中西文化差异英文.ppt

1、中西方文化差异,Chinese vs Western Culture,制作人：姚露燕,主要的区别,中国和西方文化之间的主要区别是，中国是一个东方国家,和它的文化遗产与西方的完全不同。 中国的文化已经有5000年的历史， 中国有自己发展的音乐文化， 他们的乐器，他们的绘画技巧， 和他们的医药历史，而不是抛弃他们，烹饪方法等,相比完全不同的和独特的西方文化。中国文化注意饮食健康， 而且有一个完善的方法来保持健康。 而西方文化更先进， 喜欢冒险和探索。中国人更注重集体利益而不是个人获得正确的决策，和相信采取中间路线,以避免极端主义。,西方文化:,1.西方文化是建立在个人主义而不是质量(集体主义)。

2、例如，在美国，总是谈论个人权利, 而不是把整个社会放在个人权利上面。这显然和中国文化不一样， 把社会和家庭放在个人利益前面。,Chinese:,1. A culture based on masses (collectivism). People placed country and family above your own self.,Western:,2. Western culture is adventurous and exploration based. Westerners like to discover new things, invention and expand ou

3、twards. For instance, bungee jumping is considered adventurous and common in western culture, but you will probably find no-one doing such a thing in China.,Chinese:,2. A culture that is based on humanism and people,Western :,3. Western culture is based on science, which attempts to resolve people a

4、nd natures relationship.,Chinese:,3. To resolve the relationship betwen man and nature, the chinese attempts to fuse the human and heaven as one. (天人和一),Western:,4. West uses law to resolve people and peoples relationship. You can never find law well-established in China. For 2000 years, China is a

5、land thats based on human relationship rather than law.,Chinese:,4. To resolve people and peoples relationship, chinese uses ethics and tolerance (中恕之道),Western:,5. West uses god and religion to resolve human and spiritualism relationship. In case of problems with your own self, you just pray to god

6、.,Chinese:,5. To resolve human and spiritualism, chinese emphasizes internal cultivation (修身养性),Western:,6. A culture that expands and develop outwards.,Chinese:,6. A focus on balance and mean. By mean, it means middle way. You dont go into extremism. Peace is always honoured.,Chinese:,7. Pay homage

7、 to heaven and earth, as well as bearing a remembrance to the homeland. (敬仰天地,思乡怀土) This was accorded to the fact that chinese had been a farming civilization and therefore will be more prone to remember their land.,Chinese:,8. A culture that expands internally rather than outwards. Some of the disa

8、dvantage of old chinese culture:,Summary:,. Westerners believe in individualism, and Chinese believe in collectivism.2. The Western culture has the freedom to express affection freely, whereas the Chinese culture is puritanical.3. Western and Chinese philosophies are unique and entirely different to each other.4. The Chinese believe in relationships, and searching for inner bliss and happiness t