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ChineseCultureOverviewChina,anancient,mysteriousandbeautifulland,isproudofher1.3billionpeople,fivethousandyears’history,resplendentcultureanddistinctivecustoms.Chinese'fourgreatinventions'(paper,gunpowder,printingandthecompass)arehergreatestgiftstotheworld.Chineseartsandcrafts,includingpainting,calligraphy,operas,embroideryandsilkaredistinctiveandunique.ChineseMartialarts,whichhaveonlyrecentlybeguntoenjoypopularityacrosstheworld,havebeenpartofChinesecultureforcenturies,Chinesecuisinehasbeenexportedtoeverycorneroftheglobe.ContentsModernChinesecultureBusinessculture&etiquetteTraditionalChineseCultureTraditionalChineseCulture信息平臺(tái)業(yè)務(wù)流程設(shè)計(jì)原則TraditionalFestivalChineseFolkArtsChineseArchitectureChineseCuisineTraditionalChineseCultureReligion&PhilosophySpringFestival

TherearemanytraditionalfestivalsinChina,suchas

SpringFestival,LanternFestival,DragonBoatFestival,Mid-AutumnFestival.ButSpringFestival,alsoknownasChinesenewyear,isthemostimportantinourculture,justasimportantasChristmasDayinwesternculture.SpringFestival

TheoriginofSpringFestival—”Nian”,lunaryear.

15-daycelebration—reunionandthanksgivingNewYear'sEveDinnerFireworksDuiLian

TraditionalFestivalChineseDumpling--themostimportantfoodsinChineseNewYearFireworksareusedtoscarethebeast“Nian”andtogetridofillluckReflectthebestwishestotheupcomingyearChineseFolkArts業(yè)務(wù)流程ChinesefolkartsTraditionalFestivalMartialArtsBeijingOperaTwospecialartsBeijingOperaTherearefourmainrolesinBeijingOpera:

ShengDanJingChouThefacialpaintingisworthappreciatingforitsartisticvalueMartialArts(Wushu)AnyonewhohasseenclassicalChineseKungFumovieswillbedeeplyimpressedbytheChineseWushu,whichiscalledKungFuorChinesemartialartsinthewest.

ChineseArchitecture業(yè)務(wù)流程AChinesestructureisbasedontheprincipleofbalanceandsymmetry.Officebuildings,residences,temples,andpalacesallfollowtheprinciplethatthemainstructureistheaxis.Thesecondarystructuresarepositionedastwowingsoneithersidetoformthemainroomandyard.ThedistributionofinteriorspacereflectsChinesesocialandethnicalvalues.TheForbiddenCityTheGreatWallTheGreatWallofChinawasbuiltmainlytoprotecttheChineseEmpirefrominvadersfromtheMongolians.Thishugewallstretchesover1,500milesandextendsfromKansuinthewesttotheYellowseaintheeast.

BeijingRoastDuck

BeijingRoastduckisthoughttobeoneofthemostdeliciousdishesallovertheworld;mostvisitorscomingtoBeijingwillneverforgettohaveatry.First,thechefwillshowyouthewholeduck.Then,hewillsliceitintoaboutonehundredandtwentypieceswithbothskinandmeatforeach.Usuallytheduckisservedtogetherwithspecialpancakes,hollowedsesamebun,greenonionsandsweetsauce.Dinnerscanwrapduckslices,onion,andsauceinapancakeorasesamebunwiththeirbarehands.Sometimespeoplewouldliketoputinmashedgarlicandcucumberorcarrotstripsaswell.ChineseReligionandPhilosophyThethreemainChinesereligionsare

BuddhismTaoismConfucianism

ThesethreemainreligionshaveinteractedwithoneanotherthroughoutthetwothousandsyearsofChinesehistory.

BuddhismBuddhismwasfirstintroducedfromIndiaasearlyas166AD.ItgainedthesupportoftheimperialcourtandsincethenithasbeendominatingChinaformanycenturies.

