节日作文之中西方节日文化差异英文作文.docx

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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】

culturedifferencesofchineseandwesterntraditional

festival

abstract

traditionalfestivalsarethehistoricalproductsofanation’sdevelopment.whetherinchinawhichhasalonghistoryofmorethanfivethousandyearsorinthenewbornamerica,theoriginationoftraditionalfestivalsinthetwocountriesissimilar.mosttraditionalfestivalsoriginatedfrompeople’sexpectationforharvestintheagriculturalproduction,theworshiptowardsthegodsandthenature,sacrificestothehistoricalcharactersandetc.afterthelong-termevolution,traditionalfestivalshavebecomeanindispensablepartofthenationalculture.throughtraditionalfestivals,thedistinctculturalcharacteristicsofapeopleandthenationalspiritscanbeobserved.sincetheancienttime,chinahasbeenalargeagriculturalcountry,thesmall-scaleeconomicmodeknownas―themenploughandthewomenweave‖initiatedtheagriculturalcivilizationofchinesecharacteristics.chinesetraditionalfestivalsaredeeplyrootedintheagriculturalcivilizationandgreatlyinfluencedbyconfucianism.tosomeextent,chinesetraditionalfestivalshaverelievedfromtheprimitivetaboosandtendedtobehappyfestivalswhichreflecttheconceptofharmonyandintegrationinconfucianism.inamerica,religionplaysaveryimportantroleinpeople’slife.withvariousbranches,thereligioussystemofamericaisquitecomplicated,amongwhichchristianityisofthegreatestimportance.someamericantraditionalfestivalsarethedirectproductsofchristianityandmostfestivalshaveevolvedintothereligiousfestivalslater.thispaperisdesignedtodiscussthedifferencesincustoms,originsandotheraspectsoftraditionalfestivalswiththesimilarculturalconnotation,thenanalyzethereasonslyingbehindthedifferencesandfinallyreflecttheculturaldifferencesofthetwonations.thepaperalsoanalyzesthemutualfusionintradtionalholidaysbetweenchinaandthewest.

keywords:

traditionalfestivals;chineseandamericanculture;culturaldifferences;causes;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，“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，并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。

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关键词：

传统节日；中美文化；差异；根源；相互融合

contents

1.introduction

2.differencesbetweenchineseandwesterntraditionalfestivals

2.1thespringfestivalvs.thanksgivingday

2.2thezhongyuanfestivalvs.halloween

2.3thechinesevalentine’sdayvs.valentine’sday

2.4summary

3.majorfactorscausingdifferencesbetweenchineseandwesterntraditionalfestivals

3.1factorsinfluencingchinesetraditionalfestivals

3.1.1agriculturalcivilization

3.1.2confucianism

3.2majorfactorsinfluencingwesterntraditionalfestivals

3.2.1industrialization

3.2.2christianity

4.mutualfusionbetweenchineseandwesterntraditionalholidays

4.1thedevelopmentofthemutualfusion

4.2theperformanceofthemutualfusion

5.conclusion

culturedifferencesofchineseandwesterntraditionalfestivals

1.introduction

chinaisamulti-ethnicnation,withthehannationalityaccountingforthemajorityofthetotalpopulationandvariousethnicminoritiesintheminority（zhao,2002）.accordingtozhao（2002）andtan（2003）,peopleindifferentnationalitiesorregionscelebratesometraditionalfestivalsoftheirown,whileamongallthefestivalsthemosttypicalonescelebratedbychinesepeopleincommonconsistoftheseones:

thespringfestival,thelanternfestival,tomb-sweepingday,thedragon-boatfestival,thechinesevalentine’sday,thezhongyuanfestival,mid-autumnday,thedouble-ninthfestival,thewintersolstice,thelabafestival,andthekitchengodfestival,etc.

differentfromchina,americaisamulti-culturalnationwiththeimmigrantstakingalargeproportionofitspopulationandpeoplefromdifferentcountrieslivetogetherandtheculturesbroughtwiththemmeltintothedistinctamericanculture（wu,2003;hu,2004;william,2007）.inthesystemofamericantraditionalfestivals,therearefestivalsoriginatinginthehomelandandfestivalsbroughtfromtheforeignlands.thefestivalsinamericacanbedividedintothelegalholidaysandtraditionalones;besides,somestatesalsocelebrateafewfestivalsoftheirown（ellinwood,2005）.ingeneral,accordingtosamovaretal.（2008）,themostpopulartraditionalfestivalscelebratedbyamericanpeopleincludethefollowingones:

newyear’sday,valentine’sday,st.patrick’sday,allfools’day,mother’sday,father’sday,halloween,easter,thanksgivingday,andchristmas,etc.

