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Cultural differences between
Chinese and Western food
中西方饮食文化的差异
The
ancients say: In the development of human society,
the national diet
also gradually formed
its own unique culture. Different regions,
different
eating habits in different
diet contributed to the different diet culture.
The
differences
between
Chinese
culture
and
western
diet
culture
created
the
difference,
the
difference
between
different
from
the
way
of
thinking
and
philosophy.
and
humanity
to
the
Chinese
and
western
From
the
following
five
aspects are here to
talk about the western diet culture differences.
.
古人云
：民以食为天。在人类社会的发展中，各国的饮食也逐渐形
成了自己独特的文化。
不同的地区有着不同的饮食习惯，
不同的饮食
习惯造就了不同的饮食文化。
中西文化之间的差异造就了中西饮食文
化的差异，
而这种差异来自中西方不同的思维方式和处世哲学。
中国
人注重
“
天人合一
”
，西方人注重
“
以人为
本
”
。这里简要从下面五个方
面谈谈中
西方饮食文化的差异。
A, Chinese and
western culture
中西饮食文化
(a) the Chinese diet
culture
中国的饮食文化
China has a history of more than 5000
years, formed the can
Bad rich and
profound Chinese culture. Chinese note
Heavy
Feeling. The Chinese diet culture
surprising, reward
Heart
pleasing
to
the
eye.
This
is
pleasing
to
the
eye,
refers
to
the
activities of the
Chinese diet
The content and means to
perfect and unified, caused by people
The aesthetic pleasure and mental
enjoyment.
中国有着五千多年的历史，形成了灿烂丰富、博大精深的饮食文
化。
中国人注重
“
天人合一
”
。中国饮食以食表意，以物传情。中国的饮食
文
化令人拍案叫绝，赏心悦目。这种悦目，是指中国饮食活动形成与
内容的完美统一，是指
给人们所带来的审美愉悦和精神享受。
China's traditional diet has four
features:
中国的传统饮食有四大特点：
1 heavy food: the ancients had
Said. Meet often ask
Status.
To have friends clutch, and people are used
On the table and welcome the farewell
party express mood. emotional
The
storm, people often borrow tables. This is the
drink
Feed on social psychological
activity adjustment function.
1
< br>．重食：古人就有
“
民以食为天
”
之说。见面常问
“
吃了没有
”
，可见
饮食文化的地位。朋友离合，送往迎来
，人们都习惯在饭桌上表达惜
别和欢迎的心情。感情上的风波，人们也往往借酒菜平息。
这是饮
食活动对社会心理的调节功能。
2
Attention human
health care. The Chinese diet attention to various
The collocation of food, such
XiangShengXiangKe cournties, Yin
Yang
formula rational knowledge instruction cooking.
2
．重养：以
“
五
谷
”
养
“
六脏
”
，饮食中重视人体养生保健。中国的饮
食注意各种食物的搭配，
以相生相克、
相辅相成等阴阳调和之
理性认
识指导烹饪。
3 heavy
flavour: Chinese food is the most attention to the
food's
Flavour, exquisite
The first meaning for
cooking.
3
．重味：中国的饮食最注重食物的味，讲
究
“
色、香、味、型
”
。孙
中山先生讲
“
辩味不精，
则烹调之述不妙
”
，将审美视作烹调的第一要
< br>义。
4 weighs about the
emotional activities: diet
And a guide
and promote the grade. China
Advocate
healthy diet culture, graceful upwards
Attune, the pursuit of a noble
sentiment.
4
．重理：对于饮食活动中的情感文化
，有个引导和提升品位的问题。
中国的饮食提倡健康优美、
奋发
向上的文化情调，
追求一种高尚的情
操。
(2) the diet culture in western
countries
西方国家的饮食文化
The main characteristic is western-
style food: one is born. If
Steak with bloodshot, 2 is
cold, who drinks like ice
Block, Three
is sweet, sweet, eat not eat not sweet. Besides
the
Type, fine food, fast and
convenient, also don't
Luxury, more
popular.
西式餐饮的主要特点是：一是生．如牛排带血丝；二是冷，如凡是饮
料都加冰块；三是甜，无甜不餐，无餐不甜。此外西式餐饮不讲究精
细，追求快捷方便，也不奢华，比较大众化。
Besides
western-style
still
following
features:
此外西餐还有以下显著
特点：
1 the importance of nutrition
ingredient combinations, root
According
to
various
human
nutrition
(carbohydrate,
fat,
protein,
dimension
Raw meat) and heat
to arrange the demand and processing cooking.
