One tradition that differs between China and the United States is the place where Chinese and American live. Almost all of American lives in houses which generally have large or small yards. There may be some low shrubs around the yard, and tall walls are rarely erected to prevent passersby from seeing the yard. Most of the houses have neither shrubs nor courtyard walls, and only at certain times of the day, curtains or shutters used to block the view from the outside world.
Most Chinese live in big cities, they live in high-rise apartment buildings. All houses in big cities or countryside are tightly enclosed by high walls. From the outside, only the roof can be seen.
Another difference is Indoors of the house, the situation in China and the United States is reversed. Americans emphasize the right of privacy in the home, parents have no right to check the teenager’s items in their rooms. Children will not easily touch parents’ items either.
In Chinese home, parents are free to look over their children’s belongings, and children are allowed to use their parents’ belongings. If children damage their parents’ belongings, they are scolded, not because they touch something they shouldn’t, but because they break the items.
