#chinesefamily

[all-about-china]

Family Structure and Function

Traditional Chinese Multi-Generational Family pictured above.

I am studying China and with a population greater than 1 billion people, not all family structures can be discussed. I will be diving more in depth of the family lifestyles of Beijing. In China, the traditional family structure is a husband and wife and one child. In 1979, China mandated a one child per married couple rule. In 2016, they passed a low that states that 2 children can be born to a couple. Even with fewer children per couple than Western countries, China has a very family centered cultural. Traditional Chinese families live in multi-generational households with the eldest paternal figure having the utmost respect. It is also known for more modern multi-generational families to live very near to each other instead of with each other. Among respect for one's elders, families also center themselves around an idea called Xiaoshan, which means serving your family with dedication, obedience, and worshipping your ancestors. Children obey their parents and grandparents. Family roots and beliefs stem from the idea of Confucianism. Along with family respect, respect at work is also a high priority in Chinese culture. Economically, Chinese family functions with the same hierarchical respect in the workplace. Both men and women work in China, with Women doing half of the manual labor or traditional 'blue collar' jobs. 

As I touched on earlier, Family is the most important thing in Chinese culture. China is known for its one child policy that was enacted until 2016. With a sibling being outside of the norm, the only child is expected to continue the pride of the family name. Traditional Families wanted their child to be a boy for continuing on the family lineage, giving up for adoption or aborting girls. Therefore, there's a large gender disparity in play in China as well. These key cultural elements are therefore passed down from parents to children and so on. Gender roles are very distinct, with girls giving up their family and moving in with their husbands. Women are responsible for now taking care of their in-laws' family. In fact, the Chinese vocabulary uses different words for marriage depending on if it's the women's or man's family. The women stay home with their child until they're old enough to go to school, and then the mother would go back to work or continue working for her husband's family. Individualism is still on the rise in China, but the collectivism is still popular within the older generations.

 Most Chinese families are not looking to migrate. With a migration rate of around -0.1 /1,000 people, China's families aren't going anywhere. Since family and the paternal lineage is a very strong cultural element, families, men and women are not going to move away from their extended aunt's and uncle's unless something drastic happens economically or financially. In the past 10-15 years, these ideologies have remained strong. With globalization increasing technology and telecommunication, Chinese families can live apart from each other, but is not on the rise in popularity. Chinese family show this pattern. 

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[thesnapshotcafe]

We always enjoy sunny day family photo shoots. This is our third time with this friendly Malaysian couple and with their little angels! This time we went to Coworth Park - Polo Centre (in Ascot, Virginia Water area, England) to run around, crawl between the pretty yellow field of flowers. We also saw a bunch of different colour flowers, blue, purple, pink, white, red... What a lovely field! It is our honour to have them here. We did have fun with the kids. To see more photos from this shoot, keep an eye on our Facebook page and website. Thank you! https://www.facebook.com/LondonUKEuropeEngagementWedding/ 總是享受在陽光燦爛的場境下拍家庭照。 這是我們第三次和他們拍照了！ 這次我們去了Coworth Park - Polo Center（在英格蘭Ascot，Virginia Water地區），在漂亮的黃色花朵之間跑來跑���。 我們還看到了一堆堆不同顏色的花朵有藍的，紫的，粉紅的，白的，紅的......很可愛的田野！ www.foreverlovejourney.com 這個友好的家庭來自馬來西亞，我們很榮幸能為他們拍家庭照。 我們也確實和孩子們玩得很開心。 看更多照片，請LIKE我們的Facebook和查看我們的網站。 謝謝！ #londonweddings #londonweddingphotographer #hongkongbaby #chinesebaby #chineseweddingmakeup #chinesebridehairmakeup #chinesefamily #hongkongbabygirl #chinesebride #hongkongprewedding #preweddinghingkong #chinesebritish #britishchinese #chineseinlondon #irishchinese #britishbornchinese #chineseirish #londonchineseweddings #hongkongdad #chineseweddingphotos #londonchinese #chineseteaceremony #chineseweddingceremony #VirginiaWater #CoworthPark #chinesedoorgames #Londonweddingvideographer #chinesehairmakeup #chinesemother #chinesemum (at Ascot,Sunningdale,London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JJXFVhX7o/?igshid=1l9v7wsw045zf

