中国文化与美国文化的不同的英语作文通用20篇

第一次看皮影戏是在书城，是由一些老人表演的。他们表演了《东郭先生与狼》、《河蚌相争》……非常精彩。

做皮影戏的道具需要先把兽皮上的毛和血清干净，把兽皮放进药水里，泡两三天，再用笔画上图案，用刀把图案切下来，割成小块，然后染上颜色，最后再用线串起来，用棍子操纵。演的时候，需要用灯光把道具的影子投在幕布上，难怪叫皮影戏呢！

我在网上看了场皮影戏，叫“蛙鹤龟”，讲的是乌龟欺负青蛙，仙鹤帮青蛙教训乌龟的故事。戏里面青蛙很活泼，跳得很快；乌龟的脑袋一伸一缩，像真的一样；仙鹤的眼球会随着音乐转动，脖子也很灵活，它可以用嘴一张一合地整理羽毛，我还看见有一片羽毛轻飘飘地落下来，它还可以把头埋在翅膀里休息，真是栩栩如生呀！完全看不出是用几根棍子操纵的。

皮影戏不但在中国有名，而且在世界上也很有名，作为一个中国人，我为中国的传统文化自豪。

历史的车轮不断前进着，中国文化也不断积淀。五千年来，在这黄河大地上，文人大家层出不穷。孟子就曾说过：威武不能屈，富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移。然而也有一位文人说过：大丈夫能屈能伸。这给后人留下许多思考。一个说大丈夫不能屈，另一位说能屈。这该做何解释呢？看起来这的确是一对矛盾。而我却认为，这并不矛盾，在不同的环境下，每个人都有不同的选择，而这正体现了中国文化的多样性。（明确观点：看似矛盾，恰恰体现出了文化的多样性。开头摆出矛盾，然后化解矛盾，体现了思辨的特点。）

南宋诗人文天祥的“人生自古谁无死，留取丹心照汗青”一直被世人所称赞。当时元军攻入南宋首都，身为丞相的文天祥组织军队坚决抵抗，最后失败被俘。元朝一直劝他投降，文天祥誓死不屈，便留下了这传诵千古的诗句，终于在公元1282年被杀。这就是文天祥的选择，在民族大义与个人私利面前，文天祥毫不犹豫地为了民族利益而死。在当时的环境下，文天祥没有屈服于元朝，试想，若文天祥投降于元朝，以他个人的力量也是不能挽救南宋的，所以他才选择了从容就义。

当然，我并不否认“大丈夫能屈能伸”的意义，有时，能屈能伸也能给我们带来成功。（一般议论文在正面论述后弥补逻辑漏洞、体现辩证思维的经典表达方式）

西汉名将韩信以“忍”字著称。曾有一次，韩信在路上遇到一个拿着匕首的小混混，他对韩信说：“有种你就杀死我，不然就从我的跨下爬过去。”韩信忍耐了这个耻辱，从那人跨下爬过。之后韩信找到刘邦，最终和刘邦一起打败项羽。这就是韩信跨下受辱的故事。这是很多人难以做到的事，俗话说的好：忍的一时之怒，免得百日之忧。假如韩信杀了那人，杀人偿命，韩信也就不会和刘邦一起建功立业。所谓大丈夫能屈能伸，忍耐并不等于懦弱，不意味放弃，而是在积蓄力量等待反击的机会，最终取得成功。你能说韩信不威武吗？恐怕我门都不能吧！韩信与文天祥用他们自己的方式去爱国，去成就事业，他们两个都没有错，这也只是他们选择不同的方式罢了。（看似矛盾的选择，其实是达成统一目的的两种不同路径，思考更显深度。）

这就是中国文化，表面上看，充满着许多难以解释的矛盾，其实不然。寻其根本，会发现每一句话都有其适用的地方，何时何地如何选择就是自己的 决定了。（每一句名言都不是绝对真理，都是有条件的，体现了思维的辩证色彩。）在不同的环境下，我们用不同的方式去获得成功，这正彰显了中国文化的魅力，中国文化的丰富多彩。所以，我并不认为其中存在着矛盾，其实更多的是它们之间的共性。

[中国文化的矛盾初中3年级作文

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten-thousand-Ii Great Wall" in Chinese.In fact, its more than 6000 kilometres long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys till at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.

The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries.The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the kingdom of Qin united the different parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Emperor Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up.Thus, the Great Wall came into being.

The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtow-ers, where soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the the towers as a warning when the enemy came.

It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.

Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world.Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying: "He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man."

