節(jié)日作文之中西方節(jié)日文化差異英文作文

1、節(jié)日作文之中西方節(jié)日文化差 異英文作文中西方節(jié)日文化差異英文作文【篇一：英語論文中西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化的差異】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.中西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化的差異摘要傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日是一個(gè)民族發(fā)展的歷史產(chǎn)物。無論是在有著五千多年悠長 歷史的中國還是在新生的美國，傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的起源都顯示出相通之處， 大多數(shù)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日都源自于人們在農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)生活中對豐收的期盼、對天 地神靈和自然的崇拜、以及對歷史人物的祭奠等等。傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日在長期 的演變和發(fā)展中，已經(jīng)成為民族文化不可或缺的一部分，透過傳統(tǒng)節(jié) 日可以反映一個(gè)民族的文化特色和民族精神。中國自古以來就是一個(gè) 農(nóng)業(yè)大國，男耕女織”的小農(nóng)經(jīng)濟(jì)模式開創(chuàng)了具有中國特色的農(nóng)耕文 化。中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日深深植根于農(nóng)耕文化之中，在演變過程

9、中深受儒家 思想的影響。從某種程度而言，中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日已經(jīng)漸漸擺脫原始禁忌 和崇拜，演化成為體現(xiàn)儒家和合思想的歡慶祥和的節(jié)日。在美國，宗 教的影響和地位是不言而喻的，美國的宗教體系錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜，其中最有 影響力的宗教派別是基督教。美國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日大都衍化成為基督教的 產(chǎn)物，大多數(shù)的美國節(jié)日在日后的發(fā)展中都成為宗教性的節(jié)日。本文 從兩國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日中有著相似文化內(nèi)涵的節(jié)日出發(fā)，探討這些傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日 在起源、節(jié)日習(xí)俗等方面的差異，弁分析產(chǎn)生這些差異的原因，從而 折射出兩國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化的差異。另外本文也探討了中西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日 的相互融合。原創(chuàng)英語畢業(yè)論文請咨詢qq253771735關(guān)鍵詞：傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日；中美文化；差異；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：中西方節(jié)日文化差異比較中英文版】oecd says unemployment will continue to riseoecd :工業(yè)化國家失業(yè)率持續(xù)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.經(jīng)濟(jì)合作與發(fā)展組織星期三報(bào)告說，工業(yè)化國家的失業(yè)率仍在增加， 而且有可能在明年達(dá)到近10%的歷史最高水平，盡管不斷有報(bào)道說，很多工業(yè)化國家正在走出幾十年來最嚴(yán)重的經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)。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.對于下個(gè)星期到美國出席20國集團(tuán)峰會(huì)的各國領(lǐng)

29、導(dǎo)人來說，失業(yè)率繼續(xù)上升真是個(gè)壞消息?？偛吭O(shè)在巴黎的經(jīng)合組織說，工業(yè)化國家的 失業(yè)率已經(jīng)在今年7月份達(dá)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.經(jīng)合組織就業(yè)分

30、析和政策部主任斯蒂芬.斯卡皮塔(stephan scarpetta)指出，經(jīng)合組織30個(gè)成員國中的失業(yè)人數(shù)預(yù)計(jì)在明年將進(jìn) 一步攀升，達(dá)到接近10%的水平。也就是說，工業(yè)化國家總共會(huì)有 千7百萬人失去工作。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，盡管最近絕大多數(shù)指標(biāo)都顯示，經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇可能已經(jīng)出現(xiàn),比我們幾個(gè)月前的預(yù)期有所提前，但是這次復(fù)蘇可能需要更長的時(shí)間 才能轉(zhuǎn)化成勞工市場的顯著改善?！眛he 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. 美國、西班牙和愛爾蘭是 oecd 成員中失， 率上升最快的國家。這三個(gè)國家都受到高昂的房地產(chǎn)價(jià)格暴跌的影 響。而且房地產(chǎn)市場崩潰所造成的破壞擴(kuò)散到了經(jīng)濟(jì)的其他領(lǐng)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，年輕人

33、受到的沖擊最大。比如在西班牙，三分之一 以上的年輕人找不到工作。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. 他說，當(dāng)世界領(lǐng)袖們在賓夕法尼亞州的匹茲堡開會(huì)討論金融和經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)的時(shí)候，至關(guān)重要的是，他們需 要關(guān)注這

