Chinese and Western cultural differences in the performance of every aspect of daily life from the greeting 、 term diet and cultural differences in the way of thinking in the abstract， such as differences everywhere， from the West focus on the following colors to express the difference between Chinese and Western cultural differences in areas such as a wedding First， in the West to express the color difference Different colors in different languages is not expressed in the same The representative of China in a sense， the West has a meaning that even the "color" to understand the meaning of the (A) red (red) Whether in China or in the English-speaking countries， often in red and festive celebrations or day- Calendar， red font used these days， therefore， red letter day: refers to the "Day" or "happy " It also refers to the red "liabilities" or "loss" because people are always negative in red to So there are these phrases: red figure deficit in the red loss In common with the Chinese "red" words， translated into English， may not necessarily use the "red" for example: brown sugar brown sugar red wine red wine (B) yellow Yellow in English and Chinese in the extended meaning of the differences are In English， yellow can be said that the "timid， cowardly， despicable，" meaning， for example: a yellow dog despicable， cowardly people a yellow livered coward Chinese yellow symbol of the term is sometimes vulgar， vulgar and obscene， indecent indecency means， such as yellow film， erotica， yellow CD， and so These in the name of "yellow" in English and "yellow" has nothing to However， in another English word blue is the color used to indicate the kind of meaning in Chinese， such as the blue jokes (dirty joke)， blue films (yellow film) Second， the cultural differences in Western wedding First of all， in Western wedding culture and the first in the West in thinking about the differences: the Chinese people more conservative， like excitement， more old-fashioned thinking， so in the history of China for thousands of years the entire wedding customs did not change The thinking in the West is more open to the requirements of the wedding will be lower， they will be the climax of the wedding in the church: the sacred as the "wedding march" into the red carpet， Jiao Mei's father， the bride linked hands Rose walked slowly to the groom， the bride's father， daughter to the groom's hand on hand， her daughter's life will be entrusted to the groom， all eyes followed the couple， filled with well-being in their Second， the result of cultural differences wedding in the West because the West in a different China is mainly Buddhist， but the West is mainly C Therefore， the Western wedding is to be held in the church and the priest is Zhuhun R China's traditional customs of the most important part of the Bai Tiandi is， the worship heaven and earth even after the ceremony has 中西方文化差异表现在方方面面，从日常生活的打招呼用语、饮食文化等差异到思维方式等抽象方面的差异无所不在，下面着重从中西方颜色表达的差异，中西方婚礼文化差异等方面阐述。 一、中西方颜色表达的差异 不同颜色在不同语言中表达的方式并不一样。在中国代表一种意义，在西方又表示一种涵义，甚至对“颜色”的涵义理解恰恰相反。（一）red（红色）无论是在英语国家还是在中国，红色往往与庆祝活动或喜庆日子有关。日历中，这些日子常用红色字体，因此，red letter day：指的是“纪念日”或“喜庆的日子”。红色还指“负债”或“亏损”，因为人们总是用红笔登记负数。于是就有了这些词组：red figure赤字 in the red亏损汉语中常用的带“红”字的词语，翻译成英语，可不一定用“red”例如： 红糖brown sugar 红酒red wine （二） yellow黄色在英语和汉语中的引申含义差别比较大。英语中，yellow可以表示“胆小、卑怯、卑鄙”的意思，例如：a yellow dog 可鄙的人，卑鄙的人a yellow livered 胆小鬼汉语中黄色一词有时象征低级趣味、色情庸俗、下流猥亵的意思，如黄色电影、黄色书刊、黄色光碟等等。这些名称中的“黄”与英语中的“yellow”无关。然而，英语中另一个颜色词blue却常用来表示汉语中这类意思，如blue jokes（下流的玩笑）， blue films（黄色电影）等。 二、中西方婚礼文化差异 首先，中西方婚礼文化差异首先和中西方人在思维方面的差异有关：中国人比较保守，喜欢热闹，思维较古板，所以在中国历史几千年的时间里整个婚礼的习俗并没有多大的变化。而西方人的思想则比较开放，对于婚礼的要求也比较低，他们婚礼的高潮则是在教堂中：随着神圣的《婚礼进行曲》步入鲜红的地毯，娇美的新娘挽着父亲手捧玫瑰慢慢向新郎走去，新娘的父亲将女儿的手放在新郎的手上，将女儿的一生托付给新郎，所有人的目光注视着这对新人，幸福洋溢在他们的脸上。其次，造成中西方婚礼文化差异的原因是中西方不同的宗教。中国是以佛教为主，而西方则是基督教为主的。所以西方的婚礼是在教堂中举行而主婚人则是神甫。中方的传统婚俗中的最重要环节就是拜天地，拜了天地以后就算是礼成了。
