• If something is out of your reach, you ask politely for someone to pass it to you
• Not rude to leave plate full
• Not rude to leave your plate empty
• Not rude to take last item off dish
中西方饮食文化差异(英语)
Several aspects of the differences between the diet
• The Tableware • The Table Manners • The Diet Culture
• The Diet Concept • The Cooking Way
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• Not rude to reach i n front of someone to grab something
• Polite to reach for food with chopstick s
• Chinese host like to put food on your plate for you
Chinese table wares are quite simple and are often used for several purposes.
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Chinese people use fewer types of table wares, which is also perhaps influenced by their id ea of harmony and unif ication. Chopsticks ar e usually made from ba mboo .hold a pair of c hopsticks on hand and enjoy the dishes; it’ s not only economical but also convenient. C hopsticks can do almos t what our hands can d o ,so chopsticks are o ften considered as str etched part of hands
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பைடு நூலகம்
This has become a daily habit of people when they are eating . Moreover, in a formal banquet several sets of knives and forks are used. That means, when they eat one dish, they use one set of knives and forks. When they eat another dish, they use anot her set.
餐具
用餐礼仪 饮食文化 饮食观念
烹饪方式
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The difference of tableware Chopsticks and bowls
blue-and-white porcelain
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Knives and forks
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Chopsticks and knives are the two most typ ical table wares of the East and the West, representing two kinds of different wisdom .
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• In the west ,people often use several typed of table wares for one purpose, which may also probably result from the influence of the idea of individualism.
• Place bones or seeds in different dish
• Your host will fill u p your dish if it is empty
• Never take the last bit from a serving di sh
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• Food is passed around the table
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• Among the tablewar e, knives and forks are two kinds of ta ble wares with very long history in the west .
• They play the same role dinning and th ey are always used together. One hand holds the knife, on the other hand hold the fork .cut the f ood with knife, and then put the food i nto the mouth with the fork.
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Tea was first discovered by the Chinese. Tea is an indispensable part of the life of a Ch inese. A Chinese saying identifies the seven basic daily necessities as fuel, rice, oil, s alt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. The custom of drinking tea has been ingrained in the Chi nese for over a thousand years. During the mid-T'ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), a man named L u Yu created the first compendium in the world on tea, the Tea Classic. This work helped t o popularize the art of tea drinking all across China.
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China :
the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares
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The West : you have your own plate of food
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the difference of drink
Tea Wherever Chinese go, the custom of drinking tea foll ows.