Sunday, February 8, 2009

Culture Difference

Chinese culture
"Culture of China." Wikipedia. 08 Feb. 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_culture.

Fashion trends have differentiated from country to country. An old fashion chinese trend was foot binding. Begining in the 10th century, young girls and women would bind there feet and where very small shoes. Footbinding was viewed as a sighn of beauty and could help women marry well. Although, footbinding would cause women to have dissabilities. This ended in the 20th century. The social values of the chinese culture were a combination of Confucianism and Taoism and conservatism. Schools were most influential with concepts of Neo- Confucianism and Buddhism. The chinese culture believes in Reincarnation and the connection between real life and the next life. They also used oracle bones to help them find important historical information. The chinese would use oracle bones to find their next king/ruler. Chinese marriages were always arranged. Also around the 10th century, they had ninjas who would protect their lords in exchange for land. Chinese culture practices writting and art in their daily life. Art is a major part of the Chinese culture.

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