table_manners餐桌礼仪.pptVIP

Table manners China VS. West 胡佩琪 2009120705 Important Table  manners Behavior sometimes signals a persons status, culture, and family education to others. Because the custom of using banquets to solve problems in business, for friendship, and even in officialdom by the Chinese people, one should pay attention to manners at the table and Chinese eating taboos. Difference? People prefer round table in the Chinese banquets. In the west, the long tables are the choice in the banquet. In China ,people like to seat around and share the plates . Chinese people value collectivism. In West, people have their own plate and eat their own food. Western people value individualism. Seating in China The seat of honor, reserved for the master of the banquet or the guest with highest status, is the one in the center facing east or facing the entrance. Those of higher position sit closer to the master of the banquet. The guests of lowest position sit furthest from the seat of honor. When a family holds a banquet, the seat of honor is for the guest with the highest status and the head of the house takes the least prominent seat. If round tables are used, the seat facing the entrance is the seat of honor. The seats on the left hand side of the seat of honor are second, fourth, sixth, etc in importance, while those on the right are third, fifth, seventh and so on in importance, until they join together. IN WEST They also think that the right is honor and the left is low. In the banquet, the host and hostess sit from each other, gentleman of honor sit near the host, his Madame sit near the hostess and the others follow them. In the informal party, it follows that women is first Tableware China West 中国人吃饭惯用筷子，而西方人用刀叉。对此，浙江大学的游修龄教授认为，这与环境有关。在我国，北方多木，南方多竹，而筷子的主要原料就是木头和竹子。而刀叉的起源与欧洲古代的游牧民有关，他们随身带刀，往往遇到猎物，用刀子割下来，烧熟了，用刀子分着吃。大约到15 世纪前后，为了改变进餐姿势，才慢慢开始使用叉子。 Chopsticks vs. Forks and Knifes  Origin of Chopsticks 相传大禹治水期间,他忙啊,忙得不可交支,忙得三次经过家门口都顾不得进去,更加不用说吃饭了。有一次