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Cultural differences between China and the West

Chinese and Western cultures are different: China people believe in Confucianism and emphasize obedience and filial piety. Westerners are different! They talk about national freedom and individual rights. People in China and foreigners have different eating habits: people in China often eat a dish around a big table. Although lively, it is not sanitary at all. Westerners eat by themselves, which is a buffet, which is both hygienic and convenient; There are also great differences in education between China and the West. China people mostly educate their students in a closed way, and they must abide by the school rules. Western education is a space for developing free thinking. They learn while playing, while learning and thinking.

The differences between Chinese and western cultures in inviting guests to dinner, such as: Chinese food is usually served first, then soup, while western food is the opposite; Chinese food hosts usually toast guests many times, while western food hosts usually only worship once; The owner of western food usually doesn't insist that the guests must eat or drink, but wants the guests to help themselves, don't be shy and eat whatever they want.

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Smile 2003-11-1318: 21:45.

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Smile 2003-11-1316: 57: 47.

I often think of China's primary education, where children sit straight behind their hands in class, heavy courses, all kinds of homework and strict exams ... It makes people feel sacred and dignified, but it also makes people feel great depressed and bound, but many generations have obeyed its will and regarded it as a way to change their destiny. This is the continuation of culture, which may have its own glory, but in the face of modern society and tomorrow's world, which need everyone's creativity, how should we look at this civilization that gave birth to ourselves?

yezi yun 7 on 2003- 1 1- 13 16:57:33。

Christian cause in Quanzhou

The spread of modern Christianity in Quanzhou was allied with the establishment of schools and hospitals by churches. This has played a positive role in the cultural education and medical and health development of Quanzhou in modern times.

Start a school

In the 16th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1890), the Presbyterian Church of England established a school for the blind (the predecessor of Peiying Girls' School) in Quanzhou. The following year, the Women's Taoist School (later renamed Bible School) was founded. In the 31st year of Guangxu (1905), Zheng Yang Primary School and Peiyuan Middle School were founded, and Enrique, a master of Cambridge University, was hired to run schools in Quanzhou. All three churches in Quanzhou have kindergartens or primary schools. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934), Huishi Hospital run by Presbyterian Church also set up an advanced nursing school.

In the seventeenth year of Guangxu (189 1), the church was founded in Jinjing, Jinjiang, and later changed to Yu Ying School, Mu Ren Girls' School and Yu Ying Middle School. In addition, in the coastal towns of Jinjiang, the church has run dozens of primary schools. In Yongchun County, the American-Israeli-American Church established Shi Chong School, and the Presbyterian Church established a church school. Hui 'an County, Guangxu six years (1880), London will set up primary schools in the county, and later set up more than 20 primary schools in various towns and villages.

Establish a hospital

In the seventh year of Guangxu (188 1), Dr. Davidgrant, a missionary and Presbyterian doctor, went to Quanzhou to preach and practice medicine. In the 18th year of Guangxu (1892), Huishi Hospital was established in the urban area, with a five-year schooling, half-day classes and half-day internships. Train a group of doctors who can practice independently. For example, Rentang, Huang founded the hospital, Du founded the other shore hall, Su Tianci founded Chunrentang, Su Nianfu founded Liushengtang, Chen founded Nansheng Hospital, founded Quanzhou Pharmacy, He Danian founded Yonghui Hospital, and Wu founded the Third Medical Bureau. Huishi Hospital also opened a nursing school. During the Anti-Japanese War, the hospital moved to Nan 'an, which promoted the development of rural medical and health undertakings in Nan 'an.

In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), Dr. Davidgrant, a British Presbyterian physician, went to Yongchun to set up a clinic, which was later expanded to Yongchun Hospital and added Yongchun Women's Hospital. Dr. maston has a five-year teaching class. Graduates can start their own businesses, such as Zhuang Liangping and Wu Defu's Yongchun Clinic. Huang yanjue and Huang Hanzhong run Hanzhong hospital in Honglai; Chen Bolian and Chen Boqing founded the Red Cross Hospital in Quanzhou. Liu, Wu Ruixiang founded a hospital in Quanzhou; He Danian and Dean Su are in Quanzhou Yonghui Gynecology Hospital. In addition, in Anxi, Dehua, Jinjiang, Hui 'an and other places, there are graduates from Yongchun Hospital practicing medicine. 1929, Yongchun clinic was renamed as Christian Hospital, which was affiliated to Quanzhou Huishi Hospital until 1949. In addition, 1902, Dr. Chen Heli from the London Association went to Huian. The following year, I trained medical staff in Chengguan Chuangrenshi Hospital. After graduation, I returned to villages and towns to run clinics and medical bureaus to practice medicine.

