China has a glorious past, with a history about 5,000 years and outstanding cultural heritage. As a result, ancient, elder, age –old things are respected by people. Associated with this time orientation is the adoration of ancestors, esteem for teachers and the old, taking notice of experience and so on. In general, Chinese proverb “people eat more salt than young man’s meal”, “law of the ancestors is not variable and other traditional ideas all belong to past- orientation.
跨文化交际中的中美时间观之对比分析(3):http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_64366.html