节日作文之中西方节日文化差异英文作文

1、节日作文之中西方节日文化差 异英文作文中西方节日文化差异英文作文【篇一：英语论文中西方传统节日文化的差异】culture differences of Chinese and western traditionalfestivalabstracttraditional festivals are the historical products of a nation sdevelopment. whether in china which has a long history of more than five thousand years or in the newborn america,

2、 the origination of traditional festivals in the two countries is similar.mo st traditional festivals originated from people s expectationfor harvest in the agricultural production, the worship towards the gods and the nature, sacrifices to the historical characters and etc. after the long-term evol

3、ution, traditional festivals have become an indispensable part of the national culture. through traditional festivals, the distinct cultural characteristics of a people and the national spirits can be observed. since the ancient time, china has been a large agricultural country, the small- scale eco

4、nomic mode known asthe men plough andthe women weave | initiated the agricultural civilization of chinese characteristics. chinese traditional festivals are deeply rooted in the agricultural civilization and greatly influenced by confucianism. to some extent, chinese traditional festivals have relie

5、ved from the primitive taboos and tended to be happy festivals which reflect the concept of harmony and integration in confucianism. in america, religion plays a very important role in people s lifewith various branches, the religious system of america is quite complicated, among which christianity

6、is of the greatest importance. some american traditional festivals are the direct products of christianity and most festivals have evolved into the religious festivals later. this paper is designed todiscuss the differences in customs, origins and other aspects of traditional festivals with the simi

7、lar cultural connotation, then analyze the reasons lying behind the differences and finally reflect the cultural differences of the two nations. the paper also analyzes the mutual fusion in tradtional holidays between china and the west.key words: traditional festivals; chinese and american culture;

8、 cultural differences; causes; mutual fusion.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，男耕女织”的小农经济模式开创了具有中国特色的农耕文 化。中国传统节日深深植根于农耕文化之中，在演变过程

9、中深受儒家 思想的影响。从某种程度而言，中国传统节日已经渐渐摆脱原始禁忌 和崇拜，演化成为体现儒家和合思想的欢庆祥和的节日。在美国，宗 教的影响和地位是不言而喻的，美国的宗教体系错综复杂，其中最有 影响力的宗教派别是基督教。美国的传统节日大都衍化成为基督教的 产物，大多数的美国节日在日后的发展中都成为宗教性的节日。本文 从两国传统节日中有着相似文化内涵的节日出发，探讨这些传统节日 在起源、节日习俗等方面的差异，弁分析产生这些差异的原因，从而 折射出两国传统节日文化的差异。另外本文也探讨了中西方传统节日 的相互融合。原创英语毕业论文请咨询qq253771735关键词：传统节日；中美文化；差异；根

10、源；相互融合contentsintroductiondifferences between chinese and western traditional festivals2.the spring festival vs. thanksgiving day2 the zhongyuan festival vs. halloween2.3 the Chinese valentines day vs. valentine s day2.4 summary3. wemajor factors causing differences between chinese and stern traditi

11、onal festivals3.1 factors influencing Chinese traditional festivals3.agricultural civilization3.confucianism3.2 major factorsinfluencing western traditional festivals3.2.1 industrialization3.2.2 christianity4. homutual fusion between chinese and western traditional idays4.1 the development of the mu

12、tual fusion4.2 the performance of the mutual fusion5.conclusionculture differences of chinese and western traditional roductionchina is a multi-ethnic nation, with the han nationality accounting for the majority of the total population and various ethnic minorities in the minority (zha

13、o, 2002). according to zhao (2002) and tan (2003), people in different nationalities or regions celebrate some traditional festivals of their own, while among all the festivals the most typical ones celebrated by Chinese people in common consist of these ones: the spring festival, the lantern festiv

14、al, tomb-sweeping day, the dragon-boat festival, the chinese valentine s day, the zhongyuan festival, mid-autumn day, the double-ninth festival, the winter solstice, the laba festival, and the kitchen god festival, etc.different from china, america is a multi-cultural nation with the immigrants taki

15、ng a large proportion of its population and people from different countries live together and the cultures brought with them melt into the distinct american culture (wu, 2003; hu, 2004; william, 2007). in the system of american traditional festivals, there are festivals originating in the homeland a

16、nd festivals brought from the foreign lands. the festivals in america can be divided into the legal holidays and traditional ones; besides, some states also celebrate a few festivals of their own (ellinwood, 2005). in general, according to samovar et al. (2008), the most popular traditional festival

17、s celebrated by american people include the following ones: new year s day, valentine s day, st. patrick s day, all fools day, mother s day, father s day, halloween, eastethanksgiving day, and christmas, etc.according to the folklorists research, traditional festivals indifferent societies derive fr

