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ChineseCultureOverviewChina,anancient,mysteriousandbeautifulland,isproudofher1.3billionpeople,fivethousandyears’history,resplendentcultureanddistinctivecustoms.Chinese'fourgreatinventions'(paper,gunpowder,printingandthecompass)arehergreatestgiftstotheworld.Chineseartsandcrafts,includingpainting,calligraphy,operas,embroideryandsilkaredistinctiveandunique.ChineseMartialarts,whichhaveonlyrecentlybeguntoenjoypopularityacrosstheworld,havebeenpartofChinesecultureforcenturies,Chinesecuisinehasbeenexportedtoeverycorneroftheglobe.ContentsModernChinesecultureBusinessculture&etiquetteTraditionalChineseCultureTraditionalChineseCulture信息平臺業(yè)務(wù)流程設(shè)計原則TraditionalFestivalChineseFolkArtsChineseArchitectureChineseCuisineTraditionalChineseCultureReligion&PhilosophySpringFestival

TherearemanytraditionalfestivalsinChina,suchas

SpringFestival,LanternFestival,DragonBoatFestival,Mid-AutumnFestival.ButSpringFestival,alsoknownasChinesenewyear,isthemostimportantinourculture,justasimportantasChristmasDayinwesternculture.SpringFestival

TheoriginofSpringFestival—”Nian”,lunaryear.

15-daycelebration—reunionandthanksgivingNewYear'sEveDinnerFireworksDuiLian

TraditionalFestivalChineseDumpling--themostimportantfoodsinChineseNewYearFireworksareusedtoscarethebeast“Nian”andtogetridofillluckReflectthebestwishestotheupcomingyearChineseFolkArts業(yè)務(wù)流程ChinesefolkartsTraditionalFestivalMartialArtsBeijingOperaTwospecialartsBeijingOperaTherearefourmainrolesinBeijingOpera:

ShengDanJingChouThefacialpaintingisworthappreciatingforitsartisticvalueMartialArts(Wushu)AnyonewhohasseenclassicalChineseKungFumovieswillbedeeplyimpressedbytheChineseWushu,whichiscalledKungFuorChinesemartialartsinthewest.

ChineseArchitecture業(yè)務(wù)流程AChinesestructureisbasedontheprincipleofbalanceandsymmetry.Officebuildings,residences,temples,andpalacesallfollowtheprinciplethatthemainstructureistheaxis.Thesecondarystructuresarepositionedastwowingsoneithersidetoformthemainroomandyard.ThedistributionofinteriorspacereflectsChinesesocialandethnicalvalues.TheForbiddenCityTheGreatWallTheGreatWallofChinawasbuiltmainlytoprotecttheChineseEmpirefrominvadersfromtheMongolians.Thishugewallstretchesover1,500milesandextendsfromKansuinthewesttotheYellowseaintheeast.

BeijingRoastDuck

BeijingRoastduckisthoughttobeoneofthemostdeliciousdishesallovertheworld;mostvisitorscomingtoBeijingwillneverforgettohaveatry.First,thechefwillshowyouthewholeduck.Then,hewillsliceitintoaboutonehundredandtwentypieceswithbothskinandmeatforeach.Usuallytheduckisservedtogetherwithspecialpancakes,hollowedsesamebun,greenonionsandsweetsauce.Dinnerscanwrapduckslices,onion,andsauceinapancakeorasesamebunwiththeirbarehands.Sometimespeoplewouldliketoputinmashedgarlicandcucumberorcarrotstripsaswell.ChineseReligionandPhilosophyThethreemainChinesereligionsare

BuddhismTaoismConfucianism

ThesethreemainreligionshaveinteractedwithoneanotherthroughoutthetwothousandsyearsofChinesehistory.

BuddhismBuddhismwasfirstintroducedfromIndiaasearlyas166AD.ItgainedthesupportoftheimperialcourtandsincethenithasbeendominatingChinaformanycenturies.

TaoismTaoismistheChinesereligionwhichbelievesinghostsandspirits.ItoriginatedfromaChineseschoolofphilosophywhichemphasizedcooperationwiththenaturalforces.Confucianism

ConfucianismwasoriginallythephilosophyofConfuciuswhostressedthemaintenanceofastablesystemofinter-personalrelationshipsatdifferentlevelsofsociety.TheAnalects

Confucianism

Theembeddednessofeachpersoninconcentriccirclesofrelationshipsandethicalresponsibilities,Theimportanceofthefamily

Theimportanceofahierarchicalsocialsystem

ThesignificanceofeducationBusinessculture&etiquette信息平臺業(yè)務(wù)流程設(shè)計原則Relationship&“Face”GiftGivingDiningEtiquetteBusinessculture&etiquette

Businessculture&etiquetteChinaisbecomingverymuchaeconomicpowerhouse.