中国的长城

中国的长城汉语中常叫作“万里长城”。实际上它长6 ooo多公里。它从西到东，穿过沙漠，越过高山，跨过深谷，蜿蜒而行，最后直到海边。它是世界上的奇观之一。

长城有两千多年的历史。最早是在春秋时期开始修筑的。战国时期，各诸候国为了保卫自己的边境，分别修筑了更多的城墙。在秦朝时，秦国把各诸侯国统一起来，成为一个帝国。为了御敌于国门之外，秦始皇令人把所有的城墙连接起来。这样，长城就形成了。

长城上面很宽，足够五匹马或10个人并排而行。沿城墙有许多烽火台，过去常有士兵驻守。敌人来时，就点燃烽火，以通知其他士兵。

没有任何现代机器，要修筑这样一座长城是非常困难的。所有的工作都不得不用手来完成。成千上万的人死了，被埋在自己修建的城墙下面。长城不仅是用石头和土筑成的，而且也是用数以百万计的人的血肉筑成的。

今天，长城不仅对中国人，而且对来自全世界各地的人们来说都是一处名胜。其中许多人都已知道这句中国名言：“不到长城非好汉”。

长城位于北京延安区军都山关古道。它规模宏大，非常雄伟，被誉为八大奇迹之一。

长城长8851。8千米，宽约为5公尺，它的东南部地形以平原、丘陵为主，除了黄土高原地势较高外，大部分在海拔2000米和海拔500米。它从东边山海关一直到西边的嘉峪关，曲曲折折的像一条长龙，盘旋于大地上。

烽火台是长城重要的设施，它又称烽燧，用于点烽火台传递重信息的高台。是古代最重要的防御设施，是为了防止敌人入侵，发现敌情所建设。每格5米就有一座，白天焚狼烟，晚上点明灯。

长城的城墙很有建筑性，高大坚固，是用巨大的条石和城砖筑成的。顶上也铺着方砖，很平坦，并且十分宽，五六匹马都能并列走过去。城墙外沿有两米多高的成排垛子，垛子上方有方形的瞭望口和射击口，供瞭望和射击用的，非常牢固。

长城始建于周朝，从战国以来经历20多个诸候国和封建王朝的修筑，最早是楚国开营建长城，后来各国修筑自己的长城。秦统一六国后秦始皇就开始把各国长城连起，绵延万于里，遂称万里长城。

俗话说：“不到长城非好汉。”长城是中国的古代的文化遗产，非常雄伟。是世界八大奇迹之一，是中国的一张金字名片。

西安市区到临潼只有一百多公里，妈妈开了她同学的车走高速，不一会儿就来到了兵马俑博物馆，我的心中无比激动。买好票，踏进博物馆大门，咦，里面竟只有花花草草，再看地图，恍然大悟——原来这里是绿化带，博物馆在绿化带正中心哩，看来，我先要踏入这绿色宜人的美丽画卷了。走在花丛中的石子路上，我更期待一睹兵马俑的风采啦……

画卷轴心有一座拱形的巨大的建筑物，上书“兵马俑第一号展厅”的篆体，“妈妈，妈妈，到了，到了!”我欢呼雀跃。我飞奔跃进大厅，脚步嘎然而止，被眼前的景象震撼了。那一列列、一行行的兵马俑，正用他们一双双炯炯有神的眼睛看着我;他们军容严肃、或跪或立、各个手执剑矛弓弩，好像一声令下，他们就张弓搭箭、冲锋陷阵;马俑匹匹毛色光亮、肌肉丰满、身强力壮，似乎想挣脱缰绳扬起四蹄驰骋疆场。

我的心在颤动，为古代工匠高超的技艺而颤动;我的心在呐喊，为眼前那震撼人心的壮观而呐喊;我的心在自豪，为祖国拥有这伟大的奇迹而自豪，我被眼前这栩栩如生威武雄壮的兵马迷住了。

兵马俑真不愧是世界奇迹，它展现了我们中华5000年的辉煌也表现了我中华民族的龙马精神。

中国汉字拥有着6000年的历史，实属中国传统文化。但随着时间的演变，时代的变迁，互联网时代逐渐渗透入我们生活中的点点滴滴，人们也渐渐不了解这一美妙的文字，不关注我们身边的龙文化。

中国汉字的演变过程，可以简略归纳为五个阶段：声、形、象、数、理。考古学家大约在距今六千年的半坡遗址等地方，已经出现刻划符号，共达五十多种。它们整齐规范，并且有一定的规律性，具备了简单文字的特征，学者们认为这可能是汉字的萌芽。可能这就是我们文化的开端。

汉字的演变过程是汉字字形字体逐步规范化、稳定化的过程。小篆使每个字的笔画数固定下来;隶书构成了新的笔形系统，字形渐成扁方形;楷书诞生以后，汉字的字形字体就稳定下来：确定了“横、竖、撇、点、捺、挑、折”的基本笔画，笔形得到了进一步的规范，各个字的笔画数和笔顺也固定下了。一千多年来，楷书一直是汉字的标准字。

如今人们都使用手机打字，不仅使人们的汉字量大大减少，还不理解汉字的真正韵味。网络用语的雨后春笋，越来越多的简易文字代替了原有的文字如：“蓝瘦香菇”它的本意是指“难受的想哭”。其实这些网络用语大多数是因为在打字时不小心打错或音节相似发音相意的意思。

学生们的语文功底也越来越浅薄，对中国文化的兴趣也逐渐淡薄。仅凭在学校里学的，在名著中看到知识，怎么将中国文化传承下去。在不久的将来，中国少数民族女真族的文字也即将失传。相信在不久，就会有更多有历史意义的文字失传或流失。

