Differences Between Chinese and Americans in

Differences Between Chinese and Americans in

Manner Communication

Abstract: Etiquette is an important symbol of a country, a nation's degree of civilization, social customs and moral standards, but also a person's ideological consciousness, cultural cultivation, the basic embodiment of spiritual.. So it can be said that etiquette is a language, a tool. With the development of international communication and economic globalization, the blending of cultures and the penetration of cultures in the world are also accelerating. But different cultures have different manners. In order to better understand the cultural traditions, customs and social norms of the western countries, we need to understand the differences between Chinese and Western etiquette culture

Key words:differences,manner,communication

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1.Introduction ................................................................................................................. 3 2.Differences in communicative language ..................................................................... 3

2.1greeting ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.2Appellation ........................................................................................................................... 4

3.Dining etiquette difference ......................................................................................... 4 4.Dress differences ......................................................................................................... 4 5.Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 5 Bibliography: ................................................................................................................. 5

1.Introduction

Because of the different religions of the peoples of the world, people of all countries follow different manners. Chinese as one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, the ancient Chinese nation since ancient times to enjoy \state of ceremonies\reputation. Chinese nation has a long history, in the long history of five thousand years, not only created a brilliant culture, but also formed a lot of good, traditional etiquette norms. In western society, several ancient civilization's successor, has been the East Chinese echo each other at a distance. Through the darkness of the middle ages, the Renaissance, and the capitalism and modern civilization, have been born, and the modern science and technology and culture have been produced. China and the West have a very different etiquette culture. It is necessary for us to understand the differences of these rituals before the perfect fusion of Chinese and Western etiquette culture.

2.Differences in communicative language

2.1greeting

As a traditional custom, the Chinese people are based on a polite manner, the Chinese people are more like to greet each other, and the more they greet others, the more they seem to be warm and polite. For example: Chinese Lu Yu acquaintances love greetings Road: \the \goodbye!\and so on, sometimes with a proper name, such as: \Wang, Hello!\going Where?\their private affairs.Also as a habit, when the west is to show a more casual feeling.

To Americans, for example, Americans meet, usually \\you doing How?\\everything going?\\s up What?\It can be seen that the American people in the daily life of the greeting language is a wide variety of.

2.2Appellation

Chinese traditional culture attaches great importance to the family, relatives appellation mostly the identity, seniority in the family, close or distant relationship that take in everything in a glance. Western culture advocating individualism, emphasizing the independence of the personality, family values as we are not strong, so the family name is not as good as Chinese complex.

3.Dining etiquette difference

Because of the differences in natural environment and work style, the Chinese and Western countries have a lot of differences in dining etiquette. In the diet, in order to feast for example. In any one of the Chinese banquet, regardless of what purpose, there will be a form, it can be said to be a phenomenon, that is, when you come, they will be gathered in a table, sharing a table. Generally speaking, the banquet is a round table.

4.Dress differences

Westerners pay attention to the identity, the clothes as a symbol of the embodiment of the identity of the Chinese people pay attention to charm. If Western dress culture, deliberate pursuit of beauty of human performance, and completely ignored the clothing ethics, so Chinese clothing culture as influenced by the traditional ethical values also more or less retained moral decency. The most representative of our country is the representative of western suit, dress is suit.

5.Conclusion

Etiquette is a nation in the specific historical conditions and geographical environment development and inherited the etiquette civilized norms, is a kind of symbol or embodiment of the cultural forms. In the process of Western etiquette and culture integration, we should study and understand the cultural factors behind the etiquette, so that we can better grasp the principle and habits of communication, reduce the cultural differences caused by the communication barrier, so that \natural, know its\western etiquette and cultural differences, recognition and respect for differences, to explore interoperability in etiquette culture, true line of our etiquette in the world.

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