1、Second English papersEach 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 traditiona
2、l festivals, foreign culturals 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 Valentines day, mothers day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. In fact, because o
3、f the Chinese way of thinking, western holidays in China is just popular for Christmas and Valentines day, not all western holidays attract peoples attention. According to a survey of Central China Normal University, many college students know the existence of western festivals, but little of them k
4、now 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 sen
5、d 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 consumptio
6、nAs 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 Chinas traditional festivals are too rigid and there are many festivals with feudal thinking. On th
7、e contrary,western festivals which are exciting advocate the flamboyant and reflect freedom. In addition, western holidays make people whore 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
8、cultural exchanges. Huang Kemin, a Sociologist believes that celebrating western holidays is a form of cultural communication. In some cases, itll fill vacancies in Chinese culture. Some students believe that celebrating Western festivals can enhance the friendship of classmates and make the classes
9、 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 do
10、nt suit Chinas needs for cultural development.Also, due to blind worship, people often lost traditional culture. Celebrating western holidays will shake the traditional cultures status in the minds of nationals and endanger the inheritance and development of traditional culture. For example, many yo
11、ung people celebrate Valentines day, but they dont know Chinese Loverss Day. In addition,owing to the cultural invasion ,many countries are wary of foreign holidays .To guarantee Chinese culturals independence, western holidays cannt be allowed to develop freely. At the same time, many people celebr
12、ate Western festivals for following the fashion .The effect of cultural exchanges isnt 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 s
13、houldnt 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 becau
14、se its 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.Theyre 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!