To sum up, while modern Christianity preached in Quanzhou, many schools and hospitals were established. Opening schools and hospitals is conducive to missionary work, but objectively speaking, bringing cultural education and modern medicine to remote villages, mountainous areas and coastal areas has played a positive role in popularizing cultural education and people's medical care in backward rural areas.

Differences between Christianity and China's Cultural Tradition

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Nestorianism, which spread in Quanzhou, was gradually sinicized due to the long-term influence of China culture, and the cultural differences between the East and the West were not obvious. After the Opium War, the Qing government humiliated the country and signed an unequal treaty, and Christianity took the opportunity to enter. At this time, Quanzhou people opposed capitalist aggression and xenophobia. Hatred against foreign countries and thoughts against western culture are expressed by opposing the church. During the introduction of modern Christianity into Quanzhou, anti-Christianity incidents involving local gentlemen and the masses broke out in Quanzhou City, Anhai, Hui 'an, Yongchun and Dehua. This reflects the anti-aggression spirit of Quanzhou people, but it also contains the elements of China's traditional resistance to western culture. Most of these anti-church incidents ended with the Qing government giving in to imperialism and supporting the church.

Among the many priests who preached in Quanzhou in modern times, very few literati did bad things. For example, in 1896, there was a conflict between foreign priests and Catholic priests in Tuling Christian Church in Hui 'an County, which led to a duel between the two sides for more than 20 years. The church joined forces with clan forces, priests and priests went to supervise the war, burned churches to each other, attacked each other and killed innocent Christians on both sides. However, there are also many devout missionaries who are loyal to their own beliefs and duties, respect local cultural traditions, donate money and materials, support War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, never give up, and even die in a foreign country, leaving a deep impression on Quanzhou people, and some of them have far-reaching influence. For example, in the 1960s of 19, Bai, a priest and doctor of Nanjie Presbyterian Church, saved Wu Yucheng from Zhongying. Wu vowed to devote himself to the church, be a missionary all his life, and volunteer to preach in Yongchun, Penghu, Anxi and Hutou. Although Wu is poor, he insists on believing in Christianity. Moreover, most of Wu's descendants are Christians. This shows that foreign missionaries opened the way with medical treatment, won the heart of one person and brought out a successful Christian missionary road. Another example is Henryson, who founded the peiyuan middle school, was born in Anglo-Saxon England and got a master's degree from Cambridge University. He often buys teaching instruments and introduces himself with his own money, guides poor senior students to draw maps with his own money, and takes them to the Guling Summer Resort in Fuzhou for a charity sale to save his own economy.

In the early days when Christianity was introduced into southern Fujian, in order to facilitate the illiterate to preach, the British Presbyterian pastor Bin Linwei preached with the American-Israeli-American Association. On the basis of English letters, 23 letters are formed by slight changes, and a fricative letter, ***24 letters, is added. Anything belonging to Minnan dialect can be spelled out, which is called "Vernacular Pinyin". Anyone who can't read can read the Bible by remembering 24 letters. He also compiled the vernacular pinyin "Xiamen Phonetic Dictionary", which is convenient for foreigners to read Chinese characters.

After the late Qing Dynasty, the custom of women's foot binding was still popular in Quanzhou society. The church opposes foot binding, and girls of believers are not allowed to do so, which has played an innovative role in changing customs. In Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan 'an and other places, folk weddings and funerals are extravagant and wasteful, and old habits are hard to change, which has become a common custom. Christianity opposes extravagance, weddings, funerals and simple ceremonies. In order to change the customs, Quanzhou Christian Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee and Quanzhou Christian Council jointly formulated "Guidance Notes for Believers' Marriage" and "Guidance Notes for Believers' Funeral" on 1988. Believers must abide by the rules, and the ceremony is simple and human.

yezi yun 7 on 2003- 1 1- 13 16:32:06。

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Macao's special history enables Chinese and western cultures to coexist. Whether in China or in the West, every traditional festival must be celebrated.

