中西方節(jié)日文化差異

DifferencesBetweenChineseandwesternFestival中西方節(jié)日差異試講者：FestivalPrevueContrastofChineseandWesternFestivalTraceBackToTheSourceContentQuestions1.

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festivalsdoyouknow?(IncludingChineseandWestern)2.Whichfestivalsdoyoulikemost?PartOneFestivalPrevue節(jié)日的概說(shuō)節(jié)日是指一年中被賦予特殊社會(huì)文化意義并穿插于日常之間的日子，是人們豐富多彩的生活和社會(huì)活動(dòng)的集中展現(xiàn)，是國(guó)家、名族、各地區(qū)的政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化、宗教等的總結(jié)和延伸。節(jié)日是具有群眾性、周期性和相對(duì)穩(wěn)定活動(dòng)的特殊日子。中國(guó)節(jié)日的起源和發(fā)展節(jié)日源于古代季節(jié)氣候，簡(jiǎn)單地說(shuō)是由年月日與氣候變化相結(jié)合排定的節(jié)氣時(shí)令。中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)令除二十四節(jié)氣外，還主要表現(xiàn)在各季各月的朔、望之間。節(jié)日的演進(jìn)經(jīng)歷了萌芽期（先秦以前）、定型期（漢代）、融合轉(zhuǎn)化期（魏晉南北朝）、變異期（唐宋）、穩(wěn)定期（明清以后）。西方節(jié)日的起源與發(fā)展西方的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日以宗教為主。基督教不但是現(xiàn)代西方文化的酵母之一，而且目前仍然是西方社會(huì)精神的重要元素?，F(xiàn)在西方國(guó)家節(jié)日活動(dòng)中宗教的因素正逐步淡化，娛樂的成分正逐漸加大。PartTwoContrastofChineseandWesternFestivalFestivalActivities?Whatistheoriginoffestival??

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festivals?SpringFestivalOriginofSpringFestivalTheChineseNewYearisnowpopularlyknownastheSpringFestivalbecauseitstartsfromtheBeginingofSpring(thefirstofthetwenty-fourterms(24節(jié)氣)

incoodinationwiththechangesofNature).Itsoriginistoooldtobetraced.Severalexplanationsarehangingaround.Allagree,however,thatthewordNian,whichinmodernChinesesolelymeans"year",wasoriginallythenameofamonsterbeastthatstartedtopreyonpeoplethenightbeforethebeginningofanewyear.SymbolsofSpringFestival

Wehanglanterns（燈籠）andstickSpringcouplets（春聯(lián)）.Wehaveabigfamilydinner.Childrengetredbagsandlightfirecrackers（爆竹，鞭炮）.Wesay”HappyNewYear”eachother.Stayingup(守歲)atEveofSpringFestival.WepayaNewYear'svisit(拜年)toourfriends.Mid-AutumnFestival?

TheannuallunarAugust15isChinesetraditionalfestival,Mid-AutumnFestival,Itsymbolizereunion.?

每年農(nóng)歷的八月十五是中國(guó)的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日——中秋節(jié)，也是團(tuán)圓的日子。OriginofMid-Autumn

FestivalThe15thdayofevery8thlunarmonthisthetraditionalChineseMid-AutumnFestival.Themoononthenightofthe15thdayoflunarAugustisbelievedtobefullerandbrighterthaninothermonths.Afullmoonisasymboloftogetherness.Assuch,theMid-AutumnFestivalisatimeforfamilyreunion.It'salsocalled"ReunionFestival".TheoriginoftheMid-AutumnFestivalderivedfromthetraditionofworshippingtheGoddessofMoon.Thefestivalisalsoatimetocelebrateagoodautumnharvest.SymbolsofMid-AutumnFestival

Variouspartsofthecountryandallethnicminorities（少數(shù)民族）

havedifferentMid-AutumnFestivalcustoms.InNanjing,thefestivalcoincideswiththebloomingseasonofsweet-scentedosmanthusflowers（桂花）.InZhejiang,theMid-AutumnFestivalisanidealtimefortidewatching.Firedragondances(火龍舞蹈)areusuallyperformedinHongKongonthefestival.Alltheseinterestingcustomsareanindicationofpeople'sloveoflifeandgoodwishesforabetterfuture.

ChristmasDay

圣誕節(jié)OriginofChristmasDay

December25thwhichcelebratesthebirthofJesusChrist,thefounderoftheChristianreligion(基督教),isthebiggestandbest-lovedholidayinthewesterncountries.AccordingtotheBible(圣經(jīng)),theholybookofChristians,Goddecidedtoallowhisonlyson,JesusChrist,tobeborntoahumanmotherandliveontheearthsothatpeoplecouldunderstandGodbetterandlearntoloveGodandeachothermore."Christmas"meaning"celebrationofChrist"honorsthetimewhenJesuswasborntoayoungJewishwomanMary.SymbolsofChristmas

DayPeopledecoratetheirhouse.TheysendChristmascards,buyChristmastreesanddecoratethem.Theygettogetherandhaveabigdinner.Afterdinner,theywillgivepresentseachother.TheysinganddancebeforeChristmastree.Theygototheparties.Origin

中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日起源西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日起源春節(jié)歲時(shí)農(nóng)節(jié)圣誕節(jié)宗教節(jié)祀元宵節(jié)歲時(shí)農(nóng)節(jié)萬(wàn)圣節(jié)宗教節(jié)祀清明節(jié)歲時(shí)農(nóng)節(jié)情人節(jié)宗教節(jié)祀端午節(jié)歲時(shí)農(nóng)節(jié)感恩節(jié)宗教節(jié)祀七夕節(jié)歲時(shí)農(nóng)節(jié)復(fù)活節(jié)宗教節(jié)祀中秋節(jié)歲時(shí)農(nóng)節(jié)狂歡節(jié)宗教節(jié)祀重陽(yáng)節(jié)歲時(shí)農(nóng)節(jié)主顯節(jié)宗教節(jié)祀PartThreeTraceBackToTheSourceConclusionDifferentBeliefSystemDifferentValueOrientationDifferentTraditionalProductionMode

DifferentBeliefSystem（信仰差異）ChinaClanagriculturalculture（氏族農(nóng)業(yè)文化）Pantheism（多神教）WesternReligiousculture（宗教文化）Christianism（基督教）DifferentValueOrientation（價(jià)值觀差異）ChinaRite-governance（禮治）Emphasison:GratefulModestCollectiveresponsibilityPeaceetc.WesternRuleoflaw（法治）Emphasison:CharacterMoneyEn