中国文化禁忌Cultural taboos in China.doc

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1、中国文化禁忌CulturaltaboosinChina每种文化都有其各自的禁忌，中国文化也不例外。然而，今天大多数人却忽略了它们。事实上，很多中国禁忌相当有趣。这里是一张中国禁忌的清单。Everyculturehasitsowntaboos,andChinesepeoplearenoexception.However,mostpeopleignorethemtoday–andmanyChinesetaboosareactuallyratheramusing.HereisalistoftaboosinC

2、hina.1.Don'twearagreenhat.InChinese,thewordsfor"wearingagreenhat"soundsimilartothewordfor"cuckold."2.Neverloseyourtemper.Doingsorepresentsagreatlossoffaceanditisoneofthemajorsocialtaboos.3.Whengivinggiftsalwaysofferpairs.Allgoodthingsaregiveninpairsandn

3、otasonepiece.4.Nevertrytobitenoodlesorcutthemonyourbirthday.Thiswillleadtoearlydeath.Alongnoodlecanbeswallowedwhole.5.Don'twashyourhairon(Chinese)NewYearDaybecausethiswillwashawayyourgoodluck.6.NevercryonNewYear'sDay-oryou'llcryallyear.7.Nevercutanythin

4、gduringtheChineseNewYearfestivities-asdoingsowillcutyourlifeshort.8.NeversweeptheflooronLunarNewYear'sDay,fordoingsowillsweepawaythewholeyear'sgoodluck.9.Don'tofferanumbrellatoafriend.Thewordforumbrella(伞,sǎn)soundssimilarto(散sàn),tobreakup,andthegestur

5、ecouldbeinterpretedasmeaningthatyoudon'twanttoseeyourfriendagain.10.Nevershareapear,especiallywithfriends,familymembersorlovers."分梨fenli"(shareapear)soundsthesameas"分离fenli"(parting).