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Difference of table etiquette between eastern and western cultures
There are differences and similarities between the etiquette at table between the eastern and western cultures. To raise a few examples, we could talk about the differences of both cultures. Westerners would use silverware such as forks, knives and soup spoons, which are made of stainless steel.Easterners would use chopsticks and soup spoons. In certain part of Southern Asia, people eat with their hands.
Dinner table and table seating arrangements are different between the two customs. The dinner table for the west is mostly rectangle while the east is round.
In addition, there are differences in the ways foods are served between the two cultures, the westerners serve dinner by courses and one course, or plate, is served after another. Each person has his own choice or portion of his foods served separately. However, the eastern culture, or the Chinese culture, has the foods served very much at the same time and they are not served separately to each individually. Therefore, in a Chinese meal, the foods are shared among the people at the table. It is considered bad manner for a person to use his chopsticks turning foods in a plate upside down to pick what he likes.
As for the similarities, both cultures would consider impolite for a person to put his elbows on the table or to talk with foods in his mouth.
带翻译:
东西方文化之间不同的餐桌礼仪
有礼仪之间的相同点与不同点在东西方文化之间的表。提高几个例子,我们可以谈论两种文化的差异。西方人会用银器如叉、刀和汤勺,这是不锈钢做的。东方人用筷子和汤勺。在南亚的某些部分,人们用手吃。
餐桌和表之间的座位安排是不同的两个海关。西方的餐桌大多是矩形,而东方是圆的。
此外,还有不同的食物是两种文化之间的服务方式,西方人上菜的课程和一门课,或板,是服务。每个人都有自己的选择,或者单独一部分他的食物。然而,东方文化,中国文化,同时很有服务的食物,他们不是每个单独分开。因此,中餐,食物是人民之间共享在桌子上。是被认为是一种不好的人用他的筷子把食物在盘子里倒挑选他喜欢的东西。
至于相似之处,两种文化会考虑礼貌的一个人把两肘支在桌上或跟嘴里的食物。本回答被网友采纳
第2个回答 2015-10-25
Difference of table etiquette between eastern and western cultures
There are differences and similarities between the etiquette at table between the eastern and western cultures. To raise a few examples, we could talk about the differences of both cultures. Westerners would use silverware such as forks, knives and soup spoons, which are made of stainless steel.Easterners would use chopsticks and soup spoons. In certain part of Southern Asia, people eat with their hands.
Dinner table and table seating arrangements are different between the two customs. The dinner table for the west is mostly rectangle while the east is round.
In addition, there are differences in the ways foods are served between the two cultures, the westerners serve dinner by courses and one course, or plate, is served after another. Each person has his own choice or portion of his foods served separately. However, the eastern culture, or the Chinese culture, has the foods served very much at the same time and they are not served separately to each individually. Therefore, in a Chinese meal, the foods are shared among the people at the table. It is considered bad manner for a person to use his chopsticks turning foods in a plate upside down to pick what he likes.
As for the similarities, both cultures would consider impolite for a person to put his elbows on the table or to talk with foods in his mouth.