Abstract
With the development of globalization, having dinner is not just for people’s basic need, but also for social communication. Nowadays, decent etiquettes on dinner table are more and more essential. Against different cultural backgrounds, China and Western countries may have different table manners. With the influx of Western culture into China, Chinese traditional etiquette has been constantly impacted by Western culture. To diffuse Chinese traditional etiquette and effectively integrate it with Western etiquette is more conducive to the cross-cultural communication. Hence, based on Hofstede’s dimensions of cultural variability theory, Kluckhohn’s value orientation theory and Edward T. Hall’s space theory, detailed discussion and comparison of differences between Chinese and Western table manners, including tableware, dining atmosphere and seat arrangement, are mainly talked about in this paper. It aims to analyze the cultural causes of these differences. It is essential to distinguish these differences and take an objective and respectful attitude to cooperate.
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How to cite this paper
A Comparative Study of Differences between Chinese and Western Table Manners
How to cite this paper: Jiayi Wang. (2023) A Comparative Study of Differences between Chinese and Western Table Manners. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 7(4), 668-671.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2023.04.006