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1、The Reasons Why Western Festivals Are Popular in ChinaKitty 冯燕芬201012321608Senior Paper 2003Teacher: Kieser Barbara5 December 2013Kitty 冯燕芬 201012321608 1Outline：1. IntroductionWith the further development of globalization and foreign exchange, western festivals have poured into China and the number
2、 of people pursue the western holidays is increasing, which results in a phenomenon western holidays hot in China and tremendous influences in China. Every nation has its special and unique festivals, and the traditional festivals in China have long history. Nowadays the wave of globalization is uns
3、toppable, the world political, economic and cultural exchanges among the countries are frequently and deeply increasing.2. Body2.1 The reasons of popularity of western festivals2.1 .1Globalization effects2.1.2 Economy effects 2.1.3 The medias and the merchants hype2.1.4 Other reasons2.2 The advantag
4、es and disadvantages of western holidays2.2.1 The advantages 2.2.2 The disadvantages3. ConclusionKitty 冯燕芬 201012321608 2The Reasons Why Western Festivals Are Popular in ChinaIntroduction With the further development of globalization and foreign exchange, western festivals have poured into China and
5、 the number of people pursue the western holidays is increasing, which results in a phenomenon western holidays hot in China and tremendous influences in China. Every nation has its special and unique festivals, and the traditional festivals in China have long history. Nowadays the wave of globaliza
6、tion is unstoppable, the world political, economic and cultural exchanges among the countries are frequently and deeply increasing. As an important carrier of the traditional national cultural holidays, they are in the mutual collision of multicultural culture. Some western festivals such Valentines
7、 Day, Fools Day, Christmas Day are more and more popular in China while Chinese traditional festivals such New Years Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival are incline to be deserted. (Zhu Yi1-2) Therefore, the paper is to discuss the reasons why western holidays are popular in China from it
8、s economy, media, education and so on. The reasons of popularity of western festivals After the implement of Reform and Opening Policy in our country, economic, political and cultural exchanges are increasing day by day.Globalization effectsGlobal economic integration also accelerates the foreign cu
9、lture influencing on our country. As more and more foreign companies enter into China, so more and more foreigners work China and they will bring their festivals into China. Gradually, they celebrate their holidays in China and their holidays intrude into our life and affect us; Moreover, more and m
10、ore Chinese students study aboard. They accept foreign education and celebrate western festivals. They bring the western culture back to China when they finished their study. Lastly, English as an international language plays a crucial role in China. Thus “English hot” has been common in Chinese edu
11、cation and people among various ages have some knowledge about western festivals. So it is inevitable for western festivals to be prevalent in China.(Zhao Aihua60-63) Economy effects Kitty 冯燕芬 201012321608 3With the drastic development of economy, peoples living standard greatly improve, they tend t
12、o purse the more colorful life and their mind become board to accept western festivals as their relaxing activities. While Chinese festivals have many ethic meanings, almost every festival has a certain relations to such as Chinese people should worship their ancestors in Tomb-sweeping Day; they sho
13、uld memorize QuYuan in Dragon Boat Festival. Such entertaining festivals that they should have, water down under the constraint of ethic morality. When these western festivals with the purpose of pursing happiness pour into China, Chinese people find a way to express their feelings as finding a “New
14、 Land”. Thus, “western festivals hot” has been an unavoidable phenomenon in China.The medias and the merchants hypeFor merchants, profit is everything. The holidays economy is largest gold growth in recent years. Whether it is a Chinese traditional festival day or a western festival day, it has beco
15、me an important point for merchants. Christmas Day, Valentines Day, Halloween and so on has been a new hype object. The merchants omnipresent advertise and publicize western festivals in order to attract peoples eyes. In addition, media excessively pay attention to western holidays. Many newspapers
16、and magazines report a large number of western holidays such as Christmas Day, Valentines Day and April fools day. From its background knowledge to its special celebration, the celebrations from abroad to inland, undoubtedly, the media play an important part in publicizing western holidays. The deficiency of education In the moder
