【正文】
ir meals together, which is a symbol of is a tradition of collectivism that has been followed for a long time in Chinese the people enjoy the same food ,they talk, toast to each other happily, which reflects their great belief in “happy union”.In western banquets, however, food and drink are not as important as in Chinese core of the banquets are in strengthening friendship between different people, they make acquaintance with each other through small talks and establish new of the time, the western banquets use the buffet form, people do not have their meals together in a table, they choose what they would like to eat and do not disturb each other while enjoying their food, which is a contrary value called contrast, the western buffet may be cleaner and safer than the Chinese In a word, it is the difference between the value orientation that counts , this difference is fading away with the development of science and technology, more and more Chinese people do not only care about the flavor, taste and smell of the food as they used to, but also its nutrient and , people have more and more work to do so that they do not have much time to cook meals in the traditional a result, fast food like those in western countries prosper in recent years, such as McDonald39。第一篇:中西方飲食文化差異論文Difference on Diet between China and Western CountriesDifference on Diet between China and Western Countries【Abstract】In intercultural munication, diet can reflect a nation’s tradition and is of great significance to understand the cultural difference in these aspects between China and western article analyze the difference on diet between China and western countries.【Key words】 diet; cultural difference; individualism ;collectivismAs a result of the different geographic environment, climate and traditional habits, there exists great difference on diet of China and Western countries, which can be found in many aspects: orientation In western countries, people eat in pursuit of health so they put nutrition in the first place to day they have specific nutritional goals: to take in what kind of nutrient, how much of it and so is a rational diet idea, which attaches a little importance to the flavor, the taste and the color of the westerners, it is health that they value dull the taste of the food may be, they will eat it so long as it is to some tradition in history ,to Chinese people eating is the only pleasure they could easily obtain ,so they pay great attention to what they eat, not only how the food tastes, but also how it looks and how it as an ancient Chinese saying goes “Food is the paramount necessity of people.” Chinese