摘 要：随着社会经济的逐渐发展，生活水平的日益提高，人们越来越注重生活品质，对饮食的要求也就随之提高。饮食文化的文化底蕴十分深厚，饮食文化的发展对人类的发展起到不可估量的作用。本文主要从饮食观念、饮食方式、烹饪方式﹑餐桌礼仪等几个方面分析，中西饮食文化存在的差异，探究中西方饮食文化产生差异的原因。随着经济全球化以及信息变流速度的加快，中西饮食文化将在碰撞中不断交融，在融合中互补。

关键词：中西；饮食文化；差异；方式

Abstract：With the gradually development of social economic, the rising of living standards, people are becoming more and more attention to the quality of life, the requirement to the diet will improve accordingly.Diet culture culture is very deep, the diet culture the development of the immeasurable effect on the development of human beings.This paper mainly analyzes the Chinese and western countries in diet concept, diet, table manners, cooking methods, as well as differences, reveal the reason of the difference of Chinese and western food culture,With the speeding up of economic globalization and information converter, the fusion of Chinese and western food culture will continuously in the collision, complement each other in the fusion.

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Key words: Chinese and Western; diet culture; difference; manner

Contents

摘要 i

Abstract ii

I. Introduction １

II. Differences in the Execution of Chinese and Western Food ２

2.1 Differences in Concepts ２

 2.1.1 Perceptual and Rational ２

 2.1.2 Harmony and Separation ３

 2.1.3 Pomp and Simple Random ３

2.2 Differences in Dietary Patterns ４

2.3 Differences in Table Manners ５

 2.3.1 Tableware ５

 2.3.2 Differences in Seat Arrangement ６

 2.3.3 Eating Practices ６

2.4 Difference in Cooking Style ７

III. Reasons for the Differences between Chinese and Western food Dietetic Culture ８

3.1 The Influence in Religious Factor ８

3.2 The Influence in Political Factor ９

IV. Conclusion １０

Bibliography １２

Acknowledgements １３

The Differences Between Chinese and Western Food Dietetic Culture

I. Introduction

Chinese and western culture has always been the world's two major factions, and diet in two culture occupies very important position in the middle.Differences between Chinese and western culture so as to make the differences between Chinese and western diet culture, under the two different cultural background, Chinese and western diet custom, no matter in its concept, nature, or in their way, object, and many other aspects, the differences are very striking.And each has strengths.With the speeding up of economic globalization and information converter, the fusion of Chinese and western food culture will continuously in the collision, complement each other in the fusion.Chinese food now has begun to pay attention to the nutrition, health and cooking of food science;Western food also began to Chinese food color, aroma, taste, meaning and shape of the state of development.Chinese and western food culture will in communication common development. Chen Huawen once lists the cases to illustrate the connotation and importance of culture; he said “culture is like air and water that permeates every corner of our lives, people are enjoying the culture achievements that were created by predecessors in every time, also, people are inventing new culture in every moment. Our progress is the result of the culture creation and developing.” (Chen 2)  

   Nowadays globalization is gradually obvious, and communication between country and nation are also increasingly frequent.But Hunger breeds discontentment. Diet culture is closely related with our life.Apparently, “eating” is a means of communication with each other to narrow the distance. Diet culture, is also a cultural exchange in the indispensable important part.