The Cultural Differences Between Valentine’s Day and The Double Seventh Festival
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关键词:Cultural DifferencesValentine’s DayDouble SeventhFestival文化
摘要:China's rapid economic and social development improve the prestige in a national stage, and China begins to keep a touch with the west frequently, and the traditional Chinese festival culture begins to come into the world and show its unique charm. The Chinese people begin to understand the charm of Western festive culture .Chinese and Western festive culture penetrate each other,which keep up with the trend of the times and always keep vitality.
I. Introduction
Traditional ethnic festivals are very complex social and cultural phenomena, and they show the development of a nation's
history , beliefs, concepts, ways of thinking, moral character, aesthetic taste. Many deep cultural connotation of the value orientation has been the national spirit in a particular aspect ,and it is also a form of the most prominent national survival and the most unique display .They are closely related to people's productive activities, as well as the social awareness arising from the development of history, evolution ,controlled by people of different material life and different ideologies. The culture of western festivals and eastern festivals both have long history and festival culture is a very important part of culture. It reflects some history of a nation or a country and the origin of culture to some extent. Furthermore, people form different ways to celebrate festivals in the course of a nation’s developing history. Hence, understanding the history and custom by western and eastern Valentine’s day, we can learn more history and culture about every nation. therefore ,it contributes to strengthening communication and understanding among counties and offers a window for developing national communication.
The paper takes Valentine’s day as a example, comparing western and eastern culture revealing their culture connotations and custom contents. From the origin of the festivals and the development of history to the nowadays influence, and from the celebration of festival and the ceremony spreading to the transmitting of customs every aspect introduces rich and varied culture and old simple customs.
II. Valentine’s Day in western
the origin of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is named St.Valentine’s Day . It is one of the oldest traditional festivals in western countries. Although it has about 2000 years history, it is still full of vitality. The styles, which people celebrate are richer and richer and varied .Nowadays ,more and more Easterners accept the festival, and it has become a worldwide festival. About the origin of Valentine’s Day, it has roots in several different legends through the ages. One of them is Valentine’s Day which is for worshiping Juno who is Jupiter’s wife in Rome. Only few People know about this, and the following story is the most typical one, and is the most popular one recognized ever since. In three AD ,there was a dictator named Claudius in Rome, and there was not far away from the palace ,a beautiful church where Valentine lived.Romans respected him and thought highly of him from the young to the old, from the poor to the rich, people always gathered around him listening to his prayer and words. The wars in Roman occured frequently, then the dictator ordered the citizens go forward to the frontline, but they did not want to leave their families, especially young people ,they did not want to depart with their sweethearts. Claudius got angry and did not allow people to hold weddings, and those who had been proposed were told by him to dismiss the proposals. As a result,many young people had to say goodbye to the lovers, and girls became blue for losing their soulmates. Valentine got frustrated by the deed of the dictator, When a young couple came to the church asking him for help, Valentine held a medding for them in the chur
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