【正文】 in which every level has its own costume. Besides, woman is in such an inferior state that should obedient to their father, husband or son. They are not encouraged to receive education and doing something considered to be done by man, which is still affecting us now. So taboos are not unmon in the medieval time.. In modern societyIn modern society, with the development of science and technology, people are being more and rational. Most of the things can be explained in a scientific way. They will not believe in or rely on the taboos. Therefore, some languished taboos are reduced since people are not superstitious as ever before. But some still exist for people want to convey people?s best wishes and fort others. However, with the changing of social structure, women take an important role in society which can not be neglected. So the taboos on this aspect are increasing. Besides, due to the globalization trend, munication among different countries are being more frequently. Striving to build a harmonious society and a peaceful world have bee the dream of people in every quarter of the globe. Therefore, they think more about others and choose some euphemism to avoid hurting others.3. The similarity of taboo between China and westerncountries. Taboos on colorThough in western countries, red is often considered to be a derogatory term, yet it still shares something mon with its meaning in China, that is, the word “red” is often related with ceremony or some joyful occasions. One example is the “redletter day”. It is an important and memorable day. From 15 century on, some festivals or Santa?s day are marked with red. Another one is the “roll out the red carpet” it 3 means warmest applaud and wele. When people wele some distinguished guest, they will lay out the red carpet to show respect and wele. In China, red is the symbolic of good fortune. In some celebrations as wedding, people will put up the red paper shaped like “喜”, and people are tend to wear red clothes. Therefore, it is improper to wear the red clothes to attend funeral or some occasions like that. What?s more, in China, writing one?s name in red is forbidden, because it shows that person past away.Another word share the same meaning in China and western countries is “white”. In western countries, there is a lie called “white lie”, which means it will not do harm to others and it is better to tell the lie than tell the truth. Just like the doctor. In order to lessen the patients? tension and fort them, they will tell the white lies. Here “white” is associated with something purity and innocent. In China, words like “清白 ”“明白”also contend such meaning.. Taboos on religionTaboos are also prevailing in the field of religion. In western countries, people believe in christen, so the name of god “Jehovah” is the greatest taboo. It is set that in whatever case, people are forbidden to use or abuse God?s name. Therefore people often do not use the words, such as god, hell, devil, Christ, damn, but use gosh, golly, for goodness sake or for crying out loud。 use social disease to replace syphilis. Besides, the word “maimed” is a distressing one, and it is impolite to describe person with such word. People often use “physical disability” or “deformity” to replace it. In China, if one is deaf, will say “ears back(耳背)” “ears a little bad”. In English, it is called “hard of 5 hearing.”Either in China or western, people are restricted from say the word “death”. In English, we say “pass away” “go to the heaven” “go to sleep” “go to see the god” “be in heaven with god”. In Chinese, we say “走了” “沒了”. However, in history, people in different social position have different word to express death. For example, we use “駕崩” to describe empire?s death。 people died young called “夭折”。 people are restricted to call their boss?s name.This phenomenon is much more typical in old China. For e