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南华大学船山学院学期论文第1页,共4页1.BackgroundandsignificanceVisitingetiquetteisoneoftheimportantetiquettesinourdailylife,butbecauseofthedifferentcultures,ChinesevisitingetiquetteandWesternvisitingetiquettehassomeparentdifferences.Ifwewanttocommunicatewitheachothereasily,undoubtedlyweshouldlearnwhatthedifferencesareandunderstandthedifferencesbetweenChinesevisitingetiquetteandWesternvisitingetiquettetoachievethefusionofdifferentcountriesordifferentnationality.Onlyinthiswaycanwegotothenewstageincommunicationandthenimprovetheabilityoftheinterculturalcommunication.2.LiteraturereviewOnce,aChinesepaperalsodiscussedthesamematterasme,itexploredthevisitingetiquettebetweenChinaandWest.Thewriterexploredthisetiquettethoughmakinganappointment,welcomingtheguestandmakingafarewell.Iwanttomakesomedifferencesfromwhathesaidinhispaper,andIwanttomentionsomethingwhichhedidn’tmentioned.Inmypaper,Iwillexplorethevisitingetiquettebymakingacomparisonthroughfourparts:makinganappointment,welcomingtheguest,sendinggifsandmakingafarewell.3.Characteristics3.1ThecharacteristicofChinesevisitingetiquetteOntheonehand,itisallknownthatdressingactsanimportantroleinvisitingetiquette,especiallyinchina.Whenapersonwantstovisitsomeone,thefirstquestioninhismindiswhatclothesaremostperfectorsuitable.Hewilltakealotoftimetochoosetheclothestheymostlikeandevenaskotherstogetsomesuggestions.Theperson,whoisthehost,alsoistroubledbythesamequestion.Hewantstoshowhishospitalitytotheguest,sothesuitableclothwillmakehimseempolitetoothers,andalsomaketheguestthinktheyarerespectedbythehost.So,theChineseusuallyignorethepunctuality,theyspendtoomuchtimeinchoosingthecloth.Onetheotherhand,Chinesepeoplealwaysholdanattitudeofhumilityandimplicative.3.2ThecharacteristicinWesternvisitingetiquetteAsweallknow,themostapparentcharacteristicinwesternvisitingetiquetteisthetimethe南华大学船山学院学期论文第2页,共4页guestcometothehost’shome.InWest,whenyouwanttovisitsomeone,youneedn’tgotohishometooearlybecausemaybethehostisstillpreparingforsomething.Ifyoucometooearly,itwillshowyou’reimpolitetoothers.Also,youshouldn’tbetoolate;itisagoodwaytoshowthatyoudon’trespectothers.Thebesttimeyougotothehost’shomeistobelateforthreetofiveminutes.Throughthewholevisiting,theWesternpeopleshowustheirforthrightandfrankratherthanwhattheChinesedo.4.ThecomparisonbetweentheChinesevisitingetiquetteandWesternvisitingetiquette4.1MakinganappointmentJustaswesterncountries,inChina,ifyouwanttovisitsomebody,youshouldmakeanappointmenttomakesurethetime,theplaceandthenumberofpeople.Ingenerally,theplaceisalsodeterminedbythehostbecausechinahasaproverb:guestfollowsthehostandshowrespecttohost.Butlongtimeago,peopledon’tmakeanoticeorappointmentinChina,andifthehostisnotathome,heevenshouldapologizetotheguest.Inaformaloccasion,you’dbetterdon’tletyourchildrenwithyou,maybeyoucanleavethemathome.Andalso,thetimeyouchooseshouldbeacceptable,andtryyourbesttoavoidtheresttimeoreatingtime.InAmerica,Britainandotherwesterncountries,ifyouwanttovisitsomeoneyoushouldexplainthepurposethetimeandtheplace.Andafterbothsidesagree,theappointmentcanbecalledsuccessfully.Andinmostwesterncountries,therearemanywaystomakeanappointment,suchaswritingaletter,makingacallorsendinganemail.Ifyoudon’tmakeanappointmentbeforeyouvisitingsomeone,therewillleadtotworesults:First,thehostmayreceiveyou.Itisthebestresult.Inthissituation,thevisitorcan’tstaytoolong;theyshouldgohomeassoonastheyfinishtheimportantthing.Second,thehostmayhavesomethingimportanttodealwith,andhehasn’ttimetowelcomeyou.Inthissituation,youshouldbepoliteandholdatactfultone.4.2WelcomingtheguestChinesehasthetraditionofhospitalityandpoliteness.Whentheguestcomes,whateverheorsheis南华大学船山学院学期论文第3页,共4页individualguestornot,thewholefamilywillcomeoutandmakegreetingtotheguest.Butthereisanorder,fromoldertoyounger.Aftertheguestcamehome,hostsshouldfindasittolettheguestsitdown,andthenofferedteaandcigarette.Asweallknow,drinkingteawithguestischina’straditionalcustom,butthehostalsoofferingallkindsoffruitstotheguest.Atthistime,theguestshouldsaysomewordstorefusesuchas“Idon’tneedit”,“ittroublesyoutoomuch”.Itisquitedifferentinwestintermstowelcomingtheguest.Whenthehostopensthedoor,heoftensays:“hello,gladtoseeyou.Pleasecomein.”Whentheguestcomesinthehouse,heshouldtakeoffthecoat.Atthistime,thehostshouldsay:“shallItakeyourcoat?”Andifyouwareahat,youshouldtakeoffitwhenyoucomeinthehouse.Afteryousat,thehostmayaskyouwhatkindofdrinksdoyouwanttohave,andtheguestoftentellthehostwhathereallywanttohaveratherthanrefusing.Youshouldn’tsmokeifyoudon’tgetthepermitionofthehostinWesternvisitbecauseitmakesthehostthinkyouareimpolite.4.3SendinggiftsItisverycommontosendagifttothehostwhenyouvisithimwhetherinwestorinChina,andtheyallthinkitisnecessary,buttherearestillsomethingdifferent.Chinesealwayspaymoreattentiontochoosethegiftswhichhavepracticalvalues,whilethewesternerstendtopaymoreattentiontothememorialvalues.Exactlyspeaking,whatChinesesendisagiftandwhatwesternerssendisasouvenir.InChina,whentheguestsendsthegifttothehost,heoftensays：“小意思，不成敬意。”or“东西不好，请笑纳”。Butinwest,thevisitoroftensays:“Iho