18、om such originations as people sexpectation for a bountiful harvest in the agricultural production, the primitive worship towards the gods and the nature, sacrifices to ancestors and historical characters and so on, and it is unable to deny that traditional festivals display the cultural differences

19、 on several aspects (davis, 2001; ni and qiao, 2003). in the modern world with globalization taking such a fast pace,communication among people of different nationalities is more common in the fields of politics, economy, cultural and technological exchange and others. in a context of different cult

20、ures, misunderstandings and conflicts are likely to arise in the process of communication when there is little awareness of diverse cultural values and beliefs. therefore, the recognition and understanding of the cultural differences is of great importance to promote the cross-cultural communication

21、. this paper is designed to investigate the cultural differences embodied in traditional festivals in china and america based on the analysis of traditional festivals in the two cultures with similar cultural connotation.differences between chinese and western traditional festivalstraditional festiv

22、als, as an integral part of the national culture, possess rich cultural connotations. to some extent, traditional festivals are the manifestation and sublimation of human beings cognition and emotions toward the world and in the light of the universal cognition and emotions of human beings, it is no

23、 wonder that there are traditional festivals in the two cultures with the similar cultural connotations (zhang, 2001). however, behind the similar cultural connotations of traditional festivals, origins and customs of these festivals are greatly differentiated, which illustrate the cultural differen

24、ces of the two nations.the spring festival vs. thanksgiving daythe spring festival in china and thanksgiving day in america are both festivals for family members to reunite and to strengthen the family bonds. the spring festival is the biggest festival observed by chinese people. however, in the beg

25、inning, the spring festival II was not held to fareell to the past year and welcome the chinese lunar new year, but to celebrate the coming of spring commence | (the 1st solar term) (chen and lu,1989). for when spring commence | arrived, which wasseemed as the coming of spring, farmers had to sow se

26、eds inthe farmland. just as the old saying goes thatthe whole year swork depends on a good start in springII【篇二：中西方节日文化差异比较中英文版】oecd says unemployment will continue to riseoecd :工业化国家失业率持续攀升despite reports that manyindustrialized economies are beginning toemerge from their worst economic crisis in d

27、ecades, unemployment is rising and will likely reach a historic peak of nearly 10 percent next year. the findings come from the organization for economic cooperation and development in paris.经济合作与发展组织星期三报告说，工业化国家的失业率仍在增加， 而且有可能在明年达到近10%的历史最高水平，尽管不断有报道说，很多工业化国家正在走出几十年来最严重的经济危机。indications that unempl

28、oyment continues to rise is grim news for leaders heading to the g-20 summit in the united states next week. the paris-based organization for economic cooperation and development reports unemployment reached its highest level among industrialized nations of 8.5 percent in july.对于下个星期到美国出席20国集团峰会的各国领

29、导人来说，失业率继续上升真是个坏消息。总部设在巴黎的经合组织说，工业化国家的 失业率已经在今年7月份达到8.5%的最高水平。oecd unemployment division chief stephan scarpetta says the number of jobless among the oecds 30 member countries is expected to climb even higher next year, to nearly 10 percent. that translates into 57 million people out of work.经合组织就业分

30、析和政策部主任斯蒂芬.斯卡皮塔(stephan scarpetta)指出，经合组织30个成员国中的失业人数预计在明年将进 一步攀升，达到接近10%的水平。也就是说，工业化国家总共会有 千7百万人失去工作。unfortunately, despite the most recent indicators that suggest theeconomic recovery may be in sight somewhat earlier than we wereexpecting only a few months ago, it will take far longer for the reco

31、very to materialize in terms of significant improvement in the labor market, he said.不幸的是，尽管最近绝大多数指标都显示，经济复苏可能已经出现,比我们几个月前的预期有所提前，但是这次复苏可能需要更长的时间 才能转化成劳工市场的显著改善。”the united states, spain and ireland are among those countries with the fastest rising unemployment. all three were affected by the collap

32、se of high housing prices. the damage spread to other sectors of the economy. 美国、西班牙和爱尔兰是 oecd 成员中失， 率上升最快的国家。这三个国家都受到高昂的房地产价格暴跌的影 响。而且房地产市场崩溃所造成的破坏扩散到了经济的其他领域。scarpetta says young people are among the hardest hit. in spain, for example, more than one in three young workers are unemployed.斯卡皮塔指出，年轻人

