【正文】 dividual for whom at least one specific food. Food plays an inextricable role in our daily lives. Without food we cannot survive. But food is much more than a tool of survival. Food is a source of pleasure, fort and security. Food is also a symbol of hospitality, social status, and religious significance. What we select to eat, how we prepare it, serve it, and even how we eat it are all factors profoundly touched by our individual cultural inheritance. Purpose The content aims to understand the difference between Chinese and western cuisine culture. Cultural differences in the habits of diets between Chinese and the Western reflect the different concepts about the dietary status, eating food and dietary habits. Through the analysis of dietary differences between Chinese and Western food culture, we get to know the cultural traditions of both China and the West. It let us set up an invincible position in the petition. At the same time it can improve and innovate for the Chinese culture. These nations should mutual help and study each other so that we can make our world more harmonious than before. The History and Position of Food Culture in China and West China enjoys the fame of Food Kingdom for thousands year, so people living here focus so much on taste as a tradition. After centuries of evolution on cooking, Chinese cuisine shares a great market in international food table. Chinese chief pay their attention on three parts: variety choice of materials, plexity of cooking style, wide range of taste. As another economic and cultural center, the Western World, it also produces an important Food culture system. In this system, France, Britain and the United States are the three major branches. They affect the world for their unique cultural connotations. As the two major food cultures, their mutual influence and fusion will improve cultural diversity of the world. This is the significance of Chinese and Western food culture precisely studies. Food Culture Food culture refers to the technical, scientific and artistic aspects in the process of the food 2 production and food consumption, the development and utilization of food ingredients in specific social groups, as well as the diet173。在合作中，幫助彼此得到更多的利益而是每一個人享受快樂生活。希望通過中西飲食文化的比較，增進兩種文化間的理解和交流，進而互相學習，取長補短，和諧共處，共同發(fā)展。西方飲食文化講究快捷方便、衛(wèi)生、營養(yǎng)、科學。中國有著悠久的歷史與引以為傲的各種各樣的烹飪技術(shù)。 cultural。 外國語學院 本科畢業(yè)論文 On Differences between Chinese and Western Dietary Cultures 論中西飲食文化差異 院 系 外國語學院 專 業(yè) 英 語 班 級 2020 級本科（ 7） 班 學 號 11023012027 學 生 姓 名 指 導 教 師 職 稱 講 師 2020 年 4 月 I Acknowledgements I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all those who have ever helped and encouraged me during the writing of this thesis。 otherwise my work would not have been so smoothly fulfilled. My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Mrs Guo, my supervisor, for her constant encouragement and guidance. She has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her consistent and illuminating instruction, this thesis could not have reached its present form. Second, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Wang Xueling. Thank you for leading me into the door of intercultural munication which has really broadened my horizons and enriched my life. Thank you for being so patient, so supportive and I am exceedingly proud of being your student. I am also greatly indebted to the professors and teachers at the Foreign Language Department of Xinxiang University who have instructed and helped me a lot in the past two years. Last but not least, my heart felt appreciation and everlasting affection go to my beloved family for their loving considerations and boundless confidence in me all through these years. Mother and Father thank you for bringing me into this world and always giving me the strength to strive for my goals. Their selfless love constantly shines on me, and lights up my world. I also owe my sincere gratitude to my friends and my fellow classmates who gave me their help and time in listening to me and helping me to work out my problems during the difficult course of the thesis. II Abstract Difference in dietary culture is one of the problems that we should pay more attention. China is a country with a long history and boasts a variety of cuisines. Chinese dietary culture has been always in the leading position of the world from the past to now, and it is also the very important part of the Chinese culture. The Western dietary culture has its typical features, being fast, hygienic, nutritious and scientific. Chinese dietary culture pursues the synthetic beauty such as color, smell, taste, flavor, sound, and the environment. The parative study attempted by the author intends to promote the mutual understanding and munication between China and the Western. It is important for nations to understand each other. In the cooperation, nations gain more benefits from mutual help and make everybody enjoy a happy life. The findings in this thesis will help nations to draw on each other’s merits and make mutual progress. Key words: diet。 difference III 摘 要 飲食文化的差異就是值得我們關(guān)注的話題之一。直到今天中國的飲食文化一直處于世界的領(lǐng)先位置，它已經(jīng)成為中國文化中的重要的一部分。中國的飲食文化追求色、香、味、行、意和環(huán)境。國與國之間需要了解彼此。這就是理想，只要大家去 做，世界會變得美好。based customs, traditions, ideology and philosophy, in a word, the sum of all the food things of a bination of the way, process, function of food production and consumption. The study on food culture is extremely rich in content. Characteristics of Chinese Food Culture The diet is actually the content of our daily life, but why do we say that it contains specific culture? This