Abstract Diet is absolutely necessary in the life of mankind, and even in the existence or development. Because of the differences between Chinese and western cultural traditions, the Chinese and western dietary cultures are different in concept, target, pattern, attribution and nature. We study these differences and then find out the points that can be digested, in order to facilitate the communication about cultures between China and the west. Traditional Chinese culture is agricultural culture and ocean culture, while traditional western cultures reflect perse life styles in which food is the most representative aspect. In variously cultural contexts ,whether it is in concept,objects,kitchen ware, table ware,or table manners these differences are obvious . But as development of the communication and integration of the international, Chinese and western dietary culture will be developed in common communication.This will play a significant role to promote the communication of culture in the world.   56282

Keywords: dietary culture; cultural tradition; difference; China; Western

 摘要饮食是人类生活、生存与发展的必需，可是由于中西方文化传统的差异，导致了中西方饮食文化在观念、对象、方式、归属与性质方面产生了差异，研究这些差异，找出可以融会贯通的地方，促进中西文化交流。中国是一种农耕文化的陆地文化，而传统的西方文化是一种畜牧文化的海洋文化，俩种不同的文化反映出人们生活方式的差异，其中饮食文化更是具有代表性的一个方面。在不同的文化背景下，无论是在饮食观念，饮食对象，厨具，餐具还是餐桌礼仪等各个方面，这些饮食文化的差异都是显而易见的。但是随着国际之间的交流和融合，中西饮食文化业将会在交流同发展，这对全世界范围内的文化交流将起到促进的作用。

毕业论文关键词：饮食文化; 文化传统; 差异；中国; 西方

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. The Differences of Dietary Cultures between China and the West 3

3.1 Dietary Concepts 3

3.2 The Nature 5

3.3 Cooking Patterns 6

3.4 The Order of Serving Dishes 6

4.  Cause for the differences 7

4.1 Table ware 7

4.2 Diet etiquette 9

4.3The influence of political 9

4.4 Economic factors 10

4.5The impact of the geographical environment 11

5. Conclusion 12

Works Cited 13

 1. Introduction 

With the entrance of the 21st century cross-cultural communication has been a more and more popular activity even among common people. However, because of the differences of areas, environments and customs, different nations have formed their specific cultures.Food, as an essential prerequisite for existence, is any substance that provides the necessary nutrient to maintain life and growth when ingested. It plays an irreplaceable role in the development of society and in the progress of human beings. As human developed, people’s needs to food is not only limited to nutrition, the content of eating abounded gradually and eating food became a kind of culture, However ,people living in different countries are influenced by respective natural environment, historical background and national culture. Then in the field of food culture originated from certain historical factors, their inheritance and development was dominated by spiritual culture which has the subjective tendentiousness.源'自:吹冰-'论/文'网"www.chuibin.com