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1、DifferencebetweenChineseandWesternculturesUndoubtedlytherearesomanydifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculture,suchasmanners,languageandsomanyothers.Maybehistoryisoneofthemajorcauseofit.Chinesecultureisolderthan5000years,andChinesepeoplehavedevelopedtheirownmusic,musicalinstrumen
2、ts,paintingtechniques,traditionalChinesemedicine,andnottoforget,cookingmethodsaswellwhichiscompletelydifferentanduniquewhencomparedtoWesternculture.SothistimeI’mgoingtopicksomeaspectsandtalkaboutit.Likewhatmentionedabove,cookingmethodsofChinaistotallydifferentfromthewesterns’.No
3、tlikewestpeople,wehavesomanywaystodealwithfoods.ItissaidthattherearemorethanfiftywaysforaChinesecooktochooseeverytimehedealingwiththesamekindoffood.Nowandertobeagreatcookinchinayouhavetostarttrainingfromyoungchild.ComparedwithChinese,westernsseemstobemorecasualwhentheyarecooking
4、.Theyusuallycookfoodbyfryingorstewing.Becausetheywouldliketoputemphasisonfood’snutritionnotthetasteofit.Whenitcomestotheaspectofmen’sbehavior,thereisavastdifferenceintherulesofbehaviorbetweenChineseandWesterns.Westernsaremorewillingtochangetheenvironmentratherthanadaptingthemsel
5、vestoit,whichisoppositetoChinesepeople.AffectedbytheancientphilosophiesofChina,webelieveinthatwemustgetourselvesintoonecertainenvironment.Forexample,oncewecomeintoanewgroup,wearealwaystoldtofollowotherssothatwecanbecomeoneofit.Butwesternerswouldliketomakethemchangeandteachthemto
6、workinhisway.Besidesthebehaviorofpeoplefromtwodistinctculture,therealizationofself-worthisdifferentforChineseandwesterns.AffectedbytheConfucius’sphilosophyfromtheancienttime.Webelievedthatweshouldputourcountryaheadofourowninterests.Onecanberespectedonlybymakingcontributionforhis
7、country,likesomewarheroes.Butwesternsdorespectthosewhosucceedinhisownlives.Theybelievethatmanwhoachievegoalsofhappinessandsuccessbyworkinghardisworthothers’respecting.MaybethatcanexplainswhysomanymillionaireinChinacan’thavetheequalreputationcomparedtothosewesterns’.Anyway,Wester
8、nersusuallyfindtheChineseculturecomplex,andhard