摘要

本文从跨文化交际的角度探讨了中西方饮食文化的差异。饮食文化在世界文化中起着非常重要的作用。中西方文化的差异带来了中西饮食文化的差异,不同的国家有自己不同的饮食文化特点。在不同的文化背景下,无论是在观念,实物,烹饪方式,还是餐桌礼仪等各方面,这些不同都是显而易见的。但是,随着全球一体化的发展,国际间的文化交流日益密切，中西饮食文化也将会在交流中共同发展,这对全世界范围内的文化交流将起到积极的促进作用。

关键词：跨文化交际、饮食文化、文化差异

Abstract

This thesis explores the differences between Chinese and Western food culture. The food culture plays an important role in the world culture. The differences between Chinese and Western culture created the differences between Chinese and Western food culture. Different countries have their own dietetic culture. In different cultural contexts, both in diet concept, diet content, cooking way, and etiquette, these differences are obvious. But with the global development of modern world, there are more and more international communication and cooperation between different dietetic cultures. This will play a significant role to promote the communication of culture in the world.

Key words: intercultural communication, food dietetic culture, culture differences

1 Introduction
Food is the basic need of human survival and one of the primary styles of social life and food culture is one of the important components of national culture. The thesis would make a contrast between the differences of Chinese and western cultures on the perspective of diet concept，diet content，cooking way, and dining etiquette and also find out the fusion between those two cultures. With the development of globalization, however，fusion between these two cultures is also more and more obvious and deserves more attention and consideration. Therefore，to know more about the differences between Chinese and western food culture and the new trend of unity of opposites will not only help the foreign language learners to know more about culture but also improve inter-cultural communication.