Examples of cultural differences between China and the West include diet, weather, life, clothing, education and so on.
1. Diet: Westerners prefer cold food for breakfast and dinner; Chinese people are used to eating hot food or cooked food three times a day.
2. Interpersonal relationship: Westerners have a clear relationship with others and are used to AA system; Chinese people speak of benevolence and righteousness and like to treat and pay.
3. Life: Western life tends to live independently; Since ancient times, Chinese people have lived in groups.
4. Dress: Western men usually wear conservative suits, white shirts and ties on formal social occasions, and black leather shoes. Western women should wear dress suits on formal occasions; Although Chinese people are becoming more and more westernized, they will also see many people wearing vests, shorts, slippers and other clothes that the West believes are not polite.
5. Education: Chinese education is mostly a kind of closed education, which must abide by school rules; Western education is completely a space for developing free thinking. They learn in play and think in learning.
6. When others praise, the Chinese are modest and the westerners are grateful; When cooking and doing things, Westerners always know how many kilograms, how many hours, and how many minutes. Chinese people often use words such as a little or a moment; At the dinner table, the Chinese advise the guests to eat and drink more, while the Westerners respect the guests' personal rights and interests and do not urge or deman.
7. In cooking, Chinese people pay attention to the formal beauty of dishes such as color, aroma and so on, while Westerners pay more attention to the nutrition of food; Chinese people eat together at a table, while Westerners divide the food into one share for each person; In art, Westerners seek truth and Chinese seek God; wait.