33、受到的冲击最大。比如在西班牙，三分之一 以上的年轻人找不到工作。so as world leaders discuss the financial and economic crisis during their meeting in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, scarpetta says it is important they also address the social dimensions of the crisis - like unemployment. 他说，当世界领袖们在宾夕法尼亚州的匹兹堡开会讨论金融和经济危机的时候，至关重要的是，他们需 要关注这

34、次危机对社会的影响，尤其是失业问题。the good news is that countries have already acted quite quickly and decisively, i would say, he said. part of the stimulus packages have been additional resources for labor markets and social policies. 好消息是：各国已经迅速和果断地采取了行动。他 们经济刺激计划的一部分就是在劳工市场和社会政策方面提供更多 的资源。”but efforts by govern

35、ments to extend and prolong unemploymentbenefits, and to offer more job counseling and training have not kept up with the rising numbers of jobless. scarpetta says that means countries will need to target their resources more selectively and to ensure that the most vulnerable members of the labor fo

36、rce benefit.可问题是，各国政府虽然扩大和延长了失业补贴的发放，弁且提供 了更多的就业咨询和培训，但是这些措施弁没有赶上失业人口的增加。斯卡皮塔表示，各 国因此而需要更有选择性地分配资源，以确保劳工队伍中最为脆弱的 群体能够得到帮助。中西方节日文化差异比较a holiday of a nation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation.传统的民族节日形成是一个民族的历史文化的长期积淀。节日的由 来原因与人们的生活有密切的联系,它体现了人民丰富的情感世界, 寄托了人民对生活的热爱。有这样一句

37、名言：每个民族的每个节日正是反映这个民族文化最真实的一面可见，要了解一个民族的文化底蕴,必须从他们的传统节日入手,才能了解到他们的文化特色与民 族特点。there is a great difference in culture between china and western countries, the truth of which is self-evident, for example, language, education, festival, and so on. no one can deny it. therefore, i choose this topic to stu

38、dy.“ a holiday of anation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation. there are many festval in the world, but a lot of people don t know any festivals of them, and in the same country, different festivals have different meanings and even the same festival in different countr

39、ies is celebrated in their own ways. through contrastive analysis of chinese and western festivals, it is interesting to understand the unique charm and the cultural implication of their holiday culture.一、中西节日的起源与形成差异中国长期以来处于封建自给自足的农业社会和自然经济中,其传统节日具有浓厚的农业色彩，包含了农耕文明的社会特征,主要是从岁时 节令转换而来的。我国古代长期以农为本,在生产

40、力和农业技术不发达的情况下，十分重视气候对农作物的影响。在春种、夏长、秋收、冬 藏的过程中认识了自然时序的复杂规律，总结出四时、二十四节气,形成了以节日为主的传统节日。勤劳的中国人民为了更好地生存,必须大力发展农业,而农业的发展离不开天气的关照。古人云春雨贵如 油”、清明忙种麦，谷雨种大田工 在古代,春节、清明节等都是重要 的农事节日。西方文化由于长久受基督教的影响,其传统节日起源带有浓厚的宗 教色彩，如情人节（纪念名叫瓦丁的基督教殉难者卜复活节（基督教纪念耶稣复活）、万圣节（纪念教会所有圣人卜圣诞节（基督教纪念耶 稣诞生），这些节日的起源大多与宗教有关系。当然 ,西方节日中也 有和农业有关的

41、节日，但他们以农业为主的节日的历史不如中国漫 长。二、中西节日庆祝方式差异中国的传统节日,基本是封建社会时期形成的,不可避免地留下封 建社会的痕迹：等级制、家族式，节日无不以家族内部活动为中心。西 方的传统节日就不同了 ,更多的是表现出人们的互动性、集体性和狂 欢性，以自我为中心，崇尚个性张扬。这与中国节日的家族性恰好相反体现了西方文化的群体性，反映了人们渴望互相交流、群体参与的愿望体现了人人平等、自由表现自我的特点。这里试举两例说明。(1) first of all, let s have an analysis of spring festival in Chaand Christmas

42、day in western countries.in china, people regard spring festival as a very important holiday, because in the spring, there has been glorious weather with hundreds of flowers struggling colorfully. everything is renewed and its beauty is beyond description. for several millennia Chinese people like c

43、elebrating the most significant holiday - spring festival. its original meaning is from agriculture. in ancient time, people instituted the paddy growthcycle as the “ years ” . in the booked titled“ shou wen he buthere is a saying“ the year, the valley is ripe. after the victory of 1911 revolutionin

44、 chinese modern times, the year name has been fixedly gotten down. the nanjing provisional government stipulated to use lunar calendar stin the folk. and in the factory and school, the jan 1 of new year s day in lunar calendar is called spring festival.there is a fable about spring festival. in anci

