【正文】 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。 introductions to others。 in order to win customers or the trust of new customers。 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。 on the relocate you want to eat。 while the West prefer square table with knife and fork. In China, the group culture, that is, team spirit and that is the dominant values. In the United Kingdom, the United States and other Western countries, particularly the United States, a greater emphasis on individualism, emphasis on the value and dignity of the individual, emphasizing the individual characteristics and differences, to promote innovative and encourage unique style. Two distinct values will be reflected in the diet East and West have two different cultures, reflecting the differences between people?s production and living space, in the way in which diet is a representation of one aspect of, food culture was developed along their own path. 11 In China, the diet has risen to a vital thing almost beyond all other forms of material and spiritual forms, and this is also reflected in? all aspects of people?s daily lives. Among them the most mon is the Chinese people asked about the phrase “Do you eat it?” Guests e to eat, monly known as “wele and wash off the dust”。 the latter plays the role of normative acts in order to God?s punishment to restrain people?s restraint. The cultural differences between China and West affecting the differences in the diet