中西方传统节日对比英语作文.doc

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Eａｃｈ nａｔion　has its oｗｎ　chａrａｃteｒｉstic ｆｅstiｖals that　 refleｃt thｅ culture of itseｌf.In　Chｉna, as ｏur ｃｏｕnｔry and westｅｒn cｏunｔries ｂeｃｏme　iｎcｒeａsingly　ｃｌｏsｅｒ, more and morｅ　chineｓｅ　aｃcept wesｔern　cultｕre、
Hoｗever,　sｏｍe westerｎ ｆｅstiｖａls　someｔimｅs　evｅn more　popuｌar ｔｈaｎ　traditｉｏｎal festivals, fｏreign cuｌtｕrａl's inｆluenｃe　shoｕｌｄ　not ｂe ｕndeｒestiｍated。 The maｉn Tｈe　maｉn groｕp　of ceｌebｒatｉｎg weｓtｅrｎ fesｔiｖals is ｙｏｕth gｒouｐ whｉcｈ　tａｋes stｕdｅntｓ aｓ ｔhe main　ｆorce。Peｏple celebraｔe feｓｔivals sｕｃh as　Ｖａｌentinｅ'ｓ dａy, mother’s　dａy, Thanksgｉｖing Ｄay and Chrｉstmas　Day。 Ｉn ｆａct, beｃauｓe　oｆ the Cｈineｓe　ｗａy ｏf　ｔhinking, ｗesterｎ ｈolidays　iｎ China iｓ　jｕｓｔ　popuｌar foｒ　Chｒistmas and　Vaｌentｉne’s day,　nｏｔ ａll wｅstern hｏlidaｙs　aｔｔｒact　pｅｏple＇ｓ ａｔteｎtｉon、 Aｃcｏｒding to　a sｕrｖey　ｏf Centraｌ China Nｏrmal Univerｓity, maｎy　ｃollege studｅnｔs knoｗ ｔｈｅ existence of ｗestｅｒn　feｓtivals, bｕt　little　of them know　ａbout thｅiｒ cｕltuｒal coｎｎoｔatioｎs. In addｉtion　tｏ　Chriｓtｍas, resｐondents who　knｏw ｏther wｅstern fｅstｉvalｓ' ｍeanｉnｇ　aｒe leｓs than 10％。 Reｆerriｎg ｔo tｈe way tｏ　ceｌebrａtｉng, ｉn Generaｌ, dｕｒing tｈe　Festival, pｅople senｄ ｇifｔs sｕch as flowers and grｅetｉng cａrdｓ。They sing wｉth frｉendｓ,　aｎd ｂｌｅsｓ or　senｄ　messａgｅs to eacｈ other;lｏｔs oｆ pｅople are gｏing ｔo ｒｅlaｘ dｕring thｅ fｅstivaｌ:ｓhoppｉng, ｉnviｔing fｒienｄｓ to rｅstaurants,　dａｎcing, aｎd so ｏn、 Ｏn　thｅ wholｅ, Chiｎese　ｃeｌebratｅ wesｔern holidays ｗith　thｅ foｌｌowing fｏｕr cｈａracteristicｓ: uｎｉverｓａliｔｙ, parｔicｕlarity,blｉｎd faiｔh ａｎｄ a ｐasｓｉon for cｏnsumｐtion

As the sａyｉng goes,1000 rｅaders have １00０　Hamlｅｔｓ iｎ mｉnｄ. people hａve diffｅrｅnt views　on ｗhether Chｉnese ｓhｏｕｌd ceｌｅbｒａｔｅ　western ｈoliｄays、 Sｏme ｐeoplｅ ｗｈo are ｋeeｎ on Wｅstern festｉvals, arｇueｄ　thａt China＇s ｔraditiｏnal ｆesｔｉvａlｓ　aｒe　tｏo rigid ａnｄ　there　arｅ mａnｙ ｆeｓtivａls with feudaｌ thinkiｎg、 On ｔhｅ cｏntｒary,westeｒn ｆestivals which　are ｅxciting advoｃａtｅ ｔｈｅ flaｍboyaｎt aｎd ｒｅｆlｅct　freedｏm. Ｉｎ　addiｔion, westｅｒn hｏlidays　make　ｐｅopｌe who’re　ｕnder hｅavy social prｅssuｒｅ havｅ　ａ　chａnce tｏ　relaｘ、 Aｔ tｈe　ｓame time, soｍe eｘpeｒts　beｌｉeｖｅ that ｔhｅ celebｒation of Westerｎ holidａys ａｒｅ an ｉneｖｉtable tｒｅnd of　cultｕraｌ exchanges。 Huang　Keｍin,　a Ｓoｃiologiｓt belｉeｖｅs thａt　celebraｔｉng ｗeｓtｅｒn　hｏlidays is　a form ｏf culturａl cｏmmuｎicaｔｉon.　Ｉn ｓoｍe caｓes, it’ll　fill　vacancｉeｓ in Chｉnese culｔurｅ。 Some stuｄentｓ ｂelieve thａt ｃelebratiｎg　Westｅrn feｓtivaｌｓ ｃan enhance　the frieｎｄshｉp ｏf clａssmaｔｅs　and　maｋｅ tｈe　classeｓ mｏre　solidarｉｔy、Duｒing　ａ festiｖaｌ, Most　of ｔhe sｕpｅrmarkets ａnd restauｒants prｏvide promotｉons ｔhａt　ｂeneｆiｔ ｃonsuｍeｒs,　ｔhese festivａlｓ also hａｓ　a　ｃaｔalytic role to econoｍic deｖeloｐmｅnｔ.
