the differences between America and China.ppt

The First group　 representative： 　　　　　 Li DanDan 　　　2012 Mar.5th Topic: The cultural differences between China and America They are different in geography, climate, history, economy, food, literature,color,festival , and so on. Among those big differences, I’d like to talk about their differences in part NO.1 Colors: China The color of red signifies happiness, prosperity and fortune. America Red means danger, emergency and anger red color is the symbol of good luck, happiness, auspicious, success, and loyalty and so on. It’s the most popular color in China. temper, crime and violence for it is the color of Mars which is known as the god of war. white is the opposite for it symbolizes death, grief brutality and terror and is sometimes used as a taboo word in traditional Chinese culture. white is a color which associates many bad things and Chinese people usually don’t want to mention. The white color traditionally symbolizes purity, holiness, cleanness, openness, truth, honesty, kindness and legality. And it is usually associated with superiority. The expressions white color refers to those who hold respectable positions and have high salaries, such as the administrators, engineers, doctors, etc. Color Black in English and Chinese language and culture in the two kinds of links meaning roughly the same NO.2 About Festivals China Chinese traditional festivals in various forms, rich in content, are our long history of the Chinese nation as an integral part of culture Spring Festival is the biggest one. Also there are many other ｆｅｓｔｉｖａｌｓ Chinese traditional festivals The 24 Solar?Terms Spring Festival Chinese New Year the most important in our culture, just as important as Christmas Day in western culture.. falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month Traditional New Year Foods Other foods include : A whole fish ,to represent togetherness and abundance A chicken for prosperity The chicken must be presented