中西方文化差异（英文版）

1、Our topic:,The culture difference between china and western countries .,Differences,Section two,Section three,Education Eating and drinking Loving and marriage,China,Vs,Western countries,Section one,Education,Section one,Section three,Section two,Value of education,China Care about the reputation in educating in the child. The educations goal is for making their living , for honor.,Western countries Education is just for survival. Emphasize “ the learned education” .,Education method,China Empha

2、size mechanical（机械的）memorizing . If the book is read hundreds of times , its meaning is shown naturally . （书读百遍，其义自见）,Western countries Emphasize the childs “power of understanding”. Seeking the knowledge from nature and life.,Education punishment,China Emphasize reserve . One can not become a useful person without being beaten.,Western countries Using the encouraging language. Pay great attention to individual quality and the emotional communication.,Eating and drinking,Section one,Section thre

3、e,Section two,The diet concept,China Chinese food pay more attention to color, aroma, taste, and shape rather than nutrition.,Western countries Western food is a rational concept. They think the foods nutrition is the most important.,The diet object,China Chinas cuisine is “taste“, so the Chinese cooking at the selected materials show great randomness,Western countries Westerners think the cuisine is eat, so a large piece of meat-eating, whole chickens and other “hard food.“,The diet object,Chin

4、a,Western countries,The diet ways,China In China, a banquet, no matter what purpose, only have one form that we lost in a fog sitting around, sharing one seat . And people in China use chopsticks to eat what they want .,Western countries Western-style banquets, friendship is the core of the banquet, with guests sitting next to the conversation between the purpose of friendship . They use knife and fork to eat instead of chopsticks .,Loving and marriage,Section one,Section two,Section three,Lovin

5、g attitude,China The people in China hold the idea that loving is very holy and they think loving is the prelude（前奏）of the marriage .,Western countries The western peoples opinion about loving is that “if we are well acquainted with each other ,let us go together.”And they will not contact loving with marriage.,Marriage ways,China In China the bride and bridegroom would in red ,because we believe the red color represents lucky and the wedding would be host in the bridegrooms house .,Western coun

6、tries In American the bride always in her white wedding gown and their wedding will be host in a church.,Marriage ways,China,Western countries,brief sum-up,At last ,I sum up the culture difference between china and the western countries in one sentence : Chinese people pay attention to “Heaven”（天人合一）, Westerners focus on “people-oriented”（以人为本）.,Beyond that , what Chinese and western cultural differences ?,除此之外，还有哪些中西方文化差异呢？,Traditional Festivals,China Spring festival,Western countries Christmas

7、,Spring festival, 1The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becoming the busiest time for transportation systems of about half a month from the Spring Festival. Airports, railway stations and long-distance bus stations are crowded with home returnees. (春节是中国人民最重要的节日，所有家庭成员聚在一起，在西方圣诞节一样。所有远离家乡的人都要回家，成为了为期半个月左右的运输系统最繁忙的时间春运。机场，火车站和长途巴士站都挤满了回家的人。),

8、Spring festival,2The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the peoples sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one. （春节落在正月的第一天，往往比公历晚一个月。它起源于商朝（西元1600 BC-C。公元前1100年）从人民祭祀神灵和祖先，在旧的一年结束和一个新的开始。）,Spring festival,3Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and wil

9、l last till the mid-1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year. （严格地说，春节是指从腊月初开始一直到第二年中旬的一个月。其中，最重要的日子是除夕和一年的前三天。现在中国政府规定，人民在中国农历新年有七天的休假。）,Spring festival,4Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened. （春节的时候有不少传统习俗。有的人至今还在保持，不过有的人已经慢慢淡化了这种习俗。）,Spring festival,5On the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, many families make laba porridge, a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice, millet, seeds of Jobs tears, jujube berries, lotus seeds, beans, longan and gingko. （腊月的第8天，许多家庭做腊八粥，糯米，小米，薏苡种子，红枣浆果，莲子，豆类，龙眼，银杏制成美味的粥样。）,6The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month is called Preliminary Eve（小年）. At this time, people offer sacrifice to the kitchen god. Now however, most families make delicious food to enjoy themselves. （腊月23日，被称为小年。在这

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