Culture Differences of Chinese and Western Traditional Festivals 中西方传统节日文化的差异

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1、CultureDifferencesofChineseandWesternTraditionalFestivalsAbstractTraditionalfestivalsarethehistoricalproductsofanation’sdevelopment.WhetherinChinawhichhasalonghistoryofmorethanfivethousandyearsorinthenewbornAmerica,theoriginationoftraditionalfestivalsinthetwocountriesissimilar.Mosttraditionalfesti

2、valsoriginatedfrompeople’sexpectationforharvestintheagriculturalproduction,theworshiptowardsthegodsandthenature,sacrificestothehistoricalcharactersandetc.Afterthelong-termevolution,traditionalfestivalshavebecomeanindispensablepartofthenationalculture.Throughtraditionalfestivals,thedistinctcultural

3、characteristicsofapeopleandthenationalspiritscanbeobserved.Sincetheancienttime,Chinahasbeenalargeagriculturalcountry,thesmall-scaleeconomicmodeknownas“Themenploughandthewomenweave”initiatedtheagriculturalcivilizationofChinesecharacteristics.Chinesetraditionalfestivalsaredeeplyrootedintheagricultur

4、alcivilizationandgreatlyinfluencedbyConfucianism.Tosomeextent,ChinesetraditionalfestivalshaverelievedfromtheprimitivetaboosandtendedtobehappyfestivalswhichreflecttheconceptofharmonyandintegrationinConfucianism.InAmerica,religionplaysaveryimportantroleinpeople’slife.Withvariousbranches,thereligious

5、systemofAmericaisquitecomplicated,amongwhichChristianityisofthegreatestimportance.SomeAmericantraditionalfestivalsarethedirectproductsofChristianityandmostfestivalshaveevolvedintothereligiousfestivalslater.Thispaperisdesignedtodiscussthedifferencesincustoms,originsandotheraspectsoftraditionalfesti

6、valswiththesimilarculturalconnotation,thenanalyzethereasonslyingbehindthedifferencesandfinallyreflecttheculturaldifferencesofthetwonations.ThepaperalsoanalyzesthemutualfusionintradtionalholidaysbetweenChinaandthewest.Keywords:Traditionalfestivals;ChineseandAmericanculture;culturaldifferences;cause

7、s;mutualfusion.中西方传统节日文化的差异摘要传统节日是一个民族发展的历史产物。无论是在有着五千多年悠长历史的中国还是在新生的美国，传统节日的起源都显示出相通之处，大多数传统节日都源自于人们在农业生产生活中对丰收的期盼、对天地神灵和自然的崇拜、以及对历史人物的祭奠等等。传统节日在长期的演变和发展中，已经成为民族文化不可或缺的一部分，透过传统节日可以反映一个民族的文化特色和民族精神。中国自古以来就是一个农业大国