The Contrast Between Chinese And German - (3) - Final Version

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  Since I began to learn German, I have gradually realized the vastly difference between Chinese and German in many dimensions through myself and German teacher’s sayings. I am going to discuss the three discrepancies which are the most obvious and related to college students.

  Eating is the most consequential >material thing that supports human being to live. In Chinese, there are countless kinds of dishes, such as fried spring rolls, dumplings, pork chop with sweet and sour sauce, fried rice and fried noodles, etc., just like numerous and dense stars in the murky night. Likewise, there are also various ways to cook, for example, poach, pan-fry, stir-fry, steam, stew, braise…and so on. Different ways of cooking create a variety of Chinese delicacies. By contrast, in Germany there are not as many dishes as in Chinese. German’s staple diets are salads, potatoes, and wheaten food, such as bread and noodles. A basket of bread, a dish of meat with mashed potato or French fries, a bowl of soup and a glass of drink are the most abundant meal in a day, and normally it is at dinner. More often than not, Germans only eat a sausage with bread as their lunch. Except lunch or dinner, Germans have cold food at >for the rest of meals; unlike above >Germans, Chinese are used to having hot food at each meal. Appearance is the most crucial and immediate factor to judge a human at first. In Chinese, beyond half of the students pay much attention on >to dressing, hair style, and make-up. Therefore, each student has their own fashion style. In the past few years, the trend of fashion was influenced by Japan and Korea. Obviously, no matter boys or girls in Taiwan, they all follow the foreign steps of fashion. However, in German, most of the students are not that concerned about dressing. A T-shirt, jeans, and a normal pair of sport shoes are fairly common on a German student. It does not mean that German student do not care about “fashion”. At the same time, we can also discover an interesting phenomenon - German adolescents do not like to have fringe, no matter full fringe or side fringe, because they think having fringe is too childish and immature. They would rather just have a simple hair style in order to look even riper >more mature and wiser than cut a fringe so as to look much younger and cuter. It is far from Chinese teenagers’ general notions. When Chinese mention the most popular amusements, the first activities that come to their minds are indoor distractions >attraction, such like shopping, going karaoke, hanging out with friends, going to watch movie, tasting diverse kinds of dainties together…Although more and more people gradually love to go outing, mass of people would still like to stay indoor instead. Nevertheless, German people are fond of going to the beach, woods or riverside to enjoy the scene of nature. Outdoor pastimes – playing soccer, rowing a boat, driving a bike and lying on the grass to enjoy the genial sunshine are their usual recreations in their leisure time. On the other hand, people in Germany also enjoy being alone. They call those people who stays alone “ein Einzelgänger”. On opposite >the contrary, Chinese people are always used >using to do everything together.

  Those national habitual behaviors of these two nations have their own values of existence. There are no “better” or “worse” nations. When we face the dissimilarities, we should esteem >respect and tolerate them. Through continuing interaction, we can absorb their advantages and get out >rid of our shortcomings by make our country, our society and the whole citizens scale the heights and arrive at the state of bliss.