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1、AcontrastiveanalysisofChineseandWesternfestivals中西方节日对比分析ⅠIntroductionThereisgreatdifferenceinculturebetweenChinaandWesterncountries,thetruthofwhichisself-evident,forexample,language,education,festival,andsoon.Noonecandenyit.Therefore,Ichoosethistopictostudy.“Aholid
2、ayofanationrepresentsagloriouscultureandconcentratedcustomsofanation.”①Therearemanyfestivalintheworld,butalotofpeopledon’tknowanyfestivalsofthem,andinthesamecountry,differentfestivalshavedifferentmeaningsandeventhesamefestivalindifferentcountriesiscelebratedintheiro
3、wnways.ThroughcontrastiveanalysisofChineseandWesternfestivals,itisinterestingtounderstandtheuniquecharmandtheculturalimplicationoftheirholidayculture.ⅡThecontrastiveanalysisoftwogroupsofgreatholidays.2.1SpringFestivalVSChristmasdayFirstofall,let’shaveananalysisofspr
4、ingfestivalinChinaandChristmasdayinWesterncountries.InChina,peopleregardspringfestivalasaveryimportantholiday,becauseinthespring,therehasbeengloriousweatherwithhundredsofflowersstrugglingcolorfully.Everythingisrenewedanditsbeautyisbeyonddescription.ForseveralMillenn
5、iaChinesepeoplelikecelebratingthemostsignificantholiday—SpringFestival.Itsoriginalmeaningisfromagriculture.Inancienttime,peopleinstitutedthepaddygrowthcycleasthe“years”.Inthebookedtitled“shouwenhebu”,thereisasaying:“Theyear,theValleyisripe.”②Afterthevictoryof1911Rev
6、olutioninChinesemoderntimes,theyearnamehasbeenfixedlygottendown.TheNanjingprovisionalgovernmentstipulatedtouselunarcalendarinthefolk.Andinthefactoryandschool,theJan1stofNewYear’sDayinlunarcalendariscalledSpringFestival.ThereisafableaboutSpringFestival.Inancienttime,
7、therewasamannamedWanNian,whosawtheJielingatthattimewasverymessy,sohedecidedtofixJieling.Buthedidn’tfindthemethodtocomputetime.Oneday,hewastiredofchoppingwoodonthemountain,andthenwasseatedundertheshade.Themovingshadowoftreesinspiredhim,andhedesignedasundialdevice,whi
8、chcouldtestthetimeofdaybyshadeofthesun.Andlater,thespringdropinspiredhim.Hemadeafive-storyvesseltomeasurethetime.Afteralongtime,hefoundeve
