-I-AComparisonBetweenChineseEtiquetteandWesternEtiquetteAbstractSinceancienttimes,toentertainment,economic,politicalandotherforthepurposeofthepartyalwaysattractsomeone'sattentionaslarge-scaleactivities.WhilethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternetiquettearealsoattractedpublic'sattention.Differenthistorieshavedifferentcultures;willhavedifferentcontentsandforms.Andintheexchangeofredundantfrequenttoday,tounderstandthedifferentetiquettecultureinthewestisabsolutelynecessary.ContemporarywesternetiquettecultureinthetrendofsocialdevelopmentgraduallyintegratedChineseandWesternculture,respect,understandandknowtheadvancedcivilizationofthewesterncultureetiquettestyle,peoplehavegraduallyacceptedthereasonablefactorsinChinesecultureandotherimportantemotional.However,inreallife,interestinfluencestillexists.ThispaperexplorestheChineseandWesterner'smoreeasilydifferentiatedfromthewesternetiquette.ThefirstchapterbrieflyintroducestheWestintheirbanquetetiquetteculture,generalunderstandingofbothculturaldetails,andcarryoutasimplecontrast;thesecondchapterfromthecomparisonofthreeaspectsofcontrastivedescription,thusputforwardthetextfocusesonthecontent:inthewesterntheinevitabledifferencesexistbetween.One,diningetiquette,totablemannersandseatingarrangementisdifferentasanexampletoillustratethedifferencebetween;two,interpersonalcommunication,thepartyalwayshasavarietyoffigurestogethertoendhisjokingtalk,thissectionistotheWestinthedifferentwayoftalkingandcontentandtheperformanceofdifferentways,andtoasttodescribe,demonstratedifferences;three,abanquetetiquetteinthepotentialofsomevaluescomparedto,forexample,theconceptoftime,andthefeastoftheluxuriousdress.Thelastchapteristhisarticleexplorestheobjective--sincedifferencesexist,isinevitable,howweshoulduseaproperattitudetowardssuchexist.Then,istheconclusionofthispaper.Existenceisvalue.Becauseofgeographical,developmentandhumanityisdifferentandsomearenotacceptabledifference.Forsuchexist,cannothaveabandonedtheidea,evencannotignore,asmuchaspossibletofindoutthereason,andinpracticetofindthecorrect,appropriatemethodstotreatthem,improvetheir,caneventuallyequalexistence.KeyWords:Chinese,western,etiquette,differences.-II-摘要自古以来,以娱乐、经济、政治等为目的而举行的宴会总是引人注目的大型的活动。而中西方的宴会礼仪的异同却更为吸引大众的眼球。不同的历史造就了不同的文化,才会有不同的内容与表现形式。而在交流频繁的今天,了解不同的礼仪文化对于中西方人是绝对必要的。当代的中西方礼仪文化在社会发展的趋势下渐渐融合,中国人尊重西方的文化,了解并懂得了西方文化中先进文明的礼仪风格,西方人也逐渐接受了中国文化中的合理因素和其他重要的情感。然而,在现实生活中,利益的影响仍然存在。本文探讨的是中国与西方人更容易区别中西方礼仪。本文第一章首先简单介绍中西方各自的宴会礼仪文化,大致的了解双方的文化情,并践行一个简易的对比;第二章从三个方面进行对比描写,从而提出文本的重点内容:中西方之间存在的不可避免的差异。一,餐饮礼仪,以餐桌礼仪和座次安排的不同为例来说明两者之间存在的区别;二,人际交流,宴会中总是有各种人物聚在一起端着酒杯说笑交谈,这一小节就是以中西方不同的交谈方式以及内容还有表现和敬酒方式的不同等来描述、论证差异的存在;三,宴会礼仪中潜在的一些价值观念来对比,例如,时间观念、着装程度以及宴会的奢华度。最后一章给出本文探讨的目的——既然差异是存在的,是不可避免的,我们应该用怎样一种正确的态度来看待这样的存在。而后,是全文的结论。存在就证明这个事物的价值。因为地域、发展以及人文的不同而出现了一些被人们不可接受的差别。对于这样的存在,不能有着摒弃的想法,更不能无视,要尽可能地找出原因,并在不断的实践中找到正确的、合适的方法去对待它们,改善它们,最终可以平等的存在。关键词:中国,西方,礼仪,不同点-III-ContentsAbstract......................................................................................................................................I摘要.......................................................................................................................................IIIntroduction..............................................................................................................................41TheBriefIntroductionofBanquetEtiquette.....................................................................61.1TheWesternFormsofBanquetEtiquette................................................................61.2TheMainFormsinChina..........................................................................................72ComparisonofEtiquetteBetweenChineseandWestern..................................................92.1DiningEtiquette..........................................................................................................92.1.1TheWesternDiningEtiquette.....................................................................102.1.2SomeEtiquettesinChina.............................................................................112.1.3TheDifferenceBetweentheSeating............................................................122.2InterpersonalCommunication................................................................................132.2.1FormsofTalking...........................................................................................132.2.2ProposeaToast..............................................................................................142.3Values........................................................................................................................162.3.1ConceptofTimeDifference..........................................................................162.3.2MasterDegreeofLuxuryforaFeast..........................................................163TreattheDifferencesCorrectly.........................................................................................173.1ReasonsfortheDifferences...........................................