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1、DifferenceBetweenChineseCultureandAmericanCultureAbstract:Chineseculturalemphasisonmoralityandcollective,whileAmericanculturefocusesonpersonalstaff.Chineseculturepaysmoreattentiontointegrate,whileAmericancultureemphasisonanalysis.ChinaandAmericahasdifferentcustomsandreligious
2、beliefs,andthecommunicationisalsodifferent.ThestudyanalysisthecausesofthedifferencesbetweenChinesecultureandAmericanculturefromtradition,cognitive,languageandotheraspects.Cultureisthefoundationofacountry.Onlywithastrongculturecanwecreateapowerfulcountry.Sothepeoplecanhavevari
3、ousintellectualandculturalactivitiesandtheywillbelivinginahappyenvironment.Therefore,languagebecomesaninevitableproductofthecountry.Eachcountry'slanguagerepresentsthewisdomofthecountry.Althoughwiththedevelopmentofglobalizationandinformationsociety,humanlifeisbecomingmoreandmo
4、relikehome"globalvillage",Sino-USculturalexchangesbetweenthetwocountriesarealsobecomingmorefrequent,buttheSino-USculturaldifferencesstillexist.SowhatcausethedifferencebetweenChinesecultureandAmericanculture?Ithinkfirst,isthedifferencebetweenculturevalues.Movies,forexample,Ame
5、ricanmoviesalwaysrepresentthelatestfilmingtechnologyandtheyarealwaysaboutsomethingnew.WhileChinesemoviesaremostlybasedonChinesehistory.TheAmericanpeoplelikehi-techandcreatingnewthings.ButChinesepeopleprefermemorizingthepast.TheAmericansfocusonthefuture,whileChinesevaluethehis
6、tory.Second,thedifferenceindifferentopinionoffamilyeducation.Chinahasalwaysheldthateverythingshouldfollowcertainrules,andsubjecttotheconstraintsofhierarchy.Forexample,theyoungergenerationmustshowtheirrespectfortheelders,studentsshouldrespectteachers,etc.WhileAmericanculturema
7、inlyinheritedProtestantideas,whichhasweakenedtheirrankview.Theypaymoreattentiontopersonalinterestsandpursuingequality.Childrencanarguewiththeirparentsondifferentopinionsandtheyarefreetoshowtheirownpersonality.Third,thedifferenceinsocialrelationships.InChineseculture.Self-eval
8、uationisbasedonthefriendshipbetweenpeople.Chinesepeopleemphasizefami