Comparações das Culturas Entre o Ano Novo Chinês e o Natal Ocidental

甄钊 Zhen Zhao; 尹雪璐 Yin Xuelu; 乔建珍 Qiao Jianzhen

doi:10.30620/pdi.v14n1.p139

Authors

甄钊 Zhen Zhao Universidade de Hebei - China
尹雪璐 Yin Xuelu Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Portugal
乔建珍 Qiao Jianzhen Universidade de Hebei - China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30620/pdi.v14n1.p139

Keywords:

Chinese New Year. Christmas. Chinese and Western culture. Comparison.

Abstract

Festivals are days of the year that are given special sociocultural significance and are Interspersed between daily routines; they are a concentrated display of people’s colorful lives and a summary and extension of the politics, economy, culture, and religion of various regions, ethnic groups, and countries. China is a country with a vast territory and many ethnic groups and has produced numerous festivals throughout its history. Chinese New Year is one of them. Chinese New Year is a national festival that is clearly representative of contemporary Chinese society. In contrast, Christmas In the West is different. Christmas In the West is self-centered, exalts Individuality, and shows more Interactivity, crowd participation, and passionate carnival emotions from people. This paper mainly focuses on the origins of the traditional festival Chinese New Year and Western Christmas and analyzes the similarities and differences between the two festivals In aspects of festival elements, festival customs, festival cultural connotations, and festival functions, as well as reveals the reasons for such differences, In order to help us better achieve cross-cultural communication.

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Author Biographies

甄钊 Zhen Zhao, Universidade de Hebei - China

Professor da Universidade de Estudos Internacionais de Hebei, Mestre em Ciências Culturais Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal.

尹雪璐 Yin Xuelu, Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Portugal

Doutora em Tradução e Terminologia pela Universidade de Aveiro e Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal.

乔建珍 Qiao Jianzhen, Universidade de Hebei - China

Professor adjunto, Diretora do Departamento de Português da Faculdade de Estudos Internacionais da Universidade Normal de Hebei; Diretora Chinesa do Confucius Classroom na UFF/Universidade Normal de HEBEI; primeira diretora chinesa do Instituto Confucius PUC-Rio.

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