The-Influence-of-Western-Culture-on-Chinese-Cultur

1TheInfluenceofWesternCultureonChineseCultureSincethePeople'sRepublicofChinafound,culturalexchangesbetweenChinaandWesterncountrieshavebeenmoreandmorefrequent.ItappearsthatWesterncultureinfluencesChineseculturesignificantly,notonlyonfood,artandmusic,butalsoonlanguageandeducationalsystem.Chinesepeople'seatingpatternsischangedbyWesterncultureinsomeway.Forexample,Mcdonald's,KfcandotherwesternfastfoodcanbeseeninChinaeasily,andsignificantkindsofWesternfruitareimportedtoChina.WesterntablemannersalsobeadoptedbyChinese.Inaddition,westernrestaurants'andcoffeeshops'numberisincreasingly.ConsiderablenumbersofEnglishsongs'andartworks'appearanceinChinaindicatesthattheyarewellreceivedbyChinese,significantnumbersofChineseliketolistentoEnglishsongsandadmireEnglishartworkstoimprovetheirculturalliteracy.Recentyearsconsiderablenumbersofnewwordsarecreated,whichisinfluencedbyWesternlanguage,suchascool,disco,OPEC,TOEFL,Beatles,mosaic,hacker,etc.What'smore,EnglishistaughtinChinawidely.StudentslearnEnglishinearlyage.EventheoldareeagertolearnEnglish.ThesephenomenashowthatWesternlanguagecausessignificanteffect.MaybethedeepesteffectWesternculturehasmadeonChinesecultureisinoureducationalsystem.RuculturehasinfluencedChinaforthousandsofyears,soChinesetraditionaleducationalsystemhasbeenacceptedcommonly,butitiswidelybelievedthatthiskindofsystemisnotpositiveineveryaspect,especiallyinstimulatingstudents'potential.ButtheWesterneducationalsystemisdifferent.Itisopen.Andforthisreason,itiswidelyacceptedbyChinesepeople.Inconclusion,WesterncultureinfluencesonChinesecultureinanarmyofaspects.WecanlearnfromtheiradvantagesandthroughthestudyofWesternculturetopromoteChineseculture.