从文化角度看中西菜肴命名的差异

1OnDifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternNamingDishesfromthePerspectiveofCultureStudent:ChenJian,Class60801,EnglishDepartmentSupervisor:ZhuJun,EnglishDepartment,CollegeofForeignLanguage,YangtzeUniversity[ABSTRCT]Becauseofthediversifiednaturalenvironmentsandproducts,thatmakethedifferenceoftheEastanddifferentcultures,andChineseandWesternrestaurantsaregraduallydevelopingintheirownway.Foodanddrinkcultureplayanremarkableroleinthenationalculture.Thenamesofthelittledishesrepresentmorethantheproductsthatlookedexquisiteandtasteddeliciousbutthemeaningthatreflectsthenation'suniqueculturalheritageandtradition.ThetraditionalWesterncultureisacombinationoflivestockcultureandmarineculture,whereastheChinacultureisacombinationoffarmingcultureandlandculture.Thesetwodifferentspeciesofculturereflectthedifferencesthatthewaypeopleliveandproduce,amongthosedietisthemostrepresentativearea,fromculturenamedusingofvocabularytocatchaglimpseof....twospeciesdietcultureofdifferencemainperformanceinrawmaterialstype,andcookingmethod,anddiningway,anddishtypenamed,fouraarea.ThroughcomparisonofWesterndishesinthisarticlename,toWesternideasandhabitsofthinkingintermsofdifferentanalysisoftheirdeepculturalconnotationbehindtoexploretheconceptofWesternculturedifferences.Byunderstandingwesterndishesnameandnameitcauses,peoplecanbetterunderstandnotintheWesternculture,andhasbetterperformanceincross-culturecommunication.[Keywords]:ChineseandWesternculture,repastculture,dishnamed,culturalideadifferences.2contents1.Introduction..............................................................................................................42.Literaturereview.....................................................................................................62.1Diet..........................................................62.1.1Definition................................................................................................62.1.2Origin......................................................................................................62.1.3Functions.................................................................................................62.2Culture..............................................................................................................62.2.1Definitionsofculture..............................................................................72.2.2PhilosophicalfoundationofChineseculture..........................................82.2.3Philosophicalfoundationofwesternculture..........................................92.2.4Cross-cultureandcross-culturalcommunication...................................93.NamingdifferencesofdishesbetweenChinaandwesterncountries...................93.1Structuraldifferences........................................................................................93.1.1Arrangementofmenu............................................................................103.1.2Thecomplexityofcookingdishes.........................................................103.1.3Content.of.dishes....................................................................................................103.2Culturaldifferences............................................................................................113.2.1Differenceinattitudestodiet....................................................................113.2.2DifferencesinChineseandWesternfoodcontent...................................................123.2.3Differencesinthewayofhavingmeals...................................................123.2.4Differencesincookingmethods................................................................133.2.5Differenceindiningetiquette....................................................................133.2.6Differenceindiningutensils......................................................................144.Differentculturalnotionsreflectedinnamingdishes........................................................144.1DifferentideastowardsfoodinChinaandwesterncountries........................154.2NamingofChineseandwesterndishes..........................................................164.3Culturaldifferencereflectedinnamingdishes................................................164.4ViewsandsuggestionsonChineseandWesternDieteticCulture.........................1735.Conclusion..............................................................................................................17Bibliography………………………………………………………………………19Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………..21Appendix(Translation)……………………………………………………………………………………………..2341IntroductionThereisaChineseoldsaying:’Breadcomesfirst’.Asaresult,Onesizefitsