Abstract：With the development of cultural globalization, Western cultures are constantly melting with Chinese cultures. The overall situation of Chinese youth on a festival can be described as the vanishing of traditional Chinese festivals on the one hand and foreign festivals booming on the other hand. During traditional Chinese festivals, young people generally spend time with their family. The age gap then, makes young people find it difficult to really have fun. At the same time, Western festivals, especially symbolic American festivals, different from the traditional Chinese ones, attract the majority of the Chinese young people's with their exotic flavors. The romance of Valentine's Day, the excitement and lively atmosphere of Christmas, and the humor of April Fool's Day, never fail to appeal to the Chinese youth even if sometimes these young people would need to spend a moderately large sum of money to get the festive fun. A yellow-complexioned Chinese, speaking Chinese, who may even has never had any religious belongings in the case of Christmas, showcases great interest in Western festivals, really make others feel odd. And that is why many elder people have always accused the Chinese Youth of forgetting their own Chinese root. Is it true that by resisting Western festivals, we can revive China's traditional cultures? The answer is no. Maintenance of traditional Chinese festivals, is not exclusive to a simple gesture of cultural conservatism, nor to simply close the door to Christmas or other Western festivals, but to prevent the waves resulting from globalization such as the emptiness of national cultures, and commercial orientation. And in the end, we create a new era of the revival of traditional Chinese festive cultures.
Key Words: Chinese and Western cultures; Chinese youth; traditional Chinese festivals; American festivals; revival of traditional Chinese festive cultures
摘要:伴随着文化全球化的发展，东西方的文化不断地融合。中国青年过节日的总体情况，一是中国传统节日的消亡，二是洋节的热潮和变种。在传统中国节日中，青年人一般都是同家人一起过，年龄的代沟让青年觉得很难真正玩的开心，因此很多青年人感到过中国节不过瘾。而这时，洋节，尤其是美国的节日，以其不同于中国传统节日的异国情调吸引了广大中国青年，情人节的温馨浪漫，圣诞节的热闹欢快，愚人节的幽默风趣都使他们乐此不疲，即使花再多的财力物力也心甘情愿。一个黄皮肤讲汉语的中国人在没有任何宗教缘由的情况下热衷于过圣诞节的确让人觉得匪夷所思，很多年长者也总是指责当代中国青年崇洋媚外忘记自己的本。是否抵制洋节就可以复兴中国的传统文化呢？答案是否定的。维护传统节日，并不是要以一种简单的排他的文化保守主义的姿态，来抵御圣诞节等洋节的“入侵”，并御洋节于国门之外，而是要防止全球化浪潮所造成的民族文化价值的空壳化、商业化倾向，最终完成新时代下中国传统文化的复苏。
关键词：中西文化；中国青年；中国传统节日；美国节日；中国传统节日复兴
