Please tell us the differences in customs between the United States and China.

China's thought is the core, and he has always advocated the distinction of seniority, that is to say, everything must follow certain rules and be restricted by the concept of hierarchy. For example, the younger generation should take the initiative to greet their elders to show respect; Students should respect their teachers. However, American culture mainly inherits the Protestant ideas in Christianity, and its hierarchical concept is weak. Americans pay more attention to personal rights and interests, pursue equality for all, and have no excessive intergenerational etiquette. Children call their parents, students and teachers by their first names. Children can argue with their parents or put forward their own personal views.

In China's unique culture, human feelings occupy a very important position. Human feelings have a certain social structure in China society, and human feelings and face are interrelated. People who show their feelings will repay others' friendship with their heart. Therefore, in China culture, self-evaluation is established and realized in the affection and friendship between people. China people emphasize family and class. China culture advocates collectivism. People trust each other, unite and cooperate. When there is a contradiction between individual interests and collective interests, collective interests are always put in the first place. When we measure individual behavior, we often take this as a criterion and pay attention to the maintenance of harmony and group interests, which is completely different from American culture. Americans advocate personal freedom, emphasize the exertion of personal potential, the realization of personal goals and the pursuit of personal interests, and believe in supremacy. In the United States, most people are mutually beneficial and show indifference to human feelings, but they attach great importance to personal interests and freedom and have a strong sense of self.

(B) differences in ways of thinking

Thinking mode is a product, which is influenced by production mode, historical tradition, thinking and language. Restricted by different cultural backgrounds, China people and Americans have different ways of thinking. China people tend to think in an all-round way, emphasizing the priority of the whole and adopting the thinking mode from the whole to the part. For example, when expressing the order, we should go from the big place to the small place, that is, 1 street, a district, a province, a city and a country; The time sequence of the expression is 2008 1 month 1 day. Americans, on the other hand, prefer analytical thinking and emphasize partial priority. They are opposite to China in expressing spatial order. From small to large, the expression of time is also from small to large.

(c) Differences in customs and habits

In terms of social customs, there are also huge cultural differences between China and the United States. Take the attitudes of Chinese and American cultures towards different animals as an example. In most China idioms, the word "dog" is derogatory, such as "dog fights against human potential", "dog gang" and "cruel and heartless". However, in American culture, it is just the opposite. They think that dogs are man's best friends, and this attitude is also reflected in idioms. For example, "You are a lucky person" means that you are very lucky. Similarly, when it comes to "owl", there is a saying in the idiom "as wise as an owl", which shows that it is regarded as a symbol of wisdom in American culture. However, China culture treats it in the opposite way. Because of its peculiar appearance and ugly cry, ancient superstitious people called it "evil cry" and said it was unlucky to hear the cry of night owls.