The Five Major Characteristics Of The Culture Of China

Culture China has the oldest, continuous, civilization in the world that dates more than four thousand years of existence, and has passed its culture through generations. Culture is a “dynamic social system,” containing the values, beliefs, behaviors, and norms of a “specific group, organization, or society”. (FM 3-24 COUNTERINSURGENCY, 2016). The five major characteristics that define a culture are learned, shared, based on symbols, integrated, and dynamic. The first is a characteristic in which the process of learning about ones culture from childhood. Because we share our cultures with other people we are able to comprehend each other’s and predict how others will act. Symbols are things distinctive to the culture and can be anything

Since birth they are taught the values of loyalty, faith, honesty and self-discipline, with family and others to keep a good relationship. Present day China has a mixture of old traditions and a westernized lifestyle. The social structure, of China, is that political people have more influence in the nation, while the average working person has the least. In a household, the man has the authority and also responsible for providing for the family while the woman’s main focus is to raise the kids and take care of the house. A common norm in China, is the first newborn son in the family will live with his parents even in his adult life so he can take care of them. In the culture of China, pointing with your index finger is a sign of disrespect. Chinese have formed a writing technique using characters instead of alphabetical letters like most countries do. In 1949, China became a communist government that is run by a single party known as the Communist Party of China. In the past decade China has focused its attention to build a stronger military, economy, and political relationship with other countries. They see this as a way to be more influential in the world, just like the western countries