Culture of China


INTRODUCTION:- It  is  a  country  in  East  Asia  with  the  borders  of  the  South  China  Sea, Korea  Bay  and  the  East  China  Sea  and  also  borders  of   countries  like  North Korea, Russia, India, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Afghanisthan, Pakisthan, Kajikisthan, Mangolia Kazakhstan, Kyrghysthan, Nepal, Bhutan. The  country  is  governed  by  the  Communist  Party. It  has  population  of  about  1.404 billion. China's economy  is  one  of  the  world's  fastest  growing one.

RELIGION  FOLLOWED  IN  CHINA:-
        Buddism, Taoism , Confucianism  are  the  main  religions  in  China. These  are  three  local religions  with  the  history  of  thousands  of  years. Confucianism  contains  the  teachings  of   confucius, a  great  philosopher  and  educator  in  China.

LANGUAGES  SPOKEN  IN  CHINA:-
20th  April  is  celebrated  as  Chinese  Language  day. The  national  language  of  China  is   standard  Chinese  which  is  also  known  as  Mnadarin  Chinese. Linguists  predict  that  there  are  297 living  languages  in  China.
   
TRADITIONAL  CLOTHING:-

     

DINING  ETIQUETTE:-
  • We  should  not  stick  the  chop  sticks  straight  up  in  the  rice  bowl  and  we  should  not  tap  the  rice  bowl  with  the  chopsticks.
  • Before  we  serve  to  ourselves  we  should  serve  to  others  who  are  eating  with  us.  
  • While  having  meal,  we  should  only  concentrate  on  the  meal  and  we  should  not  do  second  work  like, watching  T.V  and  using  mobile  phone.
  • At  restaurants,  when  waitress/waiter  pours  tea  in  our  cup  we  can  tap  the  table  with  first  two  fingers for  2or 3  times, it  indicates  that  we  saying  thanks  to  them.
  • Picking  up  so much  of  food  at  a  time  indicates  bad  manners.
  • Most  Chinese  restaurants  refuse  to  take  tips.
MEETING  AND  GREETING  ETIQUETTE:- 
  • During  their  meeting  Chinese  people  nod  or  bow  instead  of  shaking  hands.
  • Shaking  hands  is  becoming  more  habituated  now  a  days,  in  China.
  • While  introducing , male  person  should  be  introduced  first  to  the  female.
  • When  we  are  introduced  to  Chinese  group , they  will  greet  us  with  applause and  we  should  applaud  back.

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