34、次危機(jī)對社會(huì)的影響，尤其是失業(yè)問題。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：各國已經(jīng)迅速和果斷地采取了行動(dòng)。他 們經(jīng)濟(jì)刺激計(jì)劃的一部分就是在勞工市場和社會(huì)政策方面提供更多 的資源?！眀ut 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.可問題是，各國政府雖然擴(kuò)大和延長了失業(yè)補(bǔ)貼的發(fā)放，弁且提供 了更多的就業(yè)咨詢和培訓(xùn)，但是這些措施弁沒有趕上失業(yè)人口的增加。斯卡皮塔表示，各 國因此而需要更有選擇性地分配資源，以確保勞工隊(duì)伍中最為脆弱的 群體能夠得到幫助。中西方節(jié)日文化差異比較a holiday of a nation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation.傳統(tǒng)的民族節(jié)日形成是一個(gè)民族的歷史文化的長期積淀。節(jié)日的由 來原因與人們的生活有密切的聯(lián)系,它體現(xiàn)了人民豐富的情感世界, 寄托了人民對生活的熱愛。有這樣一句

37、名言：每個(gè)民族的每個(gè)節(jié)日正是反映這個(gè)民族文化最真實(shí)的一面可見，要了解一個(gè)民族的文化底蘊(yùn),必須從他們的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日入手,才能了解到他們的文化特色與民 族特點(diǎn)。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、中西節(jié)日的起源與形成差異中國長期以來處于封建自給自足的農(nóng)業(yè)社會(huì)和自然經(jīng)濟(jì)中,其傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日具有濃厚的農(nóng)業(yè)色彩，包含了農(nóng)耕文明的社會(huì)特征,主要是從歲時(shí) 節(jié)令轉(zhuǎn)換而來的。我國古代長期以農(nóng)為本,在生產(chǎn)

40、力和農(nóng)業(yè)技術(shù)不發(fā)達(dá)的情況下，十分重視氣候?qū)r(nóng)作物的影響。在春種、夏長、秋收、冬 藏的過程中認(rèn)識了自然時(shí)序的復(fù)雜規(guī)律，總結(jié)出四時(shí)、二十四節(jié)氣,形成了以節(jié)日為主的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日。勤勞的中國人民為了更好地生存,必須大力發(fā)展農(nóng)業(yè),而農(nóng)業(yè)的發(fā)展離不開天氣的關(guān)照。古人云春雨貴如 油”、清明忙種麥，谷雨種大田工 在古代,春節(jié)、清明節(jié)等都是重要 的農(nóng)事節(jié)日。西方文化由于長久受基督教的影響,其傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日起源帶有濃厚的宗 教色彩，如情人節(jié)（紀(jì)念名叫瓦丁的基督教殉難者卜復(fù)活節(jié)（基督教紀(jì)念耶穌復(fù)活）、萬圣節(jié)（紀(jì)念教會(huì)所有圣人卜圣誕節(jié)（基督教紀(jì)念耶 穌誕生），這些節(jié)日的起源大多與宗教有關(guān)系。當(dāng)然 ,西方節(jié)日中也 有和農(nóng)業(yè)有關(guān)的

41、節(jié)日，但他們以農(nóng)業(yè)為主的節(jié)日的歷史不如中國漫 長。二、中西節(jié)日慶祝方式差異中國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日,基本是封建社會(huì)時(shí)期形成的,不可避免地留下封 建社會(huì)的痕跡：等級制、家族式，節(jié)日無不以家族內(nèi)部活動(dòng)為中心。西 方的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日就不同了 ,更多的是表現(xiàn)出人們的互動(dòng)性、集體性和狂 歡性，以自我為中心，崇尚個(gè)性張揚(yáng)。這與中國節(jié)日的家族性恰好相反體現(xiàn)了西方文化的群體性，反映了人們渴望互相交流、群體參與的愿望體現(xiàn)了人人平等、自由表現(xiàn)自我的特點(diǎn)。這里試舉兩例說明。(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.”春節(jié)與新年。作為新一年的開始,中西方有著極大差異的慶祝方式。 春節(jié)作為中國最重要的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日,源于秦朝,定于每年農(nóng)歷的一月一 日,從農(nóng)歷12月23日開始，人民開始開展各種慶祝方式,一直持續(xù)到 元宵節(jié)。春節(jié)的習(xí)俗繁多,如大掃除、吃團(tuán)圓飯拜年、放鞭炮,舞獅 子等?？傊?，不論是大街小巷，都籠罩著一股濃濃的喜慶氣氛。 而西方, 他們崇尚的是(2) secondly, let過公歷新年,即元旦。相比之下他們過年的方式就浪漫多了 ,在12月 31日晚，各地區(qū)的人民涌上街道，進(jìn)行盛大的狂歡,到了深夜

59、接近零時(shí) 時(shí)，數(shù)十萬人會(huì)聚集于一起,誠心地祈禱，為新的一年的到來倒計(jì)時(shí)。 當(dāng)大鐘敲響12下，頓時(shí)，優(yōu)美的樂曲奏響,揭開了華麗舞會(huì)的序幕, 人們通宵達(dá)旦地慶祝?？梢姡汗?jié)與新年各有千秋：春節(jié)，充滿濃厚的 傳統(tǒng)氣息和獨(dú)有的魅力；新年，體現(xiàn)時(shí)代的氣息和潮流的感覺,更貼 近現(xiàn)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