The Differences Between Chinese And Western Diet Cultural,中西方 饮食文化差异,2,Diet is actually the contents of our daily lives. It has special status in a countrys culture, and it also has a great distinction between the West and the East.,3,Several aspects of the differences between the diet,The Tableware The Table Manners The Diet Culture The Diet Concept The Cooking Way,餐具,用餐礼仪,饮食文化,饮食观念,烹饪方式,4,The difference of tableware,China：,Chopsticks and bowls,blue-and-white porcelain,5,The West :,Knives and forks,6,Chopsticks and knives are the two most typical table wares of the East and the West, representing two kinds of different wisdom.,Chinese table wares are quite simple and are often used for several purposes.,7,Chinese people use fewer types of table wares, which is also perhaps influenced by their idea of harmony and unification. Chopsticks are usually made from bamboo .hold a pair of chopsticks on hand and enjoy the dishes; its not only economical but also convenient. Chopsticks can do almost what our hands can do ,so chopsticks are often considered as stretched part of hands,8,In the west ,people often use several typed of table wares for one purpose, which may also probably result from the influence of the idea of individualism.,9,Among the tableware, knives and forks are two kinds of table wares with very long history in the west . They play the same role dinning and they are always used together. One hand holds the knife, on the other hand hold the fork .cut the food with knife, and then put the food into the mouth with the fork.,10,This has become a daily habit of people when they are eating .Moreover, in a formal banquet several sets of knives and forks are used. That means, when they eat one dish, they use one set of knives and forks. When they eat another dish, they use another set.,11,Not rude to reach in front of someone to grab something Polite to reach for food with chopsticks Chinese host like to put food on your plate for you,Place bones or seeds in different dish Your host will fill up your dish if it is empty Never take the last bit from a serving dish,Chinese Table Manners,12,Food is passed around the table If something is out of your reach, you ask politely for someone to pass it to you,Not rude to leave plate full Not rude to leave your plate empty Not rude to take last item off dish,Western Table Manners,13,China : the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares,14,The West : you have your own plate of food,15,the difference of drink,Tea Wherever Chinese go, the custom of drinking tea follows.,16,Tea was first discovered by the Chinese. Tea is an indispensable part of the life of a Chinese. A Chinese saying identifies the seven basic daily necessities as fuel, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. The custom of drinking tea has been ingrained in the Chinese for over a thousand years. During the mid-Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), a man named Lu Yu created the first compendium in the world on tea, the Tea Classic. This work helped to popularize the art of tea drinking all across China.,17,the western diet culture of wine,Elegant living needs proper cheerful, busy day after sunset，sitting on a cup,and the wine is red the leisurely glittering and translucent and not everyone can appreciate.,18,China : The custom of toasting in some parts of China is to finish the drink at once, and they view it as politeness and “liberated.,19,But。,The West : Excessive drinking is never proper, and when toasting Westerners usually only take a sip of their drink,20,Do you know? Western Teenagers . They always expressing their Friendship by Drinking!-_-.Wow “if you dontyoure not our friend Hey ,your mum call you back to have dinner”,21,Chinese food culture is a broad vision, deep, much angle, high-grade long-standing regional culture; the Chinese people of all ethnic groups in the about 1000000 years of production and life practice accumulation and influence the surrounding countries and the world of material wealth and spiritual wealth.,Chinese dietary culture,22,The Western diet culture refers to the West in the diet created and accumulated with Western cultural characteristics of the combination of material Wealth and spiritual wealth. Compared to other types of diet culture, it has strong historical features and system structure, has a great influence on modern diet,The Western diet culture,23,Differences in concept,Chinese diet is a sense of beauty diet and pays attention to the color, flavor, taste regardless of the nutrition . Western diet is a rational concept, regardless of the color of food, incense, flavor and shape, but nutrition must be assured.,24,Chinese,Color Flavor Taste,25,Rarely in the cooking process, retained a large number of nutrition,west,nutrition,26,salad,n. 色拉；（或生或熟，多拌有蛋黄酱，与面食、豆类等一起食用的）蔬菜色拉；（拌有肉、鱼、奶酪等的）混合色拉；拌色拉的青菜（尤指生菜） 复数：salads,27,Differences in Cooking,Chinese food production are usually ： boiled, fried or baked, vinegar, and etc. Western food producti