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Why do the landscapes in China feel different from those in foreign countries?

The scenery in China is really different from that in foreign countries. This is the result of a combination of factors.

Whether it is ink painting or real photos, China's landscapes always have distinctive features different from those of foreign countries.

First of all, geographical factors (climate factors)

The climate varies greatly at different latitudes, which leads to different vegetation landscapes covered by mountains and rivers.

Germany and other western European countries are mostly temperate maritime climate and temperate continental climate, with four distinct seasons. Compared with China in winter, especially compared with southern China, it is colder because of its high latitude. Therefore, in the forests of western European countries, the bark of trees is thicker, and the leaves fall off quickly and change color quickly in winter. In China, especially in southern China, the winter climate is warmer, the leaves fall slowly, and the color changes from green to red to yellow slowly. Therefore, there are differences in vegetation landscape between the two countries, which leads to differences between Chinese and foreign landscapes. For example, in the south of China, the landscape is still green and full of green eyes. The scenery in Germany has been covered with red leaves and fallen leaves.

Secondly, I also think there are cultural factors.

There are essential differences between ancient eastern culture and western culture.

The mountains in China are different from those in foreign countries only because there are more Huangshan, Taishan, Lushan and Huashan in China. These cultural landscapes in the Central Plains and Southeast China have shaped China people's aesthetic taste, spiritual experience and cultural style.

China culture is both an aesthetic culture and an emotional culture. Foreign countries (mainly Europe) are more of a culture of seeking truth and believing in God.

China people can appreciate the mountains and rivers from a very young age, attach their feelings to the mountains and rivers, and integrate the mountains and rivers into cultural traditions and national shaping. On the other hand, foreigners are more localized. They used to paint religious paintings and figure paintings, and landscape paintings and landscape paintings appeared very late. Foreigners seldom see scenery in literary works. Even if it appeared later, the achievement was not too high.

Generally speaking, China people "don't look at mountains", while foreigners "look at mountains as well".

Different moods have different feelings.