Mainland+China

The Culture of Mainland China // by Andrew Conord //









**The Material Aspects of Chinese Culture:**
 * Art: Chinese art reflects the country's rich history, many times includes dragons and Chinese calligraphy
 * =====Music: Chinese music is played on many unique and old instruments, including the famous pipa=====
 * =====Food: Chinese food dates back to thousands of years, and is now popular all over the world=====
 * =====Holidays: There are many holidays, but the most important one is the Chinese New Year=====
 * =====Religion: Buddhism=====
 * =====Literature: The literature is rich and is based on poetry=====

**The Non-Material Aspects of Chinese Culture:**

 * =====Ideas of modesty=====
 * =====Ideas of beauty=====
 * =====Child-raising=====
 * =====Relationship to animals=====
 * =====Ideas about justice=====
 * =====Ideas about sin=====
 * =====Ideas about diseases and illness=====
 * =====Roles based on gender, age, class, job, etc=====
 * =====How to handle emotions=====
 * =====Attitudes towards family=====
 * =====Conversational norms=====
 * =====Body language=====
 * =====Rites of passage=====