中西酒文化差异.rar

摘要：文化是人民在千百年来社会实践中创造的物质财富和精神财富的总和，酒文化亦是其中一份子。在人类文化的历史长河中,酒具有很长的发展史。酒具有水的形态，但具有火的性格。它使聪明的更聪明，愚昧的更加愚昧。人类，比如英雄，贵族，普通人，乞丐，他们都喜欢喝酒。因为它，人们的生活变得多姿多彩。酒就像在每个民族文化里流淌的血液一样。无论是在中国还是西方国家，酒在人们的生活中都扮演了重要角色。无论是中国还是西方国家的酒文化，他们都是一种社会文化，一种政治文化，更是一种艺术文化。由于中西方不同的文化背景, 他们的酒文化呈现出风格迥异的民族特性。了解和掌握中西方在生活环境、历史背景、传统习俗、价值观念、思维模式和社会规范的不同, 有助于人们从更深层次了解酒文化发展的不同,进而可以窥探出文化的差异，从而能更好地进行跨文化交流。

关键词：酒  中西方  文化差异

Abstract：Culture stands for the total spiritual and material wealth created by the people during the social development of thousands of years, including spirits culture. In the history of human culture, spirits has a long period of history. The spirits is the shape of water as an objective substance in the world, but it has the nature of fire. It causes the intelligent person to be more intelligent and the ignorant person to be more ignorant. People, such as the heroes, the emperors, the ordinary people, the beggars and the like, all love it since it appeared. People’s life becomes colorful with it. It is like blood, which course through each nation’s culture. No matter in China or in western countries, liquor plays an important role in people's social life. Whether Chinese or western spirits culture, it is a kind of social culture; it is a kind of political culture, even a kind of artistic culture. However, the different cultural context enables Chinese and western spirits culture to have their distinctive characteristics. Understanding the differences in wine history, living environment, historical background, values, traditional custom, thinking pattern and social norm of China and Western countries can help people understand different cultures and improve their ability of cross-cultural communication.

Key words ：spirits  China and Western countries  cultural difference

Contents

Abstract (Chinese)………………………………………………………………................. i

Abstract (English)…………………………………………………………………………. ii

Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………….......iii

Contents………………………………… ………………………………….. ……….........iv

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………1                     

2. The Origin of Chinese Spirits and the Western Spirits……………… …………………..2

2.1. Legends of origin of Chinese Spirits ………………………………………………..2

2.1.1. Yi Di……………………………………………………………………………......2

2.1.2. Du Kang…………………………………………………………………………....2

2.1.3. The People of Huang Di Era……………………………………………………….2

2.1.4. Existing in the Nature………………………………………………………….......3

2.2. The origin of Western Spirits………………………………………………………...3

2.2.2 The Bible: Noah…………………………………………………………………….3

2.2.3 Persian Tale………………………………………………………………………....3

3. The differences in Drinking Etiquette between China and Western countries…….........5

4. The Chinese Spirits Customs and the Western Spirits Customs………………………...8

  4.1. Chinese Spirits Festivals…………………………………………………………....8

4.1.1. Drinking Spirits Custom on Marriage……………………………………………...8

4.1.2. Some Other Customs of Drinking Spirits………………………………………......9

4.2. Western Spirits Customs……………………………………………………………...9

4.2.1. Anthesteria………………………………………………………………………….9

4.2.2. Dionysia……………………………………………………………………………10

4.2.3. Lenaea……………………………………………………………………………...10

5. Spirits in Chinese and Western Literature…………………………………………….....11

5.1 Spirits in Chinese Literature…………………………………………………………..11

5.2 Spirits in Western Literature…………………………………………………………..13

6. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….....16

7. Works Cited……………………………………………………………………………...17