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MyviewonAmericanCultureandInter-culturalCommunicationTheUnitedStatsisreallyagreatandpowerfulcountry,andsheisleadinginmanyaspects.AmericanCulture,frommyperspective,insistsoffaith,habit,thesocialsystem,characteristicsthewayofthinking,andoriginalnativeculture.Ontheotherhand,AmericanCultureisprobablythemeansofculturalinvasionbyAmericangovernment,but,actually,theAmericanCultureisglobalcultureanditshapedbypeoplearoundtheworld.However,asapost90’s,AmericanCultureiscloselyrelatedtomygrowth.TherearefivefamoussymbolsofAmericanCulture.ThefirstistheStatueofLiberty,whichisalsocalledLibertyEnlighteningtheWorldisagiftedgiventotheUnitedStatesbyFranceinhonoredof100anniversaryofAmericanindependence,standingonLibertyIslandinNewYork,symbolizesfreedom,breaktheconstraintsoftyranny.ThesecondistheBarbieDolls,itisthemostfamousandbest-sellingdollin20thcentury,whichwasthegiftthatIdesperatelywantedwhenIwasalittlegirl,withthedreamofbeinganobleprincess.ThethirdistheAmericanGothic,whichperhapsnotasfamousasothersymbols,butitisacopiedinterpretationofthesolemnprideifAmericanfarmers.TheforthisBuffaloNickel,itisdesignedbyAmericanfamousartistJamesFraserin1911,whichbecameakindifcoinbetween1913and1938.ThepaintingsonAmericantraditionalcoinismainlyallpreviouspresident.ButBuffaloNickeldidn’tfollow,itprinttwoimageswhichwasclosetoextinguishinAmericanwestwardmovementtocommemorate----AmericanbuffaloandNativeAmerican.ThelastoneisUncleSam,theartworkwascreatedin1917asarecruitingposterfortheU.SArmy,Atthetime,theUSwasinneedofmoretroopstohelpfightWorldWarI.LaterUncleSamwasusedtorefertoAmericaorAmericangovernment,anditwaswidelyusedinpress.Withmorefrequentcooperation,therearecountlesssimilaritiesbetweenourChineseCultureandAmericanCulture.Forexample,wehavedifferentculturebackground,Chinahasa5000-year-historybuttheU.Shasamerely2000-year-history.Sothedifferenceisenormousanditisthegapbetweenourtwonations’communication.Duetodifferentsocialculture,differenceinthewaywethinkisalsoahugeone.Chineseprefertobecomprehensiveandstressholisticidea,howeverAmericanturntobeanalyticallyandindividualpriority.Customsdiscrepancygreatlyaffectsourintercourse.Obviously,mostChinesepeopleusedtotreatdogasaderogatorytermhoweverAmericanpeoplehasluckydog.BuddhismdeeplyrootedinChinesecultureandhadahugeimpactonChineseliterature.Onthecontrary,ChristianityisthemainstreamofAmericanreligion,alsodeeplyrootedinAmericanculture.TheAmericanChristianityisasecularizedreligion,stressingprivatefaithandpluralismofreligion.Inaddition,differenceindietcultureisalsoapartofourtwonations’culturedifference.Thoughtherearenumerousdifferences,withthehighpaceofdevelopmentofeconomicglobalization,peopleintwonationsneverstopfillingthegap.Theeffortisnotunilateralcompromise,butjointeffort,aimingatsmoothcommunication.AmericanstarttoloveChinesefood,Chinesetraditionalart,ChineseKongfuandevenlivinginChina.Atthesametime,inChina,KFC,McDonald’s,PizzaHutareeverywhere,ChineseholdthemostIphonearoundtheworld,AmericanblockbusteristhefirstchoicewhenChinesestepintothemovietheater,andFordandGMaimingatChinaasthebiggestmarket.ThemostimportantisChinesedamaisbuyingtheworldincludingtheUnitedStates.Fromthecomparisonandcontrast,wecanpromoteourculturedevelopment,improveourownvaluesystem,broadenourhorizons,meanwhile,makeourcultureglobal.Forme,theStatueofLibertyisreallyimpressive.Thespirittopursuefreedomandbreaktheconstraintsoftyrannyinspiresmetobearagoodcharacterandethics,thus,becomingmorefirmtofightformyrightsandmoretoughtofaceeachchallenge.Allinall,nowadays,ChinesecultureandAmericanculturesharecloselyinter-culturecommunication,andIbelievebothsidewillhaveabrightandprosperityfuture.