A Comparative Study of Sino-US Festival Culture

Festival culture is an important carrier of the emotion and spirit of a nation. The study of holiday culture is an indispensable part of the study of a national culture. Since both American culture and Chinese culture have the characteristics of diversity and pluralism, a comparative study of them is meaningful. This paper studies some of the major festivals in both China and the United States of America, compares the similarities and the differences in the festival practices and tries to reveal the national personality, cultural value orientation, and the national spirit of them for the purpose of a better understanding and harmonious development of the two cultures.