无法想象在未来人们都不在使用古人留给我们充溢这智慧的结晶——汉字，而是都在使用网络用语。

而我们中学生，现在应该做的是放下电子设备，拿出一本书。在寂静的夜里，轻轻的翻阅它，领悟更多我们从未知道的知识或感兴趣的知识。

一个历史悠久的文字里蕴藏着古人的智慧;一本知识齐全的书中学会更多的道理;一座文化古城里充满了文字的韵味。

中国画是中国传统文化中一颗光彩夺目的明珠，是中华民族伟大的智慧结晶。国画是笔墨造化的艺术，虽无西方油画色彩的绚烂多姿，但是她以笔墨的变化万千、意境的深远并富于历史悠久的艺术而屹立于绘画艺术之林。她重意和神，而非形，并以意取胜。就意而言，国画中蕴含着人们理性的思考，所谓中国画的理性。

一、 笔墨造化的艺术，自然的理性美：

国画注重用笔用墨，以毛笔落墨的轻重徐疾，造成线色的刚直、柔和、飘逸等的不同变化，同时水墨的浓淡随画家的情感变化而出现微妙的变化。强调物我一体的境界，需通变，且有法可依，但求变化。法，即法则是前人的完整的经验总结。

《易经》中说“易穷则变，变则通，通则久。”唐代的释亚栖道“风书通则变… …若执法不变，纵能入木三分，亦被称为书奴，终非自立之体。”就是要求书画要求变。

王羲之善于博采众长，学别人的而能求变，故而创立了千变万化的书法。王寅的《梅兰竹谱》云“凡绘画之初作工巧，… …久则熟，熟则精，精则变，变则一片化机，皆从无中出，是为超脱极致。”苏轼也说过“山石竹木水波烟云无常，故而有常理”。提醒人们：自然界中万物的状态有变化，中国画也一样讲求变化。但万物有本来的规律，必须不悖常理。总之，通过笔墨之变化来表现出追求自然、效法自然的哲理。正如老子所说“人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然”，其中蕴含的哲理，体现出中国传统文化的理性之美。

二、写意重神，虚无的理性美：

神本虚无，意本虚无，而国画体系中却蕴含神与意之论，赋物以神。这正是与西方注重色彩的明暗，追求散点透视的写实主义迥然不同之处。该论断，可追溯到魏晋时期。‘神’反映的是人们追求的风度，魏晋时的谢赫倡导“气韵生动”，顾恺之的在实践中的“以形写神”，“传神写物正在阿堵之中”，点明了绘画中的风神、风骨、风度，反映了魏晋玄学中的哲理。

庄子的《庖丁解牛》的寓言进一步展现了对神的关注。庖丁为文惠王解牛，“以神遇而不以目视，官知止而神欲行”，最终达到“以无厚入有间，恢恢乎其游刃必有余地”的地步。强调的是神，从而很容易地引导了中国画从写实走向写意，写意由此萌芽。

随着时代的发展，国画的写意重神必有所发展，但总体上是与中国传统的哲学思想而发展的，写神国画中人物画有尤重视而写意画无处不在，也无处不美。实际上神，意，虚无的哲学思想似乎含有唯心主义的哲理，并不是完全的虚无，也不乏对宇宙的探讨与对人生意义的探讨，故而神、虚无是充满理性的，画中有大美而不言，意、神在也，理性之美常驻。

三、艺术的融合，统一的理性美：

国画不仅仅是绘画的艺术，而且还包含了书法、文学、篆刻艺术，是多艺术共同发展融合的艺术，并十分讲求各艺术的协调统一。如画中之题款，须讲究“画上题款，各有定位非可冒昧，盖补画之他处也，如左有高山，右边空虚，款印在右;右边亦然，不可侵画”。一幅好的作品不仅仅表现在它的技法上，而且也包含在其它艺术的协调统一。如果款题的不当，而国画注重空间的伸展与气势的恢宏时，无疑对画本身而言是一大惋惜。各艺术对立统一的特性，始终贯穿着国画创作的始末，蕴含着儒家和而不同的哲理，这是中国画也是中国传统文化的特质。

四、诗文并茂，哲思的理性美：

诗文并茂始盛与唐朝。在宋朝，时人称赞王维“诗中有画，画中有诗”，体现的是文学美与诗的绘画美，表现出画美的主题。诗言简练，即能反映绘画的主题，也能流露出画家内心的情感与哲思。梅、兰、竹、菊历来作为画家广泛创作的题材，是国画家对中国传统的君子典范的追求。如赵孟頫的《岁寒三友图》、张无咎的《四梅图》。而题画诗更丰富了其内涵，反映出理性的光辉。郑板桥的一幅《兰竹图》题词曰：掀天揭地之文，震地惊雷之字，呵神骂鬼之谈，无古无今之画，故不再寻常蹊径也。表达了画家的大无畏的精神，是画家反封建传统启蒙思想的反映。

同时，题画诗对于意境的构造也功不可没。总之，中国画充满着理性，并继承着中国传统的穿越时空的哲理思想，绚烂致极，有大美而不言。虽然国画中充满着理性美，同时也保留着中国传统文化的某些糟粕部分。如明清时期，“扬州八怪”的画作，有些偏于怪诞，不说常人无法理解，甚至连画家也琢磨不透其中的真正含义，意境过于玄妙，寓情于画却远于画外。面对中国传统文化的糟粕部分，我们当以理性的头脑去加以判别、并果断地摒弃，进而将国画发扬光大，并继承国画纯真的理性美。