1
．
重视各类营养成分的搭配组合，
根据人体对各种营养
(
糖类、
脂肪、
蛋白质、维生素
)
和热量的
需求来安排菜或加工烹调。
2 fine
materials, materials. In western cuisine
When the material is very delicate,
elegant, and the material is very wide
Pan. If American cuisine dishes or rice
production common fruit,
Sweet; carry
salty, Italian food will be made of pasta
Into strips and various dishes: can be
made to spend noodles, and beauty
Flavor table delicacies.
2
．选料精细，用料广泛。西餐烹饪在选料时十分精细、考究，而且
选料十分广泛。如美国菜常用水果制作菜肴或饭点，咸里带甜
；意大
利菜则会将各类面食制作成菜肴：各种面片、面条、面花都能制成美
味的席上佳肴。
3
exquisite taste seasoning, variety. West polonium
is cooking
Different from the dressing
mostly Chinese, such as sour cream, guangxi
Leaf, lemon, etc are common spices.
3
．讲究调味，调味品种多。西镤烹调的调味品大多不同于中餐，如<
/p>
酸奶油、桂叶、柠檬等都是常用的调味品。
4 notice colour and lustre. The
collocation of colour and lustre is in pay
Contrast, lively, bright color, can
stimulate appetite.
4
．注重色泽。在
色泽的搭配上则讲究对比、明快，因而色泽鲜艳，
能刺激食欲。
5, cooking method variety. Western ten
Points to process, pay attention to
scientific and programmed, work
Sequence. Western food cooking methods,
many are
Fried, stewed, baking, frying,
braised, fans, fume, grilled etc,
One
grilled, bake, most fans. 5
．工艺严谨，烹调方法多样
。西餐十分
注重工艺流程，讲究科学化、程序化，工序严谨。西餐的烹调方法很
多，常用的有煎、烩、烤、焖、煽、炸、熏、铁扒等十几种，其中铁
扒、
烤、煽最具特色。
6 vessels. Cook the
cooker and tableware are there
Different
from
Chinese
characteristics.
Especially
the
tableware,
except
porcelain
Product, crystal, glass and metal
cutlery was
Large proportion. 6
< br>．器皿讲究。烹调的炊具与餐具均有不同于中餐的
特点。特别是餐具，除瓷制品外
，水晶、玻璃及各类金属制餐具占很
大比重。
Second, the
western diet reasons for the differences
二、
中西方饮食产生
差异的原因
(a) the western diet
culture origin(
一
)
中西方饮食文化的渊源
Chinese
traditional culture in the social development and
thought,
The differences in life
custom, etc, the west diet
Cultural
differences.
中西方在社会发展、传统文化思
想、生活习俗等方面的差异，造就了
中西饮食文化的差异。
1 China traditional culture. By early
Chinese culture
Richard
environment
restraint
greatly.
China
is
located
in
the
Asian
continent
In the vast desert northwest is,
grassland and
Wall is boundless,
southeast of the sea. The Chinese culture
The Yellow River bed - but is fertile
land and air
Syndrome is poor
condition. Although the pre-qin henda, phase
Each paper discusses this quite openly,
pure, but to run, the purpose is
To
establish an ideal world without struggle. China,
The other two
also has the characteristic is applicable and
pursuit
Love characteristics. In
pursuit of all applicable
Technology is
developed, such as the agricultural science and
technology
and medical ten distribution
Da. Love is the core of Confucius'
thought
．
中国传统文化。<
/p>
早期
中国文化受地理环境的制约很大。
中
国位于亚洲大陆的东南部，
西北
面是茫茫的沙漠、草原和戈壁，
东南则是茫茫的大海。中国文化的温
床
——
黄河流域，土地比较肥沃，但是气候条件比较恶劣。尽管先秦
诸子百家，相互诘难，
殚精竭力，却殊途同归，目的都是要建立一个
没有争斗的理想世界。
中国文化还具有另外的两大特征是追求适用和
仁爱特征。
追求适用表现在所有的实用的技术十分发达，
如农业科技
和医学十分发达。仁爱是由孔子思想的核心是
“
仁者爱人
”
表面出来，
对中国传统文
化影响深远。
2. Of western
culture. The western culture refers to the
generalized yield
Born in western and
eastern culture corresponding culture
Department.
