Some people think visitors to other countries should imitate local custom
and behaviors. Other people disagree that the host country should welcome
culture diversity. To what extend do you agree?
Identifying the foreign customs is a difficult task for any visitors.
Cultural conflicts may occur when one does not know much about the strange
social codes other than his own country. In reality， people's opinion about
whether the host country should encourage cultural differences or to what degree
should they accept the alien cultures as they may cause annoyance to them. In my
opinion， I insist that the local customs should be highly respected in many
occasions but not necessarily be followed blindly.
The primary concern is given to the significance of one's national
traditions and heritage that has been passed down. It is important because all
these customs has undergone thousands of years of practice and become the
treasure of a nation. For instance， the eating tradition in many areas and
regions such as people eat red eggs when they have a new baby， eating jiaozi—a
kind of Chinese dumpling when we celebrate Chinese lunar year， and still eating
when someone’s grandpa passed away. This might be a blunt for many visitors who
first come here. Visitors in such a situation may choose to practice as if he
were a local or he may just see and enjoy the atmosphere.
Even if visitors keep a stance away from the traditions of a foreign
country， they should not be h123le to them. The reason is simple. If the
visitors refuse to take the fact that the local customs may of123d their faith
or something they believe， and even they are disheartening， they will possibly
act improperly under such situation. Take eating out custom as example， Chinese
people when eating out， there are always a person who masters the table and even
pays the bill. This might be of123sive to a foreign who does not get used to
this manner. But as we Chinese people say“ Ru Xiang Sui Su” literally means that
one should get used to the local customs when visiting it， this is a reflection
of what we discuss here about the culture diversity.
In general， one should see how he knows about the cultures and how he
should react upon it. There are no fixed rules to be followed. What seems
important is “when in Rome; do as the Romans do” philosophy applies to many
situations when one feel uncertain about the host culture.
发表于 2016-7-10 15:24:21