OutlineThesis: Through the comparison between Chinese and British festival and discussion of ethnic knowledge, dating back to the history and origion, ethnic language learners can strengthen their the ability of communication and understanding British culture. I .IntroductionII. The origins and forms of the British and Chinese festivals.A. the origin of Chinese traditional festivalsB. the origin of British traditional festivalIII. The different celebration forms between Chinese and British festivals.A. The approaches to celebrate Chinese festivals1 .Spring Festival and New Year2 . Zhong Yuan Jie and Halloween3. Dragon Boat Festival4. The Mid-Autumn festival5. The winter solstice festivalB. The approaches to celebrate British festivals1. Carnival2. Easter3. Christmas4. Thanks giving DayIV. The other specific differences in celebrationA. The comparison in food and drinking during festivals between themB .The different table manners between themC. The differences between the clothing tonal during festivals.V. Conclusion Abstract The origin of British festival celebrations and cultural perspectives, and a comparative study to explore the human culture attribute and rules, reveal the culture and human relations. Chinese and British festival and customs have obvious difference. Chinese festival mainly is for their age and throttle lucky and happy holiday custom to eat, and the main reason is the pursuit of life in Chinese, for the purpose of longevity and health, and through the diet to realize, British festival mainly comes from religion and related events, memory, and god bless the holiday custom to play as the theme, the main reason is the pursuit of life in the west, and for the purpose of healthy and happy by religious and entertainment activities. Different ethnic traditional festivals, and the difference of national or by having the same culture of many people survive form of culture system and way of life is closely related to the difference.内容提要从中西方节日文化的起源以及庆祝方式等视角来进行对比研究，进而发掘人类文化的属性和规则，揭示文化和人类之间的关系。通过比较中西方节日差异, 讨论认识西方各民族的历史与文化, 有助于语言学习者与西方各民族加强沟通与了解。中国和西方国家的节日及其习俗有着比较明显的差异。中国的节日主要源于岁时节气、祈求自身吉祥幸福，节日习俗以吃喝为主题，其原因主要是中国人对生命的追求以健康长寿为目的，并通过饮食来实现;西方的节日主要源于宗教及相关事件，缅怀上帝、求其保佑，节日习俗以玩乐为主题，其原因主要是西方人对生命的追求以健康快乐为目的，并通过宗教和娱乐活动来实现。不同的民族传统节庆之差异，都与该民族或由具有相同文化特质的诸多民族所构成的文化体系的生存形态和生活方式的差异密切相关。关键词 传统节日; 中西文化; 差异；中西文化；节日文化；春节；圣诞节7I. Introduction: Traditional ethnic festivals formation is a national historical and cultural long-term accumulation. The origin of the festival for the life of people and are closely linked, it reflects the peoples emotion world, the peoples love of life. There is a famous: each national holiday, is that each national culture is the most realistic. Visible, want to understand the culture of a nation must be from them, the traditional festivalsII. The origins and forms of the British and Chinese festivals.Chinese and British festival and customs have obvious difference. Chinese festival mainly for their age and throttle lucky and happy holiday custom to eat, for the theme, the main reason is the pursuit of life in Chinese, for the purpose of longevity and health, and through the diet to realize, British festival mainly comes from religion and related events, memory, and god bless the holiday custom to play as the theme, the main reason is the pursuit of life in the west, and for the purpose of healthy and happy by religious and entertainment activities. Different ethnic traditional festivals, and the difference of national or by having the same culture of many people survive form of culture system and way of life is closely related to the difference. Traditional ethnic festival is a complex social cultural phenomenon, and contains a national historical formation and precipitation of personality, psychological, beliefs, ideas, ways of thinking, moral sentiment, aesthetic and cultural connotation of the deep structure of the value orientation of national spirit, is in a particular society on the soil of long-term results and important carrier, is a national survival form, the most prominent feature of the show. It is closely associated with the activities of production and understanding people and social historical development activities and produce, evolution and transformation, and controlled by people of different material life and different history of ideology, but also in different levels in the peoples physical and role in the development of culture.Holiday is one year endowed with special social and cultural significance and a day of daily life of rich people, is a showcase of regional, national, and the countrys political, economic, cultural, religious and other summary and extension. Festival is in the festival custom, of