Chinese in Macau will celebrate traditional folk festivals in China, such as Lunar New Year, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. In particular, the Lunar New Year is the biggest festival for China people, and the celebrations are held in places where China people live in compact communities. The Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year, and it is also the beginning of the prosperity of everything after the dead of winter. Preparatory activities have been going on all the time. From New Year's Eve to the early morning of the first day of the year, Macao residents flocked to the Mage Temple to make a wish and pray for prosperity and peace in the coming year. Temples are very lively, and people can set off firecrackers and fireworks in designated areas to celebrate, and there is a happy and peaceful atmosphere everywhere.

Every year, there are dragon boat races in Xingang, Shuitangjiao and Xiwan during the Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of May). Since 1980s, many international dragon boat races have been held, with many countries from Asia, Europe, America and Australia participating. When there are activities, the dragon boat flies on the sea, the gongs and drums are deafening, the audience is like a tide, and the scene is very lively.

Every festival related to religion and customs, such as "Mother's Birthday", "Drunk Dragon and Lion Awakening Conference", "Journey of Holy Jesus" and "Journey of the Virgin Mary" will also be celebrated. Such as setting up a temporary stage in the open air and performing Cantonese opera; Religious mass and icon parade were held in churches in various forms, which fully demonstrated the role of Macao as a bridge between Chinese and Western cultures. (Ctrip)

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On the Similarities and Differences between Chinese and Western Cultures and Their Causes

Nowadays, more and more people in China, especially young people, like western culture and things, and their enthusiasm has formed a wave, with a growing trend.

In the final analysis, the key of China's cultural thought lies in Confucius' "modesty, courtesy, faithfulness, sensitivity and wisdom", while western culture, on the contrary, lies in the word "contention" and puts itself first in dealing with personnel.

The formation of cultural differences between China and the West has roughly gone through two important periods:

In 22 1 year BC, the powerful state of Qin finally unified the land of China through the "Shang Yang Reform". At this point, China's feudal autocracy, which lasted for more than two thousand years, began. This reunification not only laid the foundation for the formation of China's unified culture, but also marked the beginning of the Chinese nation. At this time, the western countries (mainly European countries here) were still just slave city-States. Since then, the self-sufficient feudal natural economy has occupied a dominant position in China. With the development of farming economy, both ordinary people and nobles hope to have a relatively peaceful production environment to maintain the development of farming economy. Therefore, Confucianism, which advocates "non-aggression and Shang Xian", has become the ruling ideology of China. Therefore, there is more "harmony" and less "contention" in China's culture. In western countries, with the development of manor economy, nomadic economy has developed rapidly, and the expansion of nomadic economy has become more and more prominent. Under this mode of production, "struggle" is bound to become the key in its culture. At this point, Chinese and Western cultures began to "go their separate ways".

16 and 17 centuries, western countries, especially western European countries, experienced unprecedented political and ideological changes, and the cultural differences between China and the West continued to expand.

In terms of ideology, the "Renaissance" ideological emancipation movement had a decisive influence on later western culture. On the one hand, the spread of "humanism" liberates people's thoughts from theology, on the other hand, it also over-inflates self-desire and deepens the "struggle" of western culture. Politically, the early bourgeois revolution made the capitalist system begin to take shape. The invasion of capitalism and the primitive accumulation of bloody capital also make the "struggle" in its culture increasingly prominent.

On the other hand, in China, the long-term feudal autocracy has been increasingly improved and strengthened, and the ruling class is content with the status quo and still dreams of "China". Disdain and don't want to know the world, let alone "fight". Moreover, due to the closure of feudal ideology and natural economy, people are also content with the status quo and will not and dare not "want to change".

The differences between Chinese and western cultures are still concentrated on religious beliefs. In China, both foreign Buddhism and local Taoism pay attention to resignation and afterlife. Western teachings emphasize the afterlife and pay attention to suffering, while both Christianity and Islam pay attention to resisting foreign oppression and pagans. For example, many stories in the Bible describe Jewish resistance and war.

The formation of this religious difference is also closely related to its social background: Buddhism and Taoism were introduced and produced in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, China had formed a feudal autocratic system, and the rulers urgently needed a kind of religion that could calm people's hearts and be conducive to stability to restrain people's thoughts and safeguard their own rule.

