Where is the root of the difference between China culture and American culture?

The root of cultural differences lies in the geographical restrictions and the different cultural influences. China was restricted by the feudal ideology in 2, and it is still reflected in many ways of thinking and behavior, which is not to say that changes can be changed. However, the United States is in the period of rapid development of capitalism and influenced by the industrial revolution, and it is more advanced in the improvement of production tools and productivity, which eventually leads to cultural differences, which are embodied in the following aspects.

1. Individualism

Americans quite admire individualism, while eastern society (including China, of course) emphasizes family and class levels. This is a very important and influential difference. There are many examples of Americans advocating personal characteristics, and parents seldom interfere with their children's development.

Second, the right to privacy

Americans usually respect the privacy of others. Even bosom friends rarely ask others too "personal" questions, such as age, salary and marital status. We should also talk less about the affairs of third parties. Uninvited visitors (including parents) are absolutely unwelcome.

3. Be informal

Americans are more casual in clothes and entertainment. The most important thing is that the communication between people is relatively informal, even if the two sides are very different in age or status. There are countless examples in this regard. For example, many students directly address professors and the younger generation directly address the elderly as first name. In the eyes of many orientals, this kind of informal performance of "overstepping the generation" and "overstepping the identity" is considered to be impolite.

fourth, openness and directness

Americans are quite open and direct, especially in professional discussions, and they often argue with different opinions (note: it's an argument, not a quarrel of striking a table or breaking a microphone). On the contrary, orientals often do not directly conflict, but tactfully mediate through a third party with higher status.

V. Independence

Americans usually don't like to rely on others, and even their parents may not be willing to accept help. Parents also encourage their children to leave home early and live and develop independently. Teenagers in our country have developed slowly in this respect. For international students, it should be noted that the guidance professor attaches great importance to the ability of graduate students to do research independently. For foreign students who are not fluent in English, if you are rejected when you borrow notes from Americans, it doesn't necessarily mean that they hate you. It is very likely that they care about each other and think that you should be independent.

VI. Competitiveness

The development of American society relies on competition as the driving force. "Work hard, play hard" is the style of most people. They all like to overwhelm their opponents in verbal arguments, and this style of "getting the last word in" is of course a manifestation of competitiveness. Their spirit of competition and challenge is also revealed in sports competitions, even when they call it "playing for fun", they are quite serious. The average American is crazy about a team, and they often use it to vent their emotions. For example, when the school team plays, the school police often have to check the audience who enter the stadium and prevent them from bringing wine into the stadium. During the game, the audience is noisy and often throws things at random. Some entertainment performances are also a bit puzzling. For example, one trick is to throw a female cheerleader from the bottom of the audience, and the first-class people will throw her up again until the highest level is thrown down again; Occasionally, accidents happen. The author is also a fan, but they all watch TV at home, so as not to suffer at the scene. Moreover, it is necessary to count the time and avoid walking on the road when the game is over, because the fans are happy when they win (if you see the driver honking the horn, you don't have to listen to the report to know that they win), and they are depressed and angry when they lose. Both results are crazy. Some hot-blooded boys do strange things more often. One thing to emphasize is that most Americans are very disciplined and don't harass others if they are not venting.

7. Courtesy in public

Americans usually respect the peace of others. Needless to say, in the opera house, you can enjoy it in silence even in the theater. The conversation voice when eating in the restaurant is also quite low, which is quite different from the noise of China's boxing and drinking. Queues are very orderly, jumping in line is not accepted, and rushing to get on the bus is absolutely rare. Motorists usually obey traffic rules, such as not running red lights when no one is there at night, respecting pedestrians and letting passers-by cross the road first. Students studying in the United States from countries that don't obey traffic rules should be especially careful.

VIII. Friend mode

The definition of friends in American women's homes is relatively broad and differentiated; For example, friends at work, friends who play ball, friends at school, friends who drink, and so on. In addition, the United States has a vast territory and a high population mobility, and friends rarely confide personal things, so friendship is relatively "warm". China people's friendship is usually "one hair affects the whole body". If you don't agree with each other, you should try to avoid meeting each other, which is more ups and downs. Borrowing money from friends in China is quite common, while borrowing money from friends in America is rare.

IX. Mode of using money

People in China usually make conservative budgets, while those in the United States are close to the "limit" and tend to spend more than the budget (which is also related to the large use of credit cards in American society). Americans are very willing to buy things, especially in buying houses and cars, and they are more "Jewish" in eating and drinking, especially in treating guests; China people, on the other hand, are willing to spend money on hospitality.

X. Worldview

Perhaps because of the prosperity of the United States over the years and the biased educational emphasis in some aspects, most Americans are "home-centered" and have a superficial understanding of other countries. Americans' ignorance of world geography is a very sad thing for the National Geographic Society. There is a joke circulating in the United States: a resident of a certain state in the northeast wrote to the state government to ask about New Mexico, and the answer was actually: we are not familiar with the situation in other countries and have no comment.

The origin of China culture comes from the Doctrine of the Mean, which determines that China people attach great importance to face and dignity, and anything that harms face and collective dignity is unforgivable. In other words, the China people's code of conduct is somewhat modest and self-restrained, which is permeated with the introverted meaning of "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you". The essential contradiction between Chinese and American cultures and the internal contradiction between them are the main reasons for the friction, and the mutual supplement of economic interests between China and the United States attracts the two countries together, leading to the compromise of cultural differences between the two sides. To solve the problems between China and the United States, cultural differences are also not the reason for confrontation. On the contrary, China culture, which has been baptized by the long history of 5, years, is extremely resilient and inclusive. Therefore, Sino-US relations may have friction and discord on a series of issues in the future, but such friction and discord will not affect the long-term development of Sino-US relations. Looking back from history, the reasons for confrontation between China and the United States are at least few, if not nonexistent. I'm afraid that the reason why Sino-US relations are so eager to falter is that with the advance of globalization, the understanding between the two sides is increasingly lagging behind.