你们可知道我最拿手的是什么吗?让我来告诉你们吧!我最拿手的是剪纸。只是你们不要以为我只会剪什么动物、字、花等图案，我是想要剪什么就能够剪什么的，而且你们还不要说我还剪得有点像模像样的，非常逼真。 怎么样，你想要看看我的手艺吗?好吧，我就剪一个给你看一看。

只是，不巧，你不能够到我这儿来。现在我只能够用文字告诉你，看了以后你一定也会感受到、欣赏到的。 我先找来了一张白纸，裁成一个正方形。然后，我按照自己想剪图形的样子去折纸。我斜着对折，然后再斜着对折一次。好了，现在这一张纸成了一个三角形了，好象一座小山。接着，我就动手剪了起来。我东边一剪，西边一剪，然后弯了下去，再翻过一个身来往中间剪过去。我又弯来弯去地剪了一会儿，很快我就把纸花给剪好了。然后，我把纸翻开。啊，这时你就可以看到一幅漂亮的剪纸呈现在你的面前了。

当然，如果你在现场看到我的剪纸的话，一定会更加兴奋。而且还会立刻动手也想自己亲自剪一剪呢!不过没有关系，你只要自己动手试一试，多试试，就一定会摸索出一套经验来的，而且会越剪越好的。 好了，我不跟你多说了，你赶紧去按照我说的去做，去剪吧!如果有机会，我们还可以走到一起商量探讨，把我们的剪纸技术进一步提高，让我们的中国民间艺术得到进一步发扬光大。

britain is a rich and varied, with international and multi-cultural society, to welcome students from all over the world come here to learn and to value their contributions.

britain is a tolerant, democratic society, where different political views and beliefs are respected. you will find many people wearing and eating habits and you do not have their own different major cities around the world have sales of snack food, meat from an islamic shop, the islamic meat from the shop. asia to sell fruit and rice kind of jewish food store to store, everything.

in different towns and cities, the year has a variety of activities to celebrate the worlds major religious festivals and activities, for example, in the city of leicester at the stradivari outside the indian sub-section is the most spectacular festival of lights.

britain itself from england, scotland, wales and northern ireland, they have different characteristics and personality.

britain from all over the world to accept immigrants and refugees has a long history, many people have been here for permanent settlement. london may be the largest gathering of minority british city, other cities also have a large number of minority residents.

all the worlds major religions are british. mosques, sikh temples, synagogues, churches and india fodou together with a variety of christian churches (anglican and roman catholic from the protestant and orthodox) co-exist.

this diversity means that you will come to britain is easy to integrate into britains multi-ethnic society. you will also come from different religious and ethnic groups and people contacts, enhance understanding of different cultures.

你听说过我们家乡的杨家板龙吗？告诉你，它可名气不小，是我国著名的传统文化遗产，还被载人了《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》呢！

这条板龙历史悠久，据说流传至今已经有600多年了。因为亭旁镇杨家村地处山区，木材资源丰富，当地老百姓能就地取材，用木板做龙的主体，所以得了板龙的命名。板龙全长400多米，龙头长达5米，龙身由204段组成，每段长2米，龙的尾巴也有3米长呢！制作时，人们先用白布做成小拱桥的样子，粘上金光闪闪的龙鳞，然后安装在2米长的木板上，并且在小拱桥内安置了明灯。这样，全村每户制作一段龙身，段段相连，就成了造型占朴大气、流光溢彩的板龙了。

每逢正月十五元宵节，人街小巷充满了节日的喜庆。板龙出征了，这时需要600-800名壮汉共同托举。前面有人象开路，接管仃雄狮，麒麟、犀牛、梅花鹿等五兽陪伴。龙头高昂，龙角耸立，口含宝珠，龙鳞耀眼，金光闪闪，龙身和龙尾随着龙头翩翩起舞，前不见头，后不见尾，非常壮观！

杨家板龙真不愧为天下第一龙，小朋友，欢迎你来一饱眼福啊！

Given is a table which clearly illustrates the striking trend of aged population in China from 1990 to 2050. During the first 22 years, the number of people aged 60 and above ascended slightly from 97.19 to 136 million, and since 2012 it is predicted that this number will surge remarkably, reaching 410 million in 2050. Meanwhile, the proportion of aged citizens revealed and will reveal the similar trend, and it will reach 27.4% in total population.

Such a scenario can be naturally associated with various problems in aged society. For one thing, aged society is best characterized by the more burden for youngsters to support parents, which will enable younger generation to work harder. For another, compared with the past and today, the aged citizens will play a more important role in society. A case in point is their age for retiring will be extended. Therefore, a larger proportion of senior citizens have to take more responsibilities in work, family and society.

Accordingly, it is advisable for Chinese government to focus more eyesight on the coming challenges in the forthcoming future. Meanwhile, it is essential for China to work out comprehensive strategies to strengthen its social welfare to reduce young people’s stress.

