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Chapter 1 Culture, communication  intercultural communication Chinese culture task: Please write 5 points which you think are most representative of Chinese culture Five necessities of Chinese culture: food, clothing, housing, transportation, education Chinese history Chinese traditional festivals Chinese arts : painting, music, calligraphy, opera, etc. Chinese medicine Chinese kungfu What is culture? “Culture may be defined as what a society does and thinks.”--Spair Culture is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of a society use to cope with their world and with one Culture is a very large, complicated, and elusive concept—culture is everything and everywhere. Elements of culture Material culture: dresses, music, architecture, food, dance, art, etc. Institutional culture: family, education, law, etc. Values/beliefs: freedom, democracy, equality, etc. Sphere of Influence Dominant/mainstream culture Sub-culture: (distinction made based on race, ethnic background, gender, sexual preference, locality, age, and so on) Co-culture The nature of Culture Culture is like an iceberg. Culture is our software. Culture is like the water a fish swims in. Culture is the grammar of our behaviors. Culture is like an iceberg. Visible parts: architecture, art, cooking, music, language Invisible parts: concepts about modesty, beauty, equality, egoism, child-raising, social norms, values, beliefs about space, nature and time, attitudes towards independence, leadership, hierarchies, religions, body language, eye contact, etc. 国家第一批历史文化名城名单（国务院1982年2月8日批准） 1．北京7．杭州13．开封19．遵义2．承德8．绍兴14．江陵20．昆明3．大同9．泉州15．长沙21．大理4．南京10．景德镇16．广州22．拉萨5．苏州11．曲阜17．桂林23．西安6．扬州12．洛阳18．成都24．延安 唐朝是中华文化鼎盛时期 Characteristics of culture Culture is learned, dynamic, pervasive, integrated and adaptive. Culture is learned We learn our culture through proverbs. We learned our culture