1. briefly describe the differences between Chinese and Western etiquette? 2. What are the functions of etiquette?

1, this is a generalization, generally on the cross-cultural communication of the university textbooks have these four points, translated basically --

a. Chinese collectivism, Western individualism

b. Chinese culture of the uncertainty of the factors of avoidance is very high, the West this aspect of the sensitivity of the low

c. Chinese social rights caused by the distance is very large, the West is smaller

d. p>d. Different degrees of prevalence of masculinity and feminism

Other aspects, which I have summarized below, are just some of the aspects, for reference only.

2. Chinese people are class-conscious, while the West is race-conscious, but Europeans seem to be significantly more class-conscious than Americans, while Australia as a name is more similar to the US (history and culture), although their English is more similar to that of the UK;

3,Chinese and Westerners have different concepts of the family, with China emphasizing responsibility, and the West emphasizing gratitude and the pursuit of personal happiness;

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4, Westerners have a high degree of tolerance for different ideas, China emphasizes sameness;

5, Chinese people have good figurative thinking and poor theoretical thinking, Westerners are slightly better at logical thinking;

6, the West (and not only the West) is more influenced by religious beliefs, although it is also moving towards secularism, mainland Chinese are divided into two kinds of people--atheists and superstitious, and there are never serious theists;

7, due to the fact that Chinese and Westerners have different concepts of family, China emphasizes responsibility, and the West emphasizes gratitude and the pursuit of personal happiness. p>

7, due to the influence of popular culture originating in the United States, the world is becoming more and more similar in terms of 'modern culture', for example, the whole world worships gold, and profit is paramount;

8, Chinese culture is more concerned with practicality, and is not interested in things that do not bring profit or benefit. In the West, there is a tradition of systematic philosophical elaboration;

9, China has a single standard of evaluation of human beings, and the pursuit of happiness in an individual case has a lot of regard for others rather than their own feelings. In the West, in addition to judging people by their accomplishments, people with different ideas are popular in interpersonal interactions;

10, contemporary China is a society in which cynicism is prevalent, whereas this is not the case in the rest of the world;

11, contemporary Chinese culture is not class-divided, whereas in the West it is multifaceted;

The functions of etiquette are as follows:

1, The function of communication People in social interaction, as long as both sides can consciously abide by the norms of etiquette, it is easy to communicate feelings, thus making the interaction easy to succeed.

2, the function of coordination In social interaction as long as people pay attention to etiquette norms, they can respect each other, friendly cooperation, so as to ease and avoid unnecessary conflicts and obstacles.

3, the maintenance of the function of etiquette is a reflection of the degree of development of social civilization and symbols, but also a wide, lasting and profound impact on social customs. The more you talk about etiquette, the more harmonious and stable the society will be.

4, the function of education etiquette through evaluation, discouragement, demonstration and other forms of education to correct people's incorrect behavior, advocate people according to the requirements of etiquette norms and coordination of interpersonal relations, to maintain a normal life in society. People who pay attention to etiquette also play a role in modeling, subconsciously influence the people around them.