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Different Saying Different Culture
For the people in Western country , time is the money. These are some saying about time. Time and tide wait for no man. 时不待人 Don’t trifle away your time.(莫虚度光阴) Time flies.(光阴似箭) Money lost , little lost; time lost, everything lost.(失去金钱,损失很少;失去 时间,失去一切。)
• It is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia.
In China, Parents usually prepare everything for us What we should do is to accept without any doubt Which means respect
The Leading Figures
Confucianism
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Different Culture
Different Time
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In China
Most people are used to arriving late for 1 to10 minutes.
Peopuring a time.
In western country
Most people are used to arriving punctually.
People are used to doing one thing at a time.
This picture can reveal their different attitudes to western counttriyme.China
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.
It reflects Feudal ritual, reflects a king of supreme authority.
Foreign construction embodies the feature of religion
Different Time conscious
between Chinese and western country
trees
The Christmas tree is a part of the Christmas celebration
On the Christmas tree decorations and gifts, a symbol of auspiciousness
The Palace Museum
Confucius
Teachings of Confucianism
Ren 仁 (benevolence, love) & Li 礼 (rites)---respect for the system of social hierarchy.
The basic clou of Confucianism stresses the importance of the individual moral development, so that the state can be governed by moral virtue rather than by the laws.
Taoism
• Laozi (老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ;) was a philosopher of China around 6th century B.C. and is a central figure in Taoism.
• Laozi literally means "Old Master" and is generally considered an honorific.
Addressing
一位美国教授来华任教，她主动让学生称 呼她的名字Mary，声明不必以她的姓氏与 头衔相称，如：Dr. Smith或Prof. Smith。不 久，她和学生已相处很好，上门找她的学 生络绎不绝，使她应接不暇，倍受侵扰。 有的学生见面时，与她开玩笑说：“中国 菜好吃吧？瞧你胖了不少呢！”在路上， 一些陌生人也对她大大咧咧地喊声“Hello, Mary。”她渐渐地苦恼起来。
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Spring Festival
The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC-c. 1100 BC) from the people's sacrifice to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.
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Paper cutting is one of Chinese most popular traditional folk arts.
The color most frequently used in paper cutting is red ,which symbolizes health and prosperity
Many customs accompany the Spring Festival. Some are still followed today, but others have weakened.
Spring Festival
Before the New Year comes, the people completely clean the indoors and outdoors of their homes as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils.
Golden mean (philosophy): the felicitous middle between the extremes of excess and deficiency “ Rid the two ends, take the middle one.”
Relationships are central to Confucianism. Particular duties arise from one's special situation in relation to others.
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.
•Taoism is the Chinese religion which believes in ghosts and spirits. It emphasized cooperation with the natural forces.
Lao Zi
Teachings of Taoism
Wu wei (无为; pinyin: wúwéi) is a central concept in Taoism. The literal meaning of wu wei is "without action". It is often expressed by the paradox wei wu wei, meaning "action without action" or "effortless doing".