The causes of cultural differences between China and the West

The reasons why China's cultural characteristics are different from those of the West;

China's ancient civilization, which originated in the great river basin, belongs to agricultural civilization, and people are conservative. Because orientals can live on a piece of land all their lives, their culture is more introverted. ?

Western ancient Greek civilization, which originated from the Aegean coast, belongs to marine civilization. Moreover, European farming was far less important than China in ancient society, so Europeans like to explore abroad, so their culture is more extroverted.

Extended data:

The differences between Chinese and western cultures include thinking mode, value orientation, ethics and so on.

1, mode of thinking:

Westerners pay attention to the speculative and rational analysis of evidence, and analyze the whole again; In the eyes of western philosophers, only speculative things are the most real, perfect and beautiful.

China's traditional way of thinking is not through inductive reasoning and deduction, but based on facts, with the help of existing experience and knowledge, to identify, understand and judge the nature and regularity of objective things as a whole. Associated with the intuitive way of thinking, China people know the world by "body knowledge" rather than "cognition".

2. Value orientation:

Westerners pay attention to self-centeredness, emphasizing individuals and competition; Western values hold that the individual is the basic point of human society. Everyone's lifestyle and quality of life depend on their own abilities. Only individuals can own the whole society, and individuals are higher than the whole society.

China people pay attention to group, society and harmony. ? China people's values emphasize group consciousness and social consciousness, and individual interests should be subordinated to the overall interests of society. Only when the whole society is developed can a big country gain the greatest benefits. .

3. Morality:

Westerners pay attention to individual laissez-faire, innovation and development, and promote honor; Westerners advocate personal struggle, especially take pride in personal achievements, and never hide their self-confidence, sense of honor and ecstasy after achievements; Western culture encourages individuals to explore and innovate and do something outstanding and extraordinary that has never been seen before. Westerners' family values are relatively indifferent.

China people pay attention to modesty, prudence and justice. China culture does not advocate showing off one's personal honor when one makes personal achievements, but advocates modesty and prudence, and opposes "the old woman selling melons and boasting herself". In interpersonal relationships, China's traditional culture requires people to be impartial, moderate, maintain the status quo and maintain harmony.

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