A few questions about cultural analysis in Malaysia

I'm a Malaysian :

1.Tradition is collectivism, and the new generation is increasingly inclined towards individualism. Taking eating as an example, if young people have not yet succeeded in their careers, they generally implement the AA system for eating.

However, if you have a successful career, then friends will take turns to treat them when they meet. Among the three major ethnic groups, the Malays are more collectivist because of their religious cohesion and regional ties, and the Indians are more individualistic because of the traditional caste system. The Chinese are in the middle.

However, if you are educated in English or have an English-speaking family, individualism is more pronounced.

2.The Chinese are becoming more and more Westernized, so the traditional tradition of order between the young and the young is becoming weaker, and the Malays still emphasize it, but the young people living in the urban areas are also beginning to Westernize. Indians used to have portraits of party leaders hanging in the halls of their homes, but the influence of Indian activist groups around 2008 should have waned considerably.

3.The three major ethnic groups in Malaysia have a strong sense of savings, especially the Chinese. Malaysia's deposit ratio is about 30% or more.

4.Malaysia is still implementing cramming education, and every day teachers are forced to finish classes, so students are basically not encouraged to ask questions, and whether students are praised or not depends on their test results. Of course, what is even more frustrating is to look at race.

Ethnic groups with poor grades but "more equal than others" can still get generous scholarships to study abroad. As a result, many high-achieving Chinese applied for scholarships in Singapore and then made wedding dresses for free.

5.Originally, it was a male protagonist and a female protagonist, but because of the high cost of living, the Chinese are basically double-income families, and the Malays still maintain the tradition if they can, otherwise the woman will be an idle job (such as being a civil servant), give birth to a child every year, apply for maternity leave every year, and there will be ** subsidies in many aspects of the child in the future. The Chinese-Indians did not.

Therefore, the birth rate of Chinese Indians is decreasing every year.

6.Generally speaking, the Chinese still want to Chinese the same business behavior, and the Malays are more dependent on ethnic relations or first-class projects to make a living. However, there are still more modern Malays who do business in the Western way.

However, because of the care given according to different races, there are relatively few such Malays.

7.Family first, and then career, but the gap between them should not be large, and it cannot be accurate.

a) Depending on the friendship between the two, the stranger the farther away.

b) Ibid. c) That's pretty much it, but the younger generation is getting more and more modern.

d) Roughly the same, v is welcome.

e) Both. f) The answer is the same as a, and the frequency of eye contact is determined by friendship.

Do you really want to know? In fact, there is an article ** that writes about this.

1. The difference between Malaysian culture and Chinese culture:

1. Family concepts are different.

Malays generally marry at an early age, with men marrying between 22 and 25 and women between 18 and 22 years old. Chinese marry later. Also, legally, Malays allow polygamy, where a man can marry four wives.

The Chinese only allow monogamy by law, 2. Eating habits are different.

Although rice is the staple food of both ethnic groups, the dishes that go well with rice have very different tastes. Malays like to eat curry, and the Chinese diet has a lot of variety, including salty, spicy, sweet and sour.

3. Different dining habits.

The Malays eat with only their hands and only with their right hands, and do not sit on chairs when eating, but put food on mats and eat around them, which is prepared"Water bowls"so that you can wash your fingers at any time during meals; The Chinese use chopsticks.

4. Dress differently.

Malay women must wear headscarves, no arms and thighs, no sleeveless tops, shorts and short skirts, and generally wear traditional clothing and kobaya on weekdays; Chinese people rarely wear traditional clothing such as cheongsam on weekdays, and generally only wear them on auspicious occasions such as New Year or birthday banquets, and can wear sleeveless tops, shorts and short skirts, and there are more choices of clothing.

5. Different preferences for color.

Malays generally love green and regard it as an auspicious color; Chinese love red, and generally the packaging and home decoration of gifts will be mainly red.

2. Similarities between Malaysian culture and Chinese culture:

The roots and inheritance of Chinese culture in Malaysia began in modern times, and Chinese culture was spread and carried forward in Malaysia through Chinese publications, Chinese schools, classical Chinese opera, etc.

