Assignment on Cultural Theories
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Cultural Theories
ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1SECTION 1.....................................................................................................................................1The National Culture of China....................................................................................................1SECTION 2.....................................................................................................................................4Personal Cultural identity............................................................................................................4SECTION 3.....................................................................................................................................6Project Findings...........................................................................................................................6SECTION 4.....................................................................................................................................8Conclusion...................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONIn this present era, culture has its own significance. Culture is a term which us related tosocial behaviour and norms that can be found in human societies. Culture can be considered as apart of anthropology, which is responsible for incorporating varieties of waves and vibes whichcan be transferred with help of social learning in society of human (Aronowitz, 2013). In thispresent report, culture of China is discussed. Correspondingly, personal cultural identity inrelation to china is elaborated. In addition to this, various theories in relation to Hofstede FiveCulture dimensions, high and low context and time orientation will also be demonstrated. SECTION 1The National Culture of ChinaAs, for any country, Culture is a most significant part of its respective society. It’s amedium through which various aspects of society and its people can be expressed throughdifferent aspects like language, marriage, dance, ritual and culture (Chiu and et. al., 2010). In thislight, various glimpse and highlights of cultural area of China is elaborated. National culture ofChina has been focussed for investigation. China has one of the oldest culture among all over across the world. In this light, thereare many characteristics which defines cultural arena of China. Moreover, there are variousfields of Chinese principles and ethics, which can be held responsible for developing andenhancement of its culture (Crisp and Turner, 2011). Moreover, it can be said that there are somesignificant elements of culture of China, which can be characterised as architecture, literature,music, visual arts etc. Considering this, the word Zhonghua Minzu is a concept which has beenevolves to explain nationalism of China in general meaning. Furthermore, this country is knownfor its customs and traditions which vary by its ethnicity and geography. It is also a notable factthat local people and citizens of a cited country creates their own significance. Beside this, hereis a brief overview of Chinese Culture, which can be elaborated as:Religion: The party which has been authorised to rule nation is called as Athesist. Alsothere are only 5 religions which are officially declared in China. Buddhism, Taoism,Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism are religions which are declared as legal only to befollowed. 1
Language: It can be considered that there are various parts of the Chinese languagewhich are famous in China. These are classified as Mandarin Dialects, Wu, Yue, Xiang,Gan etc (Forehand and Kotchick, 2016). The Most Spoken language can be classified asClassical Chinese. Identity and Values: In China, most of the values of societies and communities arederived from Taoism and Confucianism. In accordance with the study of GLOBE, it has developed 9 dimensions of culture Underthe theory namely “Hofstede five culture dimensions”. Also, these are then distributed intoseveral values and practices. In this light, few of dimensions can be classified as:Power Distance. Individualism.Masculinity.Long term orientation.Indulgence. Figure 1Cultural Aspects of China2
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