中西方文化差异英语作文

DifferencebetweenChineseandWesternculturesUndoubtedlytherearesomanydifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculture,suchasmanners,languageandsomanyothers.Maybehistoryisoneofthemajorcauseofit.Chinesecultureisolderthan5000years,andChinesepeoplehavedevelopedtheirownmusic,musicalinstruments,paintingtechniques,traditionalChinesemedicine,andnottoforget,cookingmethodsaswellwhichiscompletelydifferentanduniquewhencomparedtoWesternculture.SothistimeI’mgoingtopicksomeaspectsandtalkaboutit.Likewhatmentionedabove,cookingmethodsofChinaistotallydifferentfromthewesterns’.Notlikewestpeople,wehavesomanywaystodealwithfoods.ItissaidthattherearemorethanfiftywaysforaChinesecooktochooseeverytimehedealingwiththesamekindoffood.Nowandertobeagreatcookinchinayouhavetostarttrainingfromyoungchild.ComparedwithChinese,westernsseemstobemorecasualwhentheyarecooking.Theyusuallycookfoodbyfryingorstewing.Becausetheywouldliketoputemphasisonfood’snutritionnotthetasteofit.Whenitcomestotheaspectofmen’sbehavior,thereisavastdifferenceintherulesofbehaviorbetweenChineseandWesterns.Westernsaremorewillingtochangetheenvironmentratherthanadaptingthemselvestoit,whichisoppositetoChinesepeople.AffectedbytheancientphilosophiesofChina,webelieveinthatwemustgetourselvesintoonecertainenvironment.Forexample,oncewecomeintoanewgroup,wearealwaystoldtofollowotherssothatwecanbecomeoneofit.Butwesternerswouldliketomakethemchangeandteachthemtoworkinhisway.Besidesthebehaviorofpeoplefromtwodistinctculture,therealizationofself-worthisdifferentforChineseandwesterns.AffectedbytheConfucius’sphilosophyfromtheancienttime.Webelievedthatweshouldputourcountryaheadofourowninterests.Onecanberespectedonlybymakingcontributionforhiscountry,likesomewarheroes.Butwesternsdorespectthosewhosucceedinhisownlives.Theybelievethatmanwhoachievegoalsofhappinessandsuccessbyworkinghardisworthothers’respecting.MaybethatcanexplainswhysomanymillionaireinChinacan’thavetheequalreputationcomparedtothosewesterns’.Anyway,WesternersusuallyfindtheChineseculturecomplex,andhardtounderstand,astheChineseculturehasitsownvalues,backgroundandbeliefsystem.