The Differences Between Chinese Culture And Western Culture

1、the differences between chinese culture and western culture the differences between chinese culture and western culture-a brief introduction summerchina: people often say “夏日炎炎“,“火辣夏 日”。they connect summer with the extremely hot. great britain: summer in the sonnet of shakespeare is different ,”shal

2、l i compare thee to a summers day? thou art more lovely and more temperate.(我能不能拿夏天同你相比？你 啊，比夏天來的可愛和煦)the great poet compared lover to the summer,lovely and warm. reasons: china and the uk at different latitudes.china is continental climate,extremly hot in summer.but the uk is oceanic production and

3、 laborthere are many words about aquatic and ship. such as ,fish in the air(緣木求魚),an odd fish怪 人),miss the boat(錯過機會).and in chinese ,these words are less than english. reasons:the uk is surrounded by water.fishing industry and seafaring play an important role in the national economy. in china, only

4、 the seaside towns have some fishermen. so the words are less. china:there are many words are used to express carrying things. like 扛，挑，擔， 抬，馱，挎。they have great differences. great britain:only “carry” express all these actions. the reason : maybe china is the agriculture society for a long time, man

5、ual is more. customs the use of him words(謙詞的使用) in english, no matter how old you are, no matter how rich you are.people just use you and i to communicate with each other. in china, many him words are used.您，令尊，令堂 reason:chinese feudal hierarchical society patriarchal system, you dont use these wor

6、ds ,people think you are impolite.chinese people often think modesty is a virtue. history(歷史典故) china 真是馬后炮 原來是空城計啊 western that all greek to me (我對此一竅不通) he is a shylock (他是個守財奴) chinese histories come from the four famous ancient chinese,myth folklore,traditional chinese entertainment program. lik

7、e chess and drama. western histories are from shakespeare and the characters names in english and american literature, greek and roman mythologies values of individualism in western culture,there are many words formed with self .like selfadmiration(自我欣 賞),self-absorption (自我專注),selfimage. so individ

8、ualism is very popular. in china, we often see the words “先國家， 后集體，再個人” “先利民，再利己”。 conclusionlearning english and western cultures through the language of the differences in contrast.it will have a deeper cultural understanding .this , in turn ,helps us to understand both languages.learn english at us,we should know the cultural background of his knowledge and social customs.at anytime with our mother tongue compared,we are conscious