节日作文之中西方节日比较英语作文

以自我为中心

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崇尚个性张扬。这与中国节日的 家族性恰好相反

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体现了西方文化的群体性

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反映了人们渴望互相交流、群体参与的愿

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体现了人人平等、自由表现自我的特点。这里试举两例说明。

( 1) first of all, let’s have an analysis of spring festival in china

and christmas day in western countries.

in china, people regard spring festival as a very important

holiday, because in the spring, there has been glorious

weather with hundreds of flowers struggling colorfully.

everything is renewed and its beauty is beyond description. for

several millennia chinese people like celebrating the most

significant holiday

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spring festival. its original meaning is

from agriculture. in ancient time, people instituted the paddy

growth cycle as the “years”. in the booked titled“shou wen he

bu”, there is a saying: “the year, the valley is ripe.”afte

r the

victory of 1911 revolution in chinese modern times, the year

name has been fixedly gotten down. the nanjing provisional

government stipulated to use lunar calendar stin the folk. and

in the factory and school, the jan 1 of new year’s day in lunar

calendar is called spring festival.

there is a fable about spring festival. in ancient time, there was

a man named wan nian, who saw the jieling at that time was

very messy, so he decided to fix jieling. but he didn’t find the

method to compute time. one day, he was tired of chopping

wood on the mountain, and then was seated under the shade.

the moving shadow of trees inspired him, and he designed a

sundial device, which could test the time of day by shade

of the sun. and later, the spring drop inspired him. he made a

five-story vessel to measure the time. after a long time, he

found every 360 days on the cycle time and the length of day

repeats. at that time, the monarch named zuyi who was often

distressed at the weather changes in the mishap so soon,

knew that and ordered wan nian to take the vessel to tell him

the truth of the sun and moon’s running. hearing that, zuyi was

very happy, and hoped it could test sun

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moon law and the eve

of the morning acutely. thereafter the people had been

benefited from this creator calendar a lot.

after the winter, the spring comes. after years’ of long

-term

and careful observation, accurate sun calendar was made.

when wan nian presented a solar calendar to the monarch, he

had totally been changed into an old man. the monarch was

moved deeply by wan nian’s deed. the monarch appointed wan

nian as the sun-moon god of longevity, in order to

commemorate his achievements. since then when people hung

shouxing map on spring festival, it was reported to be honor of

the distinguished wan nian.

in the west, the christmas, the western countries’ most

solemn festival, is similar to the spring festival in china. the

period from december 24 to the january 6 of baptism section in

the following year can be referred to christmas festival.

why is christmas the most important festival in western

countries? that is because of the commemoration of the birth

of jesus. in bible the virgin mary, pregnant by the holy spirit,

gave birth to jesus in the manger because she didn’t find room

in the hotel when returning home on the road. therefore later

generation commemorated the birth of jesus in december for

christmas. with the spread of christianity, christmas has

become an important festival among christians and even it is

necessarily the case of the non

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christians.

in many countries of europe, people attach great importance

to this festival, and its celebration is much grander, and

gradually christmas becomes a national festival.

on the evening of dec.31th, the people in the west flock into

the streets to have a grand carnival. there are brilliant

fireworks in the sky, drifting with melodious singing on the

land. particularly close to the late zero 0’clock, tens of

thousands of people gather in to pray sincerely and silently for

the coming year’s count

down. when the bell sounds 12,

suddenly, the beautiful music sound, people are singing

happily and talking cheerfully, playing all long night. like the

spring festival dinner in china, westerners also lay emphasis

on christmas family party and they will sit around christmas

tree, eat the feast meal and sing in christmas carol and pray for

happiness. turkey will be put on the christmas dinner table.

after everyone enjoys himself, they will jump to the “disco” or

“kangaroo dance.”

in the end, both spring festival and christmas day have their

own characters. on the eve of new year in china, people will

hold the family reunion without inviting the bystander, which

has almost become a common custom. “spring festival has

dense national culture and traditional atmosphere; it has the

glorious history and the unique beauty.”in the west, christmas

day has its own unique culture. on the christmas eve, when the

bell sounds 12, santa claus who brings the gift and the best

wish for each person will arrive. at this night, people are

jumping with joy, running uestrainedly to the avenue, hugging

one another, whether they know each other. “the christmas

day has the air of the time and the tidal sense of touch, so it is

more close to the modern life.”

