The Taboos in Chinese and Western Culture 中西方文化禁忌.doc

中西方文化禁忌 The Taboos In Chinese And Western Culture Acknowledgements First and foremost, my appreciation goes to my affectionate parents , and the rest of my family. Throughout the development of this paper, they have been there always giving me continuous support, encouragement and understanding. Their love and support encourage me to pursue progress all the time. I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to all other teachers who gave me lectures during the past four academic years. I have benefited so much not only from their course s and lectures but also from their constant encouragement. Finally, my deepest gratitude and respect go to my supervisor, Zhong Liping . It is for his constant encouragement, critical instructions, his great care and precious advice and suggestions that this paper appears in the present form. 2 Abstract With the development of economic globalization and China's Reform and O pening up, the connection between China and western countries are Increasingly close . And munication and collisions between the Chinese and western culture also appear in each person's life. This thesis mainly introduced the Chinese and western cultural taboo from the definition of taboo to origin , then to the differences between Chinese and western cultural taboos , a nd finally research how to avoid touching these taboo in munication. This thesis involves these taboos of name, address, gender, race, religion, superstition and other espects relate to our life .And through these research reader s will not touched other s’ taboo and even influence people ’s relationship munication. Key words: Chinese and western; t aboo; d efinition; origin of taboo; species of t aboo; details oft aboo; h ow to avoid touching taboo 3 摘要随着经济全球化的发展和中国对外开放程度的加深,中国和西方国家的联系也日益密切起来,中西方文化之间的交流和碰撞也出现在了每个人的生活中。本选题着重介绍中西方文化中的禁忌,从禁忌的定义到起源再到中西方文化禁忌的差异, 最后研究在日常交流中如何避免触及这些禁忌。本文涉及的禁忌有姓名、称呼、性别、种族、宗教、迷信等和我们生活息息相关的方面,旨在能通过对这些方面的了解与研究能帮助读者在交流的时候不会触及对方的禁忌而感到尴尬甚至影响双方的关系。关键词: 中西方;禁忌;定义;起源;禁忌的种类;禁忌的详述