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Strictly speaking, the Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and will last till the mid 1st lunar month of the next year. Of them, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days. The Chinese government now stipulates people have seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." What's more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall.

Differences in education
The gap of teaching system between China and America is big.
• Chinese students always complain about their homework.Too much homework has limited the time to exercise and relax.They try their best to get a high mark.Homework comes the first to them.
• In west countries, people like eating hamburgers, chips, pizza, pasta as their main course, they eat them with vegetable salad, they eat with drinking (water or juice),and they eat with separate plates.
• Western education is more interesting .Teachers pay attentions to training students skills in thinking in realistic life not to emphasis on the importances of memories.
Living style
• Chinese prefer getting up early and sleep early too. We usually go home early and cook meals.

In an informal situation, westerners will introduce each other by first name, without titles, and occasional ly by just the last name.
pliments and Response
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Cultural differences in politeness between western and Chinese
1.Greeting
• In China, When people meet friends, we always say ,“Have you eaten yet?” What are you going to do?”
make？” “Do you go to the
chure of British and America, it is very important to consult a time before you invite somebody to attend a banquet or take part in social activities. Esp. in America, invite somebody means you are borrow times of others. So they respect time very much. While in China, people are prefer to an uninvited guest.
An western hostess is likely to say,” Oh, I am so glad that you liked it. I cook it especially for you.”

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1.Greeting and Parting
In China, when people meet acquaintances or friends, we always say ,“Have you eaten yet?” What are you going to do?”
In English, people often employ the following expressions to greet each other “Good morning/afternoon/evening. “Fine day, isn’t it? ”How is everything going?”,etc
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East&West
In east, chinese use “title
In west, Although they are different
+surname” to address their
in age and status, they can call the
superior or elders rather than call other directly, namely, their names,
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4. Thanks and Responses
In China,“Thank you” is not frequently used between intimate friends and family members, because it may imply a certain distance between the addresser and the addressee.
The Difference between Chinese and Western Culture

❖ 中国人的饮食强调感性和艺术性，追求饮食的口味感觉，而不注意食物的营 养成分。
❖ The Chinese diet emphasize perceptual and artistic quality, the pursuit of the diet taste feeling, and do not pay attention to the nutrition of food.
Prayer
❖ 还有不同文化中不同的祷告仪式。 ❖ There are different culture in different prayer.
Different culture in different prayer.
❖ 东西方文化中不同的葬礼仪式
❖ Different in the form of a funeral. Chinese usually took the form of weeping mourners.Americans are in a manner of silence to honor.
2.Eat
❖ 西方人认为在吃东西时发出声音是不合适的。但是，在亚洲地区吃东 西发出声音则被看做是对厨师的赞赏和满足。
❖ In life some minor a neglected social practice can also be seen as the differences in Western culture.For example, Westerners think the sound while eating is not appropriate. But eat in Asian the sound is considered to the cook, appreciation and satisfaction.

Western:
1. Western culture is based on individualism rather than on mass (collectivism). For instance, in the US, you always talk about individual rights, instead of placing the whole society above your own self. This is clearly different in China where a country, society or family are placed above your own self.
Chinese:
4. To resolve people and people's 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.
Chinese:
6. A focus on balance and mean. By 'mean', it means 'middle way'. You don't go into extremism. Peace is always honoured.
Chinese:
7. Pay homage 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.

牛奶：milk
The west:
土司：Toast 果酱：jam 咖啡：coffee 牛奶：milk○柳橙汁：orange juice
dinner
Chinese are generally pay attention to dinner, because the general is their one family reunion time!!!
On the table
China:
The dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares
The west:
You have your own plate of food
breakfast
China:
油条：Fried bread stick 蒸饺：Steamed dumplings 稀饭：Rice porridge 豆浆：Soybean milk 面包：Bread
Differences Between Chinese And Western Food
餐饮产品由于地域特征、气侯环境、 风俗习惯等因素的影响，会出现在原 料、口味、烹调方法、饮食习惯上的 不同程度的差异。正是因为这些差异， 餐饮产品具有了强烈的地域性。中西 文化之间的差异造就了中西饮食文化 的差异，而这种差异来自中西方不同 的思维方式和处世哲学。中国人注重 “天人合一”，西方人注重“以人为 本”。
西方人的晚餐很简单，一般有面包、汤、 肉类配土豆或意大利面、沙拉、甜品、饮 料。
在中国 ,烹饪的方式多 种多样 ,有炒、炸、焖、 爆、煎、烩、煮、蒸、 烤、腌、冻、拔丝、 糖醋等 ,做出的菜肴让
人眼花缭乱。
烹饪方法的差异
餐菜肴烹饪的方法主要是烧、煎、烤、炸、 焖 ,各种原料很少集合烹调 ,正菜中鱼就是鱼 , 鸡就是鸡 ,即使是调味料也是现吃现加。

演 讲
1、战鼓一响，法律无声。——英国 2、任何法律的根本；不，不成文法本 身就是 讲道理 ……法 律，也 ----即 明示道 理。— —爱·科 克
3、法律是最保险的头盔。——爱·科 克 4、一个国家如果纲纪不正，其国风一 定颓败 。—— 塞内加 5、法律不能使人人平等，但是在法律 面前人 人是平 等的。 ——波 洛克
谢谢
11、越是没有本领的就越加自命不凡。——邓拓 12、越是无能的人，越喜欢挑剔别人的错儿。——爱尔兰 13、知人者智，自知者明。胜人者有力，自胜者强。——老子 14、意志坚强的人能把世界放在手中像泥块一样任意揉捏。——歌德 15、最具挑战性的挑战莫过于提升自我。——迈克尔·F·斯特利

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二、The difference between Architectural art The different materials:Stone Vs Wood.
The layout of the construction:Closed layout Vs Open layout.
The development of architecture:Chinese construction is Conservative ,and the west building often change their structure and materials rapidly.
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Tea and Wine
Chinese people love tea while westerners prefer to drink red wine
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The difference of table manners（餐桌礼仪）
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Chopsticks vs Knife and Fork
中西方文化差异 Human relations（人际关系）
Westerners:Simple Chinese:complex
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Party(聚会）
Westerners:Little groups Chinese:Large groups
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Queue up（排队）
Westerns:order Chinese:disorder
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Church
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some interesting pictures about differences in Chinese and Western

Cultural differences between China and Italy
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Education
taly‘s public education is free and compulsory from 6–14 years of age. It has a five-year primary stage and an eight-year secondary stage, divided into firstgrade secondary school (middle school) and second-grade secondary school (or high school). Italy has both public and private education systems.
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1.Greeting
In America, people often use the following expressions to greet each other “Good morning/evening/afternoon. “Fine day, isn’t it? ”How is everything going?”
Etiquette difference between China and America
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Due to the different history and culture of China and the United States, The two people in the decency communication habits have many differences.
Primary school lasts five years. Until middle school, the normal educational curriculum is uniform for all: although one can attend a private or state-funded school, the subjects studied are the same, except in special schools for pupils with different care requirements.