Different Cultures in Chinese Food and Western Food

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1、DifferentCulturesinChineseFoodandWesternFood1.IntroductionCultureisahistoricalphenomenon.Itisthesummationofcivilizationandamentalpicturewhichcanbecreatedintheprogressofanation’sdevelopment.ThisthesisexpoundstheimportantfunctionoffoodculturebetweendifferentculturesbyanalyzingCh

2、inesefoodandWesternfood.Byexaminingthesedifferences,wecanimproveourabilityinculturalcommunication.Thecontactbetweendifferentcountriesbecomesmuchtighterthroughtheincorpora-tionofaglobaleconomy.Atthesametime,theculturalcommunicationsbecomemoreimportantinthebigdistancebetweenthes

3、etwocultures.ThedistinctionbetweenculturalcommunicationsbecomemoreandmoreevidentandthestudyofChineseandWesternfoodcultureisanimportantpartofit.Foodisaspecialphenomenon,peoplehavingknowledgeoffoodfromonesideofthestudyofdifferentculturalbackgrounds,customsandhistoricalenvironmen

4、tbystudy.Weallknowthatdifferentnationshavedifferentcultures.ThisthesisfocusesonthedifferentfoodculturesinChineseandwesterncountries.ChinesefoodcultureinthisthesismainlyreferstotheoneintheHannationality.Asweknow,Chinaisanationwith56ethnicgroups,eachofwhichhasitsownuniquefoodand

5、foodhabits.TheHannationalityanditsculturearethemainstreaminChinaduetohistorical,politicalandeconomicreasons.WesternfoodcultureinthisthesisismainlyconcernedwiththeBritishoneduetothefactthatitsculturalpatternandinfluencehavebecomedominantinthewest,whichisgenerallyrecognizedbythe

6、world.2.DifferentValuesinChineseandWesternFoodCulture2.1CollectivisminChinesefoodculture2.1.1CollectiveorientationInChina,collectiveorientationwithdeeprootscanbetracedbacktoancienttime.Confuciuspointsout,“Ifonewantstoestablishhimself,heshouldhelpotherstoestablishthemselvesatfi

7、rst.”inwhichcollectivismisappreciated.“Eventhedogswaggerswhenits14masterwinsfavor”showsthefactthateverythinginChinaisbrandedwithcollectivism.Insuchcollectivisticculture,a“we”consciousnessprevails,andpeopleareexpectedtobeinterdependentandshowconformitytothegroup’snormsandvalues

8、.Groupgoalsusuallytakeprecedentoverindividualgoals,andtheprim