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1、On Differences Between Chinese and Western EtiquettesClass: 2 Name: 陈佳恩 Student No. 07090222【Summary】 As different countries have different histories and cultures, there are a lot of differences in the habit of conducts and the ceremony, especially between our China and the west countries. The jokes
2、 and the mistakes caused by misunderstanding is not unusual. This shows that the understanding of the different etiquettes between Chinese and the Westerners is absolutely necessary. In the office, to understand each others customer will be conductive to the exchanges between the countries. A person
3、 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 the Western culture, Chinese ritual and the Western ritual are fusions. The Westerners have
4、accepted the reasonable factors in Chinese culture and other important feelings. Chinese people have gradually accepted the advanced civilization of the Western culture and etiquette style. However, in real life, the etiquettes impact due to cultural differences between China and the West still exis
5、ts. The paper explores the differences between Chinese etiquette and the Western etiquette to make Chinese communicate with the Westerners more easily.【Key Words】 Etiquette; China; West;culture; tradition1. Introduction China is one of the four ancient countries who with long civilizations, the Chin
6、ese nation is the uniquely nation which exists thousands years in the world. Chinas etiquette, began at the Xia、Shang、Zhou dynasties and developed in Tang and Song dynasties. After many years it finally formed into its own system. The western society, is also the continuator of some ancient civiliza
7、tions. While after the Middle Ages darkness, it eventually met the Revival of Learning, and gestated the capitalism and modern civilization. So there is a totally difference between the western etiquette and Chinas. As the developing of Chinas reform and opening policy, the international communicati
8、on is increasing speedly. the differences of Chinese and western culture etiquette are showed more clearly. So we need to understand these differences in order to communicate more conveniently .2.The differences in daily intercommunication Most Chinese often use Have you eat?or Go where? to say with
9、 each other, because it shows I care about you. But for westerners, this greeting will make them feel embarrassed and unhappy, because these questions are all very private. They will consider you are cross-examining them.In western countries, they just say hello to each other or Good morningafternoo
10、nevening in the daily lives. But British meeting will say: it is a fine day today! Appellation, in Chinese, usually only between close friends we can use first names. But in the west, use first names are more frequently than that in Chinese. 3. The differences in dining etiquette We Chinese people h
11、ave the saying called Chinese peopel treat the eating as the biggest thing, it shows that we are paying more attention to food than anything else. Chinese cuisine considering about the colour, fragrance, taste, shape and pay more attention to the nutrition and delicious. The western diet is just on
12、the contrary, they think more about absorbing nutrition and never care the color or taste. Westerners are eating to survive and health, it seems they just eat rather then enjoy dinner.In the dining environment, Chinese people always lively, many people drink together, talking and laughing loudly to
13、build a kind of warm dining atmosphere. While the westerners in dinner, are very quiet and peace.They think in table people must care his manners and keep quiet and couldnt forget himself.4. The differences in clothing etiquette Western men in the public occasions usually wear a business suit. The c
14、onservative style is wearing white shirt and tie. They like black, so they often wear black shoes. Western women wear dresses in a formal place. Besides this, they have the custom of wearing earrings go out. Western countries, especially in the United States, people like to wear casual clothes, such
15、 as t-shirts and jeans. Today, the Chinese dress changes a lot and become more westernization, some traditional clothes such as ZhongShanZhuang、cheongsam are couldnt be found in common family.In formal occasions we dress like the western society while in the common life,we still can find many people
16、 wearing vests, shorts and slippers etc .5.The development and fusion of China and western etiquette culture Etiquette is also a kind of culture,so it likes culture changing .With the globalization developing up, and the background of the economic and cultural fusion wits westerns.Chinese traditional etiquette mixture with western etiquette is never ceasing. How to protect our Chinese traditional etiquett
