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202270081651 覃诗雅 Qin Shiya 英语笔译(English translation)

Leisure Culture in Ancient China-Take the Example of Shangsi Festival

Abstract

Shangsi Festival, commonly known as March 3, is a traditional festival of the Han people. Historically, during this festival, people often went to the river to wash and swim, and also held a ceremony to pray for blessings and eliminate disasters, which is often referred to as “purification”（修禊）. Among these leisure activities, the most famous is “floating wine goblets and curving water”（流觞曲水）which was also recorded in detail in Preface of the Orchid Pavilion（《兰亭集序》）by Wang Xizhi. This cultural activity reflects the prevalence and development of leisure culture in ancient China, and it also fills the treasury of Chinese culture. Traditional Chinese leisure culture not only contains the wisdom of many ancient people and carries forward the best part of traditional Chinese festival culture, but also makes up for the lack of modern leisure culture in China and prevents the wholesale westernization of leisure culture.

202270081695 疏珊 Shu Shan 英语口译(English interpretation)

Chinese Mythology in Tao Te Ching

Abstract

Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, and religious tradition that has been passed down for centuries in oral or written form. Myths are an integral part of religion, especially in the Taoism. Many myths have been integrated into Taoism in the course of history to illustrate religious views. Everything has spirits and deserves respect, based on the belief of Chinese mythology. Taoists preserve this idea to persuade the disciples to believe in the divinities. The origin of Taoism is Laozi, who says “Man imitates earth, earth imitates heaven, heaven follows the divine law, and the divine law follows nature.” He emphasizes that people should respect the nature and obey the law of nature, which is manifested in the mythology, for example, “Nüwa creating human”, “Kuafu Chasing the Sun” and “Jingwei Tries to Fill the Sea”.

202270081652 王纪龙 Wang Jilong 英语笔译(English translation)

The Culture of Chinese Filial Piety (Abstract) Filial piety is the beginning of Confucian culture and the core of traditional ethics, which marks the particularity of Chinese culture. Filial piety culture was formed in a long historical process. It roughly went through several stages, from the behavior to the ethics, from ideology to method of governance. Finally, it became mature and the most common concept in Chinese society.

202270081697 王露 Wang Lu 英语口译(English interpretation)

Cultural Connotations on “Dragon” in English and Chinese Animal Words     [Abstract] Animal words in English and Chinese contain rich cultural connotations, playing a different role both in English and Chines cultures. Among them, “dragon” in Chinese is different from that in English. The Chinese “dragon” has always symbolized auspiciousness, while the English “dragon” stands for evil and violence. Due to a great many differences between the two countries about the cultural connotations of “dragon”, which may arouse misunderstandings between the two languages in cross-cultural communications, the paper makes a deep analysis of the cultural connotations of animal words of “dragon” in English and Chinese. With methods of literature search, causal analysis, and comparative analysis, this study shows that there are indeed distinctions between the two “dragons” attributed to the mythologies, religions, national conditions and geography, but there should be a pursuit of seeking agreement while reserving differences instead of discriminating or querying each other, so as to contribute to the cross-cultural exchanges and promote the cultural diversity in the world.