The significance of carnival in America

Question 1: Who does Carnival mean or express? Carnival expresses people's love for life, happiness, peace and freedom.

Question 2: Carnival in other meaning is an important term in literary theory and cultural research, which mainly comes from Bakhtin's Theory of Carnival Poetics. Bakhtin put forward the theory of carnival poetics when studying the works of Renaissance writers such as Dostoevsky, rabelais and Cervantes, represented by his doctoral thesis rabelais's Creation and Folk Culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. "Carnival" here refers to "subversion" and "integration". Carnival is mainly aimed at the mental state of the group. In folk literature, the boundary between audience and actors is blurred, and the sublimation of individual status forms a situation of group carnival. As the polyphony theory from carnival poetics points out, the characters lose their heroic colors, and each individual becomes an independent and distinct subject. Individual behavior is not controlled by the group, or even by the author's own thoughts, and shows his personality independently. In this case, everyone shows their personality independently, and the group presents a multi-voice effect, achieving a group carnival situation. Subversion of hierarchy is an important phenomenon in folk culture. Bakhtin found in his research on the carnival that "the carnival has become a symbol and embodiment of the real national square festival completely independent of the church and the country." In the carnival ceremony, the concepts of rank and authority disappeared. "The laws, prohibitions and restrictions that determine the rules and order of ordinary and non-carnival life were cancelled for a period of time during the carnival. The first thing to be abolished is the hierarchy, and all forms of fear, respect, admiration and politeness related to it, that is, all phenomena caused by people's unequal social status. Any distance between people no longer exists; Effective mentor carnival is a special category, that is, casual and intimate contact between people. " Here, the hierarchy and social etiquette give way to individual freedom, and the indulgence of individual behavior and thought leads to the situation of group carnival, which is manifested in the confusion, illogicality, vulgarization and vulgarization of language, madness and ecstasy of behavior and free indulgence of thought. Carnival essentially embodies the most primitive view of human existence. "Carnival has been a great sense of the world for thousands of years. This sense of the world makes people relieve emptiness, make the world close to people, and also make people close to people (everything participates in free and intimate communication), thus deeply understanding the essence of life ... "So, carnival focuses on the behavior and mentality of a group, which comes from the liberation of personal thoughts. Only after the liberation of group thoughts can individuals realize the essential significance of people and individuals under the group carnival. From the research point of view, the foothold of carnival is the spiritual release of the group.

Question 3: Is Carnival the most aesthetic activity in daily life? What is emotion? What is its role in aesthetic activities? Emotion includes a wide range: hatred, disgust, love, friendship and affection all belong to the category of emotion. The son is not too ugly for the mother, which is the greatness of the family;

Question 4: What is the significance of studying the differences between Chinese and Western festivals? Abstract: There are obvious differences in festivals and customs between China and western countries. China's festivals mainly come from the solar terms in a year, and pray for your good luck and happiness. The theme of festivals and customs is eating and drinking. The main reason is that China people's pursuit of life aims at health and longevity, and it is realized through diet. Western festivals mainly come from religions and related events. To commemorate God and ask for his blessing, the theme of festivals and customs is interesting. The main reason is that westerners' pursuit of life aims at health and happiness and is realized through religious and recreational activities. The differences in traditional festivals of different ethnic groups are closely related to the differences in the living forms and lifestyles of ethnic groups or cultural systems composed of multiple ethnic groups with the same cultural characteristics.

Keywords: cultural differences between Chinese and Western festivals

Traditional national festivals are an extremely complicated social and cultural phenomenon, which contains the character, psychology, beliefs, concepts, ways of thinking, moral sentiments, aesthetic tastes and many deep structural connotations of national culture, and is the result and important carrier of national spirit nurtured in a specific social soil for a long time. It is the most prominent and distinctive display of a nation's life form. It is closely related to people's production activities, cognitive activities and social and historical development. It is dominated by people's different material life and ideology in different historical periods, and it also has adverse effects on people's material and cultural development at different levels.

China's traditional festivals were basically formed and handed down in feudal society, which inevitably bears the brand of feudalism: hierarchical, closed and family-style, and all festivals are centered on family and family internal activities. On holidays, young people must worship the elderly, and the whole family should have a reunion dinner to celebrate their families and family holidays. Even the Spring Festival visits each other to pay New Year greetings, basically between relatives. That's incredible. Even the outdoor yangko, which many people take part in, is only a performance activity, not a national carnival. In addition, another notable feature of China Festival is that it embodies the customs of China's food culture. Each festival has different special food requirements to distinguish it from other festivals, such as eating jiaozi, Yuanxiao, Zongzi and moon cakes. Festivals in China reflect the virtue and fashion of China people, and respect and love the elderly. This is a fine tradition of our nation and should be carried forward. Therefore, China people have always adhered to the good customs and ethos of these China festivals. Even those who like to celebrate foreign festivals, no one is willing to give up China festivals.

