unsatisfactory place, its reason is the cultural differences, one of the most outstanding is Chinese and western cultural differences. Chinese and western culture has always been the world 's two major factions, and diet in two cultures occupies very important position. Differences between Chinese and western culture so as to make the differences between Chinese and western diet culture, under the two different cultural background, Chinese and western diet custom, no matter in its characteristic function
exchanges and communications between China and western countries, their different rites is involved in each other. As a consequence, there has a common phenomenon that China imported various kinds of western food, known as the “KFC” “McDonald”, these mark a new western food culture exchanges and infiltration. And there is a question: whether Chinese or Western food will you choose? The differences between Chinese and Western food culture and derived from the differences in their ways of thinking and
V. Conclusion 5.1 Summary of the Study This thesis has studied the differences of Chinese and Western filial piety with research data collected from the film Pushing hands. After compared the different filial piety behaviour among East and West, the cultural reasons of the differences was explored. In the first chapter, it firstly described the globalization and aging problem as the background. Then, this chapter further gives the justification for the research as well as the objectives, and finally
Why is it important to have an awareness of the Eastern and Western culture in the tourism and hospitality industry? The reason to take care of the knowledge about the Eastern and Western culture it can be related by many factors. For me the reason I will take care is language, food cultural and interior design. In the tourism and hospitality industry, we are providing our service to our customer. The service we provide can be invisible or visible. The most important a thing is we need to make sure
Confucianism and chinese business culture Tongji university, Academic Lectures ZHANG Yan, Professor of Shanghai International Studies University Lucile Cauchy 1459183 Introduction China is a now a completely modern society, but the way in which this modernity manifest is without contest shaped by the legacy of its traditional past. When doing business in China, Managers have to consider several factors to ensure their success. First rule is understanding Chinese Culture. You have to get
China has allowed me to develop a more holistic understanding of my heritage and the differences that exists between China and the U.S. While I was originally born within the landscape of China, I never became old enough to become fully aware of the culture and the subsequent norms that are present. After growing up in the United States as a Chinese American I noticed many similarities as well as differences between how I was raised in the U.S compared with my experiences in mainland China. The strongest
color of showing the cultural difference between western and Chinese. Red is the favorite color in China because it is the symbol of lucky. For example, Chinese decorate the red lantern and dress in red clothes and give children lucky money in the red envelop during the New Year. And after China was declared as a socialist state, red has its new definition of revolution and socialism which includes Red Guard, the Red Army, etc. while red is a derogatory word in the western. Red is the word which represent
Amy Tan, who was born in California, Oakland, USA in 1952 and became an outstanding American Chinese writer. She began to write novels at the age of thirty-three. Based on the experiences of her grandmother and mother, a full-length novel called The Joy Luck Club was published and her reputation in the literary world has been established. The Joy Luck Club vividly depicted the delicate feelings between mothers and daughters, not only won the National Book Award this year, but also adapted into a
colour of their national flag, and represent the communist revolution. Furthermore, red is also a colour that solidify its standing in Chinese culture. Red is traditionally worn during the Chinese New Year, as well as during weddings. That is why many older people or people that have been married usually give red envelope as red is a sign of good luck. Red in Chinese culture is not usual for an event like a funeral because it represents happiness. Thus, it can be pretty offensive to wear red clothes to
makes the decision to raise their child to be the best person that they can be. Amy Chua wrote "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" and she wrote about how Chinese mothers are better than western parents, as well as her parenting techniques. In multiple occasions, she would mention examples of how Western parents care about their children 's feelings than their academic abilities. An example of a Western parent is Adam Gopnik, who wrote a story, "Bumping into Mr. Ravioli". Gopnik is a typical New Yorker