Abstract: Culture is an indispensable element in China and the West. As a part of culture, dining etiquettes play an important role in people’s life. The paper overviews briefly the development of Chinese and Western dining etiquettes research. By comparison, the paper reveals the features and differences of each other’s dining etiquettes and points out the influences resulting from the differences. Based on the Iceberg Theory, the national culture bringing out the differences and influences will also be discussed. Furthermore, this paper proposes some suggestions to assure the differences can be employed in a positive way, aiming to promote a better communication between China and the West, absorb excellent culture mutually and make progress together.
Key words: culture; dining etiquette; differences; influence
摘要：文化是中西方各国不可或缺的元素之一。作为文化的一部分，餐桌礼仪在中西方各国人民的生活中也扮演者重要角色。本文对中西方餐桌礼仪文化的研究现状做了综述介绍，通过对比的手段揭示各自餐桌礼仪的特点和差异，并指出这些差异所带来的影响。此外，本文以冰山理论为支撑，追根溯源，探讨了产生这些差异及其影响的民族文化，并提出相应的建议，使得这些影响往积极的方向发展，以期促进中西方更好的交流，加深中西方优秀文化的相互渗透，达到互相吸收、共同进步的目的。
关键词：文化; 餐桌礼仪; 差异; 影响
