North: boldness South: temperament
Video Analysis: How do they sing ?
Tips: Voice? Speed?

Beijing opera:
Loud
& sonorous; fast speed

Shaoxing opera:
Soft
Intercultural Communication
Where do they come from?
I’m an Arab.
I’m an Scottish.
Different environments form different dressing cultures. How can you tell?
City Architecture & Culture
We construct buildings and buildings mold us as well.
Chinese Architecture

What material do we use? Wood. Why? Agricultural society Oneness of man with nature
Robe can reflect all lights, therefore I feel cool.
Kilt is convenien t for me to climb the highland.
Chapter Four
Physical Environment & Culture
What is physical environment ?
Oneness of man with nature.
Western cultures
• They originated from ancient Greek culture, which is closely connected to the sea.
Geography of Greece


Harmony
Chinese architectures are: symmetrical, regular, cyclic
Room
God, earth and human should Roof also be in harmony. They are shown in our buildings as well.
Greece occupies: an area of 131,940 sq km Coastline of 13,676 km It has more than 2,000 islands.
Geography of Greece
• Owing to its abundant water resources, the sea became the efficient travel routes. • Ships could go much faster and carry much more cargo than wagons bumping over the roads.
China

Yellow River has been the major birthplace
and base of the ancient Chinese civilization. The natural resources (light, heat, water, soil) and mild climate are fit for the development of agricultural economy.
influence
Culture
Culture is a holistic system
• Culture can be divided into several subsystems.
Economic system
Political system
Educational system
Religious system
Geography of Greece
• Greece is a land of mountains. • The mountains are rocky ones, where farming seems relatively impossible.
Geography of Greece
• Exchanging with others turned into the critical way to get necessities for daily life and raw material for industry. (commercial cultural )
China

In the process of agricultural production, the harvest, to a large extent, relies on the soil condition and weather. Thereby people formed the idea of
thickly forested mountains Desert
Desert
（Changbai Mountain）
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Chinese culture evolves into a self-reliant system.
Tropical rain forest

Climate & Culture
Climate such as temperature and humidity is closely associated with physical environment. Climatic factors have some influences on people’s behavior and characters.

From
the above analysis, we can tell that the physical environment does influence the forming and developing of the culture. Let’s come to see the influence of culture on physical environment.
Biggest church -- St. Peter Basilica
Baroque buildings
Milan Cathedral--Church of Duomo
Gothic buildings
The Cathedral of Cologne (German )
Gothic buildings
Oneness of man with nature
“Harmony” is the perfect word to reflect it. Architectures also should be in harmony with the surrounding environment.

Chinese ancient architectural features
Geography of Greece
• How can they make more profits? By selling common goods, or special ones? • Individual orientation came into being. (individualism)
• How does the culture influence it? • It reflects the influence of federal, closed family system.
The Forbidden City is the perfect representative of the Chinese architectural style. The ideology of collectivism is also reflected in Chinese buildings so the traditional ones emphasize the width. Many building units gather together to form an integrated building group.

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Such mode of production provides people with sufficient food and daily necessities. Men live in peace and enjoy their work.China Nhomakorabea
Farming experience is generally passed down to the next generation from mouth to mouth. So the respect for the elders came into being. Tradition:
& gentle; slow
Video Analysis:
Climate: the south of China is warmer and more humid than that in the north of china. Character: the inhabitant in the south are milder and gentler than those in the north.

Respect the old & care for the young
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