EAST 330D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Guan Li, Chopsticks, Red
11 Apr 2017
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East330 oral exam: china and the west are different customs and habits ch27. When chinese people eat food, they have a different custom . Chinese people will use chopsticks while western people will use knife and fork . Chinese people like to eat all together, it is often loud and very boisterous: . Chinese people like to eat all together with their families (qin qi) . The oldest person will eat the first in chinese culture (nian ji) The youngest person will eat first in western culture . Chinese people will also fight to pay the bill, the person who invites usually wants to pay for dinner . Western people will usually split the bill aa . Chinese people like to have a big banquet where they invite all their neigbours, relatives, and friends (yan xi) (qing qi) (lin ju) . Chinese people will wear red colour: .
