The Influence of Western Culture on China and the World

1. At present, the influence of western culture on China culture is reflected in many aspects, such as festivals, food, music, language, movies, psychology, etc., which all have different degrees of influence on China culture.

2. In terms of festivals, young people are keen on western festivals, such as Christmas and Valentine's Day, while China's own Valentine's Day in China with traditional ethnic characteristics is rarely concerned. As far as movies are concerned, many people like to watch American blockbusters now.

3. Compared with traditional folk music in China, more people learn western musical instruments. For example, as a representative of western musical instruments, the keyboard musical instrument has incomparable advantages over other musical instruments, that is, it has a wide range and can emit multiple tones at the same time. As a solo instrument, it also has rich harmonic effects and orchestral colors, so the piano is known as the king of musical instruments.

Western musical instruments have the characteristics of extroversion and expansibility, so they are stronger than folk music solos. The symphony orchestra originally served the court and religion. The national orchestra mainly plays traditional folk music ensembles and solos, which generally come from practicality and are enriched with the progress of mankind.

From archaeological excavations and murals, we can see that hunting and rounding up, praying for heaven, fighting and cheering or celebrating dancing are all closely related to pronunciation tools or rhythm sounds, and China traditional music is more produced to meet the needs.

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Western cultural characteristics

Western culture is essentially individual culture. The main feature of western culture is individuality, and its core problem lies in emphasizing individual freedom. Therefore, western culture can be called "individual culture".

The core of culture is the perception of ideas. In today's world, there are two different concepts, namely, the integrity of eastern culture and the individuality of western culture, which is the result of the development of human history. Different political, economic and social environments have created different cultural concepts and produced different characteristics of eastern and western cultures.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Western Culture