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1、中西饮食文化差异文专通1041"foodistheheaventothepeople"Sincethehumanbeingcookwithfireforthefirsttimeandcometoacivilianage,thefoodweeathasbeguntobeofculturalproperty.Itisnotahistoryofsub-humaneatinganddrinking,butahistoryinwhichthehumanbeingconquersthenature,changethenature,andg
2、etadaptedtonaturetoexistanddevelop.Andinthishistoricprocess,thehumangraduallyformeditsfoodculture.Foodasacategoryofculture,helpsustounderstandeveryareaoftheorientalandoccidentalworld.Chinahasalonghistoryof5000years,whilethewesthasoneofaboutsixhundredyears.Chinahasaf
3、oodculturethatiscolorful,profoundandexcellent,whilethewesthasitsownspecialculture.Nowwe’dliketotalkaboutthedifferencesbetweenthesetwoculturesfromthefollowingaspects.thedifferenceofideaaboutfoodWhatChinesepeoplecareaboutisthedeliciousnessoffood.Theyemphasizetheideaof
4、usingsomecookingskillstouniteandharmonizethetastesoffoodswhichhavedifferentnaturalproperties,Chinesepeoplevaluethesimilarityofdifferentthings.Accordingtotheirtraditionalidea,theytendtoseektherelationshipbetweentwodifferentobjects,andmakethemchangetoeachother.Sotheyv
5、aluetheunityofdifferenttastesandtheyalwaystrytoharmonizefoodofdifferentnaturalpropertiesintoone.Sincethewesternersbelieveinseparationoftheuniverseandhumanintheirculturalspiritandthinkingmodel,emphasizetheformandstructureandvaluetheclearness,theyformaspecialideaabout
6、thefoodscience.Theveryideaisthatecologicalbeliefinseparationoftheuniverseandhumanworld,properideaofbalancednutrient.Intheiropinion,oneshouldchoosehisfoodonlyaccordingtohisneedasanindependentindividualandthebalancedrequirementofallkindsofnutrientsforeachpartofhisbody
7、.Theyconsideritisimportanttomakethepropermatchoffoodbythecriterionofvarietyandquantity.ThedifferencesofcookingskillTheso-calledChinesemeditationoffiveflavorsreferstotheoriginaltasteofthefoodafterheatedandcooked,andtheflavorsofingredientsandcondimentsmixtogetherandme
8、ltintoeachotherandcomplementeachother.Chinesepeoplemoreoftenthannotaddtwoormorecondimentsintothefoodandbythisrealizetheperfectharmonyofthe
