Differences between Chinese and Western Table Manners

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Differences between Chinese and Western Table
Manners
------Jenny Gill
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Introduction

• Sitting down
• Etiquettes on eating
• Leaving the table

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Sitting down ------in Western

• At a very formal dinner name cards will show you
  where you should sit.
• If there are no name cards on the tables, the
  host will take you to the correct place.

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Sitting down ------in Western

• If you are at a romantic dinner, the man should
  push the womans chair in for her.
• Sometimes the waiter will do this.

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Sitting down -------in China

• The main seat that should be seated by the most
  important person is the one facing the door, with
  the best view
• The second best one is the seat on the left hand
  of the main one.

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Sitting down -------in China

• Then the right part. Because in the Chinese
  people's point, the left is superior to the
  right. What you care most may be who is
  responsible for paying the bill.

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Etiquettes on eating------in China

• a. Keep your eyes on the meal, especially at the
  beginning of the meal.
• b. When eating, keep your bodies forward, and
  face to your food.

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Etiquettes on eating------in China

• c. It is allowed to spit the bone on the tables.
• d. When chewing, it is allowed to make some
  rhythmical noisy of chewing.

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Etiquettes on eating------in China

• e. Traditional Chinese meal doesnt need the
  public chopsticks.
• f. Traditional Chinese meal doesnt have the
  sweet snacks after meal.

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Etiquettes on eating ------in China

• Don't stick your chopsticks upright in the rice
  bowl. Instead, lay them on your dish.
• Make sure the spout of the teapot is not facing
  anyone.
• Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.

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Etiquettes on eating------in Western

• a. Western interpersonal communication need eyes
  contact, that is, gaze at the people on the table
  when eating and occasionally look the food.
• b. Keep your bodies straight and try to eat food
  by the forks in western table manners.

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Etiquettes on eating------in Western

• c. The belief of the western-style food, no one
  can spit anything in public. If you have to spit
  something, you can spit it to the towel quietly.
• d. When chewing, always keep your mouth closed
  and keep quiet in western.

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Etiquettes on eating------in Western

• e. In western-style food, people use the public
  scoop to pick the food in a big pan.
• f. Sweet snacks are essential in lunch and supper

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Similarities Differences
In China

In western countries

• Dont stick your chopsticks upright
• Dont tap your bowl
• Dont face the spout of teapot anyone
• Dont drink too much
• Dont burp

• Sit straight
• Smile
• Talk quietly
• Wait for the host to start eating
• Dont talk with food in your mouth
• Dont spit anything out
• Dont touch your nose, hair of teeth at the table

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Leaving the table ------in Western

• When you have finished your meal, place all used
  utensils onto your plate together, on the right
  side, pointed up, so the waiter knows you have
  finished. Do not place used utensils on the
  table.
• Except in a public restaurant, do not ask to take
  some uneaten food or leftovers home, and never do
  so when attending a formal dinner.

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Leaving the table ------in Western

• Leave the napkin on your chair only if leaving
  temporarily. When you leave the table at the end
  of the meal, loosely place the used napkin on the
  table to the left of your plate.
• Wait for your host or hostess to rise before
  getting up from a dinner party table.

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Leaving the table ------in Western

• Thank your host when leaving a dinner party.
• Once dessert, after-dinner coffee, or the
  equivalent is served, be wary not to overstay
  your welcome.

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Leaving the table ------in China

• When you leave the table at the end of the meal,
  place your napkin loosely next to your plate.
• dont forget to invite your host to your home for
  dinner someday before you leave .

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Thank you!