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本帖最后由 kingwyf87 于 2010-6-22 12:44 编辑
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The issue is a complex and controversial one that whether without rituals and ceremonies, people have a diminished sense of who they are. Different people have their respective ways of looking at this issue. In my point of view, I agree that rituals and ceremonies help us to preserve the cultural identity. Rather, I hold that rituals and ceremonies may change their original propose as the time flies, and their alternative ways to accomplish the same mission. My view will be greatly strengthened by the following discussion.
Admittedly, rituals and ceremonies, to some extent, are indeed served as a mission to help people with preserving the cultural identity. Take the Chinese Spring Festival, which is a ceremony of a coming new year, for example. This festival is undoubtedly considered as the most important national festival which has passed down for generations. Two of the most popular things are cracking fireworks and eating dumplings. Children will be curious and could not help asking their parents why we do that and people in other countries do not. The parents of course tell vividly their children many ancient Chinese legends to interpretation about our customs that cracking fireworks is aiming at scaring a monster named “Xi” and eating dumplings is suggesting best wishes to the coming new year. Rituals and ceremonies therefore are used for people to preserve their own cultures.
However, with the development of modern society, rituals and ceremonies are losing their original meaning and truing out tools for the businessman to make money. For instances, the Valentine’s Day is not a western holiday any more but popular all around the world. Today, we Chinese people celebrate the holidays with their lovers and even gradually loose enthusiasm of “Qi Xi”, which is the lovers’ day in our own culture. Businessmen are all busy preparing innumerable plans for their coming costumers, which is a golden opportunity that will bring them considerable profits because people are required and willing to buy chocolates, flowerers, or delicate gifts for their lovers to express their love even if these things cost them too much money. People going to celebrate holidays may not know any cultures behind these ceremonies, and just find a reason to relax themselves and enjoy their lives.
In addition, rituals and ceremonies are not the only ways of preserving the culture identity. For example, we can tell the unique culture of the dress and the dietary habits from people in the Middle East. They dress strictly to show their different social classes: the government offices and intelligentsia wear formal suites and women are required to wear a veil when they are going out. As most people in Middle East are the Muslimism, their dietary habits involve some taboos, and the most important one is that requiring the Muslim people are not to eat the pork. People still have their own ways to demonstrate their distinguished cultures and remind them who they are.
To sum up, basing my conclusion on the illustrations and exposition mentioned above, accordingly, I hold that the rituals and ceremonies do help people to remind them who they are thought the cultures that are passing down for generations. Yet, some rituals and ceremonies are now losing the original purposes. What is more, there are other means of preserving cultural identity.
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Revised By 破海沧澜
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破海沧澜的评语:
文章优点:
1. 脉络清晰,文章整体的思路明确,每一段都言之有物, 在逻辑方面你做得很好!
2. 开头简介易懂, 没有过分獒述主题。
3. 主体第三段开拓思路, 说明“仪式不是显示文化独特性的唯一方式”。
需改进的地方:
1. 尽量避免拼写错误。
2. 主体第一段的叙述稍显冗杂, 通过大人教授孩子文化传统虽然可行, 但是在切入主题上显得太慢, 我在我自己写的重写段中就单刀直入地叙述了, 你可以参考一下。
3. 主体第二段“传统商业化”的例子需要改进, 我重写了你的主体第二段, 希望对你有所帮助。
The issue is a complex and controversial one that whether without rituals and ceremonies, people have a diminished sense of who they are. Different people have their respective ways of looking at this issue. In my point of view, I agree that rituals and ceremonies help us to preserve the cultural identity. Rather, I hold that rituals and ceremonies may change their original propose (purpose?) as the time flies (gradually), and there are alternative ways to accomplish the same purpose. My view will be greatly strengthened by the following discussion (Good Opening!).
