文档介绍：编号(No. ) SFLC2013 200905210230
宁夏师范学院外国语学院
学士学位论文
An Analysis of Different Food Cultures
between China and Western C in the world. On the contrary, western food culture keeps always a kind of rational perception. Western people pay more attention to lightly flavored and dietary equilibrium. People no longer excessively pursue taste because they choose food ’s nutrition. People try to research the difference of the nutrition.
This thesis focuses on the different food cultures in China and western countries. Knowing about the differences between Chinese and western food cultures and their development, foreign language learners can not only increase the understanding of languages and cultures, but also enhance the efficiency of cross-cultural communication. At the same time, the contact between different countries becomes much tighter through the incorporation of a global economy.
Literature Review
Many scholars are interested in different food cultures between China and western countries. In Yin Li and Han Xiaoling’s book, writers mainly describe the relationship of idioms and folklore (Yin Li, Han Xiaoling. 2007:39).And the writers also tell about food culture. Their opinion is that food manner is not just to satisfy people’s physical needs, what is more, food is a social behavior, and it has rich cultural connotations. Different regions, countries and peoples gradually form a distinctive food culture, because it is affected by natural environment, product, geography, climate, economy, politics, religion, philosophy, history and so on. Food custom is a visualized reflection of food culture. Food custom belongs to the scope of a big culture. It is also an independent branch of folklore.
In Jiang Yan ’s thesis, she refers to the differences of Chinese and western food cultures (Jiang Yan,
2007:50). First, people can accept actively western food culture by analyzing the differences of Chinese and western food cultures. At the same time, people should notice we