culture difference

CulturedifferenceOutlineIntroductionWhatleadstotheculturedifference?Howdifferentlydopeoplebehaveindailylife?Whatcanwedototreattheculturedeference?SummaryIntroductionBetweenChinaandotherforeigncountries,thereismuchdifferenceinculture.Sowehavedifferentstyleinlife.However,owingtothedevelopmentoftechnologyandscience,massmediahasmadetheworldculturallythesame.•MagazineandNewspaper•Synchronoussatellite•InternetTheinternationalmagazineandinformativenewspaperbroadeneachpeople’seye,helpingthemlearnmoreabouttheothersandknowmoreabouttheworld.Thesynchronoussatellitehelppeoplewatchthesameperformancemeanwhileindifferentcorneroftheworld.Theinternethasalsomadetheinformationinternationally,helpingpeoplekeepupwiththeworld.Theglobalizationhasmadetheworldculturallysimilar,eventhesame.Althoughso,therearestillbigdifferencebetweenChinaandforeignculture.PartⅠWhatleadstotheculturaldifference?Whatleadstotheculturaldifference?TheoriginoftheeasternculturesThebaseoftheEuropeanculturesThedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsThehumanracedifferenceTheculturesoftheEastandtheWestreallydistinguisheachotheralot.Thisisbecausetheculturesystemsaretwoseparatesystemsonthewhole.Theoriginoftheeasternculturesismainlyfromtwocountries:ChinaandIndia.Bothofthetwoculturesaregestatedbyrivers.InChina,themotherriveristheYellowRiverwhiletheIndianoneistheHinduRiver.TheoriginoftheeasternculturesTheninDangDynastyofChina,theChineseculturegraduallywentoverseastoJapan,mixedintotheJapanesesocietyandshapedtheJapaneseculturenowadays.ThoughabitdifferentfromtheChineseone,itbelongstothesamesystem.TheoriginoftheeasternculturesWhenthetwomotherriversgavebirthtotheeasternculture,anotherfamousculturewasbroughtupontheMesopotamianPlain----theMesopotamianCivilization.ThebaseoftheEuropeanculturesThiscivilizationlaterondevelopedintotheculturesoftheAncientGreeceandAncientRome.Andthesetwoarewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeancultures.ThebaseoftheEuropeanculturesLiketheChineseculture,theEuropeanonealsocrossedwaters.WhenthecolonistsofEnglandsettleddowninAmerica,theirculturewentwiththemovertheAtlanticOcean.SotheAmericanculturedoesn'tdistinguishfromtheEuropeanonealot.ThebaseoftheEuropeanculturesAtthesametime,thedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsaddstotheculturaldifferences.IntheEast,mostlanguagesbelongtothepictographiclanguagewhiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedontheLatinsystem.ThedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsOtherfactorslikehumanracedifferencecountsaswell.Butwhat’smore,duetothefardistanceandthesteepareasbetweentheEastandWest,thetwoculturesseldomcommunicateuntilrecentcenturies.Sotheygrewuptotallyintheirownwayswithalmostnointerferencefromtheother.ThehumanracedifferencePartⅡHowdifferentlydopeoplebehaveindailylife?Thedifferencesareeverywhere.Theyaffectpeople’swaysofthinkingandtheirviewsoftheworld.Evenineverydaylife,theculturaldifferencesshowupfromthemomenttheeyesareopenedtotheminutethedreamsareinvited.Inthefollowing,wewillgivesometypicalexampleofthedifferences.Section1:GreetingSection2:ExpressinggratitudeSection3:DiningSection4:SymbolizingSection1:GreetingGreetingisthefirststeptoformaculture,becausepeoplebegintocommunicatewithothers.Theindividualsbecomeacommunity.HowdoweChinesegreeteachother?Informally,ifwemeetanfriendinthestreet,weareusedtosay:“Hi,haveyouhadyourmeal?”or“Whereareyougoing?”.Whenitisthecaseoftwogentlemen,theytendtoshakehands.However,inthewesterncountries,theabovequestionsarejustquestions,notgreetingatall.Theymaythinkyou’reinvitingthemtodinnerifyouaskabouttheirmeals.Usually,they’lljustgiveeachotherasmileorgreetwitha“Hi.”.They’llshakehandsonlyinsomeformalsituations.Bytheway,Westernerscanleaveapartyormeetinghallswithoutaformalconge,norshouldtheyshakehandswitheveryattendeelikemostofuswilldohere.Section2:ExpressinggratitudeThinkofthesituationsbelow.Yourmotherisbusyinthekitchen.Shesuddenlyasksyoutofetchabowlforher.Youdoso.What’llyourmother’sresponsebe?Probablyshe’lljustcontinuedoingthecooking.Afterawhile,thedinnerisready.Yourmotherhandsyouyourbowlofrice.What’syourresponse?Probablyjustbegintoeat.That’swhatIwanttosay.InChinesefamilies,werarelysay“Thankyou”tootherfamilymembersforreceivinghelporservice.Neitherwillwesaysobetweengoodfriends.It’ssuchanunpopularresponsethatifyousayit,thecounterpartwillthinkyouaretreatinghimasastranger,otherwiseyouarelackingofintimacy.ButintheWest,thankyouisoneofthemostfrequentlyusedsentences.Teacherswillthankastudentforansweringaquestion;husbandswillthankhiswifeformakingacoffee.However,asaninterestingphenomenon,it’sacustomtosaythankyouinJapan.Nomatterinfamilyoramongfriends,Japanesechronicallyuseitalltheday.Thisisprobablytheaberranceoftheculture.Section3:DiningThewayspeopleeat,thatis,thetablemanner,reallydistinguishalot.Thereasonforthisisprobablybecauseofthedifferentdiningtoolsandmenus.Easternersusechopsticks,orsometimesevengraspricestraightlywithhandsasIndiansdo.Thethinandlongchopstickscannotbeusedtocutfood,soweusuallyuseourteethtoactasknives.Weholdourfood,meatorvegetable,withthechopsticks,sendthemtothemouths,biteoffapartofit