从精神文化角度分析中美饮食文化差异An Analysis of Differences on Food Culture Between China and the United States From the Stand of Spiritual Culture内容摘要饮食文化在现代文化研究中是一项非常重要的课题，并在人类物质文化的历史发展进程中占有至关重要的地位。由于自然环境，历史背景以及民族文化的不同，中美两国形成各具特色的饮食文化。因此，中美饮食文化差异分析对于中美文化的研究来说必不可少。这篇论文将通过对比分析的方式研究中美饮食文化差异以及探究导致这些差异的精神文化因素。最后，作者阐述研究中美饮食文化的差异对于跨文化交际和举办设美事务宴请的意义。本篇论文将从精神文化角度对中美饮食文化差异进行对比分析，其主体部分包括导论，正文和结论三个部分。主要内容如下：第一部分是导论部分，饮食是人类赖以生存的必要条件。因此，饮食文化是物质文化的重要组成部分。但由于中美不同的精神文化影响，使得饮食文化具有民族性和多样性。随着中美各方面交流日益频繁，饮食文化的交流也愈加受到人们关注。从精神文化角度分析饮食文化差异产生的根源，对于研究中美两国文化有十分重要的理论意义和现实意义。第二部分是正文部分，该部分包括以下三章：第一章介绍精神文化和物质文化的概念，并从精神文化角度分析中美饮食文化宏观差异饮食理念的差异。第二章首先从中美两个民族信仰角度对比分析中美饮食礼节文化，包括宴请时的座位安排和就餐顺序的差异。其次分析民族信仰对于中美人民餐具文化发展和继承的影响。第三章分析研究中美饮食文化差异对于跨文化交际的理论意义及对于举办涉美事务宴请的指导意义。第三部分是结论部分，对全文进行了概括和总结。本文通过从精神文化角度分析中美饮食文化差异，探究饮食文化在其继承和发展进程中差异产生的根源。关键词：饮食文化；精神文化；交流AbstractFood culture is a very important subject of study in modern culture. It plays a crucial position in the process of history development of material culture. Because of different natural environment, historical background and national cultures, China and the United States formed unique food cultures. So, the analysis of the differences on food culture between China and the United States is necessary for the study of Chinese and American cultures. This thesis focuses on the contrastive study of differences on food culture between China and America and the spiritual factors of culture which cause the differences. Finally, the author elaborates the significance of studying differences on food culture between China and America in aspect of cross-cultural communication and holding banquets concerning American affairs.The thesis analyzes the differences on food culture between China and America from the stand of spiritual culture. The article includes three parts: an introduction, a body and a conclusion. In the introduction, eating is an essential prerequisite for existence. Therefore, food culture is an important aspect of material culture. However, by the influence of Chinese and American different spiritual cultures, food cultures have strong national character and diversity. With China and America increasingly frequent communication in all aspects, exchange in food culture is paid more attention. Analyzing the reasons for discrepancies on food culture from the stand of spiritual culture has very important theoretical significance and practical significance to studying Chinese and American cultures. The second part includes three aspects. In the first chapter, the author introduces the concepts of spiritual culture and material culture, and analyzes the macro differences on food culture between China and America from the stand of spiritual culture, which are the discrepancies on eating concepts. In the second chapter, firstly, it analyzes differences on Chinese and American etiquette culture which includes seats arranging and dinning orders in banquets from the stand of their national faith. Secondly, it compares the influence of national faith on the inheritance and development of Chinese and American dinnerware cultures. At last, it analyzes the theoretical significance to cross-cultural communication and the guiding significance to holding a banquet concerning American affairs through studying the differences on food culture between China and the United States. In the conclusion the whole thesis is generalized, through analyzing the differences on food culture between China and America from the stand of spiritual culture, the thesis studies the deep reasons for the discrepancies occurrence in the process of the development and inheritance of food culture. Key words: food culture; spiritual culture; communicationContents内容摘要IAbstractIIIntroduction1Chapter1 Differences on Concepts in Chinese and American Food Culture from the Stand of Spiritual Culture21.1. Spiritual Culture in National Culture21.2. Differences on Concepts in Chinese and American Food Cultures3Chapter2 Eating Conventions under Different National Spiritual Culture Background92.1. The Etiquette of Chinese and American Food Culture92.2. Dinnerware: Chinese Chopsticks vs. American Knife and Folk12Chapter3 Significance of Studying Differences on Chinese and American Food Culture153.1. Theoretical Significance to Cross-cultural Communication153.2. Guiding Significance to Holding Banquets Concerning American Affairs16Conclusion19Bibliography20Acknowledgements22使用授权说明23IntroductionFood, as an essential prerequisite for existence, is any substance that provides the necessary nutrient to maintain life and growth when ingested. It plays an irreplaceable role in the development of society and in the progress of human beings. As human developed, peoples needs to food is not only limited to nutrition; the content of eating abounded gradually and eating food became a kind of culture. However, people living in different cou