Forces of culture

What are forces of culture?

Forces of culture are events that happened which helped to shape the culture we know of now. History. China's culture was not there since the start of the Chinese civilisation, but it was shaped through events that happened during the time of Ancient China. One example could be the using of chopsticks. The older generations who are more traditional often insist that we later generations should know how to use the chopsticks as we are Chinese. But have we ever wondered why is that so? Did we ever wonder that it could be due to our traditions or cultures? Or why is that tradition and habit so important.

Why do I think history is one of the forces?

History to me is a series of events that happened in the past. I feel that history is one of the forces because some of the cultures present now are caused by events that happened in the past. Using the first example, the using of chopsticks. From what I know about chopsticks, they were first "invented" when two men were eating a bowl of hot porridge. The porridge was way too hot to be eaten by drinking from the bowl and at that time there were no inventions of utensils. So one of the guy picked up to broken sticks from the floor and tried to eat with it and they found that it was not as hard to consume. Apart from that, Confucius also felt that it would be inappropriate to have a knife on the eating table and that the food should be cut before it was cooked. So it seems that the chopsticks will be the best way to eat by grabbing morsels of the food to consume. This string of events led to the tradition of why the older generations insist us to use chopsticks. Hence I feel that history is one of the forces.

Picture that represents Singapore Culture

This picture shows the multiracial society of Singapore. We do not discriminate each other and we love each other regardless of race language or religion. We do treat each other fairly and we work and study together in harmony. This what I feel makes us Singaporeans and what people think when they think about this country, Singapore.