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1、AnAnalysisofCulturalDifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternTableManners1.Introduction1.1IntroductionofTableMannersTablemannersrefertothemannersoretiquettesweusewhileeatingatatablewithotherpeople.Itincludesseatingarrangements,tablewaresetting,servingorder,languageandbehaviors,etc.Differentcul
2、tureshavedifferentstandardsfortablemanners.Sometimes,thesamemannershavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcountries.PolitemannersinAsiamaybeconsideredasrudebehaviorsinEurope.Forinstance,TheJapanesetendtomakeloudnoisestoshowtheirrespectforcookwhileeatingnoodles.However,thewesternersbehavequietly
3、differently.Makingnoiseisconsideredasimpolitebehaviorinwesterncountries.Intoday’ssociety,tablemannersarenotonlysomethingaboutetiquettes,butalsoamirrorofcultures.1.2TheImportanceofTableMannersInrecentyears,withtheglobalizationofsociallifeandeconomy,peoplefromdifferentcountriescontacteacho
4、thermorefrequentlythanbefore.However,theymaymisunderstandeachotherduringtheircontacts.Incross-culturalcommunications,havingpropermannersisamasterkeytosuccess.Thedifferencesofmannerscausedbyculturalfactorsarethemainreasonswhichleadtocommunicationfailures.Therefore,itbecomesimportantforust
5、ounderstandculturaldifferences.Tablemanners,oneofthecommonsocialetiquettes,oftencomeupfirstlywhenwecontactwithwesterners.Onlyifwehaveagoodunderstandingoftheculturaldifferencesabouttablemannerscanweavoidunnecessarymisunderstandingsandconflictsincross-culturalcommunications.Thispaperaimsto
6、talkabouttheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterntablemanners.2.TheOriginsofTableManners2.1OriginofWesternTableMannersWesterntablemannersareoriginatedfromMerovingiandynasty(Frankishdynasty).1TheygainedagooddealofenlightenmentfromByzantinecultureandthenformedaseriesofkeenand10cautio
7、usetiquettes.InRomantimes,tablemannersbecamemoreandmorecomplicatedandautocratic.Thekingshouldsitonthehighestseat.Theprinces,dukesandaristocratsmustpassthedishestothekingwhenthemusicstarted.Before17thcentury,itwasahabitforpeopletowearhatduringthemeal.However,differentgroup
