Blog Assignment 2

Option 2: We all have our public selves and our private selves, and our cultures play a role in determining how much of our private selves we will show in public. How open are people in your culture about showing their personal sorrows and joys? Do people from your culture show their emotions quickly and easily, or do they hide their emotions, especially negative emotions? Are people in your culture demonstrative of their affection for others in public? That is, do they kiss, hold hands, or hug in public?

Before arriving US, all my imprints of American come from the plays of America. I know there is a big difference between America and Chinese culture, that people here are very direct and sanguine. Instead, Chinese are introverted, especially when they meet others at first time.

In China, the American way of making friend will end in two results. They will become good friend because of the remarkable personality, or else the man will be put into the blacklist. People in China would rather have a official smile when they first meet. So it takes a longer time to make friend in China than in here.

Chinese don’t show there true feeling in normal. We do release our pressures, sorrows and express happiness to others. However, it only shows with closest friend or family. It is a shame to get angry or cry in front of others. We won’t do that unless we are out of control. We will hide all the feelings no matter we are joyful or mad. The famous Chinese Character “忍”that is always hanging on the Martial Club has showed the way Chinese treat change of motion. It is important to people who learn martial and include Chinese attitude towards difficulties in that single Character. It means “to endure”.

    The way Chinese show there affection do not as open mind as US either. You won’t see couple kiss on the street usually. More than that, you cannot see old couple holding hands together when they walk together. My grandpa always walks at the front and my grandma follows, so did my parents and other Chinese family. When I saw old couple holding their hand for a walk, I was so inspired by them. People in China lack of the courage to show their love.