Colorful cooked chestnut cakes are very famous in Tianjin.

Cotton candy in Tianjin tomorrow

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Beating gongs and drums to welcome the new year, blue coffee Tianjin

Dance dragon, lion and yangko, and enjoy New Year's blue coffee in Tianjin.

1, firecrackers are also set off in the year of China, but they are celebrated at * * * activities (1-5), not every household.

Step 2 set off firecrackers

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Western festivals are different. They are more interactive, participatory, passionate, self-centered and advocate individuality, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day. This is just the opposite of the closed and familial nature of China Festival. These reflect the needs of social development and the inevitability of social progress, and reflect the collectivity of human society. Adapted to the desire of people in modern society to communicate with each other, participate in groups and vent their emotions together. It broke the feudal closed form, lost the hierarchical bondage between superiors and subordinates, old people and young people, and embodied the characteristics of equality and free self-expression. However, there are no strict requirements for eating, and festivals are not about eating differently.

Festivals refer to the days in a year that are endowed with special social and cultural significance and interspersed in daily life. They are the concentrated display of people's colorful lives and the summary and extension of politics, economy, culture and religion of various regions, nationalities and countries. Holiday customs are the customs and habits that appear in festivals, which are often different due to the differences in holiday systems and deeper natural and social environments. The reason is mainly caused by people's ideas and values. Differences in customs are considered to be.

Brazil Carnival Blows Inner Mongolia Grassland

People in the Festival (El Salvador, Brazil) The wind blows the grasslands in Inner Mongolia.

Brother Tom on Christmas Eve

Through the comparative analysis of the differences between Chinese and western festivals and customs, this paper reveals its own characteristics in order to help us understand Chinese more objectively. & gt

Question 5: Carnival is the most aesthetic activity in daily life. Yes or no? The question is whether this question is aimed at you or at others. It may not be suitable for you, or it may be suitable for others. When I said you and others, I didn't mean anything. It depends on the context in which you answer this question. You choose to answer yes or no.

Question 6: The origin of carnival is Germany, but it is called the hometown of carnival in Latin America. Why? 20 points, boss, as long as you think about the birthplace of football in China and look at the current predicament of the men's soccer team in China, I think you will suddenly understand this problem.

Question 7: Foreign interesting festivals and their origins in the United States.

1. Every year on New Year's Day, 65438+1 October1celebrates the beginning of the new year. People hold all kinds of New Year's parties, and bells can be heard everywhere to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. This is a federal holiday in the United States.

2. abraham lincoln's birthday is celebrated on February 12 every year, which is a festival in most states.

3. St. Valentine's Day on February 14 every year is the anniversary of the death of St. Valentine, a martyr in the 3rd century. Couples give gifts to each other on this day, so this day is also called lovers' day.

George Washington's birthday celebrated on February 22nd every year is a federal holiday in America.

St Patrick's Day 17 in March every year is a festival to mourn the patron saint of Ireland.

6. Easter is usually on the first Sunday of the full moon after the vernal equinox every year, which is about March 7. This festival is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. People eat Easter eggs on holidays, which is a federal holiday in the United States.

7. April Fool's Day on April 1 every year comes from celebrating the arrival of the vernal equinox. April 1 day is called April Fool's Day.

8. On Mother's Day, on the second Sunday of May every year, the national flag is hung at the entrance of the * * * department to show respect for the mother. At home, children and fathers buy some presents or do some housework for their mothers.

9. Memorial Day, the last Monday of May every year, commemorates the fallen martyrs who died for the United States and is a federal holiday in the United States.

10. Celebrate National Flag Day every June 14.

1 1. Father's Day, the third Sunday in June every year, is a festival to pay tribute to father. At home, children and mothers buy some presents for their father.

12. Independence Day, July 4th every year, celebrates the founding of the United States and is a federal holiday in the United States.

13. Labor Day, the first Monday in September every year, is a federal holiday in the United States.

14. Columbus Day (10 10/2) is a holiday to commemorate Columbus' landing in North America and a federal holiday in the United States.

15. Halloween; ; Halloween), every year from June 65438 to1October 3 1 day, children dress up as ghosts, play with lanterns or light bonfires.

