1、Culture differences between Western and Chinese一、The difference between food culture The difference idea about food飲食理念01Page 3ChineseWhat Chinese people care about is the deliciousness of food.Page 4According to our traditional idea, we tend to seek the relationship between two different objects, a

2、nd make them change to each other. Page 5Page 6We prefer noodles, rice,jiaozi as the main courseWesternIn their opinion, one should choose his food only according to his need as an independent individual and the balanced requirement of all kinds of nutrients for each part of his body. Page 7Page 8us

3、ually pay attention to the calories,vitamins,proteins and so onperple like eating hamburgers, chips,pizza,pasta as their main courseThe difference of drinking02Page 9Tea and WinePage 10Chinese people love tea while westerners prefer to drink red wine The difference of table manners餐桌禮儀03Page 11Chops

4、ticks vs Knife and Fork Page 12Page 13Western：they eat with separate platesChinese：Sitting around the tableThe different materials:Stone Vs Wood.01 The layout of the construction:Closed layout Vs Open layout.02二、The difference between Architectural art 03 The development of architecture:Chinese cons

5、truction is Conservative ,and the west building often change their structure and materials rapidly.Page 14Eiffel TowerPage 15Sydney Opera HousePage 16the Birds NestPage 17Tian An MenPage 18三、Difference between Western and Eastern in weddingPage 19In China,the wedding main colors are red,which is rep

6、resentative of traditional Chinese festive colors.This also makes changing the joyous weddings.Page 20Western ：The bride dress is usually white,the groom a black dress,the whole wedding was a solemn seriousness.West are the romantic type wedding,the entire wedding from start to finish to the full ro

7、mantic.Page 21ChurchPage 22Page 23四、 some interesting pictures about differences in Chinese and Western圖示_03Human relations人際關系Westerners:Simple Chinese:complexPage 24圖示_03Party(聚會Westerners:Little groupsChinese:Large groupsPage 25圖示_03Queue up排隊Westerns:orderChinese:disorderPage 26圖示_03Leader posit

8、ion指點位置Westerners:equalChinese:topPage 27圖示_03The life of old age晚年生活Westerners:living with petsChinese:living with childrenPage 28Self西方中方lifestyle西方 中方In a restaurant西方中方So,what are the reasons for these differencesReasons for these differencesthe culture of east and west has its own features:In w

9、estern countries, peoples thinking mode characterized by Aristotles logical and analytical thinking;亞里士多德的邏輯和分析思想為特征In China, peoples thinking mode characterized by dialectical thinking and organism thinking辯證和整體思想為主要特征。1. From the view of social background社會背景:Philosophers emphasize on personal cha

10、racteristics and freedom in ancient Greece.古希臘社會強調個人特性和自在While in ancient China ,we emphasize the relationship between individuals and society.個人與社會的關系2. From the view of social cognition認知:Chinese people are inclined to depedent依賴性, their social relationship is more complex復雜;While the relationship

11、 between western people is relatively simple.簡單3. From the view of their thinking orientation:In western countries: Their thinking orientation思想取向inclines to individuals ;While in China: It is an interpersonal 人際式 thinking orientation. 4. From the view of traditional culture:Chinese culture was dominated by Selected Readings of Confucian and other Ancient Chinese Classics.儒家為主、兼有諸子百家While western philosophers哲學思想emphasize analytical分析 method.So it forms the differences between organism thinking and individual t