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【英文写作】Should We Celebrate the Western Festivals?
一
Nowadays,Western festivals such as Christmas and Valentine's Day are gaining increasing popularity in China, especially among college students. But whether we should celebrate these festivals has become a subject of heated discussion.
Some believe celebrating Western festivals is a sign of globalization. They argue that China needs to take in various foreign cultures so as to blend into the modern world. And celebrating Western festivals is a good opportunity for the Chinese to know more about other cultures. However, others believe that the Western festivals threaten a kind of cultural aggression. Therefore, we should drive them out lest they should undermine our traditional culture.
In my opinion, as college students, we should preserve the traditional Chinese culture as well as stay open to Western ones. Therefore, while laying emphasis on Chinese festivals, we could also absorb foreign elements.
二
Whether we Chinese should celebrate the western festivals or not has been a subject of heated discussion and argument among people of all ranks recent years. Some say that it’s improper for the western festivals to be celebrated in China because such a festival as Christmas possesses strong religious sense and colors. They are deeply convinced that on the one hand the popularity of the western festivals in China is the result of the foreign cultural invasion and the infiltration1 of the foreign “soft force”. On the other hand, more and more Chinese people, especially young people, have lost their interest in our traditional Chinese festivals like Mid-autumn Festival, Dragon-boat Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, Double Ninth Festival etc., showing clearly that some countrymen have lost their self-confidence in our national culture and customs. At the advent of the western festivals, such as Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and so forth, a festive air scarcely seen before appears across the country, attracting thousands upon thousands of Chinese people. In general, the Chinese young men almost don’t know the profound implications of our traditional Chinese festivals, instead they are familiar with the western festivals and go after them like a flock of ducks, which has brought about a serious shock to the Chinese traditional culture and the sense of the community. If the situation continues to develop like this, the consequence would be too ghastly to contemplate. They say as most of us don’t believe in Christ, God or religions, and few of us know the meaning of Christmas, what’s the point of celebrating it? Christmas is a festival full of religious colors and meanings for the Christians. If the non-Christians participate in the observance, they are subservient to foreigners.So let’s keep our mind on the traditional Chinese festivals instead. Others think that being one of the achievements won by the Chinese people in the reform and opening to the outside world, the western festivals are right and proper to be celebrated by us Chinese. It has nothing to do with worshiping and having blind faith in things foreign. A case in point is that Christmas is springing up quietly and soundlessly in our country and becoming widely popular day by day. As is known to all that Christmas Day, December 25, is the most important festival in the western world, although it is almost certainly not the day on which Jesus Christ was born. Originally Christmas was a religious rite—the “Christ Mass” ---and it did not become a fixed holiday until 440 A.D. . Today, Christmas is still observed as an anniversary of the birthday of Christ, but its religious aspect is almost lost to the lay world amidst all the commercialisation6 and human excitement of it. The celebration usually includes an exchange of cards and presents among relatives and friends, decking the sitting room out with a Christmas tree, and a feast featuring a turkey or a goose. People can take advantage of this moment to entertain themselves, get together and extend their greetings each other.
I don’t think it’s necessary to find a definite answer to whether we Chinese should celebrate the foreign festivals or not. We ought to respect others’ decision instead of interference in their choices. It’s not a bad thing for the people to take advantage of the western festivals, entertaining themselves, getting together and exchanging greetings. To the whole society, Christmas can stimulate the country’s economy and the people’s consumption, increase the income of tourism and catering industry and other entertainment industries, creating more social wealth.
With the rapid development of society, science and technology, the globalization of the global village is the inevitability of the globalization of economy. For example, the Buddhist culture originated from India from 6th century to 5th century B.C. was created by Buddha and the Moslem born on the Arabian Peninsula was created by Mohammed in the beginning of the 7th century. They are not our native cultures but they have taken root in China for thousands of years. When both Buddhism and Moslem were spread across China, they were smoothly and naturally integrated with the Chinese culture, having great effects on China’s society, politics, culture and life. So to say, at the time we popularize and carry forward China’s traditional culture, we should critically absorb the advanced cultures from abroad.
All in all, it’s natural for the Chinese people, especially young people, to take part in the Christmas activities, relaxing, unbosoming and relieving themselves. They are so attracted by the Christmas decorations, colors and music that no one looks into its religious background and traditional meaning of Christmas. I think if you are not interested in the celebration of the western festivals, you can ignore them but don’t complain and make veiled criticism. Some people like to celebrate the western festivals but I’m sure they neither identify with them nor betray our own culture.
三
When pursing the western festivals, a number of Chinese people have gradually forgotten and lost part of the culture identity. We can not deny that the western festivals have already lead to cultural aggression and threaten the preservation of our traditional festivals. We have our traditional Qixi Festivals for expressing the love, and Double Ninths, for respecting the olds, which less people know about, especially the youth who crazy about the Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day and Father’s Day. Chinese festivals have its own origin which formed through a long history. On Double Ninths, people will climb mountains and enjoy the chrysanthemum; and on Qixi Festivals, women can pray to get a happy marriage. And all these traditions are more valuable and worth to be cherished. By comparison, foreign festivals highlight the entertainment and sending gifts while Chinese festivals focus on getting together and enjoy the family ship, and teach people to respect others and so on. These are all good characters of our Chinese.
Above all, western holidays brought us some entertainment, at the same time it caused some bad effects. So, when we are learning the western knowledge, receiving the foreign information, we should know more about our traditional festivals, respect them and cherish them. 以前收集的文章,足够参考了
【英文写作】Should We Celebrate the Western Festivals?
