AnalysisontheCulturalDifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternTableEtiquetteContentsIINTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................11.1PURPOSEOFTHETHESIS.......................................................................................11.2SIGNIFICANCEOFTHETHESIS...............................................................................11.3OVERVIEWOFTABLEETIQUETTEINCHINAANDWESTERNCOUNTRIES.............21.3.1OverviewofTableEtiquetteinChina............................................................21.3.2OverviewofTableEtiquetteinWesternCountries.........................................3IILITERATUREREVIEW........................................................................................42.1CHINESECOOKINGCULTURE................................................................................42.2WESTERNCOOKINGCULTURE..............................................................................52.3RELEVANTSTUDIESATHOMEANDABROAD........................................................5IIIDIFFERENCESBETWEENCHINESEANDWESTERNTABLEETIQUETTE................................................................................................................73.1DIFFERENCEONTABLEWARE................................................................................73.2DIFFERENCEONORDEROFSERVING....................................................................73.3DIFFERENCEONATMOSPHERE..............................................................................83.4DIFFERENCEONSENSEOFTIME...........................................................................83.5DIFFERENCEONSEATINGARRANGEMENT............................................................93.6DIFFERENCEONEATINGRULES..........................................................................10IVREASONSFORDIFFERENCESBETWEENCHINESEANDWESTERNTABLEETIQUETTE................................................................................................114.1DIFFERENTCULTURALVALUE............................................................................114.1.1TheCollectivisminChinese.........................................................................114.1.2TheIndividualisminWesternCountries......................................................124.2DIFFERENTCULTURALCONNOTATION................................................................124.3DIFFERENTMODESOFTHINKING.......................................................................134.4DIFFERENTCONCEPTOFFACE............................................................................144.5DIFFERENTRELIGIONS........................................................................................15VCONCLUSION.......................................................................................................16REFERENCES17IIntroductionWiththedevelopmentofglobaleconomy,cross-culturecommunicationhasbecomemoreandmorefrequent,andthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternculturehavebecomemoreobvious,especiallythedifferencesoftableetiquette.Differentcultureshavedifferentnormsoftableetiquettewhichisanimportantwaytorunagoodcommunicationwithothercountrieswithdifferentculturalbackground.NomatterinChinaorWesterncountries,peoplethinksfoodasanessentialprerequisiteforhumanbeingexistence.Butpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgr...
