CHİNESE FAMİLY
Feb 18, 2016
CHİNESE FAMİLY
Importance of traditions Conservation Chinese culture X European culture
Respectful youth Similarities with Turkish family
structure
Family; as the most important instutition
Family: sacred, honorable
MAN Responsibility Leader Authority Final say
Effect of religion in family structure; Confucianism: social order,
communal behaviour A mate for children
Extended families – at least 2 generations (3, 4, 5)
Woman in the family Member of another family Lower people compared with men
Children in the family Sexual discrimination Families without children Adopted son (not a girl)
Patriarchy Hierarchy: Senior – Junior Older – Younger Men - Women
Newly married couples – grooms family
A tradition similar to henna night
Certain boundaries in the family Common budget
Modern China Alone parents Nuclear families Living with parents for financial
support Free
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/china/chinese-culture-family-life/1781
http://ezinearticles.com/?Family-Structure-in-China&id=2177479
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbfamilism-u.html