【正文】 God. (Davis, 2001) Theological significance of the right is a winner’s place. In the course of the Christian missionary work, the rightrespected idea rooted in each follower’s heart and ultimately became the principle which Americans relied on to arrange seats in banquets. Because of different faith, Chinese and American are different in banquet seats’ arrangement. Bound by the feudal Confucian ethical code, Chinese ply with southhonored thought。 spiritual culture。第三章分析研究中美飲食文化差異對(duì)于跨文化交際的理論意義及對(duì)于舉辦涉美事務(wù)宴請(qǐng)的指導(dǎo)意義。從精神文化角度分析飲食文化差異產(chǎn)生的根源，對(duì)于研究中美兩國(guó)文化有十分重要的理論意義和現(xiàn)實(shí)意義。主要內(nèi)容如下：第一部分是導(dǎo)論部分，飲食是人類賴以生存的必要條件。因此，中美飲食文化差異分析對(duì)于中美文化的研究來(lái)說(shuō)必不可少。由于自然環(huán)境，歷史背景以及民族文化的不同，中美兩國(guó)形成各具特色的飲食文化。本篇論文將從精神文化角度對(duì)中美飲食文化差異進(jìn)行對(duì)比分析，其主體部分包括導(dǎo)論，正文和結(jié)論三個(gè)部分。隨著中美各方面交流日益頻繁，飲食文化的交流也愈加受到人們關(guān)注。其次分析民族信仰對(duì)于中美人民餐具文化發(fā)展和繼承的影響。關(guān)鍵詞：飲食文化；精神文化；交流AbstractFood culture is a very important subject of study in modern culture. It plays a crucial position in the process of history development of material culture. Because of different natural environment, historical background and national cultures, China and the United States formed unique food cultures. So, the analysis of the differences on food culture between China and the United States is necessary for the study of Chinese and American cultures. This thesis focuses on the contrastive study of differences on food culture between China and America and the spiritual factors of culture which cause the differences. Finally, the author elaborates the significance of studying differences on food culture between China and America in aspect of crosscultural munication and holding banquets concerning American affairs.The thesis analyzes the differences on food culture between China and America from the stand of spiritual culture. The article includes three parts: an introduction, a body and a conclusion. In the introduction, eating is an essential prerequisite for existence. Therefore, food culture is an important aspect of material culture. However, by the influence of Chinese and American different spiritual cultures, food cultures have strong national character and diversity. With China and America increasingly frequent munication in all aspects, exchange in food culture is paid more attention. Analyzing the reasons for discrepancies on food culture from the stand of spiritual culture has very important theoretical significance and practical significance to studying Chinese and American cultures. The second part includes three aspects. In the first chapter, the author introduces the concepts of spiritual culture and material culture, and analyzes the macro differences on food culture between China and America from the stand of spiritual culture, which are the discrepancies on eating concepts. In the second chapter, firstly, it analyzes differences on Chinese and American etiquette culture which includes seats’ arranging and dinning orders in banquets from the stand of their national faith. Secondly, it pares the influence of national faith on the inheritance and development of Chinese and American dinnerware cultures. At last, it analyzes the theoretical significance to crosscultural munication and the guiding significance to holding a banquet concerning American affairs through studying the differences on food culture between China and the United States. In the conclusion the whole thesis is generalized, through analyzing the differences on food culture between China and America from the stand of spiritual culture, the thesis studies the deep reasons for the discrepancies occurrence in the process of the development and inheritance of food culture. Key words: food culture。 Americans who believe in Christianity show special preference to right side.. Dining OrdersWhat is the most impacted by the spiritual culture is the discrepancy on dining orders. China has a long history of feudal society. By the restriction of feudal ethics, in the maledominated society, Chinese women burden the oppression of “san cong si de”. (It is an excessive requirement to morality, behavior and cultivation in the women’s entire life, which originated from Confucianism.) An ideology that man is superior to woman had rooted in Chinese heart. In Chinese banquets, the female are often arranged sitting together. The male host should be the first to eat. Meanwhile, respecting eldership is the essence of Chinese morality. Since ancient time, Chinese emperors depended on filial piety to govern country. Therefore, if there is an elder attending a banquet, it should start with dining behavior of the elder. In the ., the principle of lady first is people’s traditional concept and significant behavioral pattern. The origin of this principle can be traced to western main religion, Christianity. It spread into the . following the step of British colonizing 13 states of American continent. In Christianity, Vrigin Mary, the mother of Jesus, holds in esteem and high respect. Christian thinks that the view and action of respecting women is a noble virtue. In the United States, the men take ladyfirst as a principle to be a gentleman. A banquet should begin with the female host’s dining and end up with her leaving the table. The formation of Chinese manfirst and American ladyfirst attributes to their different faiths. Acted on eating conventions, it results in their distinct dining orders in banquets. In sum, discrepancies in the two important aspects in etiquette formed by the influence of faith. One is the faith to culture and the other is the faith to religion. No matter what faith is about, they all belong to spiritual culture and instruct Chinese and American actions. . Dinnerware: Chinese Chopsticks vs. American Knife and FolkDinnerware consists of containers and tools used for distributing and getting food. For a variety of factors, dinnerware used by countries all over the world is different. Among them, chopsticks culture represented by China and knifeandfolk culture rep