浅析中西方岁时风俗中体现的历史变迁与文化差异

Analysis on Historical Changes and Cultural Diversity indicated by Festival customs of China and West

通过对一系列中西方岁时风俗的对比,揭示了由各自的历史变迁造成的在信仰、宗教以及其他诸多方面的文化差异:中国特有的祖先崇拜;欧洲政教合一的中世纪带来的深远影响;以及东西方文化最根本的差别——农本文明与商本文明。

This essay shows some kinds of cultural diversity indicated by the comparison of each other s festival customs between China and West.The diversity was mainly about specific ancestor adoration in China,profound and long lasting influence of the unification of the state and the church in the Middle Ages of Europe,and the deepest differences between Chinese and Western culture.