(一）

　　Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweenchineseandwesternculture?

　　I'lllistdownafewdifferences:

　　West:

　　1.Westerncultureisbasedonindividualismratherthanonmass(collectivism).Forinstance,intheUS,youalwaystalkaboutindividualrights,insteadofplacingthewholesocietyaboveyourownself.ThisisclearlydifferentinChinawhereacountry,societyorfamilyareplacedaboveyourownself.

　　2.Westerncultureisadventurousandexplorationbased.Westernersliketodiscovernewthings,inventionandexpandoutwards.Forinstance,bungeejumpingisconsideredadventurousandcommoninwesternculture,butyouwillprobablyfindno-onedoingsuchathinginChina.

　　3.Westerncultureisbasedonscience,whichattemptstoresolvepeopleandnature'srelationship.

　　4.Westuseslawtoresolvepeopleandpeople'srelationship.Youcanneverfind'law'well-establishedinChina.For2000years,Chinaisalandthat'sbasedonhumanrelationshipratherthanlaw.

　　5.Westuses'god'andreligiontoresolvehumanandspiritualismrelationship.Incaseofproblemswithyourownself,youjustpraytogod.

　　6.Aculturethatexpandsanddevelopoutwards.

　　ChineseCulture:

　　1.Aculturebasedonmasses(collectivism).Peopleplacedcountryandfamilyaboveyourownself.

　　2.Aculturethatisbasedonhumanismandpeople

　　3.Toresolvetherelationshipbetwenmanandnature,thechineseattemptstofusethehumanand'heaven'asone.(天人和一)

　　4.Toresolvepeopleandpeople'srelationship,chineseusesethicsandtolerance(中恕之道)

　　5.Toresolvehumanandspiritualism,chineseemphasizesinternalcultivation(修身养性)

　　6.Afocusonbalanceandmean.By'mean',itmeans'middleway'.Youdon'tgointoextremism.Peaceisalwayshonoured.

　　7.Payhomagetoheavenandearth,aswellasbearingaremembrancetothehomeland.(敬仰天地,思乡怀土)Thiswasaccordedtothefactthatchinesehadbeenafarmingcivilizationandthereforewillbemorepronetoremembertheirland.

　　8.Aculturethatexpandsinternallyratherthanoutwards.

　　Someofthedisadvantageofoldchineseculture:

　　1.Debasewomenandchauvanistic

　　2.Anover-emphasisonpasthistoryinsteadofpresent(lackspragmatism)

　　Canyoulistsomemoredifferences?Anycommentsandcontributionsareappreciated.

　　（二）

　　Thedifferencebetweenwestandeast

　　Iwonderhowmanythingsdoyouknowaboutthedifferencebetweenwestandeast?Icantellyousome.Eastandwest,theyaredifferentinmanyways.Today,Iwanttotalkaboutitinthefollowingthreeparts.Theyarefood,dressingandlivingstyles.

　　First,food.

　　InChina,weprefernoodles,rice,jiaoziasthemaincourse.Welikecookingalotofdeliciousdishes,thenwesetupthetables,putthedishesonthetables,sittogether,andtastethedishestogether,wedon’teatwithindividualplates,whenweeating,welikechattingandlaughing,wethinkit’swarmandhappytoeatthisway;ButinEnglandorotherwestcountries,peoplelikeeatinghamburgers,chips,pizza,pastaastheirmaincourse,theyeatthemwithvegetablesalad,theyeatwithdrinking(waterorjuice),andtheyeatwithseparateplates.InChina,webecomefullupwhenwefinishallthefood,thenwedon’teatanything,butinwestcountries,pe