Such a scenario can be naturally associated with various problems in aged society, but what resulted in this change above? For one thing, the past 30 years was best characterized by the policy of Family Plan in China, which enabled a host of families to have only one kid and enabled the proportion of youngsters to decline. For another, compared with the past, medical care and quality of life is and will be better; therefore, a larger proportion of people live longer. Consequently, the percentage of aged people showed and will show a trend of rise.

There are many TV programs on Chinese cuisines, but few are like A Bite of China. The latest seven-part high-definition documentary offers insights into the geographical, historical and cultural dimensions of what Chinese eat.

Filled with mouthwatering images of food ranging from haute cuisine to local delicacies, the docu captures the beautiful and refined process of food-making. The program is sure to attract both food buffs and ordinary audiences.

The bonus is, the show is not only about dishes. Every episode will highlight different people, who will tell stories about their adventures with food.

中国传统文化，博大精深，渊源流长。今天，我给大家介绍一下围棋吧！她代表了东方思维，是中国智慧的体现。黑白两色代表了白天和黑夜，阴和阳，棋盘有三百六十一个交叉点，代表了一年的时间，下棋的时候就像打仗一样。中国历史上有许多名人都喜欢下围棋_曹操。陈毅。邓小平……

围棋还可以使人变聪明，据说围棋是一个叫“尧”的人为了教育他的儿子“丹朱”而发明的。

我爸爸非常喜欢下围棋，他经常教我下围棋。我想我也会喜欢上围棋的经常教我下围棋。我想我也会喜欢上围棋的。

从只存在在古迹中的夏朝，到如今的社会主义现代化国家，中华文明已经跨国了五千年的历史。作为四大文明古国的一员，与其他三国不同，中华文明从未磨灭。

中华文化博大精深，在中国的悠久历史中，她一直是镶嵌子啊神州大地上最璀璨的一颗明珠。她见证了这片土地上的兴衰荣辱，哺育中华民族成长与传承。

横亘在北方大地的长城，是中华文化的象征之一。这段几个朝代都加修建的万里长城犹如一条巨龙，守护着中华民族。从古至今，无数人登上长城极目远眺，无限激情直抒胸臆，写下数不清的壮丽诗篇歌颂它为中华文化天上浓墨重彩的一笔。长城凝结了无数人的心血，是中华民族传统文化的结晶。

中华文化的博大精深不仅体现在建筑上，更体现在艺术上。京剧，便是最好的佐证。曲艺是中国特有的文化，而京剧又是曲艺中的登峰造极。每一天每一天，都有千万人对此赞叹不已。他们欣赏着戏曲文化的精髓：那千变万化的脸谱，那意韵深长的唱腔，那摄人心魄的语句，那举手投足的动作，那婉转曲折的剧情，那令人折服的表演……京剧，不愧为中华文化的瑰宝，显示了中华文化的丰富底蕴与茁壮生命力。

中华文化不但博大精深，而且源远流长。不管是五千年前的古代，还是五千年后的现代，她都始终如一，恒久流传。一个很好的例子便是美丽乡村。乡村是中国重要的一部分，美丽乡村，既是生态文明建设，也是精神文明建设。当乡村变得赏心悦目，从乌烟瘴气、简陋破落变得田园诗意，崭新华丽，人们的生活条件得到改善，自然会开始追求精神生活，思想道德素质得到提升。不管是生态文明还是精神文明，都是中国文化的重要组成部分。美丽乡村建设，无疑巨大推动了中华文化的发展，也是对中华文化的一种传承。

源远流长的中华文化在未来还将继续被弘扬。中华文化生生不息，在将来，我会创造更多元的中华文化，取长补短，包容开放，让中华文化更加优秀！

中华文化博大精深，源远流长，在将来，我们还将继续努力，建设更好的中华文化！

“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏”。随着新年的到来，我的心情也快乐无比，那么我来向大家道道我的新年趣事。

大年除夕的晚上，我刚吃完年夜饭，就听见有人喊：“孟丙辰，快下来放炮呀！”于是我就三步并作两步的跑下楼和他们汇合。我们先放花炮，我先把引线点燃，只听“嘶”的一声，炮筒里出现了五颜六色的火花，时不时的还发出声响。我又放了一种像火箭的炮，那炮迅速的飞上了天，接着是重头戏了，我把最大的炮引线点燃，我们就立刻捂住耳朵，只听“啪”的一声飞上了天，又是巨响，只见天上充满了无数颗五颜六色的星星，天上顿时变白了。那也就是几秒钟的呈现。后来那些全部化为乌有，抬头望望天，只是一片浓烟…。

虽然除夕晚上过的很热闹，初一也毫不逊色。

只听“新年好！新年好！”我就知道有人来家拜年了，于是我迅速穿好新衣服，和妈妈一起给邻居拜年。妈妈告诉我抱拳施礼要左手上，右手下。我们挨家串户…。初一上午就这样过去，我的口袋也收获很大，什么糖啊、瓜子啊都有，还有20块钱…。

啊！过年真有趣！

The difference between chinese and western culture

With the rapidly challging word, people throughout the world have found it increasingly necessary to minimize the rate of misunderstanding due to miscommunication in their contacts with another. In the oast most human beings were born, lived, and died within a limited geoographical area, never encountering people of other cultural backgrounds. It might be said that technological advances have been most effective in creating the borderless word, the global community. As our world shrinks and its inhabitants become interdependent, people from remot cultures increasingly come into contact on a daily basis. It is no longer hard to find situations in which membes of ince isolared groups of people. Now these people may live thousands of miles away or right next door to each other. So all the people are faced with the challenge of understand this world. So when the east meet west, there are many problems. Some problems are listed as follows.