[cindy-chu]

Happy Father’s Day to the OG Wu! My father came to America with two suitcases, one filled with clothes and one filled with books, and $600 in his pocket. I’m so proud of all he’s accomplished including help raise five children with my lovely mother, and now they’re living their best life in retirement. My dad is not one much for presents, but on my trip to Kauai earlier this year I saw the perfect gift for him, these amazing deep sea fishing lures made by a Hawaiian company. One of his hobbies is deep sea fishing with some of his Chinese buddies, and they even spend the night out at sea at times to make sure they’re out there at the right time. I mailed the lures to him recently and he was so excited about them he called me to tell me! My parents raised us to be kind, considerate, and giving, and they never expect or want gifts from us. I’m so happy that finally I found a gift that made him happy! Love you, Dad, thanks for not ever being afraid to be yourself. 🐠🐟🐡🙌🏽✨💖 #fathersday #family #asianamerican #immigrant #chinesefamily #american (at Planet Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byx60RwARMK/?igshid=1h709eq390it3

[edwintansimloong]

#mumplace #getreadyforcny #edvventurer #chinesefamily (at Compassvale Lane) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7iqeMmF4Th/?igshid=r6672rsyifmd

[cherryintheblossom]

Finally was able to take my Mom to see The Farewell. I waited a long time for the wide release and to get into a show that wasn’t sold out days in advance because of online ticket sales (don’t get me started on that one.) The Film was amazing, I held back crying, my Mom cried as usual. This film and my own story are proof these customs span all cultures. I miss my Nana, or as in this film, they say, Nai Nai. She didn’t know she was dying from a cancerous tumor on her lungs, she was in pain, and I couldn’t say anything as her daughter said it was best she didn’t know. Of course, I disagreed, but I honored what I was instructed to do. To cope and take advantage of my Nana’s time left, I tried to tell her everything going on with Princess Coyote. She was the first person to hear it in it’s entirety months prior, she believed in it 110%, I told her about my plans to travel to Spain (which I still plan to do), but I didn’t get to show or tell her all my plans and that’s my biggest regret. She was too far into pain and meds when I started the preliminary sketches for the poster. Although she knew the main actor I had in mind, she never got to see his picture. I wanted her to know I was going to be okay, she was always worried about me and always trying to get me to eat even though she knew I was fighting to not get fat again. I won’t ever forget how she tried to set me up with male nurses to unsuccessful outcomes of course and I won’t forget how angry I was when her daughter went against her open casket wishes and floral arrangements. I never got to see my Nana in her planned outfit at the wake, she never had her favorite color purple flowers or butterflies decorating them, but I inherited her butterflies and the framed butterflies is the only frame that didn’t break my command strips. I miss you Nana! . . . #thefarewell #luluwang #death #cancer #grandma #nana #nainai #crosscultures #family #awkwafina #movie #featurefilm #chinesefamily #italianfamily #cultures #cultural #china #chinese #chinesecustoms #bilingualfilm #makingconnections @thefarewell @thumbelulu @awkwafina https://www.instagram.com/p/B1UxBqqlSK0/?igshid=1q0x89klarlvj

[mei--yan]

{小妹!} My little heart! #sister #family #chinesefamily #howiseepc #peacecorps #friends #citylights #children #china #sichuan #chengdu #heart #kids #springfestival #chinesenewyear #party #potd (at Chengdu, China)

[stephfuccio-blog]

Hey peeps in #SanFrancisco , go check out Documentarian Hao Wu's new project, All In My Family, about navigating his same sex parent family (with two adorable children) in a traditional #Chinese family. Hao was kind enough to be on the Virtual Expats Podcast recently to talk about his China-U.S. geographic movement and how it affects what he does online. Link in bio. #LGBTQ #Chinesefamilies #documentary #podcast #expat #filmmaker #films https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSiroGp6zO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qatz7yodzmlz

[wanderlust-derhuang]

