旅行家们总是被各个地方人们的行为和信仰中的表面的奇特弄得神魂颠倒。马可·波罗大概是13世纪最著名的旅行家,他写信给意大利的亲属,讲到对中国宫廷中的风俗和道德感到惊奇;西班牙的征服者们对最终被自己摧毁的新世界文明的风俗迷惑不解;现代旅行家离开747航机时,还随身带着摄影机,打算用胶卷录下旅行地点的风景建筑和当地居民的穿著。在对其他民族文化的广泛好奇心深处隐藏着的,是同样广泛的要理解丰富多彩的体质和文化现象的意思和意义的欲望。尽管长期以来,人们一直在问各种文化间的差异这同一基本问 Travelers are always confused by the peculiar appearance of people’s behavior and beliefs in various places. Perhaps the most famous traveler of the thirteenth century, Marco Polo wrote to relatives in Italy about the customs and morals of the Chinese court, and the Spanish conquistadors to the New World Civilization that was eventually destroyed by himself The traveler is still puzzled by the custom of the modern traveler, who, with his camera on board flight 747, intends to use film to record the landscape of the place of travel and the dress of the locals. What is hidden deep in the curiosity of other national cultures is the same desire to understand the meaning and meaning of rich and colorful constitution and cultural phenomena. Although for a long time people have been asking the same basic questions about the differences between cultures