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NingxiaTeachersUniversity外国语学院SchoolofForeignLanguages&Culture编号（No.）SFLC2013200905210230宁夏师范学院外国语学院学士学位论文AnAnalysisofDifferentFoodCulturesbetweenChinaandWesternCountries作者姓名曹俊峰论文方向英美文化指导教师马生仓答辩时间2013年5月25日NingxiaTeachersUniversity外国语学院SchoolofForeignLanguages&CultureiAbstractFoodisthebasicneedforhumansurvivalanddevelopment,butalsoisoneofthebasicformsofsociallife.Differentcountrieshavedifferentfoodcultures.ThisthesisanalyzesthedifferencesinfoodculturebetweenChinaandwesterncountriesfromseveraldifferentaspects,includingfoodperceptions,tastesandnutritions,foodtargets,tablewares,andmannersaswellaspursuit.Certainly,thesedifferencesareobvious.Aslongaspeoplehaveagoodunderstandingaboutfoodculture,theywillbepoliteincommunicationsbetweenChineseandwesterners.KeyWordsfoodculture；differences；communications；China；westerncountriesNingxiaTeachersUniversity外国语学院SchoolofForeignLanguages&CultureiiCONTENTSI.Introduction……………………………………………………………………….....1II.LiteratureReview......................................................................................................1III.DifferencesinFoodCulturesbetweenChinaandWesternCountries……...…23.1FoodPerceptions,TastesandNutritions……………………………...…...…....23.2DifferentFoodTargets……………………………………………………….....43.3TheStylesofHavingDinnerandUsingTablewares…….……………………...53.4DifferencesinPursuit…………...………………………………………..…….8IV.Conclusion…………………………………………………………………...….....9Bibliography………………………………………………………………………….10Acknowledgments........................................................................................................11NingxiaTeachersUniversity1外国语学院SchoolofForeignLanguages&CultureI.IntroductionFoodisthebasicneedforhumansurvivalanddevelopment;alsoitisoneofthebasicformsofsociallife.Indifferenthistoricalbackgrounds,however,therearedifferentfoodperceptions,differentfoodneedsandthewayofusingfood.Inthe21stcentury,cross-culturalcommunicationhasbeenintegratedintoallaspectsoflife.Chineseandwesterncultureshadbeenthetwomajortypesofworldcultures.AndthefoodcultureisveryimportantbothinChineseandwesterncultures.Chinesefoodculturehasalonghistory.IthasexperiencedseveralyearsofhistoricaldevelopmentandbecomeanimportantcomponentofChina’straditionalculture.Inthelongprocessofdevelopment,Chinesepeoplegraduallyformtheirownuniquefoodculture.Meanwhile,Chinesefoodbecomesabrightpearloffoodandculturaltreasuresintheworld.Onthecontrary,westernfoodculturekeepsalwaysakindofrationalperception.Westernpeoplepaymoreattentiontolightlyflavoredanddietaryequilibrium.Peoplenolongerexcessivelypursuetastebecausetheychoosefood’snutrition.Peopletrytoresearchthedifferenceofthenutrition.ThisthesisfocusesonthedifferentfoodculturesinChinaandwesterncountries.KnowingaboutthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternfoodculturesandtheirdevelopment,foreignlanguagelearnerscannotonlyincreasetheunderstandingoflanguagesandcultures,butalsoenhancetheefficiencyofcross-culturalcommunication.Atthesametime,thecontactbetweendifferentcountriesbecomesmuchtighterthroughtheincorporationofaglobaleconomy.II.LiteratureReviewManyscholarsareinterestedindifferentfoodculturesbetweenChinaandwesterncountries.InYinLiandHanXiaoling’sbook,writersmainlydescribetherelationshipofidiomsandfolklore(YinLi,HanXiaoling.2007:39).Andthewritersalsotellaboutfoodculture.Theiropinionisthatfoodmannerisnotjusttosatisfypeople’sphysicalneeds,whatismore,foodisasocialbehavior,andithasrichculturalconnotations.Differentregions,countriesandpeoplesgraduallyformadistinctivefoodculture,becauseitisaffectedbynaturalenvironment,product,geography,climate,economy,politics,religion,philosophy,historyandsoon.Foodcustomisavisualizedreflectionoffoodculture.Foodcustombelongstothescopeofabigculture.Itisalsoanindependentbranchoffolklore.NingxiaTeachersUniversity2外国语学院SchoolofForeignLanguages&CultureInJiangYan’sthesis,shereferstothedifferencesofChineseandwesternfoodcultures(JiangYan,2007:50).First,peoplecanacceptactivelywesternfoodculturebyanalyzingthedifferencesofChineseandwesternfoodcultures.Atthesametime,peopleshouldnoticewesternetiquettethroughcross-culturalcommunicationsothattheycangraspthenation’sculturalcharacteristicsonthebasisofseekingcommongroundwhileacceptingtheexistingdifferences.Second,thiswaycanalsotrainpeople’sadaptability.Finally,peoplecanavoideffectivelythemisunderstandingswhicharecausedbythedifferencesofcultures,too.Throughanalyzingthosepapers,theauthorproposesreasonablesuggestionaboutfoodculture.Moreover,thesepapersexplainthesignificanceoflearningthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternfoodcultures.Inaddition,thesepapersonlystatethatitisimportanttolearnfoodcultureforpeople,butauthorsdon’tmentionthatpeopleshouldrespectfoodcultureofeverycountry.Inotherwords,peopleshouldn’tdiscriminateeverycountry’sfoodculture.Besides,peopleshouldnoticehowtochoosenourishedfood.III.DifferencesinFoodCulturesbetweenChinaandWesternCountriesReceivingtheinfluenceofrespectiveculturaltradition,theChineseandwesternfoodcultureshavedifferentcharacteristics.Thedifferencesinperceptions,tastesandnutrition;foodtargets;thesty