Let's play games together！🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻🤣🤣👌👌🖖🏻🖖🏻✌🏻✌🏻#playwithkids #stayathome #funny #game #house #dailylife #lifestyle #china #chinese #chinadaily #chinesefamily https://www.instagram.com/p/B-bhsilJzZ8/?igshid=1trzld0jfro19

[goosewalkgallery]

Goodbye dear friends. #china #chinesefamily #photographyislife #lifestyle #lifestylephotography #photography #ig_captures #friendship #ig_travel #funnyfaces #life #portraitphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/BrJfRb0n9O2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nqnupc43pqo1

[johnleiphoto]

Rare family gathering #familyportrait by my friend George. #chinesefamily #multigenerational #extendedfamily #nyc https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo7HYSbA0lY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x88tk6si1xsm

[bloggingbanana]

ni hao world!

alright so, first up i’m just going to predict that this blog is probably not going to go anywhere but i need a place where i can vent and rant about the random things that occur in my banana life. 

all you need to know if that i am the product of two asian immigrants who couldn’t be more traditional (prove me wrong), and this is a recount of my suffering.

[thesnapshotcafe]

We always enjoy sunny day family photo shoots. This is our third time with this friendly Malaysian couple and with their little angels! This time we went to Coworth Park - Polo Centre (in Ascot, Virginia Water area, England) to run around, crawl between the pretty yellow field of flowers. We also saw a bunch of different colour flowers, blue, purple, pink, white, red... What a lovely field! It is our honour to have them here. We did have fun with the kids. To see more photos from this shoot, keep an eye on our Facebook page and website. Thank you! https://www.facebook.com/LondonUKEuropeEngagementWedding/ 總是享受在陽光燦爛的場境下拍家庭照。 這是我們第三次和他們拍照了！ 這次我們去了Coworth Park - Polo Center（在英格蘭Ascot，Virginia Water地區），在漂亮的黃色花朵之間跑來跑去。 我們還看到了一堆堆不同顏色的花朵有藍的，紫的，粉紅的，白的，紅的......很可愛的田野！ www.foreverlovejourney.com 這個友好的家庭來自馬來西亞，我們很榮幸能為他們拍家庭照。 我們也確實和孩子們玩得很開心。 看更多照片，請LIKE我們的Facebook和查看我們的網站。 謝謝！ #londonweddings #londonweddingphotographer #hongkongbaby #chinesebaby #chineseweddingmakeup #chinesebridehairmakeup #chinesefamily #hongkongbabygirl #chinesebride #hongkongprewedding #preweddinghingkong #chinesebritish #britishchinese #chineseinlondon #irishchinese #britishbornchinese #chineseirish #londonchineseweddings #hongkongdad #chineseweddingphotos #londonchinese #chineseteaceremony #chineseweddingceremony #VirginiaWater #CoworthPark #chinesedoorgames #Londonweddingvideographer #chinesehairmakeup #chinesemother #chinesemum (at Ascot, Berkshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JJSLQBDfW/?igshid=2jvsfw2tm5u5

[cindy-chu]

The last time I was in Taiwan in 2012, I got to celebrate my NaiNai’s birthday. She passed on my birthday in 2014, about two years later from cancer. #TheFarewell hit me so deeply and I’m so glad I was able to see her in 2012. I miss her. She was our last surviving grandparent. 😭😭😭🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💖💖💖🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 #MyNaiNai #chinesefamily #family #love #grandparents #asianfamily (at Farewell) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UWn-dAt_h/?igshid=ew11raikhzvs

[ukridosblog-blog]

500 Members from a Chinese Family Snap Rear Photos During Reunion

500 Members from a Chinese Family Snap Rear Photos During Reunion

500 Members from a Chinese family snap rear photos during reunion. All the family members were asked to (more…)

[mrsmadamecharlotte]

Flushing vibes #chinesenewyear #chinesefamily #roosteryear #happynewyear #newyork #nyc #queens #flushing 🐔 (at Flushing Chinatown)

[miggscuaderno]

happy chinese new year from our family to yours. #chinesenewyears #chinesekids #chinoy #chinesefamily #chinese