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1、OnthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternfoodcultureChapter1IntroductionFoodisthemostimportantmaterialinmaintainingourlifeandimprovingthequalityofourbodies,andisbasicforthedevelopmentaswell.Anoldsayinggoeslikethis“foodistheheaventothepeople”,whichmeansthatfoodranksthefirstinallourneeds.w
2、eshouldeatanddrinkbeforeweengageourselvesinthecourseofpolitics,science,art,andreligionact’sallproducingactivitiesofhuman,especiallyfoodproductionbecomeabasicconditionofthewholehistory.Foodissofundamentaltoourlifesothatalltheotheraspectsofourlivingaredeterminedbyit,builtonit,andlimitedby
3、it.Sincethehumanbeingcookwithfireforthefirsttimeandcometoacivilianage,thefoodweeathasbeguntobeofculturalproperty.Itisnotahistoryofsub-humaneatinganddrinking,butahistoryinwhichthehumanbeingconquersthenature,changethenature,andgetadaptedtonaturetoexistanddevelop.Andinthishistoricprocess,t
4、hehumangraduallyformeditsfoodculture.Foodasacategoryofculture,helpsustounderstandeveryareaoftheorientalandoccidentalworld.WithChineseentrytotheworld,plentyofthingswhicharefreshtous,atonceflocktoourcountry.Amongthem,ofcourse,foodcultureofothernationscomeintoourtoo.Nowadays,manypeopleouto
5、fcuriosity,tastedifferencesortoffoodofothercountries.Butfewofthemthesepeoplereallygrasptheessenceofthefoodculture.Whilethefoodofoneplacecanreflectitsculture,soitisnecessaryforustolearnthedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternfoodculture.Chapter2DefinitionoffoodcultureFoodcultureisanimporta
6、ntpartofhumanculture.Ithastwodefinitionsinbroadsenseandnarrowsense.Inthebroadsense,foodculturehassomethingincommonwithcookingculture,anditisconsideredasthecounterpartofthelatter.Generallyspeaking,cookingculturereferstothetotalamountofmaterialandspirittreasurewhichiscreatedandaccumulated
7、duringthelongperiodoffoodproductionandprocessionbythehumanbeing.Itisaboutwhatfoodhumanmakes,andhowtomake.Itincludesthefoodingredient,cookingtool,cookingskillandsoon.Inthenarrowsense,foodculturereferstothesum-upofmaterialandspirittreasurecreatedandpasseddowninthelongperiodofhuma