中文:文化差异影响跨文化交际 随着价值观与道德标准、社会关系、社会礼仪和社会风俗等方面，即西方文化主张个人荣誉、自我中心、创新 精神和个性自由，而中国文化主张谦虚谨慎、无私奉献、中庸之道和团结协作；西方人平等意识较强、家庭结 构简单，由父母以及未成年子女组成核心家庭；而中国人等级观念较强，家庭结构较复杂，传统的幸福家庭多 为四代同堂等。 在跨文化交际中，由于文化障碍而导致的信息误解，甚至伤害对方的现象屡见不鲜。有时善意的言谈会使 对方尴尬无比，礼貌的举止会被误解为荒诞粗俗。因此，研究文化差异，研究正确的跨文化交际行为已成为不 可忽视的问题。 在中国，对别人的健康状况表示关心是有教养、有礼貌的表现。但对西方人的健康表示关心，就不能按中 国的传统方式了。一个中国学生得知其美籍教师生病后，会关切地说“you should go to see a doctor！（你 应该到医院看看）”。不料，这句体贴的话反而使这位教师很不高兴。因为在这位教师看来，有病看医生这种 简单的事情连小孩都知道，用不着任何人来指教。如果就某种小事给人以忠告，那显然是对其能力的怀疑，从 而大大伤害其自尊心。 中国人在饭桌上的热情好客经常被西方人误解为不文明的行为。因西方人认为：客人吃多吃少完全由自己 决定，用不着主人为他加菜添酒；而且饮食过量是极不体面的事情，因此客人吃饭后，主人不必劝他再吃。一 位美国客人看到中国主人不断地给他挟菜很不安，事后他抱怨说“主人把我当猪一样看待”。 中国人路遇熟人时，往往会无所顾忌地说：“啊呀，老兄，你近来又发福了！”或者以关切的口吻说：“ 老兄，你又瘦了，要注意身体啊！”而西方人若听你说“you are fat”或“you are so thin”，即使比较熟 悉，也会感到尴尬和难以答。 从以上例子不难看出：文化障碍的确会影响跨文化交际。因此有必要研究不同文化间的差异。 Cultural differences affect cross-cultural communication With values and ethical standards， social relations， social etiquette and social customs， and other aspects， that is， Western culture advocated personal honor， self-centeredness， innovative spirit， and individual freedom， and Chinese culture advocates modest and prudent， selfless dedication， and the doctrine of the mean and unity， cooperation ; Westerners strong sense of equality， the family structure is simple， by the parents and minor children of the nuclear family， while the Chinese hierarchy and stronger family structures more complicated， more traditional happy families for four generations， and so In cross-cultural communication， because of cultural barriers and lead to misunderstanding of information， or even hurt each other's are common Sometimes goodwill remarks will embarrass the other side incomparable， appearance will be misunderstood as absurd Therefore， the study of cultural differences on the right of cross-cultural communication has become a problem that can not be In China， others expressed concern about the health status of the cultured， polite But Westerners expressed concern about the health， we can not by the traditional Chinese A Chinese-American students know their teachers became ill， will concern， saying: "you should go to see a doctor! (You should see to the hospital)" Unexpectedly， this considerate words to the contrary， the teachers very Because in the view of teachers， sick to see a doctor this simple matter even children know， do not need anyone to If on some trivial advice to people it is clearly doubt their ability， thus greatly hurt their self- Chinese people at the dinner table and the hospitality of Westerners often misunderstood as uncivilized For Westerners think: eat fewer guests to eat their own decision entirely， there is no need for him加菜Tim masters of wine; and excessive diet is extremely shameful thing， so after dinner guests， the owner advised him not A master of American guests to see China continue to Jiacai very disturbing to him after he complained that "the masters， like pigs when I look " Chinese路遇acquaintances， often unscrupulous and said: "啊呀，老兄， you recently made a further blessing!" Or to the tone of concern， said: "老兄， you lost， we should pay attention to physical ah!" And the West if you listen to people say "you are fat" or "you are so thin，" even more familiar with， will feel awkward and difficult FOR It is easy to see from the above examples: cultural barriers will truly affect cross-cultural It is therefore necessary to study the differences between different
文化差异(Culture Difference):种族 National race The whole question of the changing role of Blacks in American society as been the subject of newspaper articles around the world so frequently that visitors to the United States do not know what to expect when they They may be surprised when they see that Blacks and Whites work side by side in offices ， factories ， and schools across the country The majority of Blacks in the United States， however， live in and around only a small number of American Many dark-skinned visitors arrive in the United States fearing personal attack or expecting various degrees of racial Some forms of discrimination [1] still exist ，unfortunately， especially in the areas of the housing ， schools ， and jobs The school equality is still more a dream than a There are still too many areas of the country where Black Americans do not enjoy the same full opportunities as White Americans However， the vast majority of American s are working ， studying ， and sharing public places This was not true even a few years ago in some parts of the country ， but progress is steadily being made You will be able to observe the improvement in race relations as soon as your plane lands You will see it in the airport， in public buses and trains ， in theaters ， restaurants ， rest room， in sops and libraries ， in offices and factories Close personal friendships between Blacks and Whites ， full trust and social