一
Nowadays,Western festivals such as Christmas and Valentine's Day are gaining increasing popularity in China, especially among college students. But whether we should celebrate these festivals has become a subject of heated discussion.
Some believe celebrating Western festivals is a sign of globalization. They argue that China needs to take in various foreign cultures so as to blend into the modern world. And celebrating Western festivals is a good opportunity for the Chinese to know more about other cultures. However, others believe that the Western festivals threaten a kind of cultural aggression. Therefore, we should drive them out lest they should undermine our traditional culture.
In my opinion, as college students, we should preserve the traditional Chinese culture as well as stay open to Western ones. Therefore, while laying emphasis on Chinese festivals, we could also absorb foreign elements.
二
Whether we Chinese should celebrate the western festivals or not has been a subject of heated discussion and argument among people of all ranks recent years. Some say that it’s improper for the western festivals to be celebrated in China because such a festival as Christmas possesses strong religious sense and colors. They are deeply convinced that on the one hand the popularity of the western festivals in China is the result of the foreign cultural invasion and the infiltration1 of the foreign “soft force”. On the other hand, more and more Chinese people, especially young people, have lost their interest in our traditional Chinese festivals like Mid-autumn Festival, Dragon-boat Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, Double Ninth Festival etc., showing clearly that some countrymen have lost their self-confidence in our national culture and customs. At the advent of the western festivals, such as Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and so forth, a festive air scarcely seen before appears across the country, attracting thousands upon thousands of Chinese people. In general, the Chinese young men almost don’t know the profound implications of our traditional Chinese festivals, instead they are familiar with the western festivals and go after them like a flock of ducks, which has brought about a serious shock to the Chinese traditional culture and the sense of the community. If the situation continues to develop like this, the consequence would be too ghastly to contemplate. They say as most of us don’t believe in Christ, God or religions, and few of us know the meaning of Christmas, what’s the point of celebrating it? Christmas is a festival full of religious colors and meanings for the Christians. If the non-Christians participate in the observance, they are subservient to foreigners.So let’s keep our mind on the traditional Chinese festivals instead. Others think that being one of the achievements won by the Chinese people in the reform and opening to the outside world, the western festivals are right and proper to be celebrated by us Chinese. It has nothing to do with worshiping and having blind faith in things foreign. A case in point is that Christmas is springing up quietly and soundlessly in our country and becoming widely popular day by day. As is known to all that Christmas Day, December 25, is the most important festival in the western world, although it is almost certainly not the day on which Jesus Christ was born. Originally Christmas was a religious rite—the “Christ Mass” ---and it did not become a fixed holiday until 440 A.D. . Today, Christmas is still observed as an anniversary of the birthday of Christ, but its religious aspect is almost lost to the lay world amidst all the commercialisation6 and human excitement of it. The celebration usually includes an exchange of cards and presents among relatives and friends, decking the sitting room out with a Christmas tree, and a feast featuring a turkey or a goose. People can take advantage of this moment to entertain themselves, get together and extend their greetings each other.
I don’t think it’s necessary to find a definite answer to whether we Chinese should celebrate the foreign festivals or not. We ought to respect others’ decision instead of interference in their choices. It’s not a bad thing for the people to take advantage of the western festivals, entertaining themselves, getting together and exchanging greetings. To the whole society, Christmas can stimulate the country’s economy and the people’s consumption, increase the income of tourism and catering industry and other entertainment industries, creating more social wealth.
With the rapid development of society, science and technology, the globalization of the global village is the inevitability of the globalization of economy. For example, the Buddhist culture originated from India from 6th century to 5th century B.C. was created by Buddha and the Moslem born on the Arabian Peninsula was created by Mohammed in the beginning of the 7th century. They are not our native cultures but they have taken root in China for thousands of years. When both Buddhism and Moslem were spread across China, they were smoothly and naturally integrated with the Chinese culture, having great effects on China’s society, politics, culture and life. So to say, at the time we popularize and carry forward China’s traditional culture, we should critically absorb the advanced cultures from abroad.
All in all, it’s natural for the Chinese people, especially young people, to take part in the Christmas activities, relaxing, unbosoming and relieving themselves. They are so attracted by the Christmas decorations, colors and music that no one looks into its religious background and traditional meaning of Christmas. I think if you are not interested in the celebration of the western festivals, you can ignore them but don’t complain and make veiled criticism. Some people like to celebrate the western festivals but I’m sure they neither identify with them nor betray our own culture.
三
When pursing the western festivals, a number of Chinese people have gradually forgotten and lost part of the culture identity. We can not deny that the western festivals have already lead to cultural aggression and threaten the preservation of our traditional festivals. We have our traditional Qixi Festivals for expressing the love, and Double Ninths, for respecting the olds, which less people know about, especially the youth who crazy about the Valentine’s Day, Father’s Day and Father’s Day. Chinese festivals have its own origin which formed through a long history. On Double Ninths, people will climb mountains and enjoy the chrysanthemum; and on Qixi Festivals, women can pray to get a happy marriage. And all these traditions are more valuable and worth to be cherished. By comparison, foreign festivals highlight the entertainment and sending gifts while Chinese festivals focus on getting together and enjoy the family ship, and teach people to respect others and so on. These are all good characters of our Chinese.
Above all, western holidays brought us some entertainment, at the same time it caused some bad effects. So, when we are learning the western knowledge, receiving the foreign information, we should know more about our traditional festivals, respect them and cherish them.