Westerndifferenthistoricalandculturalcausesthetablemanners.

　　Wanginthewesterntablemannersbuilding-upofthedifferencesmentionedforthousandsofyearsofChinesetraditionalcultureintheChineseConfucianism,TaoismandBuddhism,Confucianismhasthetraditionalthoughtmainlyemphasized"benevolence,righteousness,propriety,wisdom,faith",Taoistsadvocated"accustomizationnature","pure",Thebuddhistisadvocated"mercifulpurduebeings"and"harmony","continued."ThismakesChinesetablemannersmeansagreater".Insharpcontrast,thewesterncultureisakindof"guilt"culture,theybelieveingodcreatedman.Thewesternculture,tobeself-centered,theboundarybetweenpeopleisclear,don'tallowmutualinterference.Thisindividualculturecontributedtowesterntablemannerswithoutsharingaplateoffood.ButChineselovepeaceandquietlifeintheforest,andsooninthediningroomusecheapchopsticksastableware.ThechopstickscanalsoreflectChinesecollectiveconsciousness.Westernersprefertocolonizeinrestaurants,useaknifeandforkintheclass.Knifeandforkalsocanreflectindividualconsciousness,andnoblewestoflife.