Martial arts are based on patience and inner strength. Perhaps this contributes to the hard-working nature of chinese culture. In the chinese language, there are many idioms (that mean absolutely nothing literally) that are based in the annals of kung-fu. Even though I have never learned the arts, they have been ingrained in my mind nonetheless.
Yin and yang, balance, qi, arranging furniture in a certain way has been mentioned a few times in my house as well. My mom never really explained this in detail to me, because I never really gave her the chance. I can take the sayings, and whatever other stories, but silly superstitions aren't my thing.
My parents have been taught the same morals i've been taught, passed down for many generations I suppose. As goes the model for most cultures..