Culture Differences between UK and China

It has been three and a half weeks since we came to York and I've noticed that there are many culture differences between UK and China.

Living habitats

Most of the people in York live in an independent house and have thier own garden. While in China, we usually live in flats and only have a very small balcony.  I think it may be caused by the different population. In fact, in the past, our country didn't have such a large population, many people could have their own house and garden in the countryside.

Food

People here like to drink cold water, while in China, people think that cold food will do harm to our stomach, so we prefer to boil the water and eat hot food.
Secondly, British people like sweet food very much, such as cookies, cracks, brownies, chocolates and so on.   They are relly delicious but our parents don't permit us to eat a lot in China. In most Chinese parents' opinion, stweet food will cause fatness and some illness, so we'd better not eat them or  just taste a little as snacks.
Thirdly, cooking tools or equipments are quite different   between  UK and China. My host family usually use the oven and microwave to cook.  What's more, they have a lot of folks, spoons and bowls. They don't wash the dishes immediately but just put them into the dishes washing machine and clean them later. While in China, we usually use pans to cook and clean our dishes immediately after the dinner by hand.

traditinal British food

                                                           traditinal Chines noodles


Night life

As I've mentoned in one blog, pub culture is very important in British people's life. In China, we don't go to pubs or clubs, because many people will link these places with drugs and crimes. Instead of pubs, we usually go to KTV to sing with our friends or family. Beside this, we also like to find a place to play board games or majiang ( a traditional and popular Chinese game). If old people don't like these kinds of games, they can just have a walk with their family members or pets.

                                                       People are playing majiang. ^ ^

Of course there're many other differences between UK and China, such as education, women's position and son on. I may need more time to find and compare them.

That's interesting!