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1、OnthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternfoodcultureChaptr1IntroductionFoodisthemostimportantmaterialinmaintainingourlifeandimprovingthequalityofourbodies,andisbasicforthedevelopmentaswell.Anoldsayinggoeslikethis“foodistheheaventothepeople”,whichmeansthatfoodranksthefirs
2、tinallourneeds.weshouldeatanddrinkbeforeweengageourselvesinthecourseofpolitics,science,art,andreligionact’sallproducingactivitiesofhuman,especiallyfoodproductionbecomeabasicconditionofthewholehistory.Foodissofundamentaltoourlifesothatalltheotheraspectsofourlivingaredete
3、rminedbyit,builtonit,andlimitedbyit.Sincethehumanbeingcookwithfireforthefirsttimeandcometoacivilianage,thefoodweeathasbeguntobeofculturalproperty.Itisnotahistoryofsub-humaneatinganddrinking,butahistoryinwhichthehumanbeingconquersthenature,changethenature,andgetadaptedto
4、naturetoexistanddevelop.Andinthishistoricprocess,thehumangraduallyformeditsfoodculture.Foodasacategoryofculture,helpsustounderstandeveryareaoftheorientalandoccidentalworld.WithChineseentrytotheworld,plentyofthingswhicharefreshtous,atonceflocktoourcountry.Amongthem,ofcou
5、rse,foodcultureofothernationscomeintoourtoo.Nowadays,manypeopleoutofcuriosity,tastedifferencesortoffoodofothercountries.Butfewofthemthesepeoplereallygrasptheessenceofthefoodculture.Whilethefoodofoneplacecanreflectitsculture,soitisnecessaryforustolearnthedifferencesbetwe
6、enChineseandwesternfoodculture.Chapter2DefinitionoffoodcultureFoodcultureisanimportantpartofhumanculture.Ithastwodefinitionsinbroadsenseandnarrowsense.Inthebroadsense,foodculturehassomethingincommonwithcookingculture,anditisconsideredasthecounterpartofthelatter.Generall
7、yspeaking,cookingculturereferstothetotalamountofmaterialandspirittreasurewhichiscreatedandaccumulatedduringthelongperiodoffoodproductionandprocessionbythehumanbeing.Itisaboutwhatfoodhumanmakes,andhowtomake.Itincludesthefoodingredient,cookingtool,cookingskillandsoon.Inth
8、enarrowsense,foodculturereferstothesum-upofmaterialandspirittreasurecreatedandpasseddowninthelongperiodofhuman
