The Chinese beauty Stanard is different from the American beauty standard. In Chinese culture, it is pretty for women to have pointed eyebrows and have their hair in a tight bun on top of their head (Cultural China). American beauty stems from have a symmetrical face that is also average but also attractive. This could be with any kind of hair or eyes just as long as the face is symmetrical. Even though Western cultures are different from non-western cultures, some of the beauty standards are still seen as the same. Even Chinese and Japanese men and women see beauty as a symmetrical face with averageness yet still attractive to look at (Rhodes). Both cultures are still different in their beauty standards, enough so that each can be called a separate beauty standard. Chinese culture is elegant and sharp where as American could be viewed as average yet beautiful. Chinese beauty standards have also stuck around for hundreds of years where as, American standards of beauty seem to change depending on the latest fashion or decade.
Citations:
Rhodes G, Yoshikawa S, Clark A, Lee K, McKay R, Akamatsu S, 2001, "Attractiveness of facial
averageness and symmetry in non-Western cultures: In search of biologically based standards
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"Chinese Philosophy of Beauty." Cultural China. Cultural China. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.
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