Culturally,ChinaandEuropediffersvastly.Theirmaindifferenceslieintheirfestives,language,foodcultureandmoralvalues.
InChina,themostimportantcelebrationoftheyearistheChineseNewYear,whichmarksthestartofanewyearonthechinesecalendar.Suchcelebrationtakes15days,andeachdayholdsaspecialmeaninginchinesebelieves.InEuropehowever,itisdifferent.ThemostimportantfestivalisChristmas,whichmarksthebirthofChrist.Christmasconsistofonlythreedays,namely,Christmaseve,Christmasandboxingday.
ThelanguageusedinChinaandEuropedifferssignificantlyaswell.ChineseisthemainandofficallanguageusedinChina.Otherlanguagesalthoughexist,isusedbyonlyasmallnumberofchinese,andareoftenlabelledasdialects.Ontheotherhand,inEurope,althoughmanycountriesuseEnglishastheirofficallanguage,theyeachhaveadistinctlydifferentnationallanguage,suchasItalianinItalyandGreekinGreece.
ThefoodcultureisanotherfactorwhichChinaandEuropediffersin.InChina,thestaplefoodisrice,withmeatassidedishes.However,inEurope,thestaplefoodisbreadorpotato,withmeatasthemaincourseofthemeal.
ValuesinChinaandEuropearelargelydifferent.Humility,mediocracyandloyaltyarevalueswhichtheChinesepridethemselveswith.Thiscausethemtobemuchlessopenwiththeiremotionsandopinions.ThisistheexactoppositeofEuropeanbeliefs.AlthoughitdoesnotmeanthatEuropensarenothumbleorloyal,theygenerallybelieveinindividualismandconfidence,wheretheopinionsandideasofoneselfisequallyimportantthanthatofothers.