精编英语国家文化主题作业Chinese Image

1、 英语国家文化chinese image chinese imagei. chinese stereotype in different timesa. ancient times (before 1840)in ancient times, chinese and westerners communicated through a road which was calledsilk-road. while the silk road was first established, silk was not the chief commodity. handynasty made very li

2、ttle profit from it until the romans were fanatic about silk that the largeprofits came in. the roams love silk so much that they even exchanged silk for its weight in gold.so the wests first knowledge of china came from the silk exported via the silk road. duringtang dynasty, a lot of foreigners ca

3、me to changan which was the capital of tang empire, itindicated that foreigners were fond of china. so the westerners thought that china is a mysteriousand distant country and chinese were rich.b. modern times (1840-1949)china had suffered a hard time since 1840. british launched opium war, and chin

4、ese had toassign nanjing treaty. chinese government opened a series of city as harbors and hong kong wasdivided from china. western countries began invade into china and forced chinese governmentassign a series of treaty that infringe upon chinese sovereignty. so it formed an impression fromwesterne

5、rs that chinese were inferior to them.in 1939, the world war ii was burn out. china was a main battleground. japanese beganinvade into northeast of china in 1931, expanded into north of china. because of chinesetenacious resistance, japanese were cast out of china. chinese were not weak any longer.

6、theywere tenacious in the foreigners eyes.c. nowadays (1949- )after the foundation of prc, foreigners still didn t know much about china because of thetense relationship between china and the united states. what they do know comes from threemain sources: the movies, news and history classes.foreigne

7、rs think that all chinese know kungfu and dress like huang feihong.all chinese are brainwashed into worshipping chairman mao and cant thinkindependently. people at that time were radical and hostile to foreigners. (source: studying thecultural revolution in high school history classes.)asian women a

8、re generally subservient to men, anti-feminist, and more morally purethan western women. (source: movies about ancient japan, cultural differences. this stereotype isagain the result of ignorance of modern china - and thinking that todays china is really12th-century ancient japan).china has launched

9、 the reform and open policy since 1980. with more and more people wentabroad, foreigners began to know china and chinese. foreigners think that china is a big countrywith so large population and chinese are strange because they eat cats and dogs. but they admitthat chinese are very good at cooking.

10、chinese are always working hard and not enjoy the life,never work with other people. some westerners even consider chinese are conservative anddoesnt understand the difference between chinese cultures and foreign cultures.ii. factors that help form such a chinese stereotypea. historyhistory is an im

11、portant factor. chinese began to communicate with westerners 2,000 yearsago, thus it helped to form an original chinese stereotype. the silk road can prove it. the coming and going of horse and camel caravans carried oriental thoughts, ideas, arts and sciences to thewest. a lot of foreigners came to

12、 china to study, trade and settled in china. westerners thoughtchina was a rich and powerful oriental country. but in recent 100 years, china had experienced adark period. some foreign countries invaded into china and killed a lot of chinese people. theybreak into peoples house with guns and thought

13、 china was a backward country. westernerschanged the stereotype of chinese with the development of history.b. culture differenceculture difference is also a main factor. every country has its own cultures and civilizations.oriental culture is subtle, and exquisite, while western culture is on the ot

14、her hand. the characterof oriental culture is reflected in all respect of the reservation. when someone goes to a country,he should respect the foreign customs and obey the local rules. if not, it would cause a series oftroubles that should be avoided.for example, a few days ago, a chinese couple ha

15、d a dispute over luggage placement withcabin crew in a flight of united states continental airlines, then the couple was kicked off by thecaptain on the grounds of flying safety, and their re-boarding was also refused. finally, their12-year-old daughter was “abandoned” on the plane; the couple could

16、 only switch to the nextdays flight back to shanghai. it makes foreigners think that chinese lack of manners and lookdown upon chinese. there are millions of people study and work abroad every year. they oftenfeel lonely and won t get along well with local people, so foreigners also think chinese ar

17、e notgood at work together with others.in fact, chinese are generous, friendly and keeping smile on their faces. they are good atcooking delicious food. they are brave, tenacious and industrious. the image of the dragon forexample is one of the most prominent cultural symbols of the country. so much

18、 so, that thecountry of china is often referred to as the oriental dragon. the dragon is a highly reveredmythological character in the chinese culture and as such the chinese people consider themselvesto be descendants of the dragon and are proud of saying that. but westerners think dragon isferocio

19、us and evil. it also indicates the different cultural concept between oriental and westernculture.c. political ideologypolitical ideology is a branch of culture difference. our country is a socialist country, whilemost western countries are capitalist countries. foreigners still have some prejudice

20、against china,and some western media often report some news to vilify china and chinese.in recent years, some western media report some news to smear china image.d. citizen consciousnessnowadays, some chinese people tend to praise highly of foreign country s freedom, justiceand optimism. it is also

21、a main reason why foreigners look down upon chinese. even somewestern countries use it to propagandize that china doesnt respect human rights.iii. how to improve our imagea. china imagewith more and more communications with foreign countries, china should set up its newimage. although we have thorou

22、ghly changed our image in 1900, we still have a lot to do.as a big country, we should develop the science technology to make china to become strong.in 1962 and 1964, china had its own nuclear weapon. it completely changed the weak image ofchina. we must know that western countries still worry about

23、china s power, so they often put forward the speech of “chinese threat”. we should utilize the chance under the world pressure toovercome the difficulties.second, we should establish a good diplomatic relationship with other countries. a gooddiplomatic relation can create a bridge for people all ove

24、r the world to clear up miscomprehension,improve mutual understanding and balance oppositions.third, it is most important that chinese should develop its economy. only the countryseconomy develops well can the national strength be improved, and citizens live happily, thecitizens quality is improved

25、as well. at the same time, more and more factors are settled in china.it causes a series of environmental problems. as a developing country, we should solve theseproblems well. strong consciousness of environmental protection can change our image to bebetter.nowadays, peace is the theme of the world. china is one of permanent members, and playsan important role in the