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Chinese Culture Questions and Answers (Q&A)

Why do the Chinese eat everything?
Christian Jackson, Content Developer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
The Chinese do not necessarily eat everything available under the sun. However, under the current government - the Chinese Communist Party - a lot of people in China live on less than $10 a day....Read More

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Why do Chinese people not help each other?
Chris Kenway, Content Writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
Chinese people don’t help each other for a variety of reasons. Some of them are the same ones you and I would give when a friend needs our help but we can’t: I’m sick, I...Read More

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What is the most followed religion in China?
Chris Kenway, Content Writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
This is a tricky question to answer. Officially, China’s CCP is atheist, and any member of the CCP has to be an atheist as well. However, there are still Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians,...Read More

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What dresses do traditional Chinese people wear?
Chris Kenway, Content Writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
A quick Google search for this reveals the typical kind of dress you’d see on Halloween or in Chinese shops: a tight fitted bodice, long skirt with a slit to the knee, usually in a brocade...Read More

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What does Tiananmen mean?
Ceakowal
Answered: Apr 18, 2024
Gate of Heavenly Peace

The Tiananmen is the main gate into the Forbidden City. The name can also be translated as Gate Ensuring the Imperial Status Quo. It was from the Tiananmen in 1949...Read More

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Which Chinese dynasty has ruled the longest?
E. Stanley, Technical writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
So far, out of the twelve known dynasties of China, the Zhou dynasty ruled the longest. They ruled from about 1046 BC to about 256 BC. This is a total rule of 790 years. Think about it: this...Read More

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How did the Chinese culture develop?
N. Kingsley, Writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
The Chinese culture developed over thousands of years, but it was brought to an almost complete end between 1966 and 1976 with the Cultural Revolution. It practically mirrored the saying...Read More

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Is dog meat really that good?
Christian Jackson, Content Developer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
Dog meat is considered to be something akin to pork or beef in a few areas of China. One of the most well known areas where dog meat is eaten is Yulin, in Guangxi province. There is a dog meat...Read More

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How is Chinese workplace culture?
E. Stanley, Technical writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
The Chinese workplace has a unique culture. Moonpies are bribes (yes, that is a real thing; search “moonpie corruption” for more), subverting the state can get you fired and on a...Read More

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Which is the biggest Chinese festival?
E. Stanley, Technical writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
The biggest traditional Chinese festival is Chinese New Year. This is typically celebrated on the first day of the first month in the lunar calendar, so it can range from January to February....Read More

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How do the Chinese cope up with forced censorship?
Chris Kenway, Content Writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
For the most part, Chinese would look at you like you’re crazy and say “what censorship?” I’m kidding. Most Chinese either get the heck out of China and come to places...Read More

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Is the Chinese culture liberal?
Chris Kenway, Content Writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
Nowadays, no. The current Chinese culture is not incredibly liberal; they cling to their tradition and to their way of life. However, some might argue that in the late 1940s, this wasn’t...Read More

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How many dynasties have ruled China?
Chris Kenway, Content Writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
There are twelve that we know of. In historical order, from oldest to newest, they are the Shang, the Zhou, the Qin, the Han, the Sui, the Tang, the Song, the Yuan, the Ming, the Qing, the...Read More

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How does China's history affect modern day China?
E. Stanley, Technical writer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
The only thing that modern-day China will acknowledge has followed them from the olden days is the idea that they own a lot of territory. This is because the Cultural Revolution, which happened...Read More

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Do Chinese support their form of communism?
Christian Jackson, Content Developer
Answered: Nov 02, 2018
Most Chinese do support their government, publicly. This final word is the key here. The Chinese Communist Party, or the CCP, does not like anyone bad mouthing them. The more negatively someone...Read More

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