First of all, the way of eating. All huaman beings have certain basic needs. Our fundamental needs for things that keep us alive. This is the physioligical need. All individuals must eat in order to survive. But what people eat, when they eat, and the manners in which they eat are all patterned by culture. No society views everything in its environment that is edible and might provide nurishment as food. Americans eat oysters but not snail. The French eat snails but not locusts. The Jews eat fish but not pork. The Hindus eat pork but not beef. The Russiand eat beef but not snake. We all have ideas about what kinds of food are good to eat. We also have ideas about what kinds of food are bad to eat. As a result, people from one culture often think the food that people from another culture eat are disgusting or nauseating. Dislike is not the only reason why some culture will not eat a certain food. In some clture, certain foods are taboo. Sometimes the food taboos may be so strong thrat just the thought of eating forbidden foods can cause an indivdual to feel ill. We can also find culture difference in way of bring up children treating the early, greeting each other, saying and spending money before other people do in everyday, but in some English-speaking countries, people do not agree with us. We chinese may enjoy something that is not usually consider as edible by the English-speaking people. Generally we perfer to have thing hot and much emphasis on the taste. We eat from one plate when we are eating with others, and we like to seat one by one, and in the shape of a round. On the opposite, some English-speaking contries, most of the people like to seat in two rows, two people face to face. They have their own plate. On the aspect of table manners, there are many differences between chinese and English-speaking people. For example, in some Englishi-speaking countries, Bread plates are to the left of the main plate, beverage glasses are to the right. Salad fork, knife and soup spoon are further from the

main plate than the main course knife, fork and spoon. When eating bread rolls, break off a piece before buttering. Use the knife only to butter the bread, not to cut it. They should not start eating before your host does or instructs to do so. At larger meals, it is considered okay to start eating once others have been served. When finished, place the knife and fork together at five o’clock with the fork on the left. It is considered rude to answer the telephone at the table. If need to take an urgent call, excuse self and go outside. Try to eat all the food you are served. But in China, the table manners are different. Chinese traditionally eat rice from a small bowl held in the left hand. The rice bowl is raised to the mouth and the rice pushed into the mouth using the chopsticks. Some Chinese find it offensive to scoop rice from the bowl using a spoon. If rice is served on a plate, as is more common in the West, it is acceptable and more practical to eat it with a fork or spoon. The thumb must always be above the edge of the bowl. The host should always make sure the guests drinks are sufficiently full. One should not pour for ones self, but should offer to pour for a neighbor. When your drink is being poured, you should say "thank you" and tap fingers on the table to show appreciation. When people wish to clink drinks together in the form of a cheer, it is important to observe that younger members should clink the edge of their drink below the edge of an elder to show respect.

Secondly, the way of communication. Form birth to death, communication plays an integral part in our life. There are some language problems, including the different styles of using language such as direct, indirect; expansive, succinct; argumentative, conciliatory; instrumental, harmonnizing; and so on. These different styles can lead to wrong interpretations of intent and evaluation of insincerity, aggreeiveness, deviousness, or arrogance, among other. The misinterpretation nonverbal signs and symbols such as gestures, postures, and other body movements. It is a definite communication barrier. But it is possible to learn the meanings of these observable message,usually in informal rather ways. It is more difficult to understand the less obvious unspoken codes of the other cultures. Language, as the carrier of culture, is created during the process of human beings’ productive labor and serves as the tool of communication to convey the message between people. However, it has been endowed with magic and power in particular language acts. As the old saying goes, troubles come out of the tongue. Superstitious people think that the language itself can bring about fortune or misfortune so that taboos to restrict the use of language are created. Anyone who violates them will get punishment, whereas those who faithfully obey the restrictions of language taboo will get protection. Furthermore, linguistic taboos change with the development of society .The paper firstly analyzes the evolution of linguistic taboo. It is indicated in the paper that linguistic taboo exists in almost every aspect of people’s life and is a universal social phenomenon in China and Britain. Both Chinese and

English cultures are in agreement about linguistic taboos such as pronunciation taboo, and vocabulary taboo. However, influenced by different cultural backgrounds, ideologies and the concepts of value, Chinese and English linguistic taboos also have differences, as is discussed in the paper from the aspects of taboo subjects, taboo numbers and names. At last, this paper puts forward two effective ways of avoiding taboo, that is, using euphemism and having a good knowledge of the taboo culture. And this discussion would help English learners improve their ability of cross-cultural communication and achieve better communicational effects. For example, During the feudal times, people were not equal to the rulers and were suppressed by their superiors. The distinction between the upper and the lower classes was also reflected in the evaluation of the language used by them respectively. The words of upper class used were considered good and elegant while those used by the lower class were regarded as vulgar and indecent and should be avoided in the speech of ladies and gentlemen. In modern society, as a result of the development of science and technology, many natural phenomena are no longer mysterious. Human beings not only constantly improve their abilities to exploit the world where they are living through their great wisdom and knowledge, but also make efforts to explore the extraterrestrial world. Science has much more say in today’s society. Thereby, the superstitious elements in linguistic taboos decrease while those reflecting spiritual civilization increase.

