中国和日本一衣带水,在很多传统文化上都有着千丝万缕的联系。中日两国的传统节日中都有七夕节和端午节,虽然日本的七夕节和端午节都源自中国,但随着这两个传统节日在日本本土的沉淀它的习俗也逐渐与中国大相径庭。本文以这两个节日的民间习俗为例探讨不同民族的文化特性。 China and Japan, a strip of water, in many traditional culture are inextricably linked. There are Tanabata Festival and Dragon Boat Festival in the traditional festivals of both China and Japan. Although both Japan’s Tanabata Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival originated in China, as the two traditional festivals were precipitated in Japan, its custom gradually became quite different from that of China . In this paper, the folk customs of these two festivals are used as an example to discuss the cultural characteristics of different ethnic groups.