The Differences between Chinese and Western food

Abstract:
Diet is absolutely necessary in the life of mankind, and even in the existence or development. Because of the differences between Chinese and western cultural traditions, the Chinese and western dietary cultures are different in concept, target, pattern, attribution and nature. We study these differences and then find out the points that can be digested, in order to facilitate the communication about cultures between China and the west. Taiwan Professor Zhang Qijun said, “The old saying, 'Eat, drink, man, woman who wishes greatly'. For such a standard fair, western culture (in particular, modern American culture) can be said to be male and female culture. But the Chinese culture can be said to be a dietary culture. "As the reason of the cultural traditions, the western lives tend to men and women, but because of the narrow gender relations, Chinese people are dumping guidance on life in the restaurants. Thus the diet is rich in culture. Food culture in the west is not developed enough, but this underdevelopment itself is the result of the development of a culture, so it is still significant to study the dietary cultures of Chinese and Western diet. By the analysis of the differences between Chinese and western dietary cultures, we can comprehend the respective cultural traditions of China and the west. And we can also improve and create the culture of China.    
Keywords: dietary culture cultural tradition differences
中西飲食文化差異

摘要：
飲食是人類生活、生存與發(fā)展的必需，可是由于中西方文化傳統(tǒng)的差異，導(dǎo)致了中西方飲食文化在觀念、對象、方式、歸屬與性質(zhì)方面產(chǎn)生了差異，研究這些差異，找出可以融會貫通的地方，促進(jìn)中西文化交流。臺灣張起鈞教授說過“古語說‘飲食男女人之大欲存焉’。就這樣的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)而論，西方文化（特別是近代美國式的文化）可說是男女文化，而中國可說是一種飲食文化?！庇捎谖幕瘋鹘y(tǒng)的緣故，西方人的人生傾向男女關(guān)系，而中國人由于對男女關(guān)系的褊狹，把人生精力傾泄導(dǎo)向于飲食。由此賦予飲食以豐富的文化內(nèi)涵，雖然飲食文化在西方不夠發(fā)達(dá)，但這種不發(fā)達(dá)本身也是一種文化發(fā)展的結(jié)果，所以對中西飲食文化的比較仍有意義。通過對中西飲食文化差異的分析，我們可以了解中西方各自的文化傳統(tǒng)；同時能對中國文化進(jìn)行改善與創(chuàng)新。

關(guān)鍵詞：飲食文化 文化傳統(tǒng) 差異