My Cultural Identity

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When people first start working with someone they notice the person’s surface culture, but overtime people become aware of the deeper cultural differences, which is mostly out of conscious awareness, such as expectations, attitudes, values, assumptions, and beliefs. I made a visual representation of my culture, which allowed me to learn more about my family and I.

I chose to represent my culture by making a booklet, because in my family, we think that reading is an important part of our daily lives. Also the front of the booklet would be used to represent my surface culture, while the inside is the representation of my deep culture. To create this booklet, the first thing I did was ask my mom for her views on the elements of deep …show more content…

I will go over each photo and symbol, up to down, explaining how it represents my culture. On the front cover, the first photo is fried rice, a stir-fried rice dish with eggs, shrimp, peas, carrots, corn, typically served at Hong Kong cafes. Rice is a very quintessential food in our family and is definitely part of my culture, since my family has eaten it for decades. Below, there is a photograph of mooncakes, a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten in my family during the Moon Festival. The festival is a custom for me and my family, moon gazing and appreciation, while mooncakes are regarded as an amazing delicacy every year. Under the mooncakes is a picture of sticky rice cakes. My family celebrates Chinese New Year and a lot of traditional foods are eaten because they symbolize wealth or prosperity. These cakes is a part of my surface culture, since what my family eats on important occasions is part of my culture. Beneath that, there is a picture of rice dumplings, glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings, wrapped in large flat leaves, and cooked by steaming or boiling. We traditionally eat them during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is in June. The food my family and I eat is a very important aspect to our surface culture - cultural norms other people can easily identify in my family. Food is something that is part of most people’s surface …show more content…

First, there is a photo of a lion dance, a traditional dance in Chinese culture. This is usually performed during the Chinese New Year, and it is a performance that represents my surface culture since it is part of my heritage. Performing arts is mostly part of everyone's surface culture, because it brings friends and family together. Below, there is a picture of a tile-based game, Mahjong, which has been played by my parents and grandparents for dozens of years. My mom and grandma still play this game often because it is their way of living, their surface culture. Mahjong is definitely part of many Asians’ surface culture. Under, I put a photo of some Hong Kong dramas. My family was born in Hong Kong and they watch televised dramatic programming from Hong Kong, which help contribute to a unique cultural identity among the Hong Kong population and serve as a cultural resource for the Cantonese Chinese speaking community. Television and drama is part of the cultures of many people from Hong Kong, like my parents and grandparents. The history of Hong Kong plays a huge role in developing my surface culture. The reason for most of my culture is because of being a Hong Kong Canadian. My parents immigrated to Canada because of fears concerning the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong. Because of the significance of my heritage, I included a photo of the city of a

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