Leisure in UK and China

Presented by : 王鸽 区韵怡

Cultural differenceEmergence of orient and

occident

• Differences• A lot of places in common

LEISURE INSIDE THE HOME

• In UK

• In China

9995

8978

5857

52

3

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

female

9997

8776

71

2945

36

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Reasons : • more time available

• more money

• women have more spare time to do what they want .

In China

• People have more and more choices to spend their leisure time ,especially for women.

LEISURE OUTSIDE THE HOME

Gender Social ClassMen Women ABC1

Per cent Rank Per cent Rank

Pub (drink) 66.2 1 49 1Any sport (b) 52.4 2 38.1 3DIY 45.9 3 32 5Gardening 41.5 4 39.3 2Country / Seaside Trip 34.2 5 35.6 42/3 day break 15.8 6 18 7Cinema 14.9 7 14.9 9Spectator Outdooramateur sport 14.9 7 5.5 12Tourist / Historicalsite visit 13.8 9 14.9 9Church (c) 12.4 10 21.9 6Other activity (not listed) 10 11 15.1 8Spectator outdoorprofessional sport 6.8 12 1.9 16Bingo 6.1 13 12.6 11Spectator Indoor amateur sport 4.5 14 3.2 14

Participation in art activities

Proportion of adults who had participated in the arts in the 4 weeks before interview: GB, 2002

Popular art activities in UK

Situation in China

• Chinese people are thought to have limited time, money and even a low taste to participate in art activities. But with the development of economy and education, more and more Chinese people tend to participate in art activities, especially the rich and upper class people.

The unique Chinese art activities

Participation in sports

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Twelve month and four week participation rates,

GB 2002

United kingdom(1996-1997)

• Males• Walking• Snooker/pool/billiards• Cycling• Swimming• Soccer

• Females• Walking• Keep fit/yoga• Swimming• Cycling• Snooker/pool/billiards

Traditional sports of UK

• Hunting fox • Horsemanship

Situation in China

• National Fitness Programme• Since its promulgation by the State Cou

ncil in early 1995,the NFP has enhanced sports-consciousness among the board masses and brought a nationwide boom in the sports for all in both rural and urban areas.

China (Summarize by myself)

• Males• jogging• Basketball• Football• Ping-pong• Body-building

• Females• jogging• Body mechanics• Yoga• Ping-pong• Badminton

Traditional sports of China

• Wushu

• Taijiquan

• Qigong

Both in UK and China

• Golf Bowling

Participation in entertainments

Two different cultures

• Tea shops vs. • Pubs

• Tea shops are everywhere in China, especially in cities like Chengdu and Beijing. Drinking tea and chatting become a kind of social culture and the city’s feature. The tea shop is a symbol and representation of Chinese tea culture and it has a long history since Ming and Qing dynasty.

• There are more than 60.000 pubs in the UK .Pubs usually have two separate rooms: the public bar and the lounge bar. The former one is in general frequented more by men then women and the latter tends to be a more equal number of men and women. The former one is cheaper than the latter one.

Gambling

•UK• Horse racing• Weekly

football pools• National

lottery• Bingo

•China• Mah-jong• Poker• Local lottery• National lott

ery

Seeing a film

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