issue207(好难啊,偶要掉眼泪了!)

逗逗UID: 173558

207Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are.
1 仪式定义了民族文化的精髓,传递其特有的精神而使其不同于别的文化.
2宗教仪式诣在传递一种信念,使教徒们潜移默化的吸收其精髓从而定义自我.
3一些世俗的典礼,如婚礼,毕业庆典只是一种庆祝方式,它们的改变并不能使人们迷失自我,其他元素也可以定义文化,人们的自我定位不局限于仪式和庆典
Rituals and ceremonies, especially those that reflect the characteristics of a tribe or a religion, do help define the essence of a culture. Yet, the extent to which they contributed to bolstering people's belief depends not only on the main purpose of these rituals and ceremonies, but also the group of people they adapt to.

Certain kinds of rituals and ceremonies that were shaped out of special experience of their ancestors and were passed down form generation to generation do strengthen people's sense of their unique culture. Striking are various forms of festival ceremonies among different tribes. From dancing to singing to instrument performance, or from paintings to potteries to decorative novelties widely use in rituals, each tribe actually attempt to eulogize a kind of cultural concept though these artistic elements. As a matter of fact, their performance sometimes drives from   historic stories about their tribe and almost each symbol represents for a kind of spirit worshiped by this group. Such rituals and ceremonies take place periodically and regularly, shaping an essential part of their culture and set them apart from others. Without conserving these customs, these tribes tend to be assimilated by external culture and gradually lose the sense of what they are.

Another style of rituals and ceremonies that play a vital impact on a culture is related to religion. In a sense, rituals and ceremonies becomes true essence of a religion, either from their specific form or from faiths they impart intentionally. In fact, what helps people to identify themselves is not the form of rituals and ceremonies, but the actual believes behind such forms. Buddhism, which is an important component of Asian culture, holds a lot specific forms of rituals. In China, disciples are required to take “morning lessen” in which they get together to read Buddhistic Classics. Though this small ritual, they are imbued with beliefs such as tolerance, charity, stoicism and so on. In addition, grand rituals, especially that intent to commemorate renowned founders of Buddhism, extol unique culture to the modern world by revealing special religious etiquette and preaching general faith to laymen, at the same time enhance the disciple’s sense of their religion.

However, people are not likely to have difficulty identifying themselves without some kind of rituals and ceremonies. Firstly, certain ceremonies may contribute less to the value of a culture, but just a form of celebrations or commemoration. Adult ritual, graduation ceremony and wedding ceremony are those used as a way to celebrate pleasant days and aggregate relatives and friends. Such forms can be easily replaced by others without diminishing people's sense of what they are. Taking Chinese wedding ceremonies for example, more and more people prefer Western wedding style-dressing white, making oath in church, holding cocktail party and so on -instead of traditional style. In reality, this change has no bearing on people's sense of their uniqueness because it is just an alternative way for celebrating. Secondly, definition of culture is not limited to its rituals and ceremonies, but refers to various factors such as conventional art, music and literature. Social mores and law system also promote the formation of a culture and people’s attitude toward themselves.

To sum up, rituals and ceremonies do have a pivotal effect on defining and perpetuating a culture in tribes and religions, without which people may have a diminished sense of what they are. Nevertheless, it is only one element of a culture and not the decisive factor to identify a society.

[ Last edited by 逗逗 on 2005-7-21 at 18:22 ]

armstrongUID: 204256

MM  别哭， 说真的这道题我是认为， 在issue里难写的应该排在前5名，
还一个月能写成这样已经不错了，在提高一下语言质量， 多改， 看范文，
别老闷头写， 偶就是犯了这个严重的战略思路，
加油， 偶快考了， more 郁闷ing than you

斜阳阡陌UID: 2108350

没有看你的文章还，仅就你的TS提提看法：写的太大了，民族文化还好，那个宗教文化不是一般的人能够写的清楚的，所以建议以小见大，不要先给自己背上吃力不讨好的包袱。

禾日因心UID: 174510

我看了下你写的提纲，觉的第一，二点有些不着边际，1 仪式和典礼对民族文化的重要意义，要注意题目中用了define这个动词，这就意味着不仅仅是写“重要意义”而是如何“define"文化，第二点中仪式和典礼对宗教文化的重要意义，Rituals是有宗教仪式的意义，但ceremonies就倾向与世俗仪式，你写两者对宗教文化的意义，显然没有把词义给抓准。

Lyon_TonyUID: 178961

豆豆写了多长时间？

zehuaUID: 199246

我标注的一些红字怎么还是黑的啊？
逗逗姐姐，我贴的那篇能不能麻烦你看下？
还是希望每天和你互改的说:$

[ Last edited by zehua on 2005-7-21 at 20:14 ]

逗逗UID: 173558

沉的好快 偶顶__

zehuaUID: 199246

做不了什么，就帮你顶下吧！谁叫俺水平不够呢！