A Study of Differences between Chinese and Western Food中西方饮食文化对比研究.docx

1、A Study of Differences between Chinese and Western Food中西方饮食文化对比研究A Study of Differences between Chinese and Western Food研究中西方饮食文化的差异论文摘要本文主要探讨了中西方饮食文化的差异。在这个复杂的世界文化，饮食文化在世界文化中起着十分重要的作用。中西方文化的差异带来了中西饮食文化的差异，不同的国家有自己不同的饮食文化特点。 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，两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

2、。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与融合，中西饮食文化业将会在交流中共同发展，这对全世界范围内的文化交流将起到促进的作用。 关键词: 差异；文化；饮食文化AbstractThis thesis explores the differences between Chinese and Western dietary culture. In the complex world culture, the dietary culture plays an extremely important

3、role in the world culture. The differences between Chinese and Western culture created the differences between Chinese and Western dietary culture. Different countries have their own dietary cultural. Traditional Chinese culture is agricultural culture and land culture, while traditional western cul

4、ture is animal husbandry culture and ocean culture. These two kinds of cultures reflect diverse 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. Bu

5、t 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 worldKey words: differences; culture; food dietetic cultureConte

6、ntsIntroduction.1Chapter One Dietary Concept.21.1 Chinese dietary concept.21.2 Western dietary concept.3Chapter Two Food and Drink42.1 The main of materials42.2 Condiment.62.3 Side dish72.4 Wine .8Chapter Three Table Manners.93.1 The Differences between Chinese and Western Table Manners.93.2 The cha

7、racteristic of Table Manners103.2.1 The characteristic of Table Manners in China .103.2.2 The characteristic of Table Manners in the West11Chapter Four Kitchen ware and table ware124.1 Kitchen ware.124.1.1 Chinese kitchen ware.124.1.2 Western kitchen ware.144.2 Tableware.154.2.1 Chinese Table ware.1

8、64.2.2 Western Table ware.17Conclusion.19Works cited.21A Study of Differences between Chinese and Western FoodIntroductionDiet is not only the premise of social development, but also the paramount material base for human to survive with good health condition. In the early stage of barbarism, like ot

9、her animals, looking for food to survive is just the instinct for human beings. But when man began to use fire to cook food and they entered the age of civilization, especially the time of cooking with the pottery, the food became the creation made by the human own wisdom and their technology. Then

10、there is the essential difference in diet between human beings and animals that the diet has its cultural nature. Thus the history of human diet is to be this kind of history that human adapt to nature, conquer and reform nature to survive and develop in the nature, and the human dietary culture gra

11、dually comes into being in the course of this progress. As an important part of human culture, the dietary culture has a generalized meaning and a narrowed meaning. This thesis discuss the dietary culture in this narrow sense which is the total of material wealth and spirit wealth created and accumu

12、lated in the long-term progress of food consumption, and it is the knowledge about what to eat, how to eat and why to eat, including dietary object, dietary tableware and so on.China has profound cultural heritage of dietary culture and diet play a foremost role in peoples daily life so that dietary

13、 culture take a huge proportion in Chinese culture. Facing the dietary culture from other countries, we should accept or reject them based on ourselves condition. We cant only chase for enjoyment in taste, because it is harmful to our physical health if we eat too much foreign food which is belong t

14、o the high calories food. However, it is obvious that we shouldnt aimlessly reject all the new objects. Under the influence of entering the WTO and globalization, the international connection has become closer and closer so that the collision and fusion in the dietary culture always happen between C

15、hinese and westerners. Granted, it takes a long time for two different cultures to merge and coexist and there must be an aspect that both sides cant adapt to each other. If this phenomenon occurs, we should try our best to understand, respect and tolerate another culture in right manner. The differ

16、ence of dietary culture between Chinese and westerners will arouse culture misunderstanding in certain extent. For example, many Chinese think that Hamburger, KFC and McDonalds are the typical food in American. But it is not the fact. The fact is American food is very complex.Therefore, in this thes

17、is, we discuss the difference of dietary culture between Chinese and westerners from dietary concept, dietary object, cooking utensil, dietary tableware and table manners. Through the study, it is beneficial for both sides to strengthen the communication in culture, and more able to eliminate the ob

18、stacles and misunderstanding when two nations are communicating, so that people can have in-depth understanding about the dietary culture from China and western countries. To study both parties dietary culture difference from various aspects, it can not only help us to strengthen the awareness and a

19、daption in the culture communication, but also can enhance our understanding, tolerate and accept the foreign culture. Then this makes Chinese and western dietary culture can mutually develop and fuse in communication, which it plays a remarkable role in boosting the development of culture in the wh

20、ole world (赵, 2006:1). Chapter One Dietary Concept1.1 Chinese dietary conceptIn Chinese dietary culture, people play more attention to pursuing the taste than to emphasizing the nutrition. They consider that the nutrition is less important if the food is delicious and good-looking enough. The reason

21、 why there is a unique dietary culture that eating is on top of the list in Chinese nation is that productivity has been always under the average level for thousands of years and people have not enough food to eat. People often say the taste is the most important in the whole of color, aroma and tas

22、te. In addition, the key of special charm in Chinese diet is nothing but its taste. Chinese think a lot of art and sensibility, so the pursuit of delicious taste is always the highest meaning in dietary. However, a part of the nutrition may lack in pursuing the deliciousness in Chinese diet. The sha

23、pe of the food is the external thing while the taste is the internal thing. Emphasizing the inner and not decorating painstakingly the external, or emphasizing the taste rather than showing off the form of the dishes, is the paramount expression in Chinese dietary concept. But it does not take any c

24、ount of the collocation of nutrition. The medicated food appeared in the Tang dynasty and now there is a formulation that “diet therapy is better than medical treatments”, which all reflect that Chinese pay attention to the collocation in dietary nutrition since ancient times. However, the tradition

25、al nutrition theory only has a vague concept without specific data analysis as westerners to figure out what kind of food is good for health with nutrition. Chinese people are thinking highly of eat. Bread is the staff of life, this old adage explained that we see eating as important as days. Becaus

26、e our national for thousands of years are in the low level of productivity, people always do not have enough to eat, so they would have a unique food culture that eating is very important. I think this is probably from a survival to needs. Li Xiaohong pointed out: If a culture put ate as primary, so

27、 it will appear two phenomena: on one hand will put the food function to acme, not only survive, but also use it to maintain healthy, this is also the culture basis that diet cures more than the doctors. On the other hand, the excessive attention to eat, it can make the person praise highly of delic

28、ious pursuit(李, 2010: 33). 1.2 Western dietary conceptIn western dietary culture, eating like a biological machine add fuel, especially about the foods nutrition composition, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and all kinds of inorganic element content (党, 2010:10), people play more attention to

29、pursuing the nutrition than to emphasizing the color, aroma and taste. The western diet is a kind of rational diet so that they devote particular care to the nutrition and collocation. They treat dietary as a science with a realistic attitude to lay stress on dietary nutrition and as a result, the p

30、ursuit of nutrition becomes the highest meaning in diet. The core standard in evaluating food in westerners is whether it is reasonable in dietary nutrition and whether it accord with the scientific demand. Westerners often think that food is just a means of survival so that they pay more attention

31、to dietary nutrition and supply condition of energy and they seldom connect dietary with spiritual enjoyment, which reflects a strong practicability and utilitarian. For westerners, the only thing they care is not what the food color, aroma, taste and shape is, is the nutrition must be guaranteed. Then they spend time on paying attention to how many calorie, vitamin, protein, etc. should be absorbed a