【正文】 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. The 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 interactio n between individuals。 it has inextricably linked with the advocacy of Buddhists. They deem animals as “people” and plants have “no soul.” So, they advocate vegetarianism. 5 Westerners do not seem to have such a good habit. They uphold a cultural origin of nomadic, seafaring nation. Living mainly by fishing and hunting, collection and planting are just the plement. There are more meat dishes in their lives. Feeding, clothing, and using are taken from the animals, and even Western medicine is derived from animals. When the westerners introduce the diet characteristics of their countries, they always feel that their diet is more reasonable on the mix of nutrition than China. The food industry is more developed, such as cans, fast food, although the taste is monotonous, but it saves time, and it also has good nutrition. Therefore, in their countries: people are generally healthier and taller than Chinese, and the people have strong shoulders and developed muscles。 from Los Angeles to New 4 York, only one taste of steak, it is no art to speak of. And as dishes, the chicken is chicken。 關(guān)鍵詞 : 飲食；文化； 不同 IV Contents Acknowledgements....................................................................................................... I Abstract ........................................................................................................................ II 摘 要 ............................................................................................................................III Ⅰ . Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 Background .......................................................................................................... 1 Purpose ................................................................................................................. 1 The History and Position of Food Culture in China and West ............................. 1 Food Culture ......................................................................................................... 1 Characteristics of Chinese Food Culture ....................................................... 2 Characteristics of Western Food Culture ....................................................... 2 Ⅱ . Analysis of Cultural Differences between Chinese and Western Dietary......... 3 . Differences in Concepts ...................................................................................... 3 Differences in Targets ........................................................................................... 4 Differences in the Dietary Patterns ...................................................................... 6 Differences in the Nature ..................................................................................... 7 Differences in the Etiquette .................................................................................. 8 Differences in Dietary Habits ............................................................................... 8 Differences in Tableware ............................................................................... 8 Differences in Cooking Methods ................................................................... 9 Differences in Daily Diet ............................................................................. 10 Ⅲ . Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 10 Major Findings ................................................................................................... 11 Implication.......................................................................................................... 11 Limitation ........................................................................................................... 11 Bibliography ............................................................................................................... 12 1 Ⅰ . Introduction Background Food is only one aspect of cultural traditions, yet it is probably one of the most persistent. There is no cultural group and no in