Brief Analyses of the Differences of Table Manners between China and the West 英语毕业论文.doc

Brief Analyses of the Differences of Table Manners between China and the West 1. Introduction With the continuous deepening of fusion all over the world. There have more and more attention to manners between west people and east people. Especially the importance of table manners is more highlighted. Finally, we can make the conclusion through the table manners .The differences on connotation of culture、thinking methods and the value system are the main reason why there have differences on table manners between the west and the east . Chinese table manners have a long history. It is documented that at least in the Zhou dynasty, table manners has already established a set of quite perfect system. It became the important content that the coming dynasties display their civilizations especially after the Confucius highly praised. Western table manners originated from French Merovingian dynasty. Inspired by Byzantine culture, they formulated a series of meticulous manners. Intercultural comparative study is the basic method to study table manners. The culture matrix of human is mutual. The differences between Chinese and western culture is historical rather than natural. A natural and local diet culture is often the concentration of culture in this area. China and western countries is different from the diet viewpoints, attitudes, contents, characteristics and so on. Reveal these differences and internal reasons are well for help to cross generation gap and to promote cultural fusion worldwide. 2. Cultural Orientations 2.1 life styles The differences between west culture and east culture make the difference of life styles. Among of these life styles, diet is a part of the representative point. So the two diet cultures developing in their own ways. In China, the diet has risen to an important thing that almost beyond all other material form and spiritual form. This is also reflected in all aspects of people’s daily life, such as the words “have you eaten?” Since