A Comparison Between Chinese Etiquette and Western Etiquette

A Comparison Between Chinese Etiquette and

Western Etiquette

Abstract

Since ancient times, to entertainment, economic, political and other for the purpose of the party always attract someone's attention as large-scale activities. While the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western etiquette are also attracted public's attention. Different histories have different cultures; will have different contents and forms. And in the exchange of redundant frequent today, to understand the different etiquette culture in the west is absolutely necessary. Contemporary western etiquette culture in the trend of social development gradually integrated Chinese and Western culture, respect, understand and know the advanced civilization of the western culture etiquette style, people have gradually accepted the reasonable factors in Chinese culture and other important emotional. However, in real life, interest influence still exists. This paper explores the Chinese and Westerner's more easily differentiated from the western etiquette.

The first chapter briefly introduces the West in their banquet etiquette culture, general understanding of both cultural details, and carry out a simple contrast; the second chapter from the comparison of three aspects of contrastive description, thus put forward the text focuses on the content : in the western the inevitable differences exist between. One, dining etiquette, to table manners and seating arrangement is different as an example to illustrate the difference between; two, interpersonal communication, the party always has a variety of figures together to end his joking talk, this section is to the West in the different way of talking and content and the performance of different ways, and toast to describe, demonstrate differences; three, a banquet etiquette in the potential of some values compared to, for example, the concept of time, and the feast of the luxurious dress. The last chapter is this article explores the objective -- since differences exist, is inevitable, how we should use a proper attitude towards such exist. Then, is the conclusion of this paper.

Existence is value. Because of geographical, development and humanity is different and some are not acceptable difference. For such exist, cannot have abandoned the idea, even cannot ignore, as much as possible to find out the reason, and in practice to find the correct, appropriate methods to treat them, improve their, can eventually equal existence.

Key Words: Chinese, western, etiquette, differences.

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摘 要

自古以来，以娱乐、经济、政治等为目的而举行的宴会总是引人注目的大型的活动。而中西方的宴会礼仪的异同却更为吸引大众的眼球。不同的历史造就了不同的文化，才会有不同的内容与表现形式。而在交流频繁的今天，了解不同的礼仪文化对于中西方人是绝对必要的。当代的中西方礼仪文化在社会发展的趋势下渐渐融合，中国人尊重西方的文化，了解并懂得了西方文化中先进文明的礼仪风格，西方人也逐渐接受了中国文化中的合理因素和其他重要的情感。然而，在现实生活中，利益的影响仍然存在。本文探讨的是中国与西方人更容易区别中西方礼仪。

本文第一章首先简单介绍中西方各自的宴会礼仪文化，大致的了解双方的文化情，并践行一个简易的对比；第二章从三个方面进行对比描写，从而提出文本的重点内容：中西方之间存在的不可避免的差异。一，餐饮礼仪，以餐桌礼仪和座次安排的不同为例来说明两者之间存在的区别；二，人际交流，宴会中总是有各种人物聚在一起端着酒杯说笑交谈，这一小节就是以中西方不同的交谈方式以及内容还有表现和敬酒方式的不同等来描述、论证差异的存在；三，宴会礼仪中潜在的一些价值观念来对比，例如，时间观念、着装程度以及宴会的奢华度。最后一章给出本文探讨的目的——既然差异是存在的，是不可避免的，我们应该用怎样一种正确的态度来看待这样的存在。而后，是全文的结论。

存在就证明这个事物的价值。因为地域、发展以及人文的不同而出现了一些被人们不可接受的差别。对于这样的存在，不能有着摒弃的想法，更不能无视，要尽可能地找出原因，并在不断的实践中找到正确的、合适的方法去对待它们，改善它们，最终可以平等的存在。

关键词： 中国，西方，礼仪，不同点

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Contents

Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... I 摘 要 ........................................................................................................................................II Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 4 1 The Brief Introduction of Banquet Etiquette ..................................................................... 6

1.1The Western Forms of Banquet Etiquette ................................................................ 6 1.2The Main Forms in China .......................................................................................... 7 2 Comparison of Etiquette Between Chinese and Western.................................................. 9

2.1 Dining Etiquette.......................................................................................................... 9

2.1.1 The Western Dining Etiquette ..................................................................... 10 2.1.2 Some Etiquettes in China ............................................................................. 11 2.1.3 The Difference Between the Seating ............................................................ 12 2.2 Interpersonal Communication ................................................................................ 13

2.2.1 Forms of Talking ........................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 Propose a Toast.............................................................................................. 14 2.3 Values ........................................................................................................................ 16

2.3.1 Concept of Time Difference.......................................................................... 16 2.3.2 Master Degree of Luxury for a Feast .......................................................... 16

3 Treat the Differences Correctly ......................................................................................... 17

3.1 Reasons for the Differences ..................................................................................... 17

3.1.1 The Different Cultural Background ............................................................ 17 3.1.2 Development Environment is Different....................................................... 18 3.1.3 Individualism and Collectivism.................................................................... 19 3.2 Influences of the Differences ................................................................................... 20

3.2.1 Communication Barriers .............................................................................. 20 3.2.2 Fusion of Conflict .......................................................................................... 21 3.3 Attitudes to the Differences ..................................................................................... 21 Conclusion............................................................................................................................... 23 References ............................................................................................................................... 24

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Introduction

Etiquette mainly comes from two sources: the one comes from the custom. The other one comes from the exquisite of food and drink. The party is often used to celebrate a festival, anniversary which includes congratulations, entertaining guests or other matters. Banquet scenes are generally relatively large or grand, can make the person gets a courtesy meeting. Different parties have different functions, say welcome ,congratulations or thanks , do some friendly affection .the banquet, can coordinate the relationship, contact feeling, elimination of barriers, enhance friendship, strengthen unity, seek support, facilitates cooperation. You the banquet is the international and domestic social interactions in a passage of the higher level of liturgical forms. In general, government organs, social groups organized by a certain scale of the banquet, known as the banquet; private holding smaller called feast. At present, the parties' form along with the social advance and development become more and more diversified, formal etiquette also subsequently spread.

People's every word and action, in the era of information disclosure, also represents their position, however, the party from the past in order to provide only entertainment, with local more business, or is a full of political recreational occasions more meaningful

This is highly controversial that the western etiquette culture differences, which is also a part of the banquet etiquette. Many Chinese and foreign scholars for both the similarities and differences between point is studied and discussed, also published many theory carries on the description, clarify their own point of view. As the propulsion of the times, the Western cultural exchanges between enhancement and fusion, the banquet etiquette similarities and differences in will be gradually reduced, but not necessarily complete fusion, both to ensure their own liturgical characteristics of a large cultural backgrounds learn from each other a bit, to improve their own shortcomings, so as to improve the deficiencies, to strengthen bilateral exchanges.

The differences between Chinese culture and Western culture this is unavoidable. The two systems are different：The management way is different, the way nature also will exist far distance difference, even in a contact start to accept each other's cultural etiquette. But with the bilateral exchanges and strengthen, will gradually found some

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points in common, for example, the party aims, banquet, just some of the details for the same.

The content of this research includes three aspects. First, dining etiquette similarities and differences, to introduce and compare the more formal banquet catering when should pay attention to the difference; second, interpersonal communication, the party will meet people of different status, how to communicate with them to get along is a method; third, concept of value, the western people only because the national system of values of different itself has some differences, but in the banquet etiquette will show how values? Then, on the three aspects of the existence of some discussion, why there is such a difference? Such differences in both the exchange and what impact will be? We should hold how to approach this long time phenomenon. What kind of attitude is the right attitude?

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