Introduction to Traditional Western Festivals and Culture

Traditional Western Festivals and Culture is a chronological account of traditional Western festivals throughout the year, revealing their cultural connotations and customs. From the origins of the festivals, their historical development, to their influence today; from the celebration of the festivals, the inheritance of the rituals, to the dissemination of the customs, the book comprehensively, imaginatively, and intuitively introduces the rich and colorful cultures of the traditional Western festivals, as well as their ancient, simple, and contagious attraction customs. In the era of "globalization", it contributes to the dialogue between Chinese and Western cultures, and actively participates in the construction of modern human culture***.

The word "node" was originally used in Chinese characters to refer to the part of a plant where the leaves meet the branches, as it is said in the Chinese text: "The wood is also solid and has many nodes." The bones of animals are also called nodes - bone joints. The festivals of the year, derived from this, are meant to be of key and specific significance.

"Without festivals on the calendar, our lives suddenly become devoid of expectation, and our days become monotonous and `dreary'." Festivals can also be said to be a kind of cultural condensation, because there is a colorful festival, only painted into a beautiful and moving human history of the "year picture". We have traveled year after year through spring, autumn, winter and summer, and have felt the joy of each festival.

Western festival culture and China also has a long history, it is an important part of Western culture, to a large extent, reflects the history of Western countries and nations and their cultural origins, and festivals in the historical process of the development of each nation and the formation of different customs. Therefore, through the Western festival culture and its customs, we can more fully understand the history and culture of the Western peoples, and therefore help us and the Western countries and peoples to strengthen communication and understanding, to better carry out international exchanges to provide a window.