从餐桌礼仪看中美饮食文化差异饮食是人类赖以生存的物质基础，文化是人类物质和精神价值的总和。饮食文化作为跨文化交际中非常重要的一部分，是人们约定俗成的同自然界与人文环境相适应的生活环境。而作为饮食文化一部分的餐桌礼仪也变得越来越关键。由于物质丰盈和文化底蕴不同，中美饮食文化中的餐桌礼仪文化存在着明显差异。
本文从中美两国不同的就餐气氛，不同的就餐时间观念，不同的饮食观念，不同的位次观念，不同的餐具使用，不同的进餐礼仪等方面来探索分析中美两国餐桌礼仪的差异，比较出中美两国不同的饮食文化。我们从中得到启示：尽管中美饮食礼仪存在差别，随着文化全球化的发展，这两种不同的文化正在融合。理解和尊重文化差异以加强中美两国之间的沟通和交流，取长补短，与时俱进。
关键词：餐桌礼仪；饮食文化；差异；中美
Abstract
Diet is the physical foundation of human being. Culture is the combination of physical and mental values to human being. Table manners，as a part of diet culture，becomes more and more important. Owing to the difference between abundant material and culture background，there exists distinct difference between Chinese and American diet culture，especially table manners.
The paper is intended to explore and analysis the difference between Chinese and American table manners to compare the Chinese food culture with American from the following aspects: the different dining atmosphere，the different dining concept of time，the different food idea，the different concept of precedence，the different usage of tableware，the different dining etiquette. Through the analysis of different table manners，we can gain a good deal of enlightenment: although there exists differences in Chinese and American food culture，the two different cultures mixed with each other constantly with the development of cultural globalization. On one hand we should understand and show respect to the cultural differences，on the other hand we should strength the communications and exchange between two countries to help and complement each other and advance with the times.
Keyword: Table Manners Food Culture Difference China and America
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