English Composition for Chinese and Western Festivals at Junior High School Level

1. Cultural conflicts that often occur in cross-cultural communication between China and the West

1 China people often have cultural conflicts in cross-cultural communication.

In the cross-cultural communication between China and the West, there are many cultural conflicts. We can't describe them all here, just list the common ones.

There are many kinds of cultural conflicts in cross-cultural communication between China and the West. We can't describe them one by one here, but we can only list some common ones.

1. 1 privacy conflict

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China people's concept of privacy is relatively weak, and they think that individuals should belong to the collective, and together they should pay attention to unity, friendship and mutual care. Therefore, China people are often willing to know the ups and downs of others, and the other party is willing to tell them frankly. Westerners, on the other hand, attach great importance to personal privacy and space, and are unwilling to mention their own affairs to others too much, let alone let others interfere. Therefore, China and the West often have conflicts on privacy issues. For example, when people meet for the first time in China, they often ask each other about their age, marital status, children, occupation and even income. In the eyes of China people, this is a kind of courtesy, but in the eyes of westerners, these questions violate their privacy.

China people's concept of privacy is relatively weak, and they think that individuals should belong to the collective, care for each other, and jointly emphasize unity and friendship. Therefore, China people are often very willing to understand other people's sour, sweet, bitter and hot feelings, and are also willing to face each other frankly. Westerners pay attention to personal privacy, emphasize personal space, and don't mention their own affairs too much, let alone let others interfere. Therefore, China people often conflict with each other on privacy issues. For example, China people often ask each other's age, marital status, children, occupation and income when they meet for the first time. In China's eyes, this is a courtesy, but in the eyes of westerners, these questions violate their privacy.

2. Explore the causes of cultural conflicts.

2 Causes of cultural conflicts

There are many reasons for the cultural conflict between China and the West. The fundamental reason is that different cultures and historical backgrounds between China and the West will inevitably lead to differences and even conflicts in people's thoughts and behaviors. Let's take a concrete look at the main reasons.

Various phenomena that lead to cultural conflicts are diverse. The root cause is that China and the West have different cultures and different historical backgrounds, which will inevitably lead to differences and even conflicts in people's thinking and behavior. We mainly depend on the specific reasons.

2. 1 Different thinking modes.

2. 1 Different ways of thinking

Culture will affect people's views and understanding of external things. Different countries have different cultures, and there must be differences in thinking patterns, which is particularly obvious between eastern and western cultures. The thinking mode of western culture pays attention to logic and analysis, while the thinking mode of eastern culture shows intuitive integrity, which is also the characteristic of China's traditional cultural thinking. Due to the influence of this traditional culture, China people often pay special attention to intuition, experience and feeling in the cognitive process, and often use this experience and feeling to "judge others by themselves" in communication. Compared with the western way of thinking, China people's way of thinking has obvious generality and fuzziness. Over time, a mindset will be formed, which can be interpreted as the process of identifying and simplifying the classification and perception of external things. In essence, the mindset often ignores the differences of individual things and exaggerates the cognitive attitude related to another social group, which is often emotional and accompanied by fixed beliefs. Among all stereotypes, some are right and some are wrong, which will directly affect cross-cultural communication and cause communication failure.

Culture will affect people's views and understanding of external things. Different countries have different cultures, so there are inevitable differences in thinking, especially between the East and the West. Western culture pays attention to the way of thinking and logical analysis, while the way of thinking of eastern culture shows overall intuition, which is also the characteristic of China's traditional cultural thinking. Due to the influence of traditional culture, China people often pay special attention to intuition, pay attention to the process of understanding experience and feeling, and often judge others by their association with this experience and feeling. ". Compared with the western mode of thinking, this mode of thinking of China people has obvious generality and fuzziness. Over time, it will form a fixed mode of thinking, which can be interpreted as recognizing the external things and simplifying the classification process. In essence, thinking often ignores the individual differences of things and exaggerates the cognitive style of other groups related to a particular society, which is often emotional and has a fixed creed. Among all the settings, some are correct and some are wrong, which will directly affect cross-cultural communication and lead to communication failure.