A Comparison Between the Chinese Double-Seventh Festival and American Valentine's Day_英语论文

摘要

七夕节和情人节都是中美两国各自的传统节日，两个都是关于爱情的节日且都有悠久的历史。七夕节又被叫做中国的情人节。七夕节在中国已经有几千年的历史可谓是影响深远。七夕节来源于民间的传说。在大洋彼岸的美国同样也拥有着一个关于爱的节日情人节。情人节起源于人们祭奠一个名为瓦伦丁的基督徒所设。

本文写作的目的时对比中美两国情人节在日的起源，节日风俗，节日内涵等方面的差异。并通过这些差异分析，这些差异背后所代表的不同的思想理念和文化内涵。然后用分析出来的结果进一步分析在全球化和文化侵略越来越普遍的今天为什么情人节越来越受欢迎，而同样作为爱情节日的七夕节却显得如此暗淡。

本文的研究意义是，通过研究得出为何中美两国情人节发展前景差异这么大。然后唤醒保护传统七夕节的意识。进一步保护好我们的传统文化。并以争取的姿态去面对外来文化和传统文化。以正确的态度去处理文化侵略这个难题。

关键字： 七夕节，情人节，文化对比

Contents

Introduction 1

Part one: The Background Information of Culture Study 2

1.1The Background of the Study 2

1.2 The Purpose of the Study 2

Part two: The Different Origin 3

2.1 The Origin and Evolving Process of the Chinese Double Seventh Festival 3

2.1.1 The First Emergence 3

2.1.2 The Legend 3

2.2 The Origin and Evolving Process of American Valentine’s Day 4

2.2.1 The Origin 4

2.2.2 The Legend of American Valentine’s Day 5

Part three: The Different Customs 5

3.1 The Customs of the Double Seventh Festival 6

3.1.1 The Old Customs 6

3.1.2 The New Customs 6

3.2 The Customs of the Valentine’s Day 7

3.2.1 The Old Customs 7

3.2.2 The New Customs 7

Part four: The Comparison Between the Double Seventh Festival and American Valentine’s Day. 7

4.1 The Comparison in the Origin of Culture 7

4.2 The Comparison in the Participator 8

4.3 The Comparison in the Deep Cultural Details 8

4.4 The Comparison in the Psychological Sense of Identity 8

4.5 The Comparison in the Culture Dimension. 9

4.6 The Individualism and Collectivism  9

Part five: Conclusion 9

References 11

Acknowledgements 12