthebasiccontentofethnologists’research,andissi
7、milarto“folkcustom”.Thetwofrequentlyreplaceeachother.Thecustommanifestseachnationality’straditionalculturalvalues,andhasthenatureofhistoricalinheritanceandaberrance.Anotherdefinitiononcustom(HanYangmin,1990:150)is:Thecustomwhichisgraduallyformedandobser
8、vedinthecommunityisakindofsocialstandardsofbehaviorinthehumansociety.Differentnationslocateindifferentgeographicalpositionsandhavedifferentexperiences.Ofcourse,thesenationstendtohavedifferentsocialcustomswhichhavetheformidablebin
