Why is the father-son relationship in China so different from that in the West?

The West is a maritime nation, so open, advocating mutual respect, equal communication, so the father and son can be communicated in the way of friends, the father and son relationship is relatively harmonious. And China since ancient times, deep inland, the formation of the inherent class of the traditional model of Chinese traditional ethics in the father-son relationship are subordinate relationships, or unequal relationships, the son to maintain the father's honor and prestige, and this positioning of the father and son is very difficult to normalize the exchange of ideas, and so far this model is still a lot of traditional parents to adhere to, so China's father-son relationship from ancient times continue to the present, has always been very estranged.