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1、ThedifferencesoftablemannersbetweenChinaandWestBackgroundArrangementofseatTablewaresFinisheatingAtmospheresConclusionBackground全球经济的发展,跨文化交际日益频繁,中西文化差异变得更加明显,特别是餐桌礼仪的差异。Withthedevelopmentofglobaleconomy,cross-culturecommunicationhasbecomemoreandmorefrequent,andthe
2、differencesbetweenChineseandwesternculturehavebecomemoreobvious,especiallythedifferencesoftablemanners.ArrangementofseatinChinesewayInChina,peopleusedtousethenumberofthetablestodefinethesizeofbanquet（宴会）.Insmallbanquetswhichhavetwotables,thetableontheleftorfarther
3、totheportal（大门）isthetoptable.Atbiggerbanquetsthathavethreeormoretables,therulesaremuchmorecomplicated.Generally,seatsthatclosertothetoptabletakeprecedence（优先）.Forexample,ontheweddingparty,familymembersofthebrideortheleadershipsarearrangedtothetablethatclosesttothe
4、toptable.Hostsshowtheirreverences（尊严，尊敬）totheguestsbyarrangingseatsbythisway.一般来说,座位接近顶部表优先。例如：在婚礼上，家庭成员或新娘的领导人在排列表最接近顶部的位置。通过这种安排座位的方法来显示主人对客人的尊重。Seatsatonetablealsohavedifferentmeanings.InChinesetablemanner,theseatoppositetothedooristhehonorseat,whichisforchiefg
5、uestsorelders;theseatsbesidearethesecondhonorseatwhichareforotherguests;theseatsthatoppositetothehonorseataretheinferior（下级的）seat.Inferiorseatsareforthehostandhostess.在中国餐桌文化中，位于门对面的位置是最尊贵的，这个位置是给高贵的客人或者长者。它旁边的是第二重要的位置，是留给其他客人的。主位位置的对面的劣质座位是留给主人和女主人的。Sobeforetheba
6、nquet,hostsshouldfirstinvitethechiefguestorelderstothehonorseat,andtheninviteothergueststothesecondhonorseat.Hostssitdownontheinferiorseatsafteralltheguestssitdown.所以所以在宴会之前，主人首先会邀请尊贵的客人或者老者入座主位，然后邀请其他的客人入座二等座为。等所有客人入座以后，主人才做到劣等的座位上。ArrangementofseatinwesternwayWe
7、sternpeoplepreferlongtabletoroundtablewhenentertainingfriends.Thehostandthehostessseatatbothendofthetable,whileguestsseatatotherseats.Thechiefguestsitsattheupperrightsideofthehostess,andthewifeofthechiefguestseatsattheupperrightsideofthehost.重要的客人坐在女主人的右上角，而重要客人的妻
8、子坐在主人的右上角位置。InChina,leftishonorandrightissecondary.Whileinwestern,rightishonorandleftissecondary.Theproperwaytotaketheseatinwesternistositbythelefthand.
