【正文】 eat, for the Westerners there is no need of too much decoration for food, limiting the development of cooking. Europeans mostly use tools to show their affluence, for 3 instance, the number of kinds and luxury bee the content to care about. Moreover, they will not make the pursuit of eating which is easy to satisfy to be the pursuit of the best happiness. We take Europe and American as a representative for the West, for its culture similarly has a wellestablished and long history. To the middle ages, the European culture had grown up, and during that time the old West’s diet culture had already formed. Its main feature was: the bread flour was the staple food, raw material was also very rich. The manufacturing method was simple than that of China, but they also paid great attention to the taste. Ⅱ . Analysis of Cultural Differences between Chinese and Western Dietary There are distinctive food cultures in different nations and countries, with strong national character and diversity of features. Food product, due to the geographical features, the climate of the environment and the customs and so on, will appear great difference in the raw materials, taste, cooking methods and eating habits. The parison of the differences between Chinese and western food culture will be from the following eight areas: differences in concepts, differences in targets, differences in the dietary patterns, differences in the nature, differences in the etiquette, differences in the cooking methods, differences in the tableware, differences in the daily diet. . Differences in Concepts First, the Chinese and western diet has the differences that cannot be ignored in concepts. Nobody will deny that the Western diet is a rational concept, regardless of the color of food, incense, flavor and shape, but nutrition must be assured. It cares about the intake of calories, vitamins, protein and so on during a day. Comparing with the Chinese diet, western diet tastes stereotyped, as simple as chewing the candle, but the sense tells them: We must eat them all because of the nutrition. And then they put it bluntly, just like refueling machine. The concept of Western diet is patible with the entire Western philosophy. Metaphysics is the main feature of Western philosophy. Such kind of philosophy brings vitality to Western culture, so the natural sciences, psychology and methodology achieve a rapid development. In some other aspects, such philosophy proposition is a significantly obstacle, such as the dietary culture, which is the inevitable thing to drop behind, and just the metaphysics of methodology marks everywhere. In celebration, it stresses tableware, stresses the staple, stresses the servings, and stresses the color and shape mix of raw materials. But no matter how luxurious the grade is。國與國之間需要了解彼此。直到今天中國的飲食文化一直處于世界的領(lǐng)先位置，它已經(jīng)成為中國文化中的重要的一部分。 otherwise my work would not have been so smoothly fulfilled. My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Mrs Guo, my supervisor, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form. Second, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Wang Xueling. Thank you for leading me into the door of intercultural munication which has really broadened my horizons and enriched my life. Thank you for being so patient, so supportive and I am exceedingly proud of being your student. I am also greatly indebted to the professors and teachers at the Foreign Language Department of Xinxiang University who have instructed and helped me a lot in the past two years. Last but not least, my heart felt appreciation and everlasting affection go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and boundless confidence in me all through these years. Mother and Father thank you for bringing me into this world and always giving me the strength to strive for my goals. Their selfless love constantly shines on me, and lights up my world. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me to work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis. II Abstract Difference in dietary culture is one of the problems that we should pay more attention. China is a country with a long history and boasts a variety of cuisines. Chinese dietary culture has been always in the leading position of the world from the past to now, and it is also the very important part of the Chinese culture. The Western dietary culture has its typical features, being fast, hygienic, nutritious and scientific. Chinese dietary culture pursues the synthetic beauty such as color, smell, taste, flavor, sound, and the environment. The parative study attempted by the author intends to promote the mutual understanding and munication between China and the Western. It is important for nations to understand each other. In the cooperation, nations gain more benefits from mutual help and make everybody enjoy a happy life. The findings in this thesis will help nations to draw on each other’s merits and make mutual progress. Key words: diet。 cultural。西方飲食文化講究快捷方便、衛(wèi)生、營養(yǎng)、科學。在合作中，幫助彼此得到更多的利益而是每一個人享受快樂生活。 from Los Angeles to New 4 York, only one taste of steak, it is no art to speak of. And as dishes, the chicken is chicken。 but the Chinese people only like to live banally. According to American expert on folklore Ruth’s opinions on the cultural pattern theory, Chinese culture is quite similar to the classical world Apollotype character and Westerners’ is similar to the modern world Fausttype. Indeed, the Westerners such as Americans in the development of the west, they put the whole family on the