中美节日文化对比(英文)

,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,Differences between Chinese and American Festival Culture,制作：,Spring Festival Christmas Day,Double Seventh Festival Valentines Day,Chinese Ghost Festival Halloween,1.,2.,3.,China,America,Spring Festival Christmas,1.,Spring Festival,The Spring festival , also called the Chinese New Year,has been the most significant and celebrated holiday of the year for the Chinese nationality.According to the traditional custom,the Spring Festival lasts form the 23rd day of 12th lunar month to the 15th day of 1st lunar month ,and the climax should be the New Year Eve and the first day of lunar month.,The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together just like Chrismas in the west,.,New Year is the time of harvest.People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve.At that time, all family members eat dinner together.The meal is more luxurious than usual.,Company LOGO,Custom,Spring Festival couplets,(two successive rhyming lines in poetry),Year paintings,paper cutting,family reunion dinner,give money ,lucky money,(money given to children as a lunar New Year gift),red packets(cash wrapped up in red paper,symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.),Spring Festival couplets,P,aper cutting,Dumplings,People have dumplings to espress wishes for getting more money in the new year .Bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new.,Christmas Day,1.The Origin of the Christmas,2.Christmas Customs in America,3.Santas Origin,4.Christmas Tree,5.Christmas Card and Christmas Dinner,The Origin of the Christmas,The word “Christmas” is a combination of the words “Christ” and “Mass“(,弥撒,). Christmas is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25th that marks and honors the birth of Jesus.,On Christmas day, most of the Catholic church will first celebrate on December 24th, Christmas Eve, that is, the date, December 25th, held at midnight mass, and some of the Christian church will hold good tidings, and then celebrate Christmas on December 25th. And another big branch, orthodox Christian Christmas celebration in every year on January 7th.,(,在圣诞节，大部分的天主教教堂都会先在,12,月,24,日的耶诞夜，亦即,12,月,25,日凌晨举行子夜弥撒，而一些基督教会则会举行报佳音，然后在,12,月,25,日庆祝圣诞节；而基督教的另一大分支,东正教的圣诞节庆祝则在每年的,1,月,7,日,.),Christmas Eve,Christmas Custom in America,Santas origin,Once there was an old man named Nicholas. He always help poor families. One time he help three poor children, and sent their three bags of gold to escape the misfortune of being sold. When Nicholas secretly put one bag to one woman, the bag was thrown to a window into the walls of the king in a stocking. Therefore, in order to commemorate him, people will put the gifts in the socks and ask for candy house to house. Nowadays , Santa will secretly climb into chimney to give gifts in the socks which in the head of the bed.,Christmas tree,The origin of the Christmas tree in west is: a good farmer, on Christmas day, warmly hosted a homeless child, when the child was leaving, he fold a branch in the ground, and the branch become a tree. The boy pointed at the tree and said today in every year, gifts would appear in the tree to repay your hospitality. So, now the Christmas tree always hung many small gifts.,Christmas Card and Christmas Dinner,As Chinese New Year, Americans will have a big feast on Christmas. The whole family gather around the tree, and enjoy the holiday meal. The custom Eat Turkey dinner began in 1620.,Double Seventh Festival Valentine Day,2.,Double Seventh Festival,O,Other Names,Other Names,Other Names,乞巧节 七巧节 七姐诞 星期 女节 兰夜 小儿节 穿针节 巧夕 双七,The festival originated from the,romantic legend,of two lovers,the Weaver Maid and the Cowherd牛郎. The tale of,The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd,has been celebrated in the Qixi Festival since the,Han Dynasty,. The,earliest-known,reference to this famous myth dates back to,over 2600 years,ago, which was told in a poem from the,Classic of Poetry,.,Qixi originated from,the worship of nature,at first.,the worship to the,stars,Qixi also came from the ancient peoples,worship of time,. Seven and Ji are homophonic(谐音的) and seven seven has a meaning of double luck.It is a lucky day.,Origin,穿针乞巧,这是最早的乞巧方式，始于汉，流于后世。