Whatleadstotheculturaldifference? 　　TheculturesoftheEastandtheWestreallydistinguisheachotheralot.Thisisbecausetheculturesystemsaretwoseparatesystemsonthewhole. 　　Theoriginoftheeasternculturesismainlyfromtwocountries:ChinaandIndia.Bothofthetwoculturesaregestatedbyrivers.InChina,themotherriveristheYellowRiverwhiletheIndianoneistheHinduRiver.Thesetwoculturesweredevelopedforseveralthousandyearsandformedtheirownstyles.TheninDangDynastyofChina,theChineseculturegraduallywentoverseastoJapan,mixedintotheJapanesesocietyandshapedtheJapaneseculturenowadays.ThoughabitdifferentfromtheChineseone,itbelongstothesamesystem. 　　Whenthetwomotherriversgavebirthtotheeasternculture,anotherfamousculturewasbroughtupontheMesopotamianPlain----theMesopotamianCivilization.ThiscivilizationlaterondevelopedintotheculturesoftheAncientGreeceandAncientRome.Andthesetwoarewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeanculture.LiketheChineseculture,theEuropeanonealsocrossedwaters.WhenthecolonistsofEnglandsettleddowninAmerica,theirculturewentwiththemovertheAtlanticOcean.SotheAmericanculturedoesn'tdistinguishfromtheEuropeanonealot. 　　Atthesametime,thedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsaddstotheculturaldifferences.IntheEast,mostlanguagesbelongtothepictographiclanguage(seethepicturebelow)whiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedontheLatinsystem,forexample,theoneI’musingtowritethispaper. 　　Otherfactorslikehumanracedifferencecountsaswell.Butwhat’smore,duetothefardistanceandthesteepareasbetweentheEastandWest,thetwoculturesseldomcommunicateuntilrecentcenturies.Sotheygrewuptotallyintheirownwayswithalmostnointerferencefromtheother. 　　Pictographiccharactors 　　PartIIHowdifferentlydopeoplebehaveindailylife? 　　Thedifferencesareeverywhere.Theyaffectpeople’swaysofthinkingandtheirviewsoftheworld.Evenineverydaylife,theculturaldifferencesshowupfromthemomenttheeyesareopenedtotheminutethedreamsareinvited. 　　Inthefollowing,I’llgivesometypicalexampleofthedifferences. 　　Section1:Greeting 　　Greetingisthefirststeptoformaculture,becausepeoplebegintocommunicatewithothers.Theindividualsbecomeacommunity. 　　HowdoweChinesegreeteachother?Informally,ifwemeetanfriendinthestreet,weareusedtosay:“Hi,haveyouhadyourmeal?”or“Whereareyougoing?”.Whenitisthecaseoftwogentlemen,theytendtoshakehands. 　　However,inthewesterncountries,theabovequestionsarejustquestions,notgreetingatall.Theymaythinkyou’reinvitingthemtodinnerifyouaskabouttheirmeals.Usually,they’lljustgiveeachotherasmileorgreetwitha“Hi.”.They’llshakehandsonlyinsomeformalsituations.Bytheway,Westernerscanleaveapartyormeetinghallswithoutaformalconge,norshouldtheyshakehandswitheveryattendeelikemostofuswilldohere. 　　Section2:Expressinggratitude 　　Thinkofthesituationsbelow.Yourmotherisbusyinthekitchen.Shesuddenlyasksyoutofetchabowlforher.Youdoso.What’llyourmother’sresponsebe?Probablyshe’lljustcontinuedoingthecooking.Afterawhile,thedinnerisready.Yourmotherhandsyouyourbowlofrice.What’syourresp