Acknowledgments My writing of this thesis has smoothly come to an end, and I hereby would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the following people for their selfless dedication and contribution to my thesis. 38132
My profound gratitude first goes to Associate Prof. , my supervisor, for her constant guidance and encouragement in the process of my writing. She offered me considerable and constructive advice, practical and profound suggestions on the completion of my paper. Just under her careful and patient guidance. I begin to get a clear idea of the paper and fully frame it out.  Without her support and help, the completion of the present thesis is impossible.
I feel grateful to all the teachers who have ever taught me throughout my college years, especially Yuan Bing, my British and American Culture course teacher. Her profound knowledge of western cultures led me into the world of culture, and also inspired me to make efforts in English learning. I am also very grateful to all other teachers of the School of Foreign Languages who gave me direct or indirect help during my study in the college.
Last, my thanks would go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my classmates and roommates for their encouragement, support, comments and wise advice.
Abstract Nowadays, with the improvement of our living standards, having a nice and happy festival becomes an indispensable part in many people’s mind. With China’s reformation and opening-up and the fast speed of the progress of globalization, Western Festivals are quickly accepted and loved by Chinese youngsters. Western festival spreading into China largely depends not only on Western prosperous economy and globalization but also on its characteristics as “fashion, entertainment, revelry etc.” Under the circumstance, Western Culture has greatly impact on Chinese Culture. We can also see the fusion and collision of Chinese Culture and Western Culture.
China and Western Countries have different cultures. Festivals are precious cultural heritage of different countries, so different festivals can reflect different cultures. Chinese and Western Traditional Festival Culture are two kinds of cultural forms which are developed from their own cultural system. They have their own distinctive characteristics, self-contained content and colorful form.
The paper falls into seven parts. The first part serves as an introduction. The second part aims at introducing the similarity between China and Western Festival. The third part introduces the differences between Chinese and Western Festivals.. The fourth part will show some positive and negative influences caused by Chinese and Western Festivals. The fifth part analyzes the reasons why Western Festival Culture influenced Chinese Festival Culture. The sixth part aims at giving some personal suggestions to protect our Traditional Festival. The seventh part functions as a conclusion.
Key Words: Chinese and Western Festivals, cultural differences, cultural fusion and collision
摘要如今,随着生活水平的提高,美好和快乐的节日成为人们生活中不可或缺的一部分。中国改革开放和全球化的进程的加速, 使中国年轻人能很快接受并喜爱西方节日。西方节日蔓延到中国在很大程度上不仅取决于西方繁荣经济和全球化,也和它“时尚、娱乐、狂欢等”的特点有着很大的关联。在这种情况下,西方文化在极大地影响了中国文化同时,我们也让我们从中看到中国文化和西方文化的融合和碰撞。
中国和西方国家有着各自不同的文化。节日是不同国家的宝贵文化遗产,不同的节日可以反映出不同的文化。中西方的传统节日文化，是在其各自相对独立的文化系统中发育成长起来的两种文化形态，它们形成了各自独具一格的鲜明特色和自成体系的丰富内容，以及多姿多彩的表现形式。 从传统节日看西方文化对中国文化的影响:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_37064.html