,喜蛛应巧,这也是较早的一种乞巧方式，其俗稍晚于穿针乞巧，大致起于南北朝之时。即看盒中蜘蛛的结网疏密，历代验巧之法不同，南北朝视网之有无、唐视网之稀密，宋视网之圆正，后世多遵唐俗。,投针验巧,种生求子,为牛庆生,染指甲,（,中国西南一带,）,妇女洗发,（在湖南、江浙一带都有此记载）女性在这天沐发，代表用银河里的圣水净发，必可获得织女神的护佑。还流行用脸盆接露水的习俗。传说七夕节时的露水是牛郎织女相会时的眼泪，如抹在眼上和手上，可使人眼明手快。,晒书晒衣,Custom of the Festival,拜织女,“,拜织女”纯是少女、少妇们的事。她们大都是预先和自己朋友或邻里们约好五六人，多至十来人，联合举办。举行的仪式，是于月光下摆一张桌子，桌子上置茶、酒、水果、五子（桂圆、红枣、榛子、花生，瓜子）等祭品；又有鲜花几朵，束红纸，插瓶子里，花前置一个小香炉。那么，约好参加拜织女的少妇、少女们，斋戒一天，沐浴停当，准时都到主办的家里来，于案前焚香礼拜后，大家一起围坐在桌前，一面吃花生，瓜子，一面朝着织女星座，默念自己的心事。如少女们希望长得漂亮或嫁个如意郎、少妇们希望早生贵子等，都可以向织女星默祷。玩到半夜始散。,拜魁星,俗传七月七日是魁星的生日。魁星文事，想求取功名的读书人特别崇敬魁星，所以一定在七夕这天祭拜，祈求他保佑自己考运亨通。,七夕的应节食品，以巧果最为出名。巧果又名“乞巧果子”，款式极多。,吃巧果,拜“七娘妈”,闽南和台湾的七夕节又是“七娘妈”的诞辰日。民间十分盛行崇拜七娘妈这一被奉为保护孩子平安和健康的偶像,闽南和台湾的七夕节又是“七娘妈”的诞辰日。民间十分盛行崇拜七娘妈这一被奉为保护孩子平安和健康的偶像。闽南、台湾民间七夕虽不很重乞巧，但很看重保健食俗。每到七夕之际，几乎家家户户要买来中药使君子和石榴。,Valentines Day,Valentine s Day,Origin,?,Saint Valentine,俗传七月七日是魁星的生日。魁星文事，想求取功名的读书人特别崇敬魁星，所以一定在七夕这天祭拜，祈求他保佑自己考运亨通。,Symbols of Valentine s Day,闽南和台湾的七夕节又是“七娘妈”的诞辰日。民间十分盛行崇拜七娘妈这一被奉为保护孩子平安和健康的偶像,Chocolate,Be my valentine,Candlelight dinner,Candlelight dinner,Valentine cards,More,But it is not just a day when couples and lovers celebrate their romance. It is also an occasion for family members or friends to express their love for each other .,Chinese Ghost Festival Halloween,3.,Chinese Ghost Festival,1.The March 3rd Festival (,三月三）,2.Tomb-Sweeping Day,（清明节）,3.The Hungry Ghost Festival,（中元节）,4.Winter clothing festival,（寒衣节）,Company LOGO,1.March 3rd Festival (,三月三）,Formerly known as “,Shangsi Festival,”,（上巳节）, the March 3rd Festival is a traditional festival observed by the Han people and a number of ethnic minority groups.,Originally March 3rd was more focused on religious activities to ward off disaster and keep evil spirits at bay as well as to pray for having children.,2.Tomb-Sweeping Day,（,清明节）,Tomb-Sweeping Day is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed, and it also named “,Hanshi festival,”(,寒食节,). Tomb-Sweeping Day literally means clear (Qing) and bright (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in,March 14,th,of the lunar calendar.,Origin,Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Zhui(,介子椎,). Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lords life by serving a piece of his own leg. But he declines the invitation when the lord (,晋文公,)becomes a ruler and escapes to a mountain with his mother.,The lord sets the forest on fire to force Jie out, but Jie and his mother burnt to death on a willow,柳树,. The lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jies death.,Custom,1.,Tomb sweeping,.,On each Tomb-Sweeping day, people sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. And people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.,2.,Plainting willow trees,.,People believe the willow have power to against evil.,3.,Flying kite and spring outing,.,3.The Hungry Ghost Festival,（,中元节）,In Chinese tradition, the,fifteenth,day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the,seventh,month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month.,People they believe the gates of hell are thrown open, releasing hungry ghosts to wander the earth in search of food and taking revenge upon those who wronged them in life.,Custom,1.To Taoists,and Buddhists, they have,rituals,to help souls enter into heaven.,2.,Sacrifices,供奉,. People always burn bundles of joss sticks,烧香, paper hell money, food, and other offerings by the roadside.,3.,Floating River Lanterns,灯笼,. People float lit lanterns along the rivers. This is done to redeem the soul of those who died by drowning.,Meaning,To Buddhists, they regard the ghost festival as,Yulan Pot Festival,(,盂兰盆节,), and it emphasizes,filial