春节与新年。作为新一年的开始

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中 西方有着极大差异的庆祝方式。

春节作为中国最重要的传统节日

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源于秦朝

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定于每年农历的一月 一

日

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从农历

12

月

23

日开始

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人民开始开展各种庆祝方式

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一直持续到

元宵节。春节的习俗繁多

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如大扫除、吃团圆饭拜年、放鞭炮

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舞狮

子等。总之

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不论是大街小巷

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都笼罩着一股浓浓的喜庆气氛。而西方

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他们崇尚的是

过公历新年

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即元旦。相比之下他们过年的方式就浪漫多了

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在

12

月

31

日晚

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各地区的人民涌上街道

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进行盛大的狂欢

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到了深夜接近零时

时

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数十万人会聚集于一起

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诚心地祈祷 ，为新的一年的到来倒计时。

当大钟敲响

12

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顿时

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优美的乐曲奏响

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揭开了华丽舞会的序幕

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人

们通宵达旦地庆祝。可见

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春节与新年各有千秋

:

春节

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充满浓厚的传

统气息和独有的魅力

;

新年

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体现时代的气息和潮流的感觉

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更贴近现

代生活。

( 2) secondly, let’s have an analysis of zhongyuan festival in

china and halloween day in western countries. july in the lunar

year is the month for ghosts. in this month, the souls will be

released from the hades, but people will be organized to hold

activities to entertain them with their hospitality for this rare

holidays. particularly on jul.15th, zhongyuan festival, every

family will prepare for rich offerings to sacrifice these good

brothers who come from the nether world.

zhongyuan festival is also the yulan pot festival in buddhism,

which originates from the familiar story “mulian saving her

mother”. mulian is one of the buddha’s disciples. because his

mother was greedy in nature, after the death she was threw

into the samara hungry ghost road, and was unable to come

back forever. in order to rescue his mother, he made“the

thyulan pot festival” on the lunar jul.15, worshiping buddha

and monks with five fruits, in the hope of releasing the

ancestor from suffering in the hades.

in the west, this festival is called halloween day. it begins from

oct.31th to nov. 7th, and is the third important festivals next to

christmas day and thanksgiving day. such is the origin of

halloween day. the de ruyt who lived in great britain and

ireland believed that there were many gods dominating their

lives. and on the de ruyt’s new years eve, the de ruyt people let

youths gather in a team, wearing strange masks, holding

carved turnip carrot lights, wandering across the villages. it

was thought to be a harvest celebration in the fall. according to

the legend, the dead people will visit on the eve of halloween. it

is said that people should let the ghost see their satisfactory

harvest and present abundant

sacrifice to them. both the bonfires and lights are not only to

scare away the ghosts, but also to illuminate them back to the

place where they come from.

on this day, people can disguise themselves freely and make

trouble to their heart’s content. on many public occasions and

home compound, people lay out different kinds of decoration

in the windows and doors, such as pumpkin lights, a

scarecrow and even the skeleton. every family will hold a

dressing ball, and put on fruit and other crops on the table.

comparing with these two holidays, i find that the two festivals

are all to sacrifice ghosts. however, there is a difference

between them. that is, zhongyuan festival lasts a shorter time,

when families gathering to commemorate the ancestors; while

halloween lasts longer, people can take part in procession

outdoors, and enjoy beautiful and particular day, in harmony

with the nature in a maximum way.

万圣节与中元节。万圣节作为西方的重要节日之一

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颇受人民的重视。

那一天

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每户门前都要挂上一盏南瓜灯

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人人 都穿上奇装异服

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据说有

辟邪之用。其 实

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作为先进的发达国家

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人们对于鬼怪已不再迷信

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他

们多半是为了寻开心而已。同时

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人们还举行 盛大的化装舞会。他们