作文范文之中西方情人节差异的英文作文

中西方情人节差异的英文作文
【篇一：对西方节日的看法英语作文】



should we celebrate western festivals nowadays，western
festivals become more and more popular in china, especially
among us college students. but whether we should celebrate
these festivals has aroused a heated discussion.

some regard it a precious opportunity for the chinese to learn
more about western cultures. on the other hand, more and
more chinese people view it oppositely. since more and more
young people have lost their interest in our traditional festivals,
such as mid-autumn festival, dragon-boat festival, and even
spring festival. they seem to be more willing to celebrate
christmas.

in my opinion, every coin has two sides. since the
globalization is

impossible to avoid this mix of cultures and traditions. we
should preserve the traditional chinese culture as well as
welcome western ones. we students undertake the
responsibility to carry on our traditions, therefore, we have to
respect them and cherish them.

【篇二：英语论文中西方传统节日文化的差异】


culture differences of chinese and western traditional

festival

abstract

traditional festivals are the historical products of a nation’s
development. whether in china which has a long history of
more than five thousand years or in the newborn america, the
origination of traditional festivals in the two countries is
similar. most traditional festivals originated from people’s
expectation for harvest in the agricultural production, the
worship towards the gods and the nature, sacrifices to the
historical characters and etc. after the long-term evolution,
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 economic mode known

as ―the men plough and the 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 relieved 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 life.
with various branches, the religious system of america is quite
complicated, among which christianity 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 to discuss
the differences in customs, origins and other aspects of
traditional festivals with the similar 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;
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。原创英语毕业论文 请
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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. differences between chinese and western traditional
festivals

2.1 the spring festival vs. thanksgiving day

2.2 the zhongyuan festival vs. halloween

2.3 the chinese valentine’s day vs. valentine’s day

2.4 summary

3. major factors causing differences between chinese and
western traditional festivals

3.1 factors influencing chinese traditional festivals

3.1.1 agricultural civilization

3.1.2 confucianism

3.2 major factorsinfluencing western traditional festivals

3.2.1 industrialization

3.2.2 christianity

4. mutual fusion between chinese and western traditional
holidays

4.1 the development of the mutual fusion

4.2 the performance of the mutual fusion

5. conclusion

culture differences of chinese and western traditional festivals

1. introduction

china is a multi-ethnic nation, with the han nationality
accounting for the majority of the total population and various
ethnic minorities in the minority (zhao, 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 festival, 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 taking 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 and 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 festivals
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, easter, thanksgiving day,
and christmas, etc.

according to the folklorists’ research, traditional festivals in
different societies derive from such originations as people’s
expectation for a bounti

ful 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 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
cultures, 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.
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.

2. differences between chinese and western traditional
festivals

traditional festivals, 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 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 differences of the
two nations.

2.1 the spring festival vs. thanksgiving day

the 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 beginning,
the ―spring festival‖ was not held to farewell 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 was
seemed as the coming of spring, farmers had to sow seeds in
the farmland. just as the old saying goes that ―the whole
year’s work depends on a good start in spring‖

【篇三：英语作文西方节日受欢迎原因】


近年来，端午节，中秋节甚至春节等中国传统节日越来越受到冷落。
而西方节日，如：val entine’s day and christmas 等却很热门。请
你按以下提示，写一篇英语文章。

1. 促使西方节日流行的原因：

⑴随着经济的发展，有更多的机会了解西方传统文化；

⑵中国人，尤其是年轻人对节日的冷漠；

⑶商家利用这些西方节日来促销商品；

2. 谈谈你的观点和看法。

注意：1. 词数120左右，开头语已为你写好；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

nowadays, western festivals such as valentine’s day and
christmas are gaining increasing popularity in china,
especially among young people. however, our own traditional
holidays are being ignored.

the phenomenon is caused by the following reasons. for one
thing, with the development of society and economy, our

country has more chances to know more about western
cultures and customs. for another thing, traditional holidays
are so familiar to our people that we are interested in these
fresh holidays. last but not the least, some businessmen also
make full use of these occasions for sales promotions.

as far as i am concerned, at no time can we forget our own
festival holidays. that is because those holidays are our
culture and root. in a word, whenever and wherever we are, we
can enjoy western holidays, but we arent supposed to ignore
our traditional holidays.