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(1) In the broad sense, Culture refers to the combined material and spiritual wealth created by human in the process of social and historical development.
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4. Based on different time periods, culture can be classified into ancient culture, Edwardian culture, late Qing culture, etc.
5. Based on the functioning of groups and organizations, culture can be classified into corporate culture, school culture, class culture, etc.
(The classification is used by the UNESCO to classify the World Cultural Heritages.)
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3. Based on the relative position in the world,
culture can be classified into eastern culture and western culture; Asian culture, European culture, African culture… Chinese culture, American culture, English culture, Italian culture… southern culture, Northwestern culturvs. Western culture