Chinese Culture

Chinese culture is quite unique, not only different from that in western countries, but also from some other oriental countries as Japan, India, Korea, Thailand and Mongolia. In China's long history, Chinese people has set up its own cultural system, including its special square-shaped characters, music instrument and music, painting, philosophy, medicine, architecture, cooking, etc. All of these are all totally different from the Western ones, and also make China culturally attractive and some difficult …

…types of cuisine. Among friends, they will just order enough for the people there. If they are taking somebody out for dinner and the relationship is polite to semi-polite, then they will usually order one more dish than the number of guests (e.g. four people, five dishes). If it is a business dinner or a very formal occasion, there is likely to be a huge amount of food that will be impossible to finish.