The different good manners in Europe and China
The different good manners in Europe and China
Travelling to all corners of the world gets
easier and easier, but the different usages and customs of varies ethical groups
contribute to make a wealthy world articulate of big interest anthropology.
An example is
Way of life
The Chinese wake up early in the morning at
In the city the offices open at 7.30, the
shops at 9.00. The working day is of eight hours and it finishes at 17.00 and the
shops close generally at 20.00. Everybody goes to bed soon and a night life doesn’t
exist.
Cooking
Cooking is a more interesting thing for
Chinese people than everything. It must respect rules, be tasty, dietetical and wealthy.
At breakfast they eat dry rice, buns or bread
vapour cook at lunch they have light food; at night rice or vegetables with a little of
fish or meal.
Their fundamental philosophy forces need to
know to taste Chinese food.
Clothes
Habitual Chinese dressing is considered by west a sort of rigorous uniform, with neutral colours; only now, in big cities woman like wearing colour clothes; but the idea of
western fashion is very far.
Free time
In free time the Chinese prefer meet and
organize play outdoor games in way less austere. Typical plays are: “tico qi”,
“xhang qu”, “wei qu” and playing card but without bets of money.
On Sunday people go to the park, lake, hilly,
showing that they are enjoying it.
Sports activity, today, spread between young.
Everybody knows the diplomacy of ping pong , sport in which Chinese people excel,
but the basketball, the fencing, tai j quan, jian shu, wu shu….are sports followed by
about ten millions of young, too.
The calendar
The Chinese follow solar
international calendar since 1912, but have preserved their ancient lunar calendar, used
by farmers.
The school
School years is shared in two six months: it
begin in February and the holidays go on a month in summer and one in winter. The students
prefer very much engineering and technology, showing be meticulous, without surrender
nothing difficult.
Greetings
Good manners are very important in
In
Way of life
In
Cooking
European food is renowned in all the world
and it’s very welcome, too.
European cuisine is rich of colours, smell
and tastes and it has three essential makers: attention to property nutritionally of
nourishments, preventions of health and protection of surrounding.
It is very different from North
European countries and South ones. The first use a lot of the butter and the second use a
lot of olive-oil.
The wine has a particular importance, too and
Clothes
The European wear elegant or sporting clothes
or change according different situations.
Jeans and t-shirt are items of clothing more prefer by young in daily life.
French produces clothes of great fashion in
all the world and the capital of fashion is
Free-time
In their free-time the European love doing a
lot of things.
Playing football, swimming, dancing but
again going to the cinema, to the theatre, reading a book and trekking. They love very
much going shopping and travelling.
Fencing, riding, volleyball, basketball are
sports that are having very successful in the last years.
Sport Activity has increased thank to the
advice of doctors to reduce obesity of young and olds.
The school
European schools change from country to
country. School education is compulsory from the age of five to the age of sixteen and in
each country there’s a Local Education Authority that is responsible for all school
in the area.
Greeting
In
You can have a business lunch and do business
as you eat.
After all, in the world there are different
way of life and when you travel you must respect them!!!!
written by : Caterina Palena
HTML by: David Broad .