(I agree with the notion that rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. However, under the fast changing pace of the current society, rituals and ceremonies that represent the essence of certain culture may be gradually changing. )
Admittedly, rituals and ceremonies, to some extent, are indeed served as a mission to help people with preserving the cultural identity. Take the Chinese Spring Festival, which is a ceremony of a coming new year (lunar new years), for example. This festival is undoubtedly considered as the most important national festival which has passed down for generations (for Chinese generations). Two of the most popular customs (traditions) are cracking fireworks and eating dumplings. Children will always be (are always) curious and could not help asking their parents why we do that and people in other countries do not. The parents of course tell their children many ancient Chinese legends vividly to interpretation about our customs that cracking fireworks is aiming at scaring (exorcising/scaring a monster away) a monster named “Xi” and eating dumplings is suggesting best wishes to the coming new year. Rituals and ceremonies therefore are used for people to preserve their own cultures.
(Most cultures include rituals and ceremonies, which serve as symbols of culture and traditions. Take Chinese New Year for example. At the beginning of every lunar new year, Chinese people gather as families and enjoy traditional activities. Among those activities the two most popular celebrations are fireworks and dumpling. Tradition of fireworks originate from an ancient legends when Chinese ancestors used fireworks to fight against a monster named ‘Xi’; while eating dumplings has been, for a long time, a warm way to express best wishes to family members and friends. In this sense, rituals and ceremonies serve not only as annual traditions, but also serve as an explicit blessing within the community. In Chinese culture, one core idea is that families and friends should take care of and give best wishes to each other, and the Chinese New Year festival has been set up for Chinese people to practice their culture. )
However, with the development of modern society, rituals and ceremonies
are losing their original meaning and truing out tools for the businessman to make money. For instances, the Valentine’s Day is not a western holiday any more but popular all around the world (comment: No, Valentine’s is still a western holiday! You should say: nowadays, the Valentine’s Day is not just a holiday popular in western countries, but around the world.). Today, we Chinese people celebrate the holiday with their lovers and even gradually lose enthusiasm of “Qi Xi”, which is the lovers’ day in our own culture (which is a Chinese Valentine’s day). Businessmen are all busy preparing innumerable plans for their coming costumers, which is a golden opportunity that will bring them considerable profits because people are required and willing to buy chocolates, flowerers, or delicate gifts for their lovers to express their love even if these things cost them too much money (Businessmen came up with many commercial plans to stimulate Valentine’s Day consumption; delicious chocolates, beautiful roses, and other delicate gifts are offered to lovers with higher prices. ). People going to celebrate holidays may not know any cultures behind these ceremonies, and just find a reason to relax themselves and enjoy their lives.
(Nevertheless, when traditional ceremony is mixed with commercialization, people may have distorted conception of what certain ceremony is about. The worldwide celebration of the Valentine’s Day is a vivid instance for this argument. Originally from Western countries, Feb 14th is now celebrated around the world. But how do people who are not from Western countries understand this celebration? Nowadays, Chinese couples and lovers also cheerfully celebrate the Valentine’s Day, buying chocolate with well-decorated boxes, dinning out in fancy restaurant. They don’t have a clear clue why this day is so special for lovers, yet this doesn’t prevent businessmen gain a great deal of profits from this Western festival. For many Chinese couple, Valentine’s Day is more like a day of spending extravagantly for love rather than a day of celebrating sincere love.)
In addition, rituals and ceremonies are not the only ways of preserving the culture identity (You need to be more clarified as to how your argument is related to the topic in the opening). For example, we can tell the unique culture of the dress and the dietary habits from people in the Middle East. They dress strictly to show their different social classes: the government offices and intelligentsia wear formal suites and women are required to wear a veil when they are going out. As most people in Middle East are the Muslimism, their dietary habits involve some taboos, and the most important one is that requiring the Muslim people are not to eat the pork. People still have their own ways to demonstrate their distinguished cultures and remind them who they are.
To sum up, basing my conclusion on the illustrations and exposition mentioned above, accordingly, I hold that the rituals and ceremonies do help people to remind them who they are thought the cultures that are passing down for generations. Yet, some rituals and ceremonies are now losing the original purposes. What is more, there are other means of preserving cultural identity.
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