accordingtothefolklorists’research,traditionalfestivalsindifferentsocietiesderivefromsuchoriginationsaspeople’sexpectationforabountifulharvestintheagriculturalproduction,theprimitiveworshiptowardsthegodsandthenature,sacrificestoancestorsandhistoricalcharactersandsoon,anditisunabletodenythattraditionalfestivalsdisplaytheculturaldifferencesonseveralaspects（davis,2001;niandqiao,2003）.inthemodernworldwithglobalizationtakingsuchafastpace,

communicationamongpeopleofdifferentnationalitiesismorecommoninthefieldsofpolitics,economy,culturalandtechnologicalexchangeandothers.inacontextofdifferentcultures,misunderstandingsandconflictsarelikelytoariseintheprocessofcommunicationwhenthereislittleawarenessofdiverseculturalvaluesandbeliefs.therefore,therecognitionandunderstandingoftheculturaldifferencesisofgreatimportancetopromotethecross-culturalcommunication.thispaperisdesignedtoinvestigatetheculturaldifferencesembodiedintraditionalfestivalsinchinaandamericabasedontheanalysisoftraditionalfestivalsinthetwocultureswithsimilarculturalconnotation.

2.differencesbetweenchineseandwesterntraditionalfestivals

traditionalfestivals,asanintegralpartofthenationalculture,possessrichculturalconnotations.tosomeextent,traditionalfestivalsarethemanifestationandsublimationofhumanbeings’cognitionandemotionstowardtheworldandinthelightoftheuniversalcognitionandemotionsofhumanbeings,itisnowonderthattherearetraditionalfestivalsinthetwocultureswiththesimilarculturalconnotations（zhang,2001）.however,behindthesimilarculturalconnotationsoftraditionalfestivals,originsandcustomsofthesefestivalsaregreatlydifferentiated,whichillustratetheculturaldifferencesofthetwonations.

2.1thespringfestivalvs.thanksgivingday

thespringfestivalinchinaandthanksgivingdayinamericaarebothfestivalsforfamilymemberstoreuniteandtostrengthenthefamilybonds.thespringfestivalisthebiggestfestivalobservedbychinesepeople.however,inthebeginning,the―springfestival‖wasnotheldtofarewelltothepastyearandwelcomethechineselunarnewyear,buttocelebratethecomingof―springcommence‖（the1stsolarterm）（chenandlu,1989）.forwhen―springcommence‖arrived,whichwasseemedasthecomingofspring,farmershadtosowseedsinthefarmland.justastheoldsayinggoesthat―thewholeyear’sworkdependsonagoodstartinspring‖

【篇二：

中西方节日文化差异比较中英文版】

oecdsaysunemploymentwillcontinuetorise

oecd：

工业化国家失业率持续攀升despitereportsthatmanyindustrializedeconomiesarebeginningto

emergefromtheirworsteconomiccrisisindecades,unemploymentisrisingandwilllikelyreachahistoricpeakofnearly10percentnextyear.thefindingscomefromtheorganizationforeconomiccooperationanddevelopmentinparis.

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。

indicationsthatunemploymentcontinuestoriseisgrimnewsforleadersheadingtotheg-20summitintheunitedstatesnextweek.theparis-basedorganizationforeconomiccooperationanddevelopmentreportsunemploymentreacheditshighestlevelamongindustrializednationsof8.5percentinjuly.

对于下个星期到美国出席20国集团峰会的各国领导人来说，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。

oecdunemploymentdivisionchiefstephanscarpettasaysthenumberofjoblessamongtheoecds30membercountriesisexpectedtoclimbevenhighernextyear,tonearly10percent.thattranslatesinto57millionpeopleoutofwork.

经合组织就业分析和政策部主任斯蒂芬.斯卡皮塔（stephanscarpetta）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5千7百万人失去工作。

unfortunately,despitethemostrecentindicatorsthatsuggestthe

[economic]recoverymaybeinsightsomewhatearlierthanwewere

expectingonlyafewmonthsago,itwilltakefar[longer]fortherecoverytomaterializeintermsofsignificantimprovementinthelabormarket,hesaid.

“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。

”

theunitedstates,spainandirelandareamongthosecountrieswiththefastestrisingunemployment.allthreewereaffectedbythecollapseofhighhousingprices.thedamagespreadtoothersectorsoftheeconomy.美国、西班牙和爱尔兰是oecd成员中失业率上升最快的国家。

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。

scarpettasaysyoungpeopleareamongthehardesthit.inspain,forexample,morethanoneinthreeyoungworkersareunemployed.

斯卡皮塔指出，年轻人受到的冲击最大。

比如在西班牙，三分之一以上的年轻人找不到工作。

soasworldleadersdiscussthefinancialandeconomiccrisisduringtheirmeetinginpittsburgh,pennsylvania,scarpettasaysitisimportanttheyalsoaddressthesocialdim