中西方餐桌礼仪与文化的对比与研究

天津工业大学毕业论文

中西方国家的餐桌礼仪与文化的对比分析

(申请文学学士学位>

院别：外国语学院

专业：英语

学生：王静楠

指导教师：王彤

职称：讲师

天津工业大学外国语学院

2018年6月

A contrastive Analysis of Table Manners and

Culture between China and Western

Countries

A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for

the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

Wang Jingnan

Under the Supervision of

Wang Tong

Foreign LanguagesCollege

TianjinPolytechnicUniversity

June 2018

Contents

Acknowledgementsii

Abstractiii

Introduction1

Chapter 1 Comparison of the Different Performance of Table Manners between Chinese and Western countries2

1.1 The Different Seating Arrangement2

1.2 The Different Dinner Atmosphere3

1.3 The Different Dinner Etiquette4

Chapter 2 General View of Brand and Brand Names5

2.1 The Different Drinking Etiquette5

2.2 The Different Drinking Purpose6

Chapter 3 Comparison of Different Dietary Culture between China and Western Counties7

Conclusion9

Works Cited10

Acknowledgements

I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me with this thesis. I really appreciate and thank for the help of my supervisor, Ms Wang, without her help and valuable instructions I can hardly complete this thesis. She patiently read every sentence of my humble article and gave inspiring advice to me. Not only should I thank for her kind assistance, also and more importantly I should learn her diligent and hardworking attitude. I also want to give my special thanks to all the professors in ForeignLanguageCollege, who have taught me precious academic knowledge and useful skills, so I can successfully complete this paper. All in all, I would love to say that sky is the limit to all the gratitude I want to show to all the generous and kind peoples who have been helping and supporting me without any complaints.

Abstract

With the constant development of global economy, the relation between China and Western countries is getting more and more closely connected regarding to politics, economy and culture. There is no doubt that etiquette plays an important role. And the dining table is one of the most important places where good manners are displayed. But great difference still exists between China and Western table manners, because of the differences in culture, history, customs and national character. People tend to show their best sides to others and avoid cultural conflicts. More attention should be paid on the difference between China Western table manners. But also they can communicate with other efficiently. Not only can people show that they are well-educated with the knowledge of the customs and decent and elegant behavior in a banquet, but also can they efficiently and smoothly communicate with others. When dining with foreigners, people will avoid conflicts with rich knowledge of the difference between Chinese and Western table manners. Great difference exists between China and Western countries in table manners. The research of the difference between Chinese and Western table manners will help people to learn language culture and improve the ability of communication in cross-culture practice.

Key words:Table manners。 table culture。 China and the West