中美道路交通行为的跨文化分析

A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study on Chinese and American Road Traffic

随着全球化的进程日益加快,中西文化间的碰撞加剧。对中美道路交通进行跨文化比较,结合相关的数据分析,可以发现两国道路交通行为中存在着"人让车"与"车让人"的区别。通过对文献资料的分析,查找道路交通差异背后的文化根源,可以发现上述差异是由中美之间的特权至上与平等至上、物质主义与人本主义的文化差异导致的。了解这一差异以及其后的文化渊源,可以促进相互间的了解与理解,有利于更好地进行跨文化交流。

With the development of globalization, the China-U.S. exchange is increasing but Chinese culture is also undertaking an ever fierce conflict against that of the U.S. Through the cross- cultural comparison of Chinese and American road traffic as well as the analysis on statistics, it is found that Chinese road traffic is greatly different from that of America. In China, pedestrians have to give the right-of-way to vehicles, while in the U.S., vehicles yield to pedestrians. The reason is that Chinese culture is different from American： privilege talks in China, while equality talks in the U.S.; materialism is wide-spread in China, whereas humanism is popular in America. Knowing the difference and the cultural roots is beneficial to mutual understanding and cross-cultural communication between China and the U.S.