【正文】 e during socialization process. Custom Custom culture refers to the culture that formed in the daily social life and human munication activity by ethnic and habits. The differences of custom between east and west are various. Different nationalities show different ethnic culture and custom on many aspects such as greeting, thanks, flattery, apology, or making telephone calls. For example, when Chinese meet acquaintance, they always greet each other by asking “have you eaten” or “where are you going”. While in western culture, it does not belong to the greeting but a real problem. They may think “why does he ask me whether I have eaten” “does he want to invite me to have dinner”. When Chinese invited guests to have dinner, there are so many dishes on the table, but host says repeatedly “there is nothing for you” “have a potluck” and similar words. The host also helps pick food for guests and try his best to make guests eat and drink more. Westerner often doubted about this phenomenon. It is not realistic behaviour that host said there is nothing when there are so many dishes on the table. And their meal is very simple which often with a small number of delicious vegetables when they treat others. Host just says “help yourself” and they never carry food to guest39。s civilization and an expression of a person39。本文主要從幾個不同的方面論述了中西方餐桌禮儀的差異，了解了它們的不同，我們彼此之間才能更好的交流。由于我們所面對的是來自陌生的文化和國家，思維方式、生活習慣和行為方式與我們迥然不同的人，在與之交往的過程中不可避免的會出現(xiàn)文化沖突的現(xiàn)象，嚴重影響了交往的順利進行。西方餐桌禮儀也是很有講究。畢 業(yè) 論 文 　　　　　題　　目　　　中西方餐桌禮儀的差異　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 AbstractChina is a nation of etiquette, whose table manners have a long history. In fact, western countries have their own peculiar dining custom .With the development of China’s openingup, more and more Western culture gets into our sight. As we face with unfamiliar cultures and countries, some inevitable cultural conflicts might happen in the munication, which will seriously affect the contacts being carried out smoothly. Table manners have a decisive position in the munication between China and Western countries. During munication we will show our best image and avoid cultural conflicts. Learning and using the right etiquette will not only step up our own impression, but also promote the benefit and strife of the pany. This paper mainly discusses the differences of table manners between the West and China from several aspects. Knowing these differences, we can municate well with each other.Key Words: China, western countries, table manners, differences.中西方餐桌禮儀的差異摘要中國是禮儀之邦，其餐桌禮儀源遠流長。隨著中國對外開放程度的逐漸深入，西方社會的文化越來越多地映入了我們的眼簾。餐桌禮儀在交際當中已經(jīng)占據(jù)了重要的地位，學習和運用正確的餐桌禮儀，已不僅僅是自身形象的需要，更是提高雙效益、提升競爭力的需要。關鍵詞: 中國，西方國家，餐桌禮儀，差異CONTENTSAbstract in English…………………...……………………………IAbstract in Chinese …………………………………… … ……. II1 Introduction 12 Literature Review 13 Main Factors Causing the Differences 3 Geography 3 Tradition 4 Custom 64 Different table manners between China and West 7 Table setting 7 Dinnerware 8 The order of serving 9 Rules when enjoying the meal 105 Conclusion 116 Bibliographies 11Differences between Chinese and Western Table Manners1. Introduction Due to the Chinese people and foreigners have different life styles, the way of thinking, cultures, the table manners between china and western countries show a big difference. Chinese table manners have a long history, which date from Zhou Dynasty, at that time table manners have a quite plete system. Those table manners gradually go to a level of mature and perfect, moreover, they took an i