中西方家庭观念的差异论文

中西方家庭观念的差异

任艳琳

英日1201班

0305120111

Abstract

The family is the basic unit of blood or marriage, adoption of social organization. The family is an important part of human social. The family has family values, family values is the leading family changes. The concept of family including marriage, morality and law concept. In any country, family is an important social unit, the influence can not be ignored and the role of family relationship to the people and people, people and society.

Key Words: structure; sense; attach; responsibility.

The Different Family Value in Western and

China

Introduction

Family values in China and America are quite typical, the difference of which are demonstrated in many different ways. Family values reflected the tendency of people’s outlooks. Therefore, the influences of family values are demonstrated in many aspects, such as cultures, social structures and personal development. The analyses of family values can help us to better understand the differences between eastern and western countries in cultures, social structures and personal development as well, as to acquire further insight in culture shock and gap’s in communication.

I. The differences between the Western and Chinese family structure

The Chinese people attach great importance to the relationship between blood relatives, therefore, the main characteristics of the Chinese family structure is the big family. Modern Chinese society has two major family structure: nuclear families and extended family. A pair of couples with children, two generation family called core family; three and even four generations of the family is the extended family.

By comparison, Westerners about blood relationship and not so much Chinese. In western countries, the nuclear family occupies the absolute dominant position, while the extended family very little, in addition, there are single parent families, single parent families, cohabitation families form. People pay more and more attention to the "nuclear family", while the three generation, lineal relatives by blood and collateral relatives by blood beyond two generation is indifferent.

II. The differences between the Western and Chinese family values

2.1 Different values between the Western and China

Due to the family structure, family values were different. China has five thousand years of history of civilization, the precipitation many excellent culture, also spread a lot of good habits and customs, the Chinese traditional idea of the family is contained in the culture and habits. In Chinese ancient and modern society, the