The west is a rational concept of diet. No matter the color, fragrance, taste, shape and nutrition of food, how many calories, vitamins, protein and so on should be taken in a day. Even if it tastes the same, you must eat it-it is nutritious.
On the other hand, China pays attention to taste and delicacy, and its dishes and cooking techniques are rich and colorful, such as frying, stewing, frying and chafing dish.
2. Differences in ideas
Westerners believe that a person can only become a "real person" if he is completely divorced from social relations and truly "cares about himself". In the culture of China, the reason why people are human beings is bound to become a link in social relations. The definition in Confucian culture: "A benevolent person is also a human being." Emphasize integrity and comprehensiveness.
3, clothing differences
Western men usually wear conservative suits, white shirts and ties in formal social occasions. They like black, so they usually wear black leather shoes. Western ladies should wear formal dresses on formal occasions. In addition, ladies have the custom of wearing earrings when they go out. In western countries, especially in America, people usually like to wear casual clothes, such as T-shirts and jeans.
Nowadays, people in China are wearing more and more westernized clothes, and the traditional Chinese tunic suit and cheongsam have withdrawn from the historical stage. The dress of men and women in formal occasions is no different from that in the west. In daily life, you will see many people wearing vests, shorts, slippers and other indecent clothes.
4. Language differences
Ideographic characters emphasize vision and flash point, while phonetic language emphasizes logic and philosophy, so China culture pays attention to freehand brushwork and systematic thinking, while western culture pays more attention to abstraction and data. Freehand brushwork and realism, the former entered a long farming era, from Laozi's nothingness to Yin and Yang and the five elements, trying to explain everything in the universe. The latter is closer to science and related to the later industrial revolution.
5. Logical differences
Due to the appearance of logic, western culture is a truth-seeking culture, which can also be said to be a scientific culture, and tends to pursue the integrity of logic. China culture does not pay attention to seeking truth, while China tradition pays attention to realistic achievements and self-cultivation, emphasizing "applying what you have learned". Has strong practical rationality,
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Western Culture