Online Class Notes (Whitney) [S]

Write an open letter to Stefano Gabbana about this incident with D&G and negatively portraying Chinese culture. Tell him about how this incident makes you feel and express your emotions on this topic.

Review new vocab and correct the speaking responses about Culture.

Other culture related discussion topics: Pop Culture, Organisational Culture and Family Culture.

People can rarely upset you.

Agree = people rarely upset me
Disagree = people always upset me

Vocabulary

Buddism – 佛教
Tibet – 西藏
Dalai Lama – 达赖喇嘛
Funeral – 葬礼
Screenshot – 截屏
Taboo – 禁忌
Portrayal – 用画面去描述这件事情

Speaking Topic: Culture

EASY QUESTION 

Q: Have you had experiences with other cultures other than Chinese?

A: When I travelled to Jiuzhaigou I heard the local person is my driver and he told me that every year a lot of people will walk to Tibet to see the Dalai Lama. They will walk three steps, clap their hands and kowtowed and they walked 9 steps and kowtow again. They just doing like this and walk 3-4 months to go to Tibet. I think they wouldn’t stop because they are believers. They believe doing like this means that they are loyal.

MEDIUM QUESTION

Q: What is the most defining part of Chinese culture that makes it different from the Western way of life?

A: I think the biggest difference is Chinese people have Chinese New Year, we have Lunar calender. West people just use the word calendar and they celebrate Christmas they don’t have spring festival. The attitude about people who death people. When I travelled to France there was a channel built with people’s bones, Chinese tourists don’t like to visit this part, West people willing to visit this part. People will remember this history, so its a place for visit. But Chinese people think thats unlucky.

HARD QUESTION

Q: How do you feel about the recent Dolce & Gabanna scandal and how has this incident negatively portrayed Chinese culture?

I think that I don’t like that video and in fact I don’t think that that actress is actually a Chinese person. I don’t think it will affect the relationship between China and Italy, but Chinese people will not like that brand. I haven’t seen the apology video but many people say that this apology video is not true.