Abstract:

With the frequent exchange between Chinese and Western culture exchanges have become increasingly. Many Chinese people have great passions for western traditional festivals but ignore Chinese traditional Festivals gradually. This paper aims to investigate the phenomenon that some western traditional festivals influence Chinese culture by comparing some Chinese important festivals with western ones, analyze the positive and negative influences on Chinese culture produced by western traditional festivals and discuss the main reasons for the popularity of western festivals. Then it will put forward the view that Chinese people should hold a proper attitude towards western culture, and in the meanwhile, they should keep Chinese traditional Festivals from disappearing and then carry forward the Chinese culture so as to promote the integration and exchange of the Chinese and Western cultures.

Key words: western festivals; Chinese culture; influence

摘要：

随着中西方文化交流日益频繁，西方传统节日深受中国人的喜爱,而一些传统的中国节日却渐渐被忽视。本文对西方传统节日对中国文化的影响这一现象进行了研究，通过中西方重要节日的对比来分析西方传统节日对中国文化产生的积极影响和消极影响，论述了其盛行的主要原因，并提出在采取正确的态度对待西方节日文化的同时，还应该避免中国传统节日的消逝，弘扬中华文化，从而促进中西方文化的交流和融合。

关键词：西方节日；中国文化；影响

1.    Introduction
China is a nation with a long history, which has rich cultural heritage. It is quite necessary for Chinese people to learn about their national culture as much as possible. In recent years, however, it is very obvious and severe that the intervention of western cultures is bringing a lot of effects to Chinese culture, especially Chinese festivals. As we all know that many traditional foreign festivals are gradually entering Chinese lives after the reform and opening policy in China. More and more Chinese people, especially young Chinese people, are extraordinarily keen on some “western festivals” such as Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Fool’s Day and so on. As a result, some traditional Chinese Festivals are increasingly ignored by most Chinese people, which leads to far-reaching effect on China.