45、ent time, there was a man named wan nian, who saw the jieling at that time was very messy, so he decided to fix jieling. but he didn t find themethod to compute time. one day, he was tired of chopping wood on the mountain, and then was seated under the shade.the moving shadow of trees inspired him,

46、and he designed a sundial device, which could test the time of day by shade of the sun. and later, the spring drop inspired him. he made a five-story vessel to measure the time. after a long time, hefound every 360 days on the cycle time and the length of day repeats. at that time, the monarch named

47、 zuyi who was often distressed at the weather changes in the mishap so soon, knew that and ordered wan nian to take the vessel to tell him the truth of the sun and moon s running. hearing that, zuyi was very happy, and hoped it could test sun-moon law and the eve of themorning acutely. thereafter th

48、e people had been benefited from this creator calendar a lot.after the winter, the spring comes. after years ofteomgand careful observation, accurate sun calendar was made.when wan nian presented a solar calendar to the monarch, he had totally been changed into an old man. the monarch was moved deep

49、ly by wan nian s deed. the monarch appointed wan nian as the sun-moon god of longevity, in order to commemorate his achievements. since then when people hung shouxing map on spring festival, it was reported to be honor of the distinguished wan nian.in the west, the christmas, the western countries m

50、ost solemnfestival, is similar to the spring festival in china. the period from december 24 to the january 6 of baptism section in the following year can be referred to christmas festival.why is christmas the most important festival in western countries? that is because of the commemoration of the b

51、irth of jesus. in bible the virgin mary, pregnant by the holy spirit, gave birth to jesus in the manger because she didn t find room in the hotel when returning home on the road. therefore later generation commemorated the birth of jesus in december for christmas. with the spread of christianity, ch

52、ristmas has become an important festival among christians and even it is necessarily the case of the non-christians.in many countries of europe, people attach great importance to this festival, and its celebration is much grander, and gradually christmas becomes a national festival.on the evening of

53、 dec.31th, the people in the west flock into the streets to have a grand carnival. there are brilliant fireworksclock, tens of thousands ofin the sky, drifting with melodious singing on the land.particularly close to the late zero 0 people gather in to pray sincerely and silently for the coming year

54、 s countdown. when the bell sounds 12, suddenly, the beautiful music sound, people are singing happily and talking cheerfully, playing all long night. like the spring festival dinner in china, westerners also lay emphasis on christmas family party and they will sit around christmas tree, eat the fea

55、st mealand sing in christmas carol and pray for happiness. turkey will be put on the christmas dinner table. after everyone enjoys himself, they will jump to the“disco or “kangaroo dance.in the end, both spring festival and christmas day have their own characters. on the eve of new year in china, pe

56、ople will hold the family reunion without inviting the bystander, which has almost become a common custom. “ spring festival has dense national culture and traditional atmosphere; it has the glorious history and the unique beauty. in the west, christmasday has its own unique culture. on the christma

57、s eve, when the bell sounds 12, santa claus who brings the gift and the best wish for each person will arrive. at this night, people are jumping with joy, running uestrainedly to the avenue, hugging one another, whether they know each other.“ the christmas day has the air of the time and the tidal s

58、ense of touch, so it is more close to the modern l ife.”春节与新年。作为新一年的开始,中西方有着极大差异的庆祝方式。 春节作为中国最重要的传统节日,源于秦朝,定于每年农历的一月一 日,从农历12月23日开始，人民开始开展各种庆祝方式,一直持续到 元宵节。春节的习俗繁多,如大扫除、吃团圆饭拜年、放鞭炮,舞狮 子等。总之，不论是大街小巷，都笼罩着一股浓浓的喜庆气氛。 而西方, 他们崇尚的是(2) secondly, let过公历新年,即元旦。相比之下他们过年的方式就浪漫多了 ,在12月 31日晚，各地区的人民涌上街道，进行盛大的狂欢,到了深夜

59、接近零时 时，数十万人会聚集于一起,诚心地祈祷，为新的一年的到来倒计时。 当大钟敲响12下，顿时，优美的乐曲奏响,揭开了华丽舞会的序幕, 人们通宵达旦地庆祝。可见，春节与新年各有千秋：春节，充满浓厚的 传统气息和独有的魅力；新年，体现时代的气息和潮流的感觉,更贴 近现代生活。s have an analysis of zhongyuan festival inchina and halloween day in western countries. july in the lunar year is the month for ghosts. in this month, the souls

60、will be released from the hades, but people will be organized to hold activities to entertain them with their hospitality for this rare holidays. particularly on jul.15th, zhongyuan festival, every family will prepare for rich offerings to sacrifice these good brothers who come from the nether world