Cultural Mysteries

During the process I am studying English, I met several things which are really confused. I think studying English is a way to learn about foreign culture. There are totally five mysterious phenomena that are interesting.

The first one is Canadian people and Chinese people would have different reaction when it is raining. For example, if it is raining, many Canadian people do not like using umbrella, and then they run quickly in order to avoid the wet raining water. However, almost all Chinese people prefer using umbrella when it is raining. As a result, I cannot understand the reason that most Canadian people do not like using umbrella when it is raining.

The second one is it looks true that most western people like family activities; however, some Chinese people do not like family activities at all. It is so obvious that the young generation in China like going out to entertain when they are free, but the young generation in Canada are more likely to stay at home in order to accompany with their families. Overall, the different culture causes different attitude between the young generation in Canada and the young generation in China.

The third one is parents in two areas usually have different kinds of attitude when they educate children. In china, it is not common to see that parents always choose to respect children's decisions so that children could be independently. Chinese parents do not always like the way that children could freely make their own decisions, oppositely, they prefer their children listening to them. Therefore, after I came to Canada, I felt the parents in Canada act differently.

The next one is Canadian people are not likely to hate crow; however, most Chinese people do not like crow because it is not a lucky symbol in China. In China, almost all people look crow as an ominous symbol so that it is impossible to see crow there.

The last one is if Canadian people talk with others, they should look at other people's eye in order to show repect; however, Chinese people do not need to act like that. It is quite casual that Chinese people talk with each other; therefore, I adjusted myself after I came to Canada because I could not accustom the formal environment when I talked to others .