In short, by comparison, we can find that both Chinese and English communication reflect people’s psychology for good will, for safety and fortune and pleasantness. The Chinese and English people restrict their words and deeds through taboos, trying to keep a harmonious relationship between human and nature, or between people and society. They are a reflection of people’s pursuit of freedom and equality.

The most important, the different way of family structure, family values and family education. Family structure is the big difference between east and west, traditional chinese, amony many other Asians, repect their elders and feel a deep sense of duty toward them. Children repay their parents` sacrifices by being successful and supporting them in old age. This is accepted as a natural part of life in China. In contrast, taking care of aged parents is often viewed as a tremendous burden in the English-speaking countries, where aging and family support are not honored highly. In some English-speaking countries are still extrmely family-oriented. They are dedicated to helping their children and will sacrifice greatly for their children to get an edcuation. In turn, the children are devoted to their parents, who often live nearby. Grown children who go away and leave the country for the economic reasons typically send large parts of their salary home to their parents and the rest of the family. Or in some Asia, any decisions or actions are done from family consideration, not individual desires. Peope`s behavior is judged on whether it

brings shame or pride to the family. The children are trained to rely on their families, to honor elderly people, and to fear foreigners. And many of them think that their actions in this life will influence their status in the next life.

The way of family edcation is also the different. We all know the family education is the elementary education for children. Many serious problems have appeared in our education system in recent years. Almost everyone has realized the importance of solving these problems and many people have presented a lot of valuable suggestions. There are many types of family education in the world and each of them shows distinctive features and is closely responsive to its culture. And American family education is the most famous one among them. There are great differences in the concepts of education, methods of education and results of education between East family education and West family education. In some English-speaking countries, parents’ aims are to train their children to have the ability of adapting to environmental variety and the ability of living independently. Based on this concept, most American parents emphasize more to train their children’s ability of independence once they are born. They generally believe that children’s growth must rely on their own experiences, because they think that children should form a self-supporting will and the capacity to live independently since their childhood. And the capacity comes from the training in the early age. The so-called training contains many aspects, such as work, temper will, patience, the spirit of hard work, etc. However, the most fundamental training is the ability of adapting to hard conditions. Through the process of work, children will form the labor sense, learn some work skills and form a habit of labor. Besides, children can learn how to overcome difficulties, temper their willpower, develop their talents and skills, rich their knowledge, and form a habit of hard work and thrifty by working in hard conditions. It is just in the unconsciously process that children will obtain the independent survivability and take the responsibilities for the society. Compared with some English-speaking countries, Chinese parents have a very different concept of children’s education. Some parents in China only care about whether the children have a promising future, a good job, a good life or not. Based on these expectations, the majority of parents feel that their responsibility for their children is to create as good conditions as possible they can so that the children will not worry about anything in the future. Chinese parents would like to provide everything what they can for their children in the process of children’s growth. In short, they would like to sacrifice anything if their children can live better with their help. Therefore, in the process of children’s growth, the most important thing the parents concerning is to developing their children’s intellect, except for caring children’s daily life. In order to make their children have a good performance in study, become outstanding, or even become a famous person in the future, they would not let children do anything except studying. As for the children’s independence, civic awareness and their ability adapting to the

society in the future, they consider little or not at all. From these aspects we can find the obvious differences of family education between America and China.

When we faced with those difference between West and East, we should give some advice to solve these problems. According to the three big difference that pointed, we should find some way to deal with these problems.

We can study other languages and learn to expect in nonvwebal forms and other cultural aspects. We can train ourselves to meet intercultural encounters with more attention to situation details. We can use an investigative approach rather than stereotypes and preconceptions. We can gradually expose ourselves to differences so that they become less threatening. We can even learn to lower our tension level when needed to advoid triggering defensive reactions. The overall goal should be to achieve intercultural communication competence.

So the ideal solution to reduce the problems are to share knowledge with others in communication. This is why it is easiest to communicate with other members of the same group. This is why people so often gather together socially with others who are very much like them. Since intercultural communication is communication with members of different cultual groups, and therefore, because we do not share knowledge, assumptions, values, and forms of discourse with them, we must expect there to be problems of interpretation. We must look for these problems, anticipate where they will arise out of our differences, and then plan our aommunications to be as effective as possible.

However, we have to remember that, most of the time, the different ways that are the customs of dfferent cultures are neither right nor wrong. It is simply that different people do the same tings in different manners, even though we can not understand ,we should show the respect. I believe this is the best way to make our life become more comfortable and make the world more harmonious.

nowadays， more and more people like to travel in their holidays。 the other day i read a report about the ways people spend their holidays。 it is reported that in recent yiars several new holiday habits have been developed。 among them， the most interesting one is the growth of the so-called holiday camps。

from the report we can see that in 1990，40 percent of people stayed at home for holidays。 but now the proportion has reduced to 9 percent。 more people go out for fun。 the proportion of camping and traveling abroad was increasing steadily， from 10 percent in 1990 to 38 percent in 2002， and 12 percent in 1990 to 26 percent in 2002 respectively。 people enjoy the fresh air， clean water and green hills when they go camping in the suburbs。 in 1990，38 percent people enjoyed going to the seaside while in 2002 only 27 percent prefer to go there。 what great changes!

why did those changes appear? i think there are several reasons。 first， it s because people can afford traveling。 second， people prefer to pursue a high-quality and colorful life。 third， their attitudes to relaxation have changed。 less people want to save much money by leading a simple life。 in short， peoples living standard today has been rising greatly。

[英语作文中国的假期

When someone asks me: What is your Chinese dream? I will answer it without

any hesitation: to be a good doctor. The reason why I want to be a doctor is

that I want to save people’s lives as possible as I can. When I was young, I had

a terrible car accident. Thanks to the doctors, they brought me back to life.

From then on, to be a good doctor has always been an inspiration to me. I will

study hard to make sure that my dream will come true in the future.

Chinese dream is made up of every ordinary people’s dreams. We should do

our best to make our dream come true.

今天是大年初二，晴空万里，万里无云。妈妈带着我去中国民俗文化村游玩。走近民俗村，就看到一个大招牌“中国民俗文化村”七个大字一目了然地耸立在那里。

中国民俗文化村是国内第一个荟萃各民族的民间艺术、民俗风情和民居建筑于一园的大型文化游览区，它从不同角度反映我国多民族的民俗文化。游客在园内可经看到云南石林、海南椰林、千手千眼观音、民俗音乐喷泉。

首先，我和妈妈来到了蒙古包。蒙古包是蒙古族人民居住的地方。蒙古包是用布做成的，它的顶是圆形的，建筑得比较矮，连我这样的小孩进去时还必须弯下腰来。蒙古包内设备非常简单，在蒙古包的中央，摆放着一张小方桌，在桌子的四周，摆放着几把小椅子，在每张椅子前，都有一杯香浓的奶茶，让人们品尝。墙壁上，挂着蒙古族人民打猎用的弓和箭，还有他们非常喜欢的乐器马头琴。我和妈妈坐下来，一边品尝着香浓的奶茶，一边欣赏着蒙古包，真有一种身临其境的感觉。

接着，我和妈妈来到了摩梭人的木楞房。那里的摩梭族人民为旅客们讲解了摩梭族独特的母系社会。在母系社会，家里男人们每天晚上都要到自己心爱的女人家去过夜，早上再回到家，这叫做走婚。男人和母亲家族生活在一起。就算男女双方结了婚，男女双方也不能生活在一起，也必须生活在各自母亲家里。如果这两个人生了孩子，这个孩子便留在女方家里，由他的母亲和舅舅照顾，而孩子的父亲却回家照顾他姐姐或妹妹的孩子。

我们边走边聊，看见了苗寨，布依寨……，还有乐器，草鞋，蓑衣等等，每一个寨子都有自己的特色，看得我眼花缭乱。

最后我们坐船游览翠湖码头，绿绿的湖水，还有几只水鸭嘎嘎的叫着。我们在船上欣赏满湖风光。

时间过得可真快，不一会儿，便6：30分了，天色已经很晚了。我和妈妈依依不舍地离开了中国民俗文化村。

通过今天的游玩，我知道了中国很多民族特有的风情，真希望以后，有更多的机会参加这样有意义的活动。

中国的传统文化丰富多彩，有京剧、茶、诗、词、饮食、画......但人们接触最多的还是节日。 中国的传统节日多得数不清，清明节、端午节、中秋节、重阳节......第一线一个节日的背后都有数不尽的故事。如，春节放鞭炮是为了驱赶年怪，端午吃粽子是为了纪念大诗人屈原...... 此外，篆刻、剪纸等把我的祖国装点得绚丽多彩。 暑假里，我还在奥运会开幕式上看到了古代的指南针司南、蔡伦发明的造纸术、中国人的造字等许多传统文化。 做一个中国人真自豪啊！

In Boston,carol singing festivities are famous.The singers are accompanied by hand bells.

In New Orleans,a huge ox is paraded around the streets decorated with holly and with ribbons tied to its horns.

In Arizona,the Mexican ritual called Las Posadas is kept up.This is a ritual procession and play representing the search of Mary and Joseph for a room at the inn.Families play the parts and visit each others houses enacting and re-enacting the drama and,at the same time,having a look at each familys crib.

In Hawaii,Christmas starts with the coming of the Christmas Tree Ship,which is a ship bringing a great load of Christmas fare.Santa Claus also arrives by boat.

In California,Santa Claus sweeps in on a surf board.

In America the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces.For dessert it is rich,fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.Mince pies,pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit.

The majority of Americans celebrate Christmas with the exchange of gifts and greetings and with family visits.For many,the day begins on Christmas Eve with the Midnight Mass.At Christmas it snows in many states,so dinner is usually eaten indoors.Dinner usually is roast turkey,goose,duck or ham served with cranberry sauce,then plum pudding or pumpkin pie followed by nuts and fruit.