The
western
culture
is
narrow
only
refers
to
the
European
culture. she
The source of the Aegean sea in the
northeast. Because this
The birthplace
of civilization in the natural life provided
Material is not so abundant, people
must strive to explore nature
The
mystery. Therefore, exploring the nature and
mystery
Using
natural resource service humanity became European
spirit
The mainstream. Conquer the
nature, training in scientific consciousness
Cheng,
westerners
pay
special
attention
to
the
development
of
rational
thinking, Richard
Sex became typical features of western
culture. At the same time
Natural
process, people will continue to know yourself.
west
Another major features FangWenHua
by individuals is for
Social standard
and self-centered, pay attention to the
personality
Yan. All boundaries between
interests, each one has
Every man's
life space, non-interference in each other. 2
．西方文化。广
义的西方文化是指产生于西半球与东方文化相对应的文化体
系。
狭义
的西方文化即仅指欧洲文化。
她的源头在地中海东北部的爱琴海。
由
于这种文明的发源地里所
提供的天然生活资料不是那么充裕，
人们必
须努力探索自然的奥
秘。
因此探索自然界的奥秘，
开发和利用自然资
源服务人类就成了欧洲精神的主流。
在征服自然、
培养
科学意识的过
程中，
西方人特别重视发展理性思维，
理性成了西方文化的典型特征。
同时在认识自然的过程中，
人也不断地认识自己。
西方文化的另一个
主要特征就是
以个人为社会本位，以自我为中心，注重人格的尊严。
众人之间利益界限划分明显，各人
有各人的生活空间，互不干涉。
(2) things cultural differences affect
diet(
二
)
东西文化差异影响饮食
差
异
People in food
diet idea is making and eating
In the process of the idea,
by the natural sciences,
The
humanities,
especially
the
influence
of
philosophy.
Different
philosophy
Ideological and
cultural spirit and way of thinking
Will produce the different diet idea.
The Chinese diet conception
Is the food
tastes, western concept is character
Out.
This
is
mainly
due
to
the
different
between
China
and
western
countries
Philosophy and thus form the cultural
spirit and thinking
Mode.
饮食观念是人们在食物的制作和食用过程中所形成的观念，<
/p>
深受自然
科学、
人文科学尤其是哲学的影
响。
不同的哲学思想及由此形成的文
化精神和思维方式将产生不
同的饮食观念。
中国的饮食观念是五味调
和，
< br>西方的饮食观念是个性突出。
这主要是由于中国和西方国家不同
< br>的哲学思想及因此形成的文化精神和思维方式而产生的。
First, from philosophy, Chinese
philosophy
One important core is
exquisite
Separation and
opposites.
首先，
从哲学思想看，
中国哲学思想的一个重要核心是讲究
“
气
”
与
“
有
无相生
”
；西方哲学思想则讲究实体与虚空的分离与对立。
Secondly, from the cultural spirit and
the way of thinking,
Based on the philosophy of western
culture, spirit and
Thinking mode is
not the same: China and exquisite
Overall, emphasizes functional, Western
exquisite and separation, strong
Adjustable structure.
Two
hundred -- -- factory
Mouth subtends
enterprise!
其次，从文化精神和思维方式来看
，基于哲学思想的不同，中西的
文化精神和思维模式也大不相同：
中国讲究天人合一，
强调整体功
能；西方讲究天人分离，强调形式结构。
Third, in
recognition of the thinking mode, by
In
the
universe,
the
different
modes
of
China
emphasizes
the
whole
function,
Western emphasizes formal structure.
China's overall function is bag
With
the function of the unknown part. Its overall
properties
On the whole the gas is
revealed in all parts. Perfusion
The
results of the physical structure, each part is
relatively minor
And the whole
perfusion during this entity structure of
Is the most important.
第三，在认识事物的思维方式上，由于宇宙模式的不同，中国
强调整
体功能，
西方强调形式结构。
中
国的整体功能是包含了未知部分的整
体功能。它的整体性质的显现是靠整体之气灌注于各部分之中的结
果，
各部分的实体结构是相对次要的，
而整体灌注在这一实体结构中
的
“
气
”
才是最重要的。
In Chinese, only
different things
Up to form beauty,
then life harmony,
Cooking on and
beauty. Westerners to form the structure
Adjustable also directly from the
universe mode. The western eye
The
world is a world of the entity, the entity
Body, and the precision is
form.
在中国人看来，
只有不同的东西综合起来才能形成美，
于是生活中以
< br>和为贵，烹饪上以和为美。西方人对形式结构的强
调也
直接源于其
宇宙模式。西方人眼中的世界是一个实体的世界，对实体世界的具
体化、精确化就是形式。
Third, the western diet
conception
三、中西方饮食观念的差异
The west is a kind of rational diet
conception, regardless of food
The
color, fragrance, taste, shape, and strive to
taste bland and food
The equilibrium.
Westerners believe that eating is a hand
Section, and enjoy the diet is
important position,
So won't
excessively pursuit of taste. For cooking food
And the starting point and nutritional
is their destination.
Their research
and development efforts in different foods
The nutritional difference, even, also
must taste waking