中西方饮食文化差异英语.ppt

中西饮食文化差异 文专通1041 food is the heaven to the people Since the human being cook with fire for the first time and come to a civilian age ,the food we eat has begun to be of cultural property .It is not a history of sub-human eating and drinking ,but a history in which the human being conquers the nature, change the nature, and get adapted to nature to exist and develop .And in this historic process, the human gradually formed its food culture .Food as a category of culture, helps us to understand every area of the oriental and occidental world . China has a long history of 5000 years, while the west has one of about six hundred years .China has a food culture that is colorful, profound and excellent, while the west has its own special culture. Now we’d like to talk about the differences between these two cultures from the following aspects. the difference of idea about food What Chinese people care about is the deliciousness of food .They emphasize the idea of using some cooking skills to unite and harmonize the tastes of foods which have different natural properties, Chinese people value the similarity of different things. According to their traditional idea, they tend to seek the relationship between two different objects, and make them change to each other. So they value the unity of different tastes and they always try to harmonize food of different natural properties into one. Since the westerners believe in separation of the universe and human in their cultural spirit and thinking model, emphasize the form and structure and value the clearness, they form a special idea about the food science. The very idea is that ecological belief in separation of the universe and human world, proper idea of balanced nutrient. In their opinion, one should choose his food only according to his need as an independent individual and the balanced requirement of all kinds of nutrients for each part of his body. Th