TableMannersinChinaandWesternCountries

　　 Asthebasisofallotherceremonies,tablemannersaretheessentialprocedureineveryone’sdailylife.Toanyone’seducation,weusuallystartfromtablemanners.ThenTablemannersareveryimportantsinceitisrepeatedmanytimeseveryday.Itmustbedoneproperlywhethereatingalone,withfamily,orwithfriends.Youshouldtrainyourselfinpropertablemanners,whetheraloneorwithyourfamily.Itwillthenbecomeanaturalpartofyourbehavior,andyouwillbeateaseatthetable.

　　Tablemannersineverykindofculturearetotallydifferent.Forexample,Chineseusechopsticks,westernpeopleuseknivesandforks,whileIndianusehandswhatevidentlyreflectthedifferencebetweendifferentcultures.Meanwhile,thesedifferencescanactivelyexpresstheconnotationandcharacteristicofdifferentculture.

　　A.Chinesetablemanners

　　Chinesetablemannersoffamilieshavenointrinsicqualityeventherearedifferentregionandposition.Nomatterthreemealsadayorguest’sarrival,alwaysbowlswithchopsticks,foodwithsoup.Thereisnoruleforhowtoputthetableware.Whatpeoplecareaboutmorearenotthegorgeoustablewarebutthesumptuousfood.People’sdiningpositionreflectsthemostobviousetiquetteofChinesetablemanners.Inancientsociety,menaresupreme,andwomenarenotallowedtositwithmenonthesametable.Althoughthisismodernsociety,thiskindofancientetiquettestillremains.TodayinChina,thephenomenonthatmensitonthetablebeforewomencanbefoundeverywhere.Themasterofafamilyusuallysitsonthefirst-classseat.Thefirst-classseatisusuallyneartheinteriorofaroomfacingtothedoor.Oncethereisaguest,themasterwillofferthefirst-classseattotheguestpolitely.Ifitisanordinarymealoffamily,familiesshouldstartaftertheelder.Ifthereisaguest,themasterofferthefoodtotheguestisessentialfromthebeginningtotheend.Andthetraditionofurgingotherstodrinkisalsoaspecialphenomenon.

　　Eventhereisnoofficial“tablemanners’inchina,whilethereis“eatingbehavior”.Oncethereis“eatingbehavior”,theremustbesomeeatingmannersuptostandard.

　　HerearesomecharacteristicsonChineseeating:

　　a.Keepyoureyesonthemeal,especiallyatthebeginningofthemeal.

　　b.Wheneating,keepyourbodiesforward,andfacetoyourfood.

　　c.Itisallowedtospittheboneonthetables.

　　d.Whenchewing,itisallowedtomakesomerhythmicalnoisyofchewing.

　　e.TraditionalChinesemealdoesn’tneedthepublicchopsticks.

　　f.TraditionalChinesemealdoesn’thavethesweetsnacksaftermeal.

　　B.Westerncountries’tablemanners

　　ThebiggestdifferenceintablemannersbetweenChineseandwesternisthedetailsoftablemannerscanbeasclearasthespecificationswhatcanexactlygivepeoplecorrectmannerstoreferto.

　　HereareseveraltypicalmannerswhatcanillustratetherigorofWestern-stylefood.

　　a.Thewestern-stylefoodofficialdrinksthesoupposturerequesttoenterinadvancedthesoupwiththeladletooneselffarthatoneside,thentoleavesthedirectionwhichoneselfgoesfarawaytodelimitlightlyabundantly.

　　b.Whendinesintheprocess,ifyouneedtoputdowntheknife,theedgefacesoneselfassumesintheplateas10o’clockshape.Thetoolbitisthehandofacl

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