Which imported Chinese culture has the greatest impact on the Chinese people?

China has exported a lot of Chinese culture to the world, such as chess, Confucius, Tang suit, etc. Similarly, the world has also imported a lot of their culture to China, which also affects China. Let’s take a look at 10 imported foreign cultures and see which cultures still influence your life.

1. Parenting culture

Since ancient times, China has been a country where loving mothers often fail their children. A stick produces filial sons (a strict father produces filial sons). Successful children are indispensable for their father’s strict discipline and their mother’s moderation. pet. This principle is no longer accepted by most families. There are two main reasons. The first is the one-child policy in the late 1980s. A family only has one child. If it is too late to pamper, who is willing to spank it? The third is foreign culture. Influenced by the import, in many foreign cultures, especially in the West, children should be encouraged mainly, supplemented by preaching, and spanking or scolding children is strictly prohibited. Now this parenting culture has taken hold and has a profound impact on young parents.

2. Most Western festivals such as Christmas, Halloween and April Fool’s Day and the related cultures derived from them;

Since ancient times, China has had its own unique festivals, the Dragon Boat Festival , Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. are still very important festivals, but for young people, more and more young people like some Western festivals, such as Christmas, Halloween, April Fools' Day, etc. It can be said that young people prefer Western festivals imported from abroad, while middle-aged and elderly people still prefer domestic traditional festivals.

3. Fast food culture such as KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut;

This catering culture has deeply affected all classes, including hamburgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, steaks, cheese and other Western food; Potato chips, popcorn, marshmallows, rainbow beans, chewing gum and other snacks, Coca-Cola, coffee, red wine and cocktail-based wine, freshly squeezed juice and other drinks, it can be said that the price ranges from 99 to just walking, I have some love for these. . Of course, traditional Chinese drinks and Chinese food have also influenced the world, especially China's boiled water, which has also begun to enter the world.

4. The time unit of "week"

It can be said that before the Republic of China, China did not have the concept of week. Ancient Chinese officials, except for family affairs, would visit the first and tenth day of each month Five only get two days off, and one or two days off on important holidays. There are really no other holidays, let alone other classes. It can be said that they have no days off all year round. Since the concept of the week was introduced, there have been rest days such as 9 to 5, Saturday and Sunday holidays, Golden Week, etc., which has indeed brought many benefits to working people.

5. Marriage

Many places in China still continue the traditional Chinese wedding customs. The couple bows to heaven and earth and bows to each other in the high hall. But in more places, more and more links have begun. Imitating Western customs, a man must kneel down on one knee with flowers in his hands when proposing to a woman. At the wedding scene, the groom wears a suit and the bride wears a wedding dress. The lines spoken by the wedding host are almost the same as those in foreign movies. More importantly, China People like red when they get married, but Western weddings are mainly white. Wedding dresses, wedding rings, diamonds, etc., all have more and more Western elements.

6. Two-dimensional, animation, etc.

This culture comes from Japan. Who would have thought that China was most influential in the animation industry in the 1950s and 1960s? At that time, the ink painting, paper-cut culture, gourd dolls, tadpoles looking for their mothers, and Japanese animation impacted the world, not only affecting China but also the whole world. At the same time, they brought about the two-dimensional, forest-based, fourth-dimensional, cartoon, Chinese Second class culture. Of course these are niche cultures.

7. Fitness culture

The Chinese are poor in culture and rich in martial arts. Chinese people do not exercise and cannot eat enough. How can they have time to exercise? Those who are full are practicing martial arts. Is it iron sand palm or Five Elements Boxing? Anyway, no one is free to lift barbells. With the introduction of Western fitness culture and the improvement of living standards, more and more people have joined the ranks of fitness, not just square dancing or Tai Chi. Instead, go to the gym and run and lift barbells. At the same time, Taekwondo, yoga, aerobics, etc. have also begun to enter the public eye, as evidenced by the increasing number of classes.

8. POP, DISCO, KTV, hip-hop and other entertainment cultures represented by American dramas, R&B and Hip-Hop

This culture developed from the rise of the Internet. From the beginning of DISCO, KTV, and break dancing, to R&B and Hip-Hop, to American dramas, British dramas, Hollywood and other entertainment products, they have influenced more and more young people. Chinese zombies have not left the world, but Western vampires and zombies have filled Chinese screens.

9. Divination culture such as horoscopes and cards

China has also had divination since ancient times. The Eight Trigrams of the Universe, Feng Shui of the Book of Changes, and Numbering of Plum Blossoms are all very advanced divination cultures. Maybe, maybe, maybe Maybe it’s because it’s too esoteric and difficult to learn, which has given space for the invasion of simple divination culture from the West. Divination culture such as zodiac signs and cards has quickly occupied the minds of young people, while Chinese divination culture is only in southern China and Southeast Asia. are popular in some places.

10. Denim, motorcycle jackets, bell-bottomed pants and other clothing culture;

The Mao suit is the last bastion of Chinese clothing culture, but it has still been conquered, from jeans to bell mouths, from From miniskirts to shorts, from beach shorts to thongs, China’s clothing culture seems to have really disappeared, and Chinese clothing has become history.