Asian culture
Oriental heritage collectively
Asian culture is a broad and imprecise term referring to the traditions, customs, arts, and social practices of peoples from the Asian continent—spanning East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
The phrase often oversimplifies vast diversity: She studied Asian culture in college might mean anything from Japanese tea ceremonies to Indian classical dance to Persian poetry.
In casual Western usage, it frequently defaults to East Asian cultures specifically.
- tea ceremonyRitualized beverage preparation
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
- sushiVinegared rice with toppings
- Mandarin ChineseOfficial language of China
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
incense burning · filial piety · honor system · Hangul · Silk Road · feng shui · Hinduism · Zen · Bollywood · Confucianism · collectivism · Tamil · shadow puppetry · rice cultivation · rice paddy · red envelope · Sanskrit · kabuki
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
- culturescounterculture, underground, bohemian, monoculture, enculturation
- Asian studiesKorean language, Chinese history, Japanese history, Japanese literature, Chinese philosophy
Asian cultureWestern culture
European-originating civilization heritage
Western civilization · European culture · American culture · African culture · Latin culture
Asian cultureAmerican individualism
National ethos of personal autonomy
Enlightenment values · secular humanism · Protestant work ethic
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