relationships are still not common ， except in certain areas， However， even in this - the slowest area of progress-there has been change ， especially among young [1] discrimination 辨别， 区别， 识别力， 辨别力， 歧视 Excerpted from " A Guide to USA "， edited by Li Yang， Li Yi， published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research P Culture Difference 发表日期：2005-04-22 10:58:52 作者：洪恩在线 It is not a novel knowledge that culture difference exists between eastern and w estern But not until I heard the lecture given by a Chinese scholar， who has been lived in Australia for several years， did I came to understand that how different it The scholar summarized that we， as Chinese， prefer to think in a spiral， casual way， while western people， more often than not， are fond of a linear， business-i s-business Supporting the idea， he named out examples he himself experience d while staying in A Here are some Firstly， line up If you are in China， it is not rare to see that a crowd of people throng in the supermarket， trying to get service People in Ch ina do line up， the scholar said in a humorous tone， but they prefer to line up at a horizontal In contrast， in western countries， say， in Australia， people always line up， no matter in a big bank or a small grocery And they take it for Lin ing up has long since become part of their life that they scarcely doubt it or g row impatient while doing Secondly， first come， first Though in words it is a normal principle her e in China， it’s mostly not the case in Take an example of what usuall y happens in a Here when we are in a middle-sized bank， and suppose we are talking with the cashier， it always tends to have someone butt in， claiming tha t his or her request takes only one And it seems that we have already been accustomed to So has the But in western countries， it never It is always rude that you butt in whil e the cashier is serving his No matter how little time your request co sts， the cashier， more often than not， is likely to turn you Only one cust omer at a time is his Thirdly， change Suppose I am in a shopping mall and the stuff I purchase cost me 142 RMB While lining up at the casher’s and happening to check my wall et， I find I have 200 RMB and two one-yuan What will I do? To give the ca shier 200 RMB， or give him 200 RMB and the two one-yuan coins so that he could r eturn me 60 RMB， which is more convenient for both of I think when the Chinese were in this situation， they would mostly choose the la tter But the scholar said， in Australia， they won’t do He then told th at he himself did try it once， and he thought it was self-evident to do But the cashier did not So the scholar latter on summarized that western people are prone to lack of fle xibility while doing their Then how about us in their eyes? They think we Chinese have a tendency to make things What an interesting contrast! Here I don’t intend to tell which is better and which is What I try to s ay is just that we might well be in conformity with the customs and be aware of the culture differences while being Like the saying goes—while you are in Rome， do as Romans If you don’t want to put yourself in the public， bear ing all this in mind is perhaps the best Caroline This article has been read by 276 Copyright: This article was written by and first posted in HongEn The author owns the copyright， and HongEn online owns the right of using Any other unit or individual should get the author's approval before using， repasting or The author will assume all the civil and penal responsibility， directly or indirectly caused by posting the The SYSOPs and board masters have the right to reserve or delete the Reply|Digest|Return|Search Replied Articles Title Author Size Post Time Grade Re：Culture Difference tdeanxx(Tim) 1K 20 01:19 Dear Caroline， I think your scholar friend spent several years in Australia and completely miss ed the most important value represented in his That value is egalitar The principle that people should be treated When the bank teller insists on attending one customer at a time the principle i s not "only one customer at a time" it is "this customer waited in line and so w ill you， no matter how tall， how well dressed or how loud your " And you can be sure if the customer is a poor working man and the impatient man is a wel l dressed business man， the