In China,People are used to have rice and wheat as their daily main food
resource.Chinese believes that rice,wheat,vegetables,fruits are the best for our
health.In contrast,meat would be giving troubles to our health.Illness such as
heart attack,high blood pressure.Whereas,in American,People mostly have
beef,chicken,shrimp and turkey.In restaurants,you can easily find
hamburger,steak,ribs with a little rice and a piece of bread.Most Chinese
families like to cook the meals at home.When having their meal,
the family
members will sit around the table and share the dishes together.In contrast,in
America,not many of the Americans have their meal at home with their family
members or sharing dishes on the same table.
In China,Confucianism,Taoism and
Buddhism are three ideologies which have greatly influenced the Chinese,such as
the importance of education,respecting the elderly and parents,respecting the
ghost and the gods in order to be well-being and the wheel of life.Due to the
great influence of Confucianism,the Chinese always treat the elderly and their
parents with respect.Therefore,Unlike the Americans,the Chinese will not call
the names of their parents.
Most of the Americans believe in Christianity and
Catholic.The Christians and Catholics often pray to God.We can see that the
ideologies that people believe are quite different between Chinese and
Americans.In comparison,the Americans are more open-minded while the Chinese are
quite conservative.They believe that God bless them and they will be sent to
heaven after they died.