【正文】 s reform and opening up policy create the conditions on international relations and cultural exchanges. We need to use such an opportunity to absorb the excellent cultures from other countries, to develop and create China39。s life performance, and fine arts, music, literature, etc. which have the same level of significance to the improvement of life. Chinese diet tends to artistry, the socalled art realm, in fact, that is a plete leap from the necessity to freedom. It is characterized by randomness. For example, similar dishes, because of the differences in area, season, target, function and grade, it has different treatments on operation. Set braised fish for example, in winter deep colors are advised and tastes are advised strongly, but in summer it should be light color and flavor. And for the people in Zhejiang province, their dishes can be put up more sugar in the braised fish, and if facing Chuanxiang customers it should allocate spicy. It easy to see that if out of the arbitrary, there would be no cooking variety。 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 truck, and go out of the city in amid rumbling with the supplies. The Chinese people are always thinking about home and roots, despite the promotion that young people should take the world as home. But after a few decades, the overseas Chinese will e back to the mainland with crutch to seek their roots. This concept of return and such human spirit that can only be said to cooperate with the accumulation in the diet. Then it brings cohesiveness to the Chinese nation and then makes the human folk full of energy. Differences in Patterns Differences in banquetThe Chinese and Western dietary patterns can be very different, and these differences affect the national character. In China, a celebration, no matter what, there will be only one form, as sitting together, sharing one feast. Banquet uses round table, which has created a unity of form, which is courtesy, ity atmosphere. Cate are in the center of the table. It is the objects for people to appreciate and taste, and it is also an intermediate of munication. People toast each other and share the vegetables, which reflect the mutual respect between people in the face of the good things, also show the virtues of ity. Although from the health point of view, this approach has obvious deficiencies, but it is in our national happy mentality, it reflects the classical Chinese philosophy area of and impact for future generations. It is helpful to facilitate the collective emotional exchanges and consequently difficult to reform.The westernstyle banquets, although the food and wine are very important, but in fact they are just foil. The core of Banquet is friendship, by the conversation with the guests who sitting next to achieve the purpose of recreation. If making an analogous pare between the recreation of the banquets and dancing, it may be said that the Chinese banquet is like group dance, and the western banquet is like men and women dancing. This shows that munication purpose of Chinese banquet and western banquet are very obvious. Only the Chinese banquet is more popular in the munion, but western banquet shows guests reflected in the friendship between neighbors. Differences in buffet dinnerThe more obvious differences between Chinese and western dietary patterns is buffet dinner which is popular in the West. This method is to display all food, and everybody is picking not fixed in his or her places to eat. They walk freely. This approach would provide the emotional interaction between individuals。 from Los Angeles to New York, only one taste of steak, it is no art to speak of. And as dishes, the chicken is chicken。文化傳統(tǒng)。通過研究這些差異，我們可以了解中西方各自的文化傳統(tǒng),促進中西文化交流,同時能對中國文化進行改善與創(chuàng)新。中國某某某某學校學生畢業(yè)設計(論文)題 目： 論中西方飲食文化的差異