中国意大利禁忌比较（英文）

中国意大利禁忌比较（英文） Taboo (Italian VS South China) Italian people like to eat pizza and Italian pasta. And they have some special table manners. For example, “Lady first”. In Italian culture, Italian people should wait till the ladies take a seat, and eat after the ladies. The favorite color of Italian people is: green, blue and yellow. The Italian abstains from the number “13” and the date “Friday”. They think that the number “13” is drafting “the distress trillion”, “Friday” is also likely is extremely inauspicious. They abstain from the chrysanthemum. Because the chrysanthemum uses as funeral's flower. They envy take the handkerchief as gift. Thought that the handkerchief is used to scratches the tears, is one kind of sad things. Therefore, gives a present with the handkerchief as a gift is disrespectful in Italian culture, simultaneously and also not politeness. If we chat with Italian, do not discuss the related political , US's topics, rugby and so on. The majority Italian people believe in Catholicism. So chatting with Italian in religion topic or soccer is good. The Italian time sense is not strong, they often for feasts. They will arrive late 15 or 20 minutes are the commonly seen matters. In Italy, bestows the commerce gift is also mutually very common. When Italian talking with others, they like keeping the distance very close. In South China, people abstain from the number “4”, and do not like to wear the white and green hats. The majority of Chinese people do not believe in any religions. But he situation of religion freedom in South China is better then other places of China. As same as all the Chinese people, their favorite is red. They think that the number “4” represent for dead, and they envy take the clock as gift. And also, the people from South China abstain from the chrysanthemum. Because the chrysanthemum uses as funeral's flower. But different from Italian, Chinese people think that it’s very rude if someone is late. As same as Italian, political topics are very sensitive for Chinese people. Maybe the situation in South China is better. When the Chinese people from South have meal with others, they must wait till the elders take a seat, and eat after the elders. Certainly our contemporaries usually exited to eat meal do not need too to care.