中美传统节日文化差异

Sino-US cultural differences between traditional

festival

A Thesis

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for University Study

by

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Supervisor: LI Man

College of Textile and Garment

Guangzhou University

March 2015

Abstract

Traditional festival is the product of a nation's historical development, both in the long history of over 5,000 years of Chinese origin or in the United States, the traditional festival of freshmen have shown similarities, most traditional festivals are derived from the people in agriculture production and life expectation of the harvest, the gods of heaven and earth and nature worship, as well as pay homage to historical figures and so on. Traditional festivals in the long-term evolution and development, has become an integral part of national culture through traditional festivals reflect cultural characteristics and national spirit of a nation. Meanwhile Chinese culture and USA countries there is a difference in all aspects of traditional culture festival is an important one, and USA cultural festivals also have their own different characteristics. Profound cultural festival, national holiday custom is conventional, with their distinctive national characteristics and colorful manifestations. This article from the two countries have similar cultural connotations traditional festival of festivals, discusses differences in the origin of these traditional festivals, customs and other aspects of the festival, and analyze the reasons for these differences, which reflects the difference between the two traditional festival culture. Another paper also discusses the merging of traditional festivals in the West.

Key words:China; USA; traditional festivals; cultural differences

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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。同时中国和西方国家的文化存在着各个方面的差异，传统节日文化是其中重要的一项，而中西节日文化也有着各自不同的特点。节日文化博大精深，各国的节日风俗是约定俗成的，有着各自鲜明的民族特色和丰富多彩的表现形式。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。

关键词：中国；美国；传统节日； 文化差异

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Contents

Abstract ...................................................................................................... I 摘 要 .......................................................................................................... II 1.Introduction ............................................................................................ 1 2. Differences between a traditional festival of USA origin and formation ................................................................................................... 2 3. Differences in the USA tradition of holiday customs......................... 4

3.1 China's major traditional festivals customs ...................................................... 4 3.2 Major USA Traditional Festivals ...................................................................... 6

4.Interacting with each other in the West festival ................................. 9 5.Conclusions ........................................................................................... 11 Bibliography： ........................................................................................ 12 Acknowledgement ................................................................................... 13

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