The_difference_between_Chinese_and_western_culture
The difference between Chinese and western culture
Summary
1.difference in expression
2.difference in greeting
3.difference in diet
Chinese are totally different from westerners, and trying to compare these two cultures is like comparing day with night. Not all things western are good, and not all things Chinese are bad. It is a question of perspective, beliefs and values. One should learn to appreciate the differences between the Chinese and Western culture to be better able to understand these differences
China, as a country with an ancient civilization, represents east, but there are many differences between Chinese and Western in languages.
For example, people in china and west will say something before asking for help, for example in china, people always say "thank you" and "sorry" , people in west always say "Thank you”, “I ' m sorry", "Excuse me", and so on. In General, these expressions are easy to say and will not cause any trouble. However, there are still differences. Thank you and Please in the west is widely used. If you ask for help , such as borrowing pencils, asking the way calling people answer the phone, Chinese people often don't say these kind words, particularly to relatives and friends. Many Chinese believe that Westerners like to say Thank you and Please very much, it is not necessary, or even make people impatient. The other hand, the Chinese believe that your friends and relatives know your appreciation, so you don't have to say these words. However, in Western eyes, if you don't say these words, you will be considered to be a impolite person.
From here we can see language differences between East and West, so when we go to other Western countries, you should understand the language of Western countries When people meet acquaintances or friends, people usually greet each other The purpose of greeting is to establish or maintain social contact. So formulaic expressions are often used, but such formulaic expressions often causes conflict because of the great cultural differences between Chinese and native English speakers. In English, people often employ the following expressions to greet each other “Good morning/evening/afternoon. “Fine day, isn’t it? ”How is everything going?” Have you
eaten yet?” What are you going to do?” Where have you been?”etc. Westerners treat them as real question. While in Chinese, we always say “ni chi le ma？”“ni qu zuo shen me？”to show our consideration.
Western education's guiding principle is: everyone is a special talent. Just because a student is not good at math, to conclude that it is stupid, perhaps the students ' association is the biological, physical, or music, literature and other fields. Western-style education, giving all students the opportunity to realize their full potential, and exercise in practical methods of solving problems in the community in the future, to make them more suitable for the needs of modern society. let their talent can be played. This is one of the reasons why the level of higher education and national science and technology can lead the world in the West. Now in China, the Imperial does not exist, college entrance examination also faced with challenge and reform , the kind of rote education approach will sooner or later be replaced by the more scientific method, traditional education idea in our minds should also be changed
If the Eastern and Western education can adapt complement each other, it would be ideal.
The main difference between Chinese and Western eating habits is that unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares. People choose the meal according to their preferences. Any kind of food in dinner table does not belong to any one customer If you are being treated by a Chinese host, be prepared for a ton of food. Chinese are very proud of their culture of food and will do their best to give you a taste of many different types of cuisine. Among friends, they will just order enough for the people there. If they are taking somebody out for dinner and the relationship is polite to semi-polite, then they will usually order one more dish than the number of guests. If it is a business dinner or a very formal occasion, there is likely to be a huge amount of food that will be impossible to finish.
When you have Western food, People sat around the dinner table, foods are divided into the appropriate copies, and each customer can only eat their own food 中国人与西方人完全不同的，并试图比较这两种文化就像一天晚上比较。
不是所有的西方的东西是好的，并不是所有中国事物是不好的。这是一个问题的观点，信念和价值观。一个人应该学会欣赏中国文化和西方文化能够更好地理解这些差异之间的差异
中国，作为一个古老的文明，代表东方国家，但是有中国和西方之间的许多差异在语言。
例如，在中国和西方的人会说，寻求帮助之前的东西，比如在中国，人们总是说“谢谢你”，“对不起”，人们总是说“谢谢你”西，“对不起”，“原谅我”，等等。在一般情况下，这些表达式是简单地说，不会造成任何麻烦。然而，还是有差别的。谢谢你，请在西方被广泛使用。如果你寻求帮助，如借用铅笔，问路人打电话接听电话时，中国人往往不说这些话，尤其是向亲戚朋友。很多中国人认为西方人喜欢说谢谢你，非常多，这是没有必要的，甚至是使人不耐烦。另一方面，中国人相信，你的亲戚朋友知道你的欣赏，所以你不必说这些话。然而，在西方人眼里，如果你不说这些话，你会被认为是一种不礼貌的人。
从这里我们可以看到中西语言的差异，所以当我们去其他的西方国家，你应该了解西方国家的语言
当人们遇到熟人或朋友，人们通常会互相打招呼问候的目的是建立和维持社会联系。所以公式化的表达方式是经常使用的，但这样的公式化的表达，往往会导致冲突由于汉语和英语本族语者之间存在着巨大的文化差异。在英国，人们常采用以下表达式来互相问候“早上/下午/晚上好。天气真好，不是吗？过得可好？你吃过了吗？你打算怎么办？你去哪儿了？“等。西方人把他们视为真正的问题。而在中国，我们总是说“你吃了吗？”“你曲作什么？”来显示我们的思考。西方教育的指导原则是：每个人都是一个特殊的才能。仅仅因为一个学生在数学不好，认为这是愚蠢的，也许学生会的生物，物理，或音乐，文学和其他领域。西式教育，给所有的学生有机会充分发挥他们的潜力，和运动在解决未来的社会问题的实际方法，使其更适合现代社会的需要。让他们的人才可以玩。这是原因之一，高等教育和国家科学技术水平可以在西部领先世界。现在在中国，帝国不复存在，高考也面临着挑战和改革，死记硬背的教育方法的一种迟早会被更科学的方法所取代，我们也要改变传统的教育观念
如果西方教育能适应相互补充，这将是理想的。
中国和西方的饮食习惯不同的是，西方的主要区别，在那里每个人都有自己的餐盘，在中国菜都放在桌上和大家分享。人们根据自己的喜好选择餐。任何一种在餐桌上的食物不属于任何一个客户，如果你正在接受治疗由中国主办，准备为一吨的食物。中国感到非常自豪自己的饮食文化，将尽力为您提供许多不同类型的菜肴口味。朋友之间，他们只是为了有足够的人。如果他们正在吃饭的人的关系是礼貌半礼貌，那么他们通常会点比人数多的菜。如果它是一个商业晚宴或一个非常正式的场合，有可能是食物将是不可能完成的大量。
吃西餐时，人坐在饭桌上，食物分为适当的副本，每个客户只能吃自己的食物