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1、ThedifferencesbetweenChinesefamilyandAmericanfamilyAbstract：Familyisthebasicminiatureofthesocialeconomicactivity,anditisthebasicunitthatconstitutesthesociety.Thevaluesofthesocietyrelyonpeople’sfamilyvaluesinalargedegree.However,duetothedifferenceofgeo
2、graphicalandhistoricalbackground,religionandbelief,differentnationshavetheirownfamilyvalues.AclearanddirectcontrastbetweenChineseandAmericanfamilyvaluescanbridgeovertheircommunicationgap.ThepaperfirstintroducedtheDefinitionsofFamilies．Itthen，focuseson
3、thedifierenttypesoffamiliesinChinaandAmerica．Inthefollowingsection，thepaperproceedstoelaboratetheextensionoffamilytosocialrelationships．ThePaperendsbydiscussingthedifierentattitudetowardsFamilymembersKeywords：family；values；socialrelationships；filialpi
4、ety；age；friendshipTheFamilyisthebasicunitofsociety.Itreflectstheethicalvaluesofasociety,itsculturalcharacteristiesandtheuniquefeaturesofanation．Thefamilyisamongtheoldestandthemostfundamentalofallhumaninstitutions．ThisechoesofGalvinandBrommel’swordstha
5、twewerebornintoafamily,matureinafamily,formnewfamilies，andleavethematourdeath．Familylifeisauniversalhumanexperience．Thefamilyisalsoanexperiencethathelpsshapethewayinwhichoneseesandinteractswiththeworld（Davis，2001）．Manyanthropologistsandsociologists(DE
6、NC，1988)havesaidthatdescribingthefamilyinasocietyissufficienttoshowthetruequalityandcharacteristiesofthenation．1．DefinitionsofFamilyTraditionallyspeaking,familyshouldbedefinedasagroupofpeoplerelatedbyblood,marriageoradoption,livingtogether,toformecono
7、micties,tofertilizeandtobringupchildren.Accordingtothisidea,familiesformthecontinuationthroughchild-rearing.“Familyisthebasicunitofasociety;itisverymuchlikeamirror,reflectingthesociety’sculturalcharacteristics,moralbeliefs,economicandpoliticalrelation
8、sandothersocialproblems.”Differentculturescreatedifferentfamilies,whichatthesametimecausedifferentconceptsoffamilies.Consequently,thedifferentconceptsoffamilybetweenChinaandAmericaareascribedtodifferentculturalcontextsinthetwocountries.Cultura
