【正文】 ctful attitude while insisting on their own culture, in order to municate properly and appropriately in crosscultural Differences of Table Manners Sense of Arriving Time Hall has classified two kinds of people according to his is monochromic time and the other is polychromic time(Edward Hall, 1976:17).People from western countries hold monochromic time assuming time is linear and can be cut, so they pay much more attention to timetables and are slaves to nothing but the clock, and time is treated as if it were something almost people from eastern countries insist on polychromic time, having no ideas of fixed , this difference is more obvious when attending a speaking, Chinese people which holding polychromic time tend to be later to show often arrive half an hour later than the prescribed time and the host also seems to have prepares for always arrange some other programs for guests while waiting, such as playing cards, drinking tea or chatting, so that the guests who e earlier would not feel the host and guests are used to this phenomenon and they do not regard this as a contempt or impolite behavior to the in western countries, people do things strictly abide by the schedule and all the activities begins according to the predetermined should arrive at the party on time especially the formal is considered as impolite and contempt for the host and other guests if one arrives 10 minutes Seat Arrangement The seating arrangement is probably the most important part of Chinese table seat of honor, reserved for the master of the banquet or the guest with highest status, is the one in the center facing east or facing the of higher position sit closer to the master of the guests of lowest position sit furthest from the seat of the guest of honor is not seated, other people are not allowed to be if he hasn’t eaten, others should not begin to a family holds a banquet, the seat of honor is for the guest with the highest status and the head of the house takes the least prominent it is a round table, then the one facing the entrance door is the guest of seats on the left hand are in turn second, fourth and sixth, etc, while those on the right hand are in turn third, fifth and seventh, etc, until they join ancient times there was a piece of furniture known as an Eight Immortals table, a big square table with benches for two people on each it is an Eight Immortals table and there is a seat facing the entrance door, then the right seat facing the entrance door is for the guest of there is no seat facing the entrance door, then the right seat facing the east is the seat of the seats on the left side of the seat of honor are the second, fourth, sixth and eighth and those on the right side are the third, the fifth and the in western countries, after the hostess announced dinner ready, male host will lead guests to the table in turn, and the hostess walks behind attentive host will also place name card on the table to show the there has no arrangement, the general principle for seat arrangement is that men and women sit guests of honour take the prior seats which on the right hand of hostess while women guests of honour seat on the right hand of him, and the other couples sit in diagonal and women sitting separately shows the open and lively of the American can promote the familiarity between each other and make the dining topic diversification and dining atmosphere principle for the seat arrangement is that the guest takes the seat first, the elderly prior to young people, the married prior to unmarried and stranger prior to the acquaintance and Order of Serving Dishes In China, many dishes have symbolic connotations, representing everything from wealth to a long life and the order of serving dishes shows Chinese Chinese meal begins with appetizers which are acpanied by beverage and are usually four or five of these appetizers, including cold meats, preserved eggs, smoked fish and vegetable relishes, all beautifully arranged either on separate dishes or on one large dishes that were boiled or poached are usually served first, followed by foods that were fried, such as stirfried chicken and stirfried shrimp, which are omitted most of the food should be served from the left of the opposite seats of guests of serving the whole duck, chicken and fish, the head and tail can not be put toward the major the hot dishes, then es the main course, rice, which is China39。關(guān)鍵詞：餐桌禮儀；文化差異；融合CONTENTS…………………………………………………………………………1 Review…………………………………………………………………...1 Differences of Table Manners...................................……………………...2 Sense of Arriving Time Seat Arrangement Order of Serving Dishes Tableware Behaviour and Communication Factors Causing the Differences.................................................…………….6 Geography Tradition Custom of Syncretism.............................................................................…………….7 ………………………………………………………………………….9Bibliography…………………………………………………………….…………….9 Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………………....10Cultural Differences of Table Manners betweenEast and WestWith the rapid development of economy and culture, having meals is not only for the basic physical satisfaction, but also the important skill in social for civic virtues and having good manners have bee increasingly mon understanding of the China, which has been a nation of etiquette and particular about food being the first necessity of the people since antiquity, table manners has a long history and has naturally bee an important part of dining the deepening of open policy in our country and the strengthening of munication between East and West, people have more and more opportunities to cooperate with , Chinese cannot avoid having dinners with series of table manners including sense of arriving time, seat arrangement, order of serving dishes, tableware, behaviour and munication reflect different culture and lifestyle in n