第1个回答 2015-12-14
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.