piety,(,孝道,).,To Taoists, Zhong Yuan festival concerns with thanksgiving.,4.Winter clothing festival,（,寒衣节）,On October 1,st,of lunar calendar, people will have sacrifices to ancestors, they offer food, paper money and,grave clothing,. Because this day is the first day of winter, and the climate become more and more cold. People burn grave clothing to ancestors to keep warm and express their respect.,Halloween, a secular holiday and a contraction of All Hallows Evening) also known as All Hallows Eve,or All Saints Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries,on 31th October,the eve of the Western,Christian,feast of All Hallows Day. its a time for honoring the saints and praying for the recently departed souls who have yet to reach Heaven.,Origin_Gaelic and Welsh influence,Todays Halloween customs are thought to have been influenced by folk customs and beliefs from the Celtic-speaking countries, some of which have pagan,异教徒,roots, and others which may be rooted in Celtic Christianity.,Mass Irish and Scottish immigration during the 19th century increased the holidays celebration in the United States. Confined to the immigrant communities during the mid-19th century, it was gradually assimilated,吸收,into mainstream society and by the first decade of the 20th century it was being celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial and religious backgrounds.,J,ack-o-lantern,On route home after a night,s drinking, Jack encounters the Devil and tricks him into climbing a tree. A quick-thinking Jack etches the sign of the cross into the bark, thus trapping the Devil. Jack strikes a bargain that Satan,撒旦（魔鬼）,can never claim his soul. After a life of sin, drink, and mendacity,（虚伪，谎言）, Jack is refused entry to heaven when he dies,Keeping his promise, the Devil refuses to let Jack into hell and throws a live coal straight from the fires of hell at him. It was a cold night, so Jack places the coal in a hollowed out,（掏空的）,turnip,（萝卜,）,to stop it from going out, since which time Jack and his lantern have been roaming looking for a place to rest.The American tradition of carving pumpkins is recorded in 1837 and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.,Costumes,Costuming became popular for Halloween parties in the US in the early 20th century, as often for adults as for children. The first mass-produced Halloween costumes appeared in stores in the 1930s when trick-or-treating was becoming popular in the United States.,Halloween costumes are traditionally modeled after supernatural figures such as vampires, monsters, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. Over time, in the United States the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes,原型,such as ninjas,忍者,and princesses.,trick-or-treating,Souling, the custom of baking and sharing soul cakes for all christened souls,has been suggested as the origin of trick-or-treating. The custom dates back at least as far as the 15th century and was found in parts of England, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy.Groups of poor people, often children, would go door-to-door during Hallowtide, collecting soul cakes as a means of praying for souls in purgatory.,The practice of guising at Halloween in North America is first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario reported children going guising around the neighborhood.,other games and foods,dunking or apple bobbing,divination,The telling of ghost stories and viewing of horror films,candy apples,Pumpkin, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread,Relations between Halloween and America,As Ruth Edna Kelley said, Americans have fostered them, and are making this an occasion something like what it must have been in its best days overseas. All Halloween customs in the United States are borrowed directly or adapted from those of other countries.,Inheritance and innovation,Thank you !,Make Presentation much,more,fun,