1. Chinese Education:

In order to ensure the right of Chinese people to receive Chinese education, Dong Zong and the Education Federation began to promote the revival movement of independent Chinese schools in 1977. Today, there are more than 1,200 national Chinese primary schools, 60 independent secondary schools and 3 private multi-media tertiary institutions in Malaysia. At present, it is the country with the most complete Chinese education system outside the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

2. Chinese newspapers and periodicals:

In the early days, most of the content of Chinese newspapers and periodicals was based on Chinese news. However, after independence, the opening up of Malaya to naturalize expatriates and the birth of the second generation of Malaysian Chinese, the Chinese press also slowly changed its policy, and at the same time strengthened the exchange of information between the Chinese community and ** and other ethnic groups, playing the role of a bridge.

Malaysia also belongs to Asia, and there will always be similarities with China, but the culture is fundamentally different, because China has a cultural history of 5,000 years, which is certainly very different from Malaysia.

Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country with a total population of about 22 million. Among them, about 50 are Malays and 30 are Chinese, about 600 Chinese, which is the country with the highest proportion of Chinese population in the world except China and Singapore. Indians account for about 10 percent, and other ethnic minorities such as the Iban, Kadashan and mestizos account for about 10.

Malay, English and Mandarin (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien) are all spoken.

The Chinese make up about 30% of Malaysia's total population, with Cantonese and Fujian people being the majority, as well as Guangxi and Hainanese. The majority of Chinese are fluent in three languages: Malay, Mandarin and English. Most of the Chinese live in the city, and most of them are businessmen, and the Chinese enjoy a certain reputation and status in the business and political circles of Malaysia.

In Chinese society, there are township associations and associations, as well as trade unions in various industries. The Malaysian Chinese Trade Union (MCA) is the largest political party of the Chinese in Malaysia.

Chinese culture has a great influence on Singapore, and most of Singapore's people are Chinese, so it can be said that Singaporean culture is a sub-culture of China. The influence on Malaysian culture is relatively small.

Malaysia is an agrarian nation, so it maintains many primitive beliefs, especially the strong religious overtones of various ethnic groups. Its religion is a mixture of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, with Hinduism being particularly influential. As a result of the long-term coexistence of many ethnic groups, a pluralistic cultural identity has been formed.

The Malays believe in Islam. Due to the political power of the Malays, Islam has also become the state religion of Malaysia, and the major mosques across the country are majestic. In addition to Islam, the Malays also retain a primitive religion, whose representative ritual is the communal eating ritual known as Kundri.

This ritual of eating together plays an important role in maintaining social bonds. It can be said that the social organization of the Malays is maintained by the combination of Islamic norms and traditional customs.

The religions of the Chinese living in Malaysia are Buddhism and Taoism. Representative Buddhist monasteries include Kuala Lumpur's Guanyin Temple, Sambao Cave, and Perak Cave; Wat Tsing Wan in Malacca; Kek Lok Temple, Baiyun Temple, etc. in Penang. The size of the temples is magnificent, and most of them have become places of great interest, reflecting the social power of the Chinese community that underpins Malaysia's economy.

The mixture of Buddhism and Taoism is characteristic of these monasteries, and a single temple often enshrines the god of good fortune, the Jade Emperor, Shakyamuni, and Guanyin Bodhisattva at the same time.

Most of the Indians living in Malaysia are ethnic Tamils from southern India. Its representative religion is, of course, Hinduism, which is a religion peculiar to Indians. Hinduism is characterized by the absence of a patriarch, the absence of a church organization, and the absence of supreme scriptures, and the worship of three gods: village gods, family gods, and individual gods.

There are many things about Hinduism that are difficult for foreigners to understand, such as the caste system, which is the basic system of society. The ultimate ideal of Hinduism is to attain Brahma-self-oneness, and to attain this highest state requires all kinds of austerities such as yoga. The gods enshrined are Lord Viguru and Lord Shiva.