Abstract: Table manners have an important place in the social life. Owing to the regional cultures, there lay great differences in table manners among different countries and nations. This article aims at analyzing cultural differences in table manners between Chinese and American, and discussing historical, geographical and civilization factors that cause the differences.

Key words: table manners; cultural differences; 

摘要：餐桌礼仪在人们的社会生活中占有非常重要的地位。不同国家和民族的餐桌礼仪因地域文化的差异而千差万别。本文分析了中美餐桌礼仪的文化差异，并从历史、地理和文明程度等方面探寻造成其文化差异的原因。

关键词：餐桌礼仪；文化差异；