从饮食角度透析中西方文化差异.doc

从饮食角度透析中西方文化差异     

Contents

摘 要.................................................................................................................................................. i
Abstract...........................................................................................................................................ii
I. Introduction..............................................................................................................................1
II. Chinese and Western Diet Cultures........................................................................2
 2.1 Definition of the Diet Culture................................................................................................2
 2.2 Characteristics of Chinese Diet Culture..............................................................................3
 2.3 Characteristics of the Western Diet Culture.......................................................................4
III. Differences between Chinese and Western Diet Cultures.......................5
 3.1 Aristotelian School: Metaphor—A Device of Rhetoric...................................................6
  3.1.2 Differences between Chinese and Western Diet Contents.........................................9
  3.1.3 Differences between Chinese and Western Diet Patterns........................................10
 3.2 Differences between Chinese and Western Diet Manners............................................12
 3.3 Differences between Chinese and Western Diet Tablewares……………....................12
IV. The Future Prospects of the Diet Cultures......................................................14
V. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..................15
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………...........16
Acknowledgments…………………………………………………………………...............17

摘 要

    饮食是人类生活、发展的需要，在人类社会的发展中，各国的饮食也逐渐形成自己独特的文化。众所周知，饮食占据着世界文化中很重要的一部分，由于文化传统的差异，导致中西方饮食文化的差异。文章首先介绍中西方饮食文化各自的特点，然后从饮食观念、饮食内容、饮食方式、饮食礼仪等方面分析中西方饮食文化的差异，最后探讨中西方饮食文化的未来。本文通过对中西方饮食文化差异的分析，探究中西方各自的文化传统。随着中西方交流日趋国际化和不断的融合，中西方饮食也会进一步得到发展，这样可以更好地加强中西方文化交流，促进中国饮食文化的改善与创新。

关键词: 文化传统；饮食文化；差异

Abstract

Diet is necessary for people’s life, survival and development. During the development of the human society, diets of each country gradually developed into their own unique culture. As we all know, the diet plays an important role in the world culture. This thesis mainly explores the differences between Chinese and western diet culture. The different culture between China and the west created the differences diet culture between China and the west. Different countries have their own diet culture. In the first part, the different characteristics of diet between China and the west are introduced; in the second part, their differences are analyzed from several detailed aspects of concept, content, manner, tableware, etiquette and so on; at last, the future of diet between China and the west are talked about. By the comparison and analysis, we can know about the different cultural traditions well in different countries. And as the communication between China and the west tend to the integration and the internationalization, Chinese and the west diet culture will be further developed. All in all, understanding the differences of diet culture will not only play a significant role to promote the cultural communication between China and the west, but also have the deep influence on promoting and creating diet culture of our country.

Key words: cultural tradition; diet culture; differences