Abstract
Nowadays, China is known throughout the world as one of the major global economies, the most populous state in the world with over 1.3 billion inhabitants, the second largest country if we take into consideration the land surface area; China is also well known for its amazing landscapes, and its unbelievable culture. As a French student, this is almost the only knowledge we have about China, excluding maybe the fact that China hosted the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
However, by living in a foreign country, people are able to establish a better understanding of the host country. One of the main effects would be learning how to deal with another type of society, and learn more about the different customs and traditions.
To this end, it is important to underline that China is also one of the world's oldest civilizations. Indeed, China has about five thousand years history which is a very long period of time in comparison to other nations.
Throughout China's encased history, it has developed much differently than the western parts of the world. Perhaps, it is because China was very influenced by traditions. In our Chinese culture lessons, we learnt that one of the main influences of traditional Chinese culture could be taken from Confucianism.
But, how has Confucianism influenced Chinese culture? And how does it continue to play a crucial role in the daily life of the Chinese?
In order to understand better the Chinese culture, and according to my own experience in China during the last three months, we will dedicate the first section of this paper to the origins of Confucianism, then we will devote our second part to family life in China, and in our final part, we will deal with the importance of relationships in Chinese life.
