Thoughts on culture and the similarities and differences between Singapore and China's cultures

I have learnt that culture and cultural forces are about the 4 Fs: Food, Festivals, Fashion and Folks. For instance, different festivals are celebrated by different races, such as the Chinese celebrating the Chinese New Year traditionally every year. Also, from the lesson, I have learnt that there are many differences between the East and the West, like how the Westerns hug as a greeting, whereas the Chinese prefer to just shake hands. This helped me to understand that we have to be cultural sensitive to other cultures, and embrace our differences.

There are many differences between Singaporean and Chinese cultures. In Singapore, being a multiracial country, we have a wide variety of foods from different cultures, such as Chicken rice, Nasi Lemak, Roti Prata, Western food, and more. In China, they mainly eat Chinese food and are more traditional. Here, we celebrate many festivals from all the cultures and religions, like Christmas, Hari Raya, and Deepavali. In China, they celebrate only Chinese festivals, and not festivals from other races. We also speak many languages, English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and Singlish. This includes a mixture of all the languages we speak and occasionally Chinese dialects. As for the Chinese, they mainly speak Chinese and Chinese dialects. 

However, there are similarities too. For example, Chinese New Year is celebrated by both Singaporeans and Chinese, and we have similar religions and beliefs too. 

In conclusion, there are more differences between Singaporean and Chinese cultures than there are similarities, therefore we have to embrace our cultural differences and be culturally sensitive towards one another.