16. The annual All Souls Festival, 1 1.2, is a day to pay homage to the souls of all the deceased.

17. Every year 165438+ 10 month 1 1 shows respect for veterans.

18. Thanksgiving Day is on the last Thursday in June, which is a federal holiday in the United States.

19. On election day, the president of the United States was elected on Tuesday after the first Monday in October.

20.。 Father's Day is held every year to commemorate the Pilgrims' landing in America.

2 1. Christmas. On February 25th, 65438, Christians celebrated the birth of Christ, which is the most grand festival in America.

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Question 8: What are the world-famous carnivals? Tell us about the carnivals in Brazil.

The carnival in Brazil is called the biggest carnival in the world and "the greatest performance on earth". It is held in the middle and late February every year for three days. At the carnival in Brazil, people don't want to show themselves, but to help others. Some men wish they were feminine; And some women who are usually introverted dance wildly. There are often "transvestites" in carnival. Among the carnivals in Brazil, the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is the most famous and fascinating activity in the world. According to legend, the carnival in Rio de Janeiro began in the middle of19th century. At first, the carnival was small, limited to some indoor masquerade balls held by nobles. 1852, a band led by Portuguese Azevedo took to the streets. With the fast-paced music, men, women and children jumped up, and the whole city was full of joy. This action was a great success and became a milestone in the development history of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, marking that the carnival has become a popular festival.

There was no fixed place for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro at first, and all the main streets in the city were the stage for samba performances. 1983, the famous Brazilian engineer Oscar? Nemeyer personally designed it, and 60,000 builders and Qi Xin Qi Xin worked together to build a samba venue that can accommodate tens of thousands of spectators in only 1 17 days. Since then, the carnival in Rio de Janeiro has a fixed place.

Notting Hill Carnival in England

Notting Hill Carnival is the largest street culture and art festival in Europe, which is held every year in Notting Hill, West End of London, England. In 1960s, West Indian immigrants living in Notting Hill held a carnival because of homesickness. At that time, only a small group of people were walking up and down the street wearing national costumes and banging on steel drums. Decades later, it has developed into a grand multi-cultural festival and one of the most popular tourist projects in London. Notting Hill Carnival is second only to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has always been famous for its rich Caribbean atmosphere. In costumes and masks, Notting Hill Carnival is like a fancy masquerade. On music, steel drum band, calypso songs and soga music are the soul of Notting Hill Carnival. The strong rhythm of the steel drum is enough to make the heart beat faster immediately; Calypso mythology's songs often improvise lyrics according to the latest current politics and social hotspots, but the humorous and ironic nature of the lyrics remains unchanged.

Cologne Carnival, Germany

Cologne Carnival is the most lively carnival in Germany, and necktie cutting is a unique custom of Cologne Carnival. On the day of "Women's Carnival Night", German girls patrolled the street with scissors and clicked when they saw any man who was not pleasing to the eye. Locals are familiar with this custom, and they all wear casual clothes on this day, and most of them are confused and miserable outsiders. On the morning of "Rose Monday", the biggest carnival officially began. The police on the roadside also changed their majesty and let the girls draw colorful lip prints on their faces. In the mighty * * * team, there are thousands of performance teams, and there are all kinds of models on the float. Bush, Putin, Saddam Hussein and bin Laden are often chosen as targets of ridicule. As the float moved, thousands of spectators shouted "Give me sugar", and large pieces of chocolate, candy and countless flowers rained down from the float.

Interestingly, the total length of the route of Cologne Carnival is 7 kilometers, while the length of the team participating in Cologne Carnival is 6.5 kilometers. In other words, people, cars and horses are full of participants from the beginning to the end of the * * * route. The carnival scene lasted for five hours, and the strict Germans finally went crazy on this day.

Venice carnival in Italy

Venice Carnival is one of the oldest and largest carnivals in the world today. Carnival in Europe is said to have originated from the ancient Shennong Festival. Every winter comes and spring comes, people automatically get together, singing and dancing to celebrate the beginning of agricultural activities in the new year. In the18th century, carnival activities were in full swing, and princes, ministers, gentlemen and ladies from all over Europe flocked to Venice to watch wonderful indoor music and drama performances and participate in mass revelry in streets and squares. Venice won the title of carnival city. The biggest feature of Venice Carnival is masks, followed by gorgeous costumes. This tradition can be traced back to 1700 years ago. The rich and the poor can blend together through masks. Behind the mask, social differences are temporarily eliminated. The rich become poor and the poor become rich. They greeted each other with respect.

Belgian bansh carnival

The moral of this festival is very similar to the Spring Festival in China: to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year ... >>