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On the Differences of Sacrificial Ceremony in China and the West 中西方祭祀仪式的差异 Abstract Since different countries have different histories and cultures, there are a lot of differences in the habit of conducts and the sacrifice ceremony, especially between China and the West, the jokes and the mistakes caused by misunderstanding is not unusual. This shows that the understanding of the different religious cultures between Chinese and the Westerners is absolutely necessary. Sacrificial ceremony is part of social etiquette, in the office or social communication occasions, to understand each other’s customs and etiquette will be conductive to the exchanges between the countries. A person who understands others rituals and folk customs can be seen as respecting for others and can be easier to make a good impression on the other side. Along with the constant development of Chinese culture and Western culture, the Westerners have accepted the reasonable factors of heavy affection from Chinese culture. Chinese people have gradually accepted the advanced civilization of the Western culture and etiquette style. However, in real life, different sacrificial ceremony and social etiquette’s impact due to cultural differences between China and the West still exists. The paper explores the differences of sacrifice ceremony between China and the West to make Chinese communicate with the Westerners more easily, avoid and reduce the cultural conflict and misunderstanding as much as possible in cultural exchanges. Key words： Culture difference; Sacrifice ceremony; Religious belief 摘要 由于各国的历史和文化底蕴不同，各国人民在进行交往时的行为习惯、祭祀礼仪有不少差异。特别是中西方之间，礼仪上的差异很大。因为不了解这些差异而引起的误会和笑话也不少见。由此可见了解中西方交往的习惯差异是很有必要的。在办公室或社交场合，了解对方客户有利于各国之间的交往。一个了解对方的礼仪和民俗习惯的人，是对对方的尊重而且很容易给对方留下好印象。随着中西方文化的不断发展，中西方的礼仪正在相互融合，西方人逐渐接受了中国文化中重情感等合理因素，中国人也逐渐接受了西方文化中先进文明的礼仪和交往方式。 在现实生活中，由于中西方文化的差异对礼仪产生的影响还很多，为此本文探讨并概述了中西方宗教祭祀礼仪的几点差异，使中西方人人们之间的交往更加容易,并在文化交流中尽量避免和减少文化冲突和文化误解。 关键词：文化差异；祭祀仪式；宗教信仰 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 The Important