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Comparisons Between Chinese and Western Festivals
“A holiday of a nation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation.” ”
Now, let’s see some specific examples
• And dumplings boiled in water signifying a longlost good wish for a family. It's usual to wear something red to ward off evil spirits. After dinner, the family sit up for the night playing cards, board games or watching TV programmers dedicated to the occasion. At midnight, the sky is lit up by fireworks. • Chinese kids can get “lucky money” in red envelopes from their parents and relatives. • Then the family begins to say greetings from door to door, first to their relatives and then their neighbors, saying some congratulations to each other
Western Valentine’s Day
• It is not only the best time to express love, but also the most romantic moment to propose. It is originated from Rome.
• • • • ZhongYuan festival
• Double Seventh • Festival
• • • Valentine’s •
VS
Western Day
Double Seventh Festival
• Double Seventh festival becomes the Chinese Valentine’s Day, which originated in the legend of the Niulang meeting Zhinv on the magpie bridge.
Different Consuetude Between Spring Festival and Christmas
• Spring Festival
• A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom, to sweep away any traces of bad luck, and doors and windowpanes are given a new coat of paint, usually red. The doors and windows are then decorated with paper cuts and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth on them. The eve of the New Year is perhaps the most exciting part of the event, as anticipation creeps in. Here, traditions and rituals are very carefully observed in everything from food to clothing. Dinner is usually a feast of dumplings, signifying different good wishes.
VS
• Spring Festival
Christmas
Christmas
Christmas: source
• To memorise the birth of Jesus. • The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born.
Halloween Day
• 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 decorations 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.
THANKS
Halloween Day
VS
ZhongYuan festival
• On Lunar Jul.15th is the ZhongYuan festival, in that day every family will prepare many offerings and sacrifice these good to their relatives or friends who come from the nether world.
Different Consuetude Between Spring Festival and Christmas • Christmas
• From early November until January, American homes and stores are decorated with Christmas trees and colorful lights. American children can get Christmas presents from Santa Claus. People in the West send cards which write with blessing words to their relatives and friends. But sending cards is less common than before since computers and mobile phones have become so popular.
Blessing words
• For example, • May you be happy and prosperous.------恭 喜发财。 • May all your wishes come true.-------心想 事成。 • Good luck and happiness to -吉祥 如意。 • Safe trip wherever you go. ----出入平安。
Spring Festival
Spring Festival: source
• The most important feast in China. • The origin of the Chinese New Year is too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognized as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days. Preparations tend to begin a month from the date of the Chinese New Year (similar to Christmas), when people start buying presents, decorative materials, food and clothing.
“A holiday of a nation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation.” ”
Now, let’s see some specific examples
• And dumplings boiled in water signifying a longlost good wish for a family. It's usual to wear something red to ward off evil spirits. After dinner, the family sit up for the night playing cards, board games or watching TV programmers dedicated to the occasion. At midnight, the sky is lit up by fireworks. • Chinese kids can get “lucky money” in red envelopes from their parents and relatives. • Then the family begins to say greetings from door to door, first to their relatives and then their neighbors, saying some congratulations to each other
Western Valentine’s Day
• It is not only the best time to express love, but also the most romantic moment to propose. It is originated from Rome.
• • • • ZhongYuan festival
• Double Seventh • Festival
• • • Valentine’s •
VS
Western Day
Double Seventh Festival
• Double Seventh festival becomes the Chinese Valentine’s Day, which originated in the legend of the Niulang meeting Zhinv on the magpie bridge.
Different Consuetude Between Spring Festival and Christmas
• Spring Festival
• A huge clean-up gets underway days before the New Year, when Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom, to sweep away any traces of bad luck, and doors and windowpanes are given a new coat of paint, usually red. The doors and windows are then decorated with paper cuts and couplets with themes such as happiness, wealth on them. The eve of the New Year is perhaps the most exciting part of the event, as anticipation creeps in. Here, traditions and rituals are very carefully observed in everything from food to clothing. Dinner is usually a feast of dumplings, signifying different good wishes.
VS
• Spring Festival
Christmas
Christmas
Christmas: source
• To memorise the birth of Jesus. • The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born.
Halloween Day
• 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 decorations 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.
THANKS
Halloween Day
VS
ZhongYuan festival
• On Lunar Jul.15th is the ZhongYuan festival, in that day every family will prepare many offerings and sacrifice these good to their relatives or friends who come from the nether world.
Different Consuetude Between Spring Festival and Christmas • Christmas
• From early November until January, American homes and stores are decorated with Christmas trees and colorful lights. American children can get Christmas presents from Santa Claus. People in the West send cards which write with blessing words to their relatives and friends. But sending cards is less common than before since computers and mobile phones have become so popular.
Blessing words
• For example, • May you be happy and prosperous.------恭 喜发财。 • May all your wishes come true.-------心想 事成。 • Good luck and happiness to -吉祥 如意。 • Safe trip wherever you go. ----出入平安。
Spring Festival
Spring Festival: source
• The most important feast in China. • The origin of the Chinese New Year is too old to actually be traced. It is popularly recognized as the Spring Festival and celebrations last 15 days. Preparations tend to begin a month from the date of the Chinese New Year (similar to Christmas), when people start buying presents, decorative materials, food and clothing.