西方的节日注重从人和神的角度来刻画一种东西,渲染一种气氛,注重挖掘人性的需要,寄予一种精神的依托,推崇主观性的意识.如:情人节,圣诞节,万圣节等.中国的节日注重自然的角度,根据四季交替来安排节日.24个节气和四季交替等体现了中华民族几千年来受农耕习惯的影响,以及儒家的侵蚀.现代年轻人过洋年,是注重个人情感的表达,是挣脱束缚的体现,也是追求自我的象征. The festivals of the West were paid attention to depict something and romance some auraes from the point of the human and God , and they more were paid attention to the needs of human nature , and were given the support of spirit , so they canonized the consciousness of subjectivity , for example , Valentine’s Day , Christmas Day , All saints’ Day and so on . By contrast , the festivals of China were paid attention to the point of nature , and were arranged according to the alternation of the four seasons . Twenty-four solar terms and the alternation of the four seasons ect. Embodied the influence of farming habit and the corruption of Confucian culture for a few thousand years in Chinese Nations. The youngers of the modern enjoy having New Year of the West , and this is that they pay attention to the expression of the individual feeling , and also is the embodiment of breaking loose the bindings and the symbol of pursue themselves . 注: "中华民族"的翻译可能不准确.