ItisonlyamatteroftimebeforeyouneedtodobusinesswithsomeoneinChina.China'sbusinesspracticeisverydifferentfromWesternbusinesspractice,soitwillbegoodifyoucanlearntounderstandChinesebusinesscultureandetiquette.

Relationship&“Face”ChinesepeoplecaremoreaboutthesocialrelationshipthanbusinessrelationshipindoingthebusinessGivingface(givingduerespect)isaveryimportantconceptinChina.Youmustgivetheappropriaterespectaccordingtorankandseniority.

GiftGivingDonotgiveclocks.Clocksareassociatedwithdeath.Donotgiveknives,scissors,letteropeners,etc.ItimpliestheseveringofarelationshipDonotexpectthatagiftwillbeopenedimmediately

Avoidgivingthingstopeopleingroupsoffour,sincethenumberfourinChineseisahomonymfortheword'death'.NevergiveaChinesegentlemanagreenhat.Itisassociatedwithadultery.DiningEtiquetteIfyouaretheguest,waittobeseatedashierarchyisinvolvedEatingusuallybeginsoncethehostoffersthefirstdrink.UsetheservingchopsticksorturnyourchopsticksaroundwhenusethemtoserverothersAvoiddroppingchopsticksasitisconsideredbadluck.TheJuxtapositionofEasternCultureandWesternCultureExplorethe

AmericanCulture

美利堅合眾國（UnitedStatesofAmerica）是一個由五十個州和一個聯(lián)邦直轄特區(qū)組成的憲政聯(lián)邦共和制國家。UnitedStatesofAmerica(UnitedStatesofAmerica)isa50stateandTerritorySARformafederalconstitutionalfederalrepublic.FAMOUSSTATESHawaiiState(邁阿密(Miami))Texas休斯頓（Houston）NewYorkCalifornia洛杉磯（LosAngeles)God’sWaitingRoom----Miami

Warmclimate

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American

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the

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Miamiisthe

elderlyand

fashion

designers,

bikini

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nameofheaven.Miami

isthe

mostpopulouscity

inFlorida,wherethe

immigrants

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thecity

aninternational

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bright

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anunexpected

visitor,hereis

fullof

LatinAmerican

food,language,music,

political,andspiritual

place.

KEYWORDSAmerica'sfourth

largestcityAerospaceand

medicalresearchSpace

ResearchCenter,

thelargestU.S.

-Johnson

SpaceCenter(Space

City)UnitedStates,"Apollo

17"

spacecraft

OilCapitalof

theWorldHoustonNewYorkNewYorkCity

isthelargest

city

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port,

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world'slargest

economiccenter,

washailedas

theworld

capital.TheUnitedNations

headquartersin

thecity.NewYork,

totheimmigration

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newworld,opportunities

areeverywhere.

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NewYork

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nicknamed"BigApple"(theBigApple),

is

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"pretty,delicious,andeveryone

getapiece"ofItaly.NewYork百老匯(Broadway)帝國大廈(TheEmpireStateBuilding)

聯(lián)合國大樓(TheUnitedNations)

華爾街自由女神像(TheStatueofLiberty)

中央車站（GrandCentralTerminal）Broadway

TheEmpireStateBuildingEmpireStateBuilding

NewYork,

theworld's

tallest

buildingand

worked

inNewYorkCity

landmarks,

seven

engineering

wondersof

theworld.TheUnitedNation

This

ivory

carving

was

presented

totheUnitedNations

in1974,

agift

ofChina.wallstreet

TheWallStreetJournalWallStreetJournal,

theUnitedStates

andtheworld

thegreatestinfluence,focuson

financialandcommercial

areaof

the

DailyNews

reported."WallStreet

Bull,"isthe

spiritof

theNewYork

indispensable

pillarof

human.TheStatueofLibertyStatueofLibertywas

presentedto

France

in1876,

the100thanniversaryof

Americanindependence

gift.

TheStatueofLibertyTheStatueofLibertyThe

steelsupports

inside

thestatue

was

built

bythearchitect

and

to

theworldfamous

EiffelTowerin

Paris,

theFrench

engineer

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designedandman