On the Protection of Chinese Traditional Festivals from the Perspective of the Popularity of Western Festivals 英语论文.docVIP

On the Protection of Chinese Traditional Festivals from the Perspective of the Popularity of Western Festivals Introduction On December 21, 2006, there appeared a petition on the Internet. Ten Philosophy and education PhD students from Chinese top Universities jointly called for netizens to be less existed about Western holidays. They believed that Chinese were going to cultural collective unconsciousness. The petition caused fierce argument on whether Chinese should celebrate Western festivals. Regarding on this matter, there is a survey conducted by S recently. In it the host asks netizens about their attitudes towards Christmas. There are 18222 of them, among whom the majority 63.9% said celebrating Christmas is another way to recreation, nothing serious 17.85% netizens regarded the festivals as a fashionable act, showing they were not out of date. These two parts clearly indicate the general opinion of the young. And it’s true that most people who celebrate Western festivals do not know the connotation of those festivals.揥ith the progress of globalization and the development of Chinese society, economy and culture, our eculture of folk festival has been impacted a lot. Traditional festivals are desalinating while Western festivals are becoming more and more popular. In this situation, I believe it’s very necessary to save our cultural of traditional festivals. And such kind of voice is high in cultural circles.攕aid Li Lulu(2005), profess of Chinese National iMuseum. From the research made by S and Li’s point, it is obvious seen that many people are really in cultural unconsciousness. Are Western festivals really better than Chinese ones? Or are there any other reasons to make Western festivals more popular? The following chapters will give answers. 2.0Comparison between Western festivals and Chinese festivals Liu Kuili(2006) academic member of Chinese Social Science Institute said,揂t present, many people feel warm when they see Santa Claus. However, when t