传统节日与西方节日作文500字【篇一：中西方传统节日对比英语作文】 second english papers each nation has its own characteristic festivals that reflect the culture of itself.in china, asour country and westerncountries become increasingly closer,more and more chinese accept western culture. however, some western festivals sometimes even more popular than traditional festivals, foreign culturals influence should not be underestimated.the main the main group of celebratingwesternfestivals is youth group which takes students as the main force.people celebrate festivals such as valentines day, mothers day, thanksgiving day and christmas day. in fact, because of the chinese way of thinking, western holidays in china is just popular for christmas and valentines day, not all western holidays attract peoples attention. according to a survey ofcentral china normal university, many college students know the existence of western festivals, but little of them know about their cultural connotations. in addition to christmas, respondents who knowother western festivalsmeaning are less than 10%. referring to the way to celebrating, in general, during the festival, people send gifts such as flowers and greeting cards.they sing with friends, andblessor send messages to each other;lots of people are going to relax during the festival:shopping, inviting friends to restaurants, dancing, and so on. on the whole, chinese celebrate western holidays with the following faith four anda characteristics: passion for universality,particularity,blind consumption as the saying goes,1000 readers have 1000 hamlets in mind. people have different viewson whether chinese should celebrate western holidays. some people who are keen on western festivals, argued that chinas traditional festivals are too rigidand there are many festivals with feudal thinking.on the contrary,westernfestivalswhich flamboyantand reflect are excitingadvocate in the freedom. addition, westernholidaysmake people whore under heavy social pressure have a chance to relax. at the same time, some experts believe that the celebration of western holidays are an inevitable trend of cultural exchanges. huang kemin, asociologistbelieves that celebrating western holidays is aform of cultural communication.in some cases, itll fill vacancies inchinese culture. some students believe that celebratingwestern festivals can enhance the friendship ofclassmates and make the classes more solidarity.duringafestival, most of the supermarkets and restaurants provide promotions that benefitconsumers, these festivals also has a catalytic role to economic development. opponents believe thatchina has its own history and local culture for thousands of years, the western festival dont suit chinas needs for cultural development.also, due to blind worship,people often losttraditional culture. celebratingwestern holidayswill shake the traditional culturesstatus in the minds of nationals and endanger the inheritance and development of traditional culture. for example, many young people celebrate valentines day, but they dont knowchinese loverss day. in addition,owing to the cultural invasion,many countries arewary of foreign holidays .to guarantee chinese culturals independence, western holidays cannt be allowed to develop freely. at the same time, many people celebrate western festivals for following the fashion .the effectof cultural exchanges isnt obvious. in addition, the blind pursuit of consumption and enjoyment causesmoney worship,hedonism and other bad ideas. just my personal opinion, we should celebrate western holidays withrational thought, and we shouldnt loseourselves.towards western festivals, we should take its essence and discard the dregs.for instance,thanksgivingdaycan be advocated for making our culture advance as it reflects one of chinese traditional virtues- gratefulness; others, such as halloween,should be treated calmly because its religious. cultural integration is the trend of the historical development.so we should not implement isolationism. under the premise of enhancing awareness of traditional culture and revitalizing chinese culture, we can activelyenter the world that has frequent cultural exchanges. festivalsare important means of cultural transmission which host the important cultural.theyre the crystallization of human wisdom. rich festival lights up our lives, for our life has various colors. let us take the broad mindand appreciate the colorful festivals!【篇二：庆祝西方节日的利弊作文】 the celebration of western festivals assisted by globalization, western festivals have landed on china like flood, sweeping away chinese peoples passion to domestic festivals. its no doubt that a majority of people in china now enjoy celebrating western festivals instead while having little interest in celebrating our traditional festivals. so, how does the situation happen? as for the influence of the situation, i think the harm it does is more than the advantages it brin