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1、On the comparison of Chinese and American traditional festivalsIntroductionA. The background and the purposeWith the era developing, society is progressing. This is a multicultural era. Ancient and profound Chinese culture has a long history and is in the same strain. In this society, the western cu
2、lture penetrated into our country quickly, and there is no doubt that during this time, cultural elements of China are colorful and various kinds of cultures are integration of the development through communication. This passage is aimed at discussing the comparative study between Chinese and Americ
3、an major festivals in order to hit the target that promoting the communication between Chinese and American cultures and the two parties nations are more impressed and clear to the mutual culture.B. The research situation in domestic and abroadIn China, studying the festivals culture is still at ele
4、mentary developing stage. Scholars often focus on the description of the festivals customs, whose key points are participation, observation and description of the festivals. And on the abroad, for the study of Chinese and Western festivals cultures, scholars just analyze from the differences between
5、 Chinese and western festivals customs.C. The research solutionThis passage mainly use comparison and examples, which compares from some aspects, such as the origin of two countries, the way of celebration, the way of diet and so on.The origin and the general features between Chinese and American fe
6、stivalsA. The origin of Chinese and American festivals With the continuous development of the human society, festivals are produced. Festivals are mainly traditional events or activities that are held periodically by groups, for example, Chinese spring festival, the mid-autumn festival and American
7、Christmas day etc. festivals are also called “time out of time” by the folk experts.Festival is a complex folk image and has very rich cultural connotations. So-called festival culture is the cultural deposits possessed in the festivals and the cultural connotations reflected in the festivals. On th
8、e globalization today, China is jointing increasingly with America, festivals are without exception.a. The origin of Chinese festivalsChina is a country with ancient oriental civilization. Its long history and excellent traditions offer fertile soil to the growth of traditional festivals. Chinese tr
9、aditional festivals are the culture products that are made by the folk convention and created by the broad masses of the people. Agricultural culture accounts for a large portion of Chinese culture, and Chinese traditional festivals take the 24 sola terms as clue and reflect the rhythm of agricultur
10、al production and the regular pattern of climatic change.In general, Chinese festivals experienced five development periods:Pre-qin occurring stageFor festivals customs, many festivals elements have sprouted since the ancient times. Spring festival, Dragon Boat festival; Mid-autumn festival and Midw
11、inter, these festivals elements that have spread today almost have already formed on pre-qin. But at that time, there are no more festivals, whose contents are not abundant and time is not fixed.Han Dynasty finalizing the design stageHan Dynasty, Chinese main festivals have basically finalized the d
12、esign, such as New Years Eve, Lantern festival, Cold Food festival, Double-Seventh festival, Double ninth festival and so on. On the one hand, some historical persons who become the memorial characters of some festivals take the place of the original worship and superstition, which strengthens human
13、 touch and sense of reality of festivals customs; on the other hand, with the festivals customs developing, some customs become etiquettes, some etiquettes become customs, customs and etiquettes fused into one, which is accepted and followed by people convention.Wei-Jin and Southern and Northern Dyn
14、asties integration stageThe Wei-Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties are the period that the nationality migrates greatly, merges greatly in China history, which pushed forward the communication of national cultures and propelled the integration and development of festivals cultures.Tang and Song
15、 Dynasty rush timeIn Tang and Song Dynasty, society economic and culture prosperity geared up the development of festivals cultures, whose main features are that folk festivals developed in the direction of ceremonial and recreational performance and became authentic special festivals.All in all, fr
16、om Chinese traditional festivals, we can know that Chinese cultures have deep effects on the agriculture. As the most important festival, the origin of spring festival can derive from a series of colorful legends and traditions.b. The origin of American festivalsAmerican traditional festivals are ve
17、ry different from Chinese traditional festivals, and it is usually largely influenced by religion. Religion is the centre of culture and society, through which peoples thinking can be reacted, hence, these festivals are the dates that solemnly commemorate the most meaningful and the most respected p
18、eople. Festivals represent neither agricultural spirit of human and nature nor family ethics of persons. What is more? Religion takes up a large part of American cultures; consequently, most of festivals are still somewhat religious.In the view of the western countries, individual is the base of the
19、 combination between human and nature, so it lays stress on value of individual existence. And in western society, there is no doubt that religion has played a strong and important role, which is showed through traditional festivals related to religion.However, no matter which national tradition fes
20、tivals, it is also formed through long history and is evolved and enriched constantly with the society developing. Festivals express intensively peoples rich emotional world and enthusiasm for life. There is a saying that every festival of every nation reflects the truest side of this national cultu
21、re.B. The general features of Chinese and American festivalsa. The general features of Chinese festivalsBecause Chinese traditional festivals come into being basically during The Feudal Times, It leaves feudal society mark inevitably: hierarchy, family, holidays are all within a family activity cent
22、er. During the festivals, young people must worship the old people, and family will have reunion dinner together, besides, family altogether celebrates the festivals. Even in the spring festival, people just make a ceremonial call between the relatives. It is impossible and unimaginable that a group
23、 of strangers rejoice with wild excitement together. Even the YangKo outdoor activity participated with many people is also just a kind of performance activity, without national carnival nature. Chinese festivals possess heritability and variability. Once the festivals are formed, it has relative in
24、dependence and stability and is handed down through the generations. Sometimes, although social conditions have changed, it still kept ancient customs, which is important expression of festivals heritability. Secondly, festivals cultures show vivid nationalism and regionalism. This interracial and c
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