Social background and historical culture differences lead to the differences between Chinese and western diet culture。 With the rapid growth of economy and globalization, Chinese and western diet culture will constantly fuse in the collision。 So, the Chinese have begun to pay attention to the nutritional food, health and the science of cooking。 In the future, the two cultures will continue to learn from each other and make progress together。文献综述

     The thesis focuses on the comparison between Chinese and western cuisine。 The purpose of the thesis is to help people know more about differences and traditional cuisine。 By comparing the differences, it is necessary for us to confine the current research to certain aspects to avoid confusion。 There are many differences in tableware, table manners etc, so the comparative study between Chinese and western food will help us increase cross-cultural awareness and respect these differences。 Moreover, when we communicate with people from different cultures, we will learn more about their lives,  history and values。

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Chinese people are thinking highly of food。 In the ancient times, our nation was in the low level of productivity, people always did not have enough to eat, so they considered that food is very important。 Li Xiaohong pointed out if a country puts eating as primary, two phenomena appeared: on one hand people will put the food at the first place。 This is also the culture basis that diet cures better than the doctors。 On the other hand, paying more attention to eating can make person praise highly of delicious pursuit。 (Li 33)。 

     “The focus of the western diet custom is just an extension of utility, and customs of the Chinese diet put emphasis on flavor and people put the food into the art。 We can see the point from two different diet concepts, the western diet is increasing normalization, and the Chinese diet is more randomness。” (Li 03)。                                                             Due to the different philosophical thoughts of Chinese and western,  Rational westerners pay more attention to the nutrition and survival。 In the Western diet nutrition is the highest principle。 So the Westerners eat like a biological machine, especially on food nutrients, protein, fat and vitamins。 (Dang 62)。 来,自,优.尔:论;文*网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

Peter also said that the most important economic behavior is decided by the culture, their culture engraved with cultural prestige。 (Peter Cosgrove 229)。 Real economic growth depends on the culture。 China's traditional economy is a typical self-sufficient economy。 People are more conservative, because they can rely on a piece of land for the whole of life, their culture is more introverted。 In ancient China, people were still poor and didn’t have enough to eat and drink, so a lot of people and children starved to death。 With the development of the society, people attach great importance to nutritious food, and make an effort to eat more healthily, So now there are a lot of food therapy。 Ancient Greek civilization originated in the Aegean sea coast of the west, belongs to Marine civilization, so the Europeans like to explore the world, and their culture is more outgoing。