AComparativeStudyofChineseFestivalsandAmericanHolidays

毕业论文（设计）AbstractCulture is the soul carrier of human being,is the core of one country.Differentcountries have different cultures.Festival,which reflects the most delicate andrepresentative respect of culture,is the essence of human's daily life.Beingcomparing American Christmas with Chinese New Year,Thanks Giving Day withMid-autumn Festival,Valentines'Day with Double-Seventh Day,Halloween withTomb Sweeping Day and Easter with Dragon Boat Festival,we find out culturaldifferences between China and America.Thus,we know different cultures andhistories and environments will result in different festivals and reflect different socialvalues in different countries,which have a great influence on people's mind andbehavior.It is convenient to absorb the outstanding foreign cultures sensibly bysummarizing the differences,in order to protect and promote the cultural essence ofthe Chinese nation.This article first elaborates the cultures from different five aspectson the Chinese festivals and American holidays.In order to expound the effect ofcultural in both countries'commerce activity,we analyse both countries'core culturevalues,consanguinity,their manner towards love,the educational mode and memorialservice from a cultural angle.Nowadays,by generally accepted,the culture is onekind of soft strength,and only using it in positive way can minimizes losses andreduce the nonessential misunderstanding and friction and gains the victory in theChinese and American intercultural communication.The culture is the double-edgedsword,only has danced this sword well,can both countries'activities mutuallybenefits and develop harmonious.