CULTURAL AND ETHICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA

DONE BY:-SUDEEP SURESH AND BILAL MATHEEN

INDIA V/S CHINA

• Culture of India-Rich and diverse.• Culture of China-One of the oldest in the

world

Greetings

India-Namaste• Meaning- I bow to you” -

my greetings, salutations or prostration to you

Chinese- Ni-Hao- • The standard "hello"

greeting. Literally means "you good.“

Festivals

India• Popular religious festivals-

Diwali, Dusshera,Uagdi,Eid,Christmas,Good Friday

• Harverst Festivals-Pongal,Makar Sankranthi,Onam

China• Associated with Chinese

mythology and folklore tales.

• The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year(Spring Festival)

Family structure

INDIA• Pre-independence –

Joint Family Structure• Post independence and

urbanization-Nuclear familes

• Prevalance of Arranged Marriage

• Over-population

CHINA• Heriarchical structure• Wedding-Many

ritualistic practises• One child policy strictly

followed.

Indian Cuisine

India

Chinese Cuisine

Languages

India• Indo-Aryan languages -74%

of Indians • Dravidian languages-23% of

Indians• Indian census of 1961

recognised 1,652 different languages in India

China• There are between 7 and

13 main regional groups of Chinese

• Most spoken, by far, is Mandarin (about 850 million), followed by Wu (90 million), Cantonese (Yue) (70 million) and Min (50 million).

Dances of India

Dances of China

Martial Arts

India• North India-Kushthi

• South India-Kalaripayattu,in Kerala.Otifin-12 B.C.

• ndian Buddhist monk Bodhidharma was one of the main founders of the Shaolin Kungfu.

China• Kung-Fu• Qi-Gong• Karate• Shaolin School Martial Arts

Martial Arts

India• North India-Kushthi

• South India-Kalaripayattu,in Kerala.Otifin-12 B.C.

• ndian Buddhist monk Bodhidharma was one of the main founders of the Shaolin Kungfu.

China• Kung-Fu• Qi-Gong• Karate• Shaolin School Martial Arts