【正文】 as a unit, when a nation formed a fixed diet habit, diet tips and diet ideas, then bee a is connected with the different geographical and historical conditions of China and the all different cultures reflect different fact, food culture refers to the diet and lifestyle formed under certain historical or social conditions as well as the ideology formed on the basis of the the history development of different countries and ethnic groups, different behavior patterns and lifestyles formed because the natural conditions and social environments were is what people often refer to as the point of view of social observation and cultural study, the food culture of an ethnic group can fully embody its mentality, interest, belief and historical , food culture can be seen as the most typical cultural feature of this ethnic development and changes of food culture often reflect the evolution and progress of the differences between Chinese culture and Western culture brought about the difference between their respective food two under different cultural backgrounds, obvious differences exist between Chinese food culture and western food culture, including perception, feature and the methods and , it bees very important to explore the differences between Chinese and western can not only help us have a better understanding of the different culture between China and the west and e across cultural barriers, but also can train people?s adaptability of the munication in crosscultural, effectively avoided the cultural misunderstanding when we have a analyzing and researching in the Western diet and cultural differences has a very important significance in Chinese food is very important to understand the , it is useful to guide our practice when municating with foreign paper tries to have inquiries into the difference from five specifically expresses at the difference between Chinese and Western food objects,the difference in diet concept, differences in dietary patterns, the different utensils and etiquette, and differences in diet this paper discusses the main characteristics the differences between Chinese and western food culture and the reasons for the that the paper has given the table manners of American as a example, such as bread plates are to the left of the main plate, beverage glasses are to the right。飲食文化，同樣以名族為單位，當(dāng)一個民族形成了固定的飲食習(xí)慣，飲食技巧和飲食觀念后，便構(gòu)成了一種文化。concept。difference。文化是人們在長期的社會生活中生活方式凝聚起來的總稱，其中生活方式又包括思維方式和行為方式，雖然文化具有普遍性特征，但它最根本的特點是以血緣和地緣關(guān)系為基礎(chǔ)，以名族為單位形成的整體。它不僅在于了解這一事實本身，更重要的是用它來知道我們的實踐活動，在提高認(rèn)識的基礎(chǔ)上，改善食品結(jié)構(gòu)，革除餐飲弊端，提高餐飲質(zhì)量，保證人們的生活需要，弘揚中華文化的餐飲文化。but the Chinese people only like to live 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 , the Westerners such as Americans in the development of the west, they put the whole family on the truck, and go out of the city in amid rumbling with the Chinese people are always thinking about “home” and “roots”, despite the promotion that young people should take the world as after a few decades, the overseas Chinese will e back to the mainland with crutch to seek their concept of return and such human spirit that can only be said to cooperate with the accumulation in the it brings cohesiveness to the Chinese nation and then makes the human folk full of think the food can make them feel , eats large piece of meat。it means a big pot in terms of sophisticated cooking of a dish can only be cooked in a pot at two most, and it is not able to cook the dish for dozens of it will not be delicious, never talking of the such circumstances, it is clear that the use of buffet dinner will deny Chinese culinary arts.“The Chinese people are drinking around the table to show harmony and unity, but the buffet has broken such raises the personal independence and selfmentioned at the first is the opposite of the scale of the great unity of all Chinese traditional The different utensils and etiquette Cutlery to useChopsticks and knife and fork is the basic difference between Chinese and Western table University, Professor Yu Xiu ling: East and West appear chopsticks and knife and fork eating the different tools and environment chopsticks to have originated in the Chinawood, bamboo from southern China, ancestors from local materials, bamboo and wood have bee the most primitive materials chopsticks emergence of a knife and fork than chopsticks much to research by Professor Yu Xiu Ling, the original knife and fork and European origin living in ancient nomadic habits, they immediately carry knives of life, often cooked the meat, cut off to 15 centuries before and after the meal in order to improve posture, Europeans used the doublepointed the 18th century only the tip of a fork with four and fork and chopsticks, not only brought different eating habits, also affected the Eastern and Western concepts in Yu Xiu Ling, eating into the system will inevitably bring a knife and fork, and chopsticks sitting around the table with family members must dine point of Western food, which derived from the West pay attention to independent, children grow up into the world after the independence of ideas and chopsticks brought together meals daily, highlighting the young and old sat together in the family unit, so that Asians have a relatively strong family I reminded in the use of Chinese and Western dishes have different not play with chopsticks when eating Chinese food(to them when the drumstick is a very rude way), but can not use chopsticks pointing to the person or make course, absolutely can not suck or the chopsticks chopsticks inserted in the rice, which is taboo(which seems to funeral incense is considered unlucky.)When using the knife and fork there are some as holding a knife and fork when not speak or talk, knife and fork on the plate should only using their own utensils for others not b