In western countries, most of them are loose city-States, and the rulers of all countries hope to obtain land and population through war. Therefore, the establishment of a unified country has become their urgent hope. In order to develop their own religion and crack down on paganism, religious believers "collude" with the ruling class and make appropriate revisions to their own teachings according to the rulers' aggressive desires, thus becoming their ruling tools and developing their own teachings. For example, the "religious reform" in Europe.

Furthermore, the differences between Chinese and western cultures are also reflected in the interpretation of "love". In China culture, the emphasis on "love" is "great love", which is a great love for all sentient beings. In western society, people pay more attention to themselves and their feelings. Therefore, the "love" in western culture is mainly a "little love" for oneself, family or an individual.

The formation of this difference is actually closely related to the social and historical background of the cultural formation period. As we all know, the formation and development of China culture is in the period of the formation and development of feudal society, so China culture is bound to be influenced by feudal thought. In feudal society, in order to safeguard their own interests and better rule the people, rulers often instilled ideas such as "measuring all beings" and "causal cycle" into the people through various channels. Therefore, in order not to die in the afterlife, people do good deeds in this life, so they have "great love" for all sentient beings.

Throughout the history of western culture, today's capitalist culture began to form during the Renaissance in16th century. In this cultural movement, people preach "humanitarianism", affirm human value, respect human rights and attach importance to human strength. In this context, culture must have the characteristics of "humanism". So the "little love" in western society is formed.

In fact, the fundamental reason for the cultural differences between China and the West is the difference in social background and times. Any culture has its own brand of the times, that is, characteristics of the times. Culture is the same psychological quality formed by the long-term integration of people in a certain area. Therefore, since culture is formed, there is no difference between good and bad. This is also something we must keep in mind when studying cultural issues.

According to the Sing Tao Daily, China people have a strong sense of family, consanguinity and family ethics, which are deeply rooted in their minds. Parents and children will always be a family. Even if you get married and set up a new home, you will still be inseparable from your parents and regard supporting and serving your parents as your due responsibility.

Americans are different. As soon as their children reach adulthood, they will leave the nest and their parents will no longer raise them. Once children are independent, they will no longer pay attention to their parents' affairs, let alone support their parents or live under the same roof for generations.

This cultural difference between China and the West is particularly obvious in China. In China, it is natural for parents to buy things for their children when a big family comes to shop, and it is also natural for adult children to pay their parents. It is often the case that adult children compete for money for their elderly parents, and the two sides compete for a long time. Foreigners are different. Parents and children manage their own money separately, not living in isolation from each other. Even some children have to buy things with their own pocket money from helping their parents do housework. Every time I reach out my arm and take a coin from the wallet of a child shorter than the counter, I always feel unspeakable sadness in my heart. I really want to ask my parents standing by, why don't they pay? And those adult children are as financially independent as their elderly parents. When their elderly parents cut their hands from their crumpled wallets to save money, they felt at ease and were unmoved.

There was once a big guest who lived in a high-class white area and was a doctor. Every time he comes, he wants to buy thousands of things. Once, I went shopping with my mother from new york. Seeing that he is a big guest, the boss dare not neglect him. He personally received them and took them upstairs to see valuables. It took him a long time to get down. The boss couldn't help saying, "The old lady is picky and doesn't like anything." Downstairs, the old lady picked three cloisonne boxes with a total price of 50 dollars and an equivalent pink crystal elephant. She put them in the palm of her hand and couldn't put them down. One minute she said she wanted to buy an elephant, and the next she said she wanted to buy a box. Think twice. I can't help but whisper to myself: since I like it, why not buy it quickly? What a miser. At this time, the son standing next to her was impatient and said to his mother, "You only have more than 50 yuan. You can only buy one. When you go back to new york and remit the money, the boss will send it to you. " Oh, I was wrong about that old lady. It is not that she is picky and stingy, but that she really has no money. I have mixed feelings in my heart: No wonder Americans don't have such high expectations for "success" and "success" as China people do. A doctor who spends money like water would rather see his mother disappointed than pay a little money for her. It's a pity that the family has raised a rich boy, but his parents can't touch any light.

