Eastern v. Western Culture

[ShahidT]

Western culture ~ Eastern culture


Opinions

Way of Life

Punctuality

Contacts

Anger / displeasure

Queue when waiting

Individual, consideration of self, ego

Saturday on the streets

 

[ShahidT]

Party

At the restaurant

The drink, or cure for pain

Travelling

Definition of beauty

Handling of problems

Three meals a day

Transport

 

[ShahidT]

Life of the elderly

Time of shower

Moods and weather

The boss

Trend

The child

Novelty / new stuff

Perception of each other

Concept and art by
Yang Liu. Born in Beijing, grew up in Germany from fourteen years of age.






—






Western v. Eastern Culture

West Live in space Value activity Assertive Diligent Seek change Live with nature Want to know how it works Freedom of speech Strive for articulation Love first, then marry Love is vocal Focus on self-assuredness Attempt to get some more Ideal – being successful Honor achievement Wealth/Poverty – results of enterprise Cherish vitality of youth Retire to enjoy the rewards of your work

East Live in time Value rest Passive Contemplative Accept what is Live in nature Want to know meaning Freedom of silence Lapse into meditation Marry first, then love Love is mute Focus on self-abnegation Learn to do with less Ideal – love of life Honor austerity Wealth & Poverty – results of fortune Cherish wisdom of years Retire to enjoy the gift of your family

 

[DRAM]

funny one

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10150153534689336

 

[T90TankGuy]

How true

 

[BeyondHeretic]

Those drawings are of a Chinese girl in Germany btw , imo define east . west

 

[beijingwalker]

lol.very true,where did you get them?I see Chinese characters on them.

 

[djsjs]

very old pictures,i guess the drawer has already graduated from college now.

 

[ShahidT]

Those drawings are of a Chinese girl in Germany btw , imo define east . west

thats a good question. I'd just settle for the traditional definition which includes Asia, Middle East and Russia East of the Urals, as comprising the 'East'. and the remaining area of Europe, west of the Urals, being the 'West'. The broadest definition of the East would probably be as follows.

A narrower definition that considers Abrahamic faiths as Western religions/culture, and South/Far Eastern philosophies only comprising the 'Eastern World'. I've seen it used by Asian supremacists, especially in Japan. Something like the area of map highlighted yellow as well as all the Pacific Islands where Asiatic people are native,

But in either case, it still leaves a large chunk of the world unrepresented. For example the Meso-American/Aztec cultures native to the Americas, the whole of sub Saharan Africa, not to mention whether Turkey and Caucasus region would consider themselves part of Eastern or Western realm (or perhaps both).

Things aren't so clear cut, but we can probably go by the generally accepted definition of south-easternmost Europe and Western Russia being the border between 'East' and 'West'. Personally I'd consider Africa as Eastern, and the native Americans as 'Eastern' too (given that they were mongoloid/Siberian peoples who migrated there roughly 15,000 years ago). But that's just me. They identify themselves how they wish, perhaps separate from the dichotomy altogether.

lol.very true,where did you get them?I see Chinese characters on them.

By Yang Liu

 

[BeyondHeretic]

thats a good question. I'd just settle for the traditional definition which includes Asia, Middle East and Russia East of the Urals, as comprising the 'East'. and the remaining area of Europe, west of the Urals, being the 'West'. The broadest definition of the East would probably be as follows.

A narrower definition that considers Abrahamic faiths as Western religions/culture, and South/Far Eastern philosophies only comprising the 'Eastern World'. I've seen it used by Asian supremacists, especially in Japan. Something like the area of map highlighted yellow as well as all the Pacific Islands where Asiatic people are native,

But in either case, it still leaves a large chunk of the world unrepresented. For example the Meso-American/Aztec cultures native to the Americas, the whole of sub Saharan Africa, not to mention whether Turkey and Caucasus region would consider themselves part of Eastern or Western realm (or perhaps both).

Things aren't so clear cut, but we can probably go by the generally accepted definition of south-easternmost Europe and Western Russia being the border between 'East' and 'West'. Personally I'd consider Africa as Eastern, and the native Americans as 'Eastern' too (given that they were mongoloid/Siberian peoples who migrated there roughly 15,000 years ago). But that's just me. They identify themselves how they wish, perhaps separate from the dichotomy altogether.




By Yang Liu

Thanks for posting , but I think both are false , there's no east and west , there's middle east , asia , central asia , japan , north America , south America and so forth

 

[Ayush]

agree with most of the points..

 

[Arya Desa]

I voted Middle Eastern.

 

[Hasbara Buster]

Without any doubt whatsoever; eastern cultures. The West only knows how to steal, exploit and kill.

 

[dabong1]

Take the best from both cultures and make that your culture......thats the advice i was given