TaoismTaoismistheChinesereligionwhichbelievesinghostsandspirits.ItoriginatedfromaChineseschoolofphilosophywhichemphasizedcooperationwiththenaturalforces.Confucianism

ConfucianismwasoriginallythephilosophyofConfuciuswhostressedthemaintenanceofastablesystemofinter-personalrelationshipsatdifferentlevelsofsociety.TheAnalects

Confucianism

Theembeddednessofeachpersoninconcentriccirclesofrelationshipsandethicalresponsibilities,Theimportanceofthefamily

Theimportanceofahierarchicalsocialsystem

ThesignificanceofeducationBusinessculture&etiquette信息平臺(tái)業(yè)務(wù)流程設(shè)計(jì)原則Relationship&“Face”GiftGivingDiningEtiquetteBusinessculture&etiquette

Businessculture&etiquetteChinaisbecomingverymuchaeconomicpowerhouse.

ItisonlyamatteroftimebeforeyouneedtodobusinesswithsomeoneinChina.China'sbusinesspracticeisverydifferentfromWesternbusinesspractice,soitwillbegoodifyoucanlearntounderstandChinesebusinesscultureandetiquette.

Relationship&“Face”ChinesepeoplecaremoreaboutthesocialrelationshipthanbusinessrelationshipindoingthebusinessGivingface(givingduerespect)isaveryimportantconceptinChina.Youmustgivetheappropriaterespectaccordingtorankandseniority.

GiftGivingDonotgiveclocks.Clocksareassociatedwithdeath.Donotgiveknives,scissors,letteropeners,etc.ItimpliestheseveringofarelationshipDonotexpectthatagiftwillbeopenedimmediately

Avoidgivingthingstopeopleingroupsoffour,sincethenumberfourinChineseisahomonymfortheword'death'.NevergiveaChinesegentlemanagreenhat.Itisassociatedwithadultery.DiningEtiquetteIfyouaretheguest,waittobeseatedashierarchyisinvolvedEatingusuallybeginsoncethehostoffersthefirstdrink.UsetheservingchopsticksorturnyourchopsticksaroundwhenusethemtoserverothersAvoiddroppingchopsticksasitisconsideredbadluck.TheJuxtapositionofEasternCultureandWesternCultureExplorethe

AmericanCulture

美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)（UnitedStatesofAmerica）是一個(gè)由五十個(gè)州和一個(gè)聯(lián)邦直轄特區(qū)組成的憲政聯(lián)邦共和制國(guó)家。UnitedStatesofAmerica(UnitedStatesofAmerica)isa50stateandTerritorySARformafederalconstitutionalfederalrepublic.FAMOUSSTATESHawaiiState(邁阿密(Miami))Texas休斯頓（Houston）NewYorkCalifornia洛杉磯（LosAngeles)God’sWaitingRoom----Miami

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political,andspiritual

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largestcityAerospaceand

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ResearchCenter,

thelargestU.S.

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SpaceCenter(Space

City)UnitedStates,"Apollo

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world'slargest

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getapiece"ofItaly.NewYork百老匯(Broadway)帝國(guó)大廈(TheEmpireStateBuilding)

聯(lián)合國(guó)大樓(TheUnitedNations)

華爾街自由女神像(TheStatueofLiberty)

中央車站（GrandCentralTerminal）Broadway

TheEmpireStateBuildingEmpireStateBuilding

NewYork,

theworld's

tallest

buildingand

worked

inNewYorkCity

landmarks,

seven

engineering

wondersof

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ivory

carving

was

presented

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in1974,

agift

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TheWallStreetJournalWallStreetJournal,

theUnitedStates

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thegreatestinfluence,focuson

financialandcommercial

areaof

the

DailyNews

reported."WallStreet

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spiritof

theNewYork

indispensable

pillarof

human.TheStatueofLibertyStatueofLibertywas

presentedto

France

in1876,

the100thanniversaryof

Americanindependence

gift.

TheStatueofLibertyTheStatueofLibertyThe

steelsupports

inside

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built

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designedandman