This is the reality in the United States. A son can become a millionaire, but his parents are still poor, which is far from the China tradition of China people that "mother and son are precious" and "one person gains the word and the whole family can ascend to heaven".

Now that Americans with strong family ties come to the United States, China's traditional thought and virtue of respecting the old and loving the young will not be impacted by American culture. I hope that China people living in the United States can stick to their fine traditions and virtues and make this wonderful flower of Chinese culture bloom more brilliantly in the hundred gardens of all ethnic groups in the United States.

Extreme differences between east and west (reference:) ~ ~

Everything is relative, and cultural differences are no exception. As the general mode of human behavior and its products, culture transcends geographical boundaries and historical conditions in many aspects, and it is characterized by strong permeability and integration.

The development of global economy and the rapidity and convenience of modern communication, transportation and mass media have led to the continuous increase of intercultural communication, which is unprecedented in scale, scope and speed. Therefore, the increase of universality and the decrease of cultural differences are inevitable trends. It's not surprising to see that the phenomenon peculiar to one culture exists in another. Therefore, some people even worry that when all different nationalities behave exactly the same, the world will become dull.

Nevertheless, the long-term accumulation of "cultural deposits" can not be easily removed, and the cultural traditions handed down from generation to generation show great consistency and continuity. The cultures of different regions and nationalities still have their own uniqueness, so it is still of great significance to study the individuality of different cultures under the universal background.

On the Cultural Differences between China and the West

According to the Sing Tao Daily, China people have a strong sense of family, consanguinity and family ethics, which are deeply rooted in their minds. Parents and children will always be a family. Even if you get married and set up a new home, you will still be inseparable from your parents and regard supporting and serving your parents as your due responsibility.

Americans are different. As soon as their children reach adulthood, they will leave the nest and their parents will no longer raise them. Once children are independent, they will no longer pay attention to their parents' affairs, let alone support their parents or live under the same roof for generations.

This cultural difference between China and the West is particularly obvious in China. In China, it is natural for parents to buy things for their children when a big family comes to shop, and it is also natural for adult children to pay their parents. It is often the case that adult children compete for money for their elderly parents, and the two sides compete for a long time. Foreigners are different. Parents and children manage their own money separately, not living in isolation from each other. Even some children have to buy things with their own pocket money from helping their parents do housework. Every time I reach out my arm and take a coin from the wallet of a child shorter than the counter, I always feel unspeakable sadness in my heart. I really want to ask my parents standing by, why don't they pay? And those adult children are as financially independent as their elderly parents. When their elderly parents cut their hands from their crumpled wallets to save money, they felt at ease and were unmoved.

There was once a big guest who lived in a high-class white area and was a doctor. Every time he comes, he wants to buy thousands of things. Once, I went shopping with my mother from new york. Seeing that he is a big guest, the boss dare not neglect him. He personally received them and took them upstairs to see valuables. It took him a long time to get down. The boss couldn't help saying, "The old lady is picky and doesn't like anything." Downstairs, the old lady picked three cloisonne boxes with a total price of 50 dollars and an equivalent pink crystal elephant. She put them in the palm of her hand and couldn't put them down. One minute she said she wanted to buy an elephant, and the next she said she wanted to buy a box. Think twice. I can't help but whisper to myself: since I like it, why not buy it quickly? What a miser. At this time, the son standing next to her was impatient and said to his mother, "You only have more than 50 yuan. You can only buy one. When you go back to new york and remit the money, the boss will send it to you. " Oh, I was wrong about that old lady. It is not that she is picky and stingy, but that she really has no money. I have mixed feelings in my heart: No wonder Americans don't have such high expectations for "success" and "success" as China people do. A doctor who spends money like water would rather see his mother disappointed than pay a little money for her. It's a pity that the family has raised a rich boy, but his parents can't touch any light.

This is the reality in the United States. A son can become a millionaire, but his parents are still poor, which is far from the China tradition of China people that "mother and son are precious" and "one person gains the word and the whole family can ascend to heaven".

Now that Americans with strong family ties come to the United States, China's traditional thought and virtue of respecting the old and loving the young will not be impacted by American culture. I hope that China people living in the United States can stick to their fine traditions and virtues and make this wonderful flower of Chinese culture bloom more brilliantly in the hundred gardens of all ethnic groups in the United States.