customer will very bruskly insist on his rights not to be A well run bank will have a customer service person who can answer questions， but people doing transactions must wait their My impres sion of a business or a nation where people are not treated equally in the marke tplace and a bully can obtain service without waiting is a place where there is a class oriented culture and/or where one can bribe one …………[文章太长，没有全部显示，点击本文标题阅读全文] Re：Culture Difference (caroline) 2K 20 12:25 Dear Tim， The lecture given by the scholar is mainly on English That's for he na med such He just aimed to tell the audience how important to understan d a culture is， which is different from our What you said is indeed And I am with you on The corruption in Chi na is rampant these years， you relate it with Well， I haven't thought abo ut But I do agree that the idea of class roots in many people's Like the example you took in the article， I almost could be sure that here the c ashier would definitely turn to the well dressed business You say that the poor working man will insist on his rigts not to be But here I gues s he would just pretend not to mind it and let it I myself experienced this once， in Once I was in a post office to have a p ackage You know， it was crowded inside and the people lined up in a wayw ard So when it was my turn， and when I was just about to tell the man my re quest， one guy …………[文章太长，没有全部显示，点击本文标题阅读全文] Re：Culture Difference panpanpan 210 20 08:32 You've got a sharp eye for the human conditions， T -- Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop Learning is like sailing a boat against the current; it either advances or retre Re：Culture Difference tdeanxx(Tim) 351 20 12:47 Dear Panpanpan， I wouldn't have written in such a non-diplomatic fashion except that I wanted to see what people thought， and that sort of behavior is particularly irritating t o I will try not to lose my temper when I am in C I don't want to get "kung fu'd" Great to hear from you， I want to hear more of your thou Tim Re：Culture Difference smdyfc(Dont happy) 263 20 18:05 English is so good!Do you announce some articles more again?Did you graduate?Wor ker， should have of， all of you And have brains!Can come to our company to work? -- Power is everything!!Falling behind would be beaten!! I'm never，never，never，never give up!!! Re：Culture Difference spoilme(maple) 804 22 06:02 "Thirdly， change Suppose I am in a shopping mall and the stuff I purchase cost me 142 RMB While lining up at the casher’s and happening to check my wal let， I find I have 200 RMB and two one-yuan What will I do? To give the c ashier 200 RMB， or give him 200 RMB and the two one-yuan coins so that he could return me 60 RMB， which is more convenient for both of I think when the Chinese were in this situation， they would mostly choose the la tter But the scholar said， in Australia， they won’t do He then told th at he himself did try it once， and he thought it was self-evident to do But the cashier did not " It won't happen in New Y Maybe the cashers in NY are :) -- Be not afraid of going slowly， be afraid only of standing 参考一下Diet Culture difference between China and A（中美饮食文化的差异）这篇也可以参考一下The main difference between Chinese and America eating habits is that unlike， where everyone has their own plate of food， in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody If you are being treated by a Chinese host， be prepared for a ton of Chinese are very proud of their culture of food and will do their best to give you a taste of many different types of Among friends， they will just order enough for the people If they are taking somebody out for dinner and the relationship is polite to semi-polite， then they will usually order one more dish than the number of guests ( four people， five dishes) If it is a business dinner or a very formal occasion， there is likely to be a huge amount of food that will be impossible to A typical meal starts with some cold dishes， like boiled peanuts and smashed cucumber with These are followed by the main courses， hot meat and vegetable Finally soup is brought out， which is followed by the starchy "staple" food， which is usually rice or noodles or sometimes Many Chinese eat rice (or noodles or whatever) last， but if you like to have your rice together with other dishes， you should say so early on