Opponents bｅlｉevｅ thaｔ　Chiｎa hａｓ ｉts own hisｔory and lｏcａl cuｌtuｒｅ　ｆor　thousaｎｄs of ｙears,　ｔhe Wesｔｅrn Fｅstival ｄon’t sｕit Ｃhiｎａ's needs fｏr ｃuｌturａl devｅloｐmeｎt。Also,　due to bliｎd woｒship, ｐeｏple often ｌost ｔraditｉonal cultｕrｅ. Ｃｅleｂｒatinｇ ｗeｓterｎ holidａys wiｌl shａke tｈｅ　tｒａditioｎal cultｕrｅ’s ｓｔatｕs　in ｔhe minｄs ｏｆ　naｔｉoｎals ａnd endangeｒ　ｔhe ｉnheritance ａnd development　ｏf traｄitｉonal culture。　For exaｍｐlｅ,　maｎy youｎg people cｅlebｒaｔｅ Valentｉne’s ｄａy, but ｔhey　doｎ't know Ｃhinｅsｅ Lｏvｅrs’s Dａy、　In addition,ｏwing ｔo thｅ　cultural　invasｉon ,many ｃouｎtｒieｓ are　warｙ of　fｏreigｎ　holidａys .Ｔo ｇuarantｅｅ Ｃhｉnｅse cultural'ｓ inｄｅpendence, wesｔern　ｈolidａys cａnn't bｅ alloｗeｄ to deｖelop frｅely. At the saｍe time, ｍaｎy　ｐｅople ｃeleｂraｔｅ Western feｓｔｉvalｓ for foｌｌowing the ｆａshion 。The effect　ｏｆ cuｌｔural　excｈanges iｓn’t　obｖioｕs、　Ｉn aｄditiｏｎ, the blｉnd pursuit　ｏｆ coｎsｕmptｉon　anｄ enｊｏymeｎt causes mｏｎey woｒship,ｈｅdｏnism and ｏther ｂad ｉdｅａs。
Ｊｕst mｙ peｒｓoｎａl oｐiｎiｏn, ｗｅ ｓhoｕld　celebrate ｗesteｒn ｈｏlidayｓ witｈ ｒａtional tｈoｕｇht, aｎｄ ｗe sｈouｌｄｎ’t losｅ　ｏurｓｅｌveｓ 。Tｏwardｓ ｗestern　Festｉvaｌｓ, we sｈoulｄ tａｋe its essｅnce and disｃａrd tｈe　ｄｒｅgs.Foｒ insｔaｎｃｅ,Tｈａnksgiving　Ｄay cａn be　advｏcaｔｅd for　maｋing ouｒ cultuｒe aｄｖance as　it refｌects onｅ　ｏf Chｉnese　traditｉonal vｉｒｔueｓ- ｇraｔｅfulｎｅsｓ; otｈｅrs, such ａs Ｈalｌｏween shoｕｌｄ ｂe trｅaｔed　cａｌmｌy　becauｓｅ ｉt’s　reｌigｉｏus。
Cｕｌｔurａl　ｉｎtegratｉoｎ is tｈｅ tｒend of thｅ hｉstｏrｉcal develoｐment、 So we ｓhoｕld　not implemeｎt ”isｏlationism”。 Uｎder thｅ ｐremise ｏｆ ｅnｈaｎcｉｎg ａｗarenesｓ ｏf traditionaｌ culture ａｎd reｖitａｌizing　Chinese cｕlturｅ, we can activeｌｙ eｎter　thｅ woｒld thaｔ ｈａｓ　freqｕｅnt cultural　ｅxchaｎges、
Ｆestivaｌs ａｒe ｉmportａｎｔ ｍeanｓ of culｔural ｔransmｉssion which ｈost thｅ impｏrtａnｔ　ｃultｕｒaｌ。Thｅy’re ｔｈe crystallizatiｏn　ｏf humａn wisｄｏｍ.　Riｃh festivａｌ liｇｈtｓ ｕp oｕr lｉvｅs,　for ouｒ life has vａｒious coloｒs、 Ｌet us takｅ thｅ brｏaｄ mind and apｐｒeciate ｔhe colorful ｆｅstivals!