Cultural differences between China and Australia

Cultural Australia is an immigrant country, and multiculturalism is an inevitable feature of Australian culture. Immigration and multiculturalism have injected vitality into this country. The Australian government encourages Australians of different races or nationalities, including indigenous people, to use their mother tongue as English at home or in public places, and also encourages people of any background and nationality to preserve their own culture. The Australian federal government even provides various kinds of assistance and subsidies to reward individuals, groups and organizations that develop multiculturalism. From the perspective of mainstream culture, Australia belongs to western culture; Its lifestyle is similar to that of Western Europe and North America. Life in Australia is mostly relaxed and friendly, and most immigrants from all over the world like the life full of opportunities here. Although Australia is often described as a country dominated by rural areas, in fact, it is still dominated by urban culture and cosmopolitan lifestyle, including delicious food from all over the world. Australians like to drink beer (about 5% alcohol). In their spare time, especially on weekends, many people like to go to bars to drink and chat with friends, enjoy music, or barbecue in the park. Australian cities give people an open feeling, with many open parks and green spaces dotted among them. Most parks in Australia are free, and there are no fences in them. There are paths in and out of the park in all directions. Convenient transportation can also easily bring people into national parks on the outskirts of the city. Folklore: Australians have both hearty westerners and reserved orientals. They have a wide range of interests and like sports, such as surfing, windsurfing, horse racing, fishing, bocce, Australian football and swimming. The aborigines living in Australia still protect their customs. They hunt for a living, and boomerang is their unique hunting weapon. Many of them still live in shacks made of branches and mud, surrounded by a piece of cloth or kangaroo skin, and like to get tattoos or paint various colors on their bodies. Usually only some yellow and white colors are painted on cheeks, shoulders and chest, and they are painted all over the body on holidays or festivals. Tattoos are mostly thick lines, some like raindrops and some like ripples. For the indigenous people who have passed the rite of passage, tattoos are not only for decoration, but also for attracting the love of the opposite sex. At the carnival dance, people wore colorful decorations and painted colorful patterns, and danced in groups around the bonfire. Dance is simple, reflecting hunting life, etc. With the changes of the times, some indigenous people gradually left the tribe and moved to the city to live. Australia has various preferential policies for indigenous people, including providing them with all kinds of necessary assistance in housing, employment and welfare. In tourist areas, the artworks and handicrafts of indigenous people are one of the items collected and purchased by tourists all over the world, and they are the source of income for indigenous people. Free and unfettered: The best summary for Australians is that Australia has a particularly strong atmosphere of freedom. People are commensurate with their first names (only first names, not surnames), between bosses and employees, and between teachers and students. In downtown Sydney and Melbourne, it is often seen that white-collar workers or working girls in fashionable suits get together with friends and colleagues at noon on weekdays and sit on the steps in front of buildings to have a simple lunch, such as sandwiches or hot dogs. White-collar workers are also modern metropolises, and the same scene is unimaginable in places like Tokyo or Hong Kong. Australians are polite and helpful. If you walk on a sparsely populated street, people will say hello even if they don't know each other. If you walk down the street with a bag of fruit in your hand, the bag breaks and the fruit rolls on the ground. People around you will immediately pick it up for you and give it back to you. Someone will also find you a good bag or box, which can be used as an emergency substitute. This is Australia. Prosperity on weekends: The characteristics of life in Australia When working in Australia, wages are generally paid once a week (civil servants or large institutions are paid once every two weeks), and wages are generally paid on Thursday or Friday. Therefore, restaurants, bars and department stores in Australia are particularly good business days every Friday and Saturday. In recent years, some large department stores and shopping centers have extended their business hours every Thursday night to cater to those who get paid every Thursday. Some people who don't pay attention to spending money will be rich on weekends and poor at the beginning of the week. It doesn't matter, because in a few days, it will be another happy weekend. References:

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