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【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 e important skill in social for civic virtues and having good manners have bee increasingly mon understanding of the China, which has been a nation of etiquette and particular about food being the first necessity of the people since antiquity, table manners has a long history and has naturally bee an important part of dining the deepening of open policy in our country and the strengthening of munication between East and West, people have more and more opportunities to cooperate with , Chinese cannot avoid having dinners with series of table manners including sense of arriving time, seat arrangement, order of serving dishes, tableware, behaviour and munication reflect different culture and lifestyle in nations or are many differences of table manners between eastern and western understand these differences can not only avoid mitting a breach of etiquette to each other, but also promote the development of humanity culture in both countries and achieve interpersonal harmony in crosscultural ReviewAs we all know, different countries have different is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one category of people from another(Hofstede, 1991).As a kind of social customs, table manners are influenced by culture and vary in different , known as civilized ancient country, has characteristic table manners with a long countries also formed their own table manners during the syncretism of nations and a certain degree, having good table manners is a symbol of a nation39。s civilization and an expression of a person39。s moral cultivation and acplishment level as the deepen of open policy in our country and the strengthen of munication between East and West, it is necessary for us to improve the consciousness of crosscultural munication and know the differences of table manners, such as sense of arriving time, seat arrangement, order of serving dishes, tableware, behaviour, munication and so fully understanding of the differences can prevent the failure in politeness and promote personal status on the dinner if we realize cultural connotation of table manners and the differences between East and West, can we talk and behave decently in crosscultural munication and make social munication an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals in the book The Rituals of the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and piics, she thoroughly defines the eating takes the different table manners in different areas and races to show the development of the world the book Culture on Dinner Table, Zhongtian(2004)says that the core thought of Chinese culture is group consciousness while the western core thought is individual order respective dishes by themselves rather than ask others for what they the contrary, Chinese agrees that personal will should obey group mon the book Differences and Syncretize of Etiquette Culture between East and West, Xiaojun explores the syncretism of etiquette culture between East and West on the basis of table manners to achieve the harmonious Lin and Zhou You pare the cultural differences between East and West from the point of view on tableware, seat arrangement, dinner atmosphere and aims at warning people to treat exotic culture with an objective, tolerant and respectful attitude while insisting on their own culture, in order to municate properly and appropriately in crosscultural Differences of Table Manners Sense of Arriving Time Hall has classified two kinds of people according to his is monochromic time and the other is polychromic time(Edward Hall, 1976:17).People from western countries hold monochromic time assuming time is linear and can be cut, so they pay much more attention to timetables and are slaves to nothing but the clock, and time is treated as if it were something almost people from eastern countries insist on polychromic time, having no ideas of fixed , this difference is more obvious when attending a speaking, Chinese people which holding polychromic time tend to be later to show often arrive half an hour later than the prescribed time and the host also seems to have prepares for always arrange some other programs for guests while waiting, such as playing cards, drinking tea or chatting, so that the guests who e earlier would not feel the host and guests are used to this phenomenon and they do not regard this as a contempt or impolite behavior to the in western countries, people do things strictly abide by the schedule and all the activities begins according to the predetermined should arrive at the party on time especially the formal is considered as impolite and contempt for the host and other guests if one arrives 10 minutes Seat Arrangement The seating arrangement is probably the most important part of Chinese table 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 of higher position sit closer to the master of the guests of lowest position sit furthest from the seat of the guest of honor is not seated, other people are not allowed to be if he hasn’t eaten, others should not begin to 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 it is a round table, then the one facing the entrance door is the guest of seats on the left hand are in turn second, fourth and sixth, etc, while those on the right hand are in turn third, fifth and seventh, etc, until they join ancient times there was a piece of furniture known as an Eight Immortals table, a big square table with benches for two people on each it is an Eight Immortals table and there is a seat facing the entrance door, then the right seat facing the entrance door is for the guest of there is no seat facing the entrance door, then the right sea