What are the differences and distinctions between Chinese traditions and Western holidays?

Now let's make a comparison between Chinese and Western festivals. The first is a comparison of the grandest festivals in China and the West, and there is something to be found. Do not see the Chinese New Year's Eve, just a family reunion, will never invite outsiders, even the most confidant friends are also very interesting, will not barge into other people's family feasts on this night, to pay tribute to the New Year will have to wait until the first day of the first month, which has almost become a customary custom, at least have to have a history of a few thousand years; the Western Christmas Day is not the same, it is the night before Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will come down on this night, to bring gifts to everyone! Santa Claus will come on this night to bring gifts and good wishes to everyone. This night is also a time for family reunions, just like the Chinese, but the difference is that friends and even foreigners are often invited to this once-a-year festival. If it is New Year's Eve, as soon as the New Year's bell rings, people cheer and can't help but run out into the street, hugging anyone they see, regardless of whether they know them or not. Thanksgiving is the equivalent of the Spring Festival in China, a family reunion to welcome the new year. But both are a family reunion, fully reflecting the family love and grace of the festival; they are people remembering their ancestors, thanks to the earth to raise the grace of the major traditional festivals, but the difference between the two lies in the form of celebration. Before the Spring Festival, Chinese families make many preparations, cleaning the house and making special food. Red scrolls are hung on the walls and the Chinese believe that the characters on the scrolls will bring them health, longevity and happiness. Not only that, but all the Chinese in the world love the rice-planting songs and firecrackers of Chinese New Year. But when Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, eating turkey and watching professional soccer games on TV are typical Thanksgiving activities. Walking is also an important part of the holiday. Reform and opening up has broadened the horizons of people's social interactions more and more frequently, in addition to the family there is a wider social space, Christmas Eve for family and friends to provide a place to get together, Western customs precisely to supplement the inadequacy of Chinese customs, and how can it not be welcomed by the people?

In recent years, many places have banned fireworks, which could have been exciting as a "bad habit" away from us, which makes the Spring Festival lose the traditional "firecrackers banging the old year away" festive color, can only be day after day at home! Stay watching the Spring Festival party, the first month of the party, the Ministry of Culture party ...... Maybe it is because of some of our behavior, invariably let the charm of traditional culture in the minds of young people discount.

Any festival has its regionality or uniqueness. In the United States there are more Halloween, Thanksgiving and so on. In the United States, they spend almost a quarter of the year in festivals. In contrast, many of China's traditional festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival, Chongyang Festival on the "elegant" more, much deeper cultural heritage, less "crazy". This is the reason why many young people do not pay attention to traditional festivals, but keen on Western festivals! Of course, this can not be ignored in the western economy is relatively strong and business speculation and other factors such as the subtle role.