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DifferencebetweenChineseandWesternculturesUndoubtedlytherearesomanydifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculture,suchasmanners,languageandsomanyothers.Maybehistoryisoneofthemajorcauseofit.Chinesecultureisolderthan5000years,andChinesepeoplehavedevelopedtheirownmusic,musicalinstruments,paintingtechniques,traditionalChinesemedicine,andnottoforget,cookingmethodsaswellwhichiscompletelydifferentanduniquewhencomparedtoWesternculture.SothistimeImgoingtopicksomeaspectsandtalkaboutit.Likewhatmentionedabove,cookingmethodsofChinaistotallydifferentfromthewesterns.Notlikewestpeople,wehavesomanywaystodealwithfoods.ItissaidthattherearemorethanfiftywaysforaChinesecooktochooseeverytimehedealingwiththesamekindoffood.Nowandertobeagreatcookinchinayouhavetostarttrainingfromyoungchild.ComparedwithChinese,westernsseemstobemorecasualwhentheyarecooking.Theyusuallycookfoodbyfryingorstewing.Becausetheywouldliketoputemphasisonfoodsnutritionnotthetasteofit.Whenitcomestotheaspectofmensbehavior,thereisavastdifferenceintherulesofbehaviorbetweenChineseandWesterns.Westernsaremorewillingtochangetheenvironmentratherthanadaptingthemselvestoit,whichisoppositetoChinesepeople.AffectedbytheancientphilosophiesofChina,webelieveinthatwemustgetourselvesintoonecertainenvironment.Forexample,oncewecomeintoanewgroup,wearealwaystoldtofollowotherssothatwecanbecomeoneofit.Butwesternerswouldliketomakethemchangeandteachthemtoworkinhisway.Besidesthebehaviorofpeoplefromtwodistinctculture,therealizationofself-worthisdifferentforChineseandwesterns.AffectedbytheConfuciussphilosophyfromtheancienttime.Webelievedthatweshouldputourcountryaheadofourowninterests.Onecanberespectedonlybymakingcontributionforhiscountry,likesomewarheroes.Butwesternsdorespectthosewhosucceedinhisownlives.Theybelievethatmanwhoachievegoalsofhappinessandsuccessbyworkinghardisworthothersrespecting.MaybethatcanexplainswhysomanymillionaireinChinacanthavetheequalreputationcomparedtothosewesterns.Anyway,WesternersusuallyfindtheChineseculturecomplex,andhardtounderstand,astheChineseculturehasitsownvalues,backgroundandbeliefsystem.
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