The Differences and Reasons of Food Habit between Chinese and Western
The Differences and Reasons of Food Habit between
Chinese and Western
Jiahui Sheng
San Francisco State University
HTM 0421-01
Abstract
Currently, with much more frequent culture exchanges between Chinese and Western, people from different countries have more and more opportunities to meet new friends with different religions. However, it is hard to avoid meeting some conflicts during the culture exchange because of differences of cultures, and the difference of food habits is one of the distinct parts. This essay aims to introduce the differences of food habit between Chinese and western and analyze the main reasons for these differences.
Keywords: Food habit, differences and reasons, Chinese and Western
The Differences and Reasons of Food Habit between
Chinese and Western
As the development of globalization, the culture exchange between Chinese and Western becomes more and more frequent. Because of facing the unfamiliar culture and religions, people from both sides have distinct differences in thinking method, lifestyle and behaviors which could not avoid causing some conflicts and obstructs the success of culture exchange. Food Habit is one of the most important parts in the culture exchange which is the reason for that it is necessary to learn and understand the food habit in different countries to improve self-image. The main part of this essay is to analyze the differences of food habit between and the reasons which cause these kinds of differences.
Main body
1 The Differences of Food Habit between Chinese and Western
1.1 The difference of diet concept
Chinese food focus on taste
Taste is regarded as the first element of cocking for traditional Chinese food culture. There are five basic tastes in Chinese culture which are sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, and the idea of balancing the five tastes to cook the perfect food is the main concept of Chinese culture. However, in order to keep the best taste of food, it is common
Chinese and Western
Jiahui Sheng
San Francisco State University
HTM 0421-01
Abstract
Currently, with much more frequent culture exchanges between Chinese and Western, people from different countries have more and more opportunities to meet new friends with different religions. However, it is hard to avoid meeting some conflicts during the culture exchange because of differences of cultures, and the difference of food habits is one of the distinct parts. This essay aims to introduce the differences of food habit between Chinese and western and analyze the main reasons for these differences.
Keywords: Food habit, differences and reasons, Chinese and Western
The Differences and Reasons of Food Habit between
Chinese and Western
As the development of globalization, the culture exchange between Chinese and Western becomes more and more frequent. Because of facing the unfamiliar culture and religions, people from both sides have distinct differences in thinking method, lifestyle and behaviors which could not avoid causing some conflicts and obstructs the success of culture exchange. Food Habit is one of the most important parts in the culture exchange which is the reason for that it is necessary to learn and understand the food habit in different countries to improve self-image. The main part of this essay is to analyze the differences of food habit between and the reasons which cause these kinds of differences.
Main body
1 The Differences of Food Habit between Chinese and Western
1.1 The difference of diet concept
Chinese food focus on taste
Taste is regarded as the first element of cocking for traditional Chinese food culture. There are five basic tastes in Chinese culture which are sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, and the idea of balancing the five tastes to cook the perfect food is the main concept of Chinese culture. However, in order to keep the best taste of food, it is common