Culture shock?
These days we always discuss the topic ”culture shock”. At first, I real think it is a big shock between the different countries. While with the in-depth discussion, I can not stop asking myself :”Is it so great shock? Is it so huge gap between the different culture?”
I don’t know how can explain it in English correctly. Still use my simple story, I have studied in Shanghai Jiaotong university about Chinese traditional culture. We had an whole day study twice a month, one of my class is about Buddhism. Our tutor is a eminent monk who comes from Qinghai. We had talked about belief systems, e.g. Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, he said:”It is not emphasis you believe which religion. Religion is just like a boat, the aim of every kind of religion is let people get into the other side of river. The world over there is composed of all the outstanding qualities. So there is no much difference among religions, which teach people to do good things and to be good men. If you can get into the other side, which kind of boat is real not important!”
In my point of view, it is similar for the culture. It looks like too much difference among the different culture, but deep down through the cortex of the culture onion, we have the same ultimate allegiance. We all advocate sincere, virtuous, fine and so on. We all yearn all the good qualities in human nature. So I don’t think there is so much shock in different culture.
Finally hope I can explain myself clearly in the group discussion. Because it’s real a challenge to me for disagree with the other. In my whole life I always agree with the other I don’t know very well. So good luck to myself!