【正文】 2 The inner reasons of the food cultural difference between China and West Source of the food culture difference between China and west. The differences of social developing, traditional culture and life customs between China and west caused the food cultural differences. 6 The traditional Chinese culture. Early Chinese culture greatly constrained by the geographical environment. China is located in the southeast of the Asian continent, northwest is the vast expanse of desert, grasslands and Gobi, while southeast is surrounded by sea. A hotbed of Chinese culture the Yellow River Flow Domain, the land is very fertile, but the climatic conditions are relatively harsh. The Yellow River Basin is bee more and more dry in their development process .And gradually tend to be not conducive to agricultural production. Although the Qin in 100, mutual criticism is, go all out, but achieving the same goal is not peting to establish an ideal world. Besides, Chinese culture also has the other two characteristics: first, the pursuit of applicable to stamp out all nonuseful things. Historically, all of the practical technology is very advanced, such as agricultural science and technology and medicine, while some nonpractical things can not be development。 to eat not only stay in the original munication function, it has already bee a kind of psychological adjustment evolved into the munity. Yi Zhong tian has conducted some of the most vivid description in the book “Gossip Chinese people” that is: “as the former call man as the ?mouth?, the job called ?rice bowl? and so on. As another example, think is called ?chew?, experience is called ?taste?, jealousy is called ?jealous?, being called ?intoxicated?, mon called ?routine?, easy to call ?a piece of cake? and so on.” Language is the carrier and mirror of culture, language reflects culture. In short of all, in Chinese culture, no matter it?s material or s 12 piritual, seem all can be eat, and even something that invisible or touched like wind can also be eaten, as is often said that the “l(fā)ive on air” and so on. However in the United Kingdom, the United States and other Western countries, diet only as a necessary means of survival and munication methods. American psychologist Abraham Maslow divided people?s needs into five levels from low level to highlevel, diet was divided in the first layer, which is the lowest level of human needs, on top of this there are security needs, emotional needs of respect the needs and selfactualization needs. Lin Yu tang once said: Western diet is different from the concept of China, the AngloAmerican people ?eat? is only injection the fuel into a biological machine l, to ensure its normal operation, as long as they can be able to maintain good health, strong enough to resist the germs, disease attacks the other are in the insignificant. This shows that “eat” in their minds is only a mean to produce a kind of lifesustaining. From the point of munication, “Code of Etiquette thing” a book from US, it made the following conclusion when talked about the purpose of such a banquet: “Expresses its appreciation to the service provider。 Bibliography： [1] Charlie “Comparison of Chinese and Western food culture” Sichuan 14 Technology Publishing House in 2020 [2] Mark “ Western diet culture,” China Light Industry Publishing House in 2020 [3]胡文仲．跨文化交際學(xué)概論．北京：外語教學(xué)與研究出版社。 on the relocate you want to eat。 Idea, taste and features of food. West is the con