【正文】 ifferences in Chinese and American festivals can be summed up as follows.In view of origins, the Spring Festival has close relation to agriculture. Actually, most Chinese traditional festivals are derived from people’s conducting the agricultural production. In ancient China, agricultural production could not be separated from the special “solar terms” (in Chinese pinyin, “ji233。q236?！?. Most Chinese traditional festivals are connected to the “solar terms”, for example, the Pure Brightness Festival, The Winter Solstice and others. Comparatively speaking, origins of American traditional festivals reflect the influence of religion, mainly Christianity. Thanksgiving Day is related to religion to some extent, although it is originated in the celebration of harvest, the influence of agriculture on this festival has faded away, and it tends to be a festival for family reunion and showing thanks to the God. In fact, among all the American traditional festivals many are originated from Christianity. The biggest festival Christmas is held to observe the birth of Jesus。 Easter is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus。 Halloween is also branded by Christianity as a day to memorialize all the saints. Christianity is closely related to American traditional festivals. In contrast to the unique place of Christianity in American traditional festivals, pantheism has great impact on Chinese traditional festivals. There are many gods in China’s legends. The Qixi Festival is rooted in the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl who was the seventh daughter of the Jade Emperor and the Heavenly Queen Mother. And the Kitchen God Festival is obviously related to the Kitchen God, etc. In view of customs, etiquette has been greatly emphasized in celebration of Chinese traditional festivals. Take the Spring Festival for example, etiquette can be seen everywhere: the seating arrangement at the reunion dinner, the elder giving “red envelops” to the younger, the younger giving gifts to their parents, the descendants offering sacrifices to their ancestors, people saying greetings to each other, paying New Year calls to relatives and friends with gifts, etc. Etiquette has been regarded as a criterion to judge an individual’s personality to some degree. Besides, most Chinese traditional festivals attach more importance to harmony and happiness among people. While in America celebrations for traditional festivals are more tending to be for fun and recreation. At the same time, the customs of traditional festivals are somewhat religious, for example, the prayer before the Thanksgiving dinner, people going to the church at the Easter morning, etc. This is my theme.References[1] Davis, L. (2001). Crosscultural munication in action. Beijing: Beijing Foreign Language Teaching amp。 Research Press.[2] Ellinwood, F. F. (2005). Oriental religions and Christianity. New York: W. W. Norton.[3] Eugene, F. (2006). Christmas tales and Christmas verse. Greenville: Traders Press.[4] Julian, H. (2004). The history of the United States (14921910), Volume 1. New York: Century Foundation.[5] Lineal Davis.(2005), CrossCulture Communication，F(xiàn)oreign Language Education and Research Press. [6] Qi, Xing.(2007), Chinese Festival. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.[7] Robert, K. D. (2007). Confucianism and Taoism. Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing, LLC.[8] Samovar, L. A., et al. (2008). Communication between cultures. San Francisco: Wadsworth Publishing Company.[9] Tan, Huay Peng. (2003). Fun with Chinese festivals. New York: Times Editions.[10] Trevor, B. (2005). World faiths: Christianity. London: Kingfisher Books Ltd.[11] William, R. P. (2007). The Birth of America. London: Harper Perennial.[12] Zhang, Chongyi. (2001). A parative study of Western and Chinese culture. Haikou: Hainan People press.[13] Zhang, Qizhi.(2007), Traditional Chinese Culture. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.[14] Zhou, Jizhu. (2006). The rise of agricultural civilization in China: The disparity between archeological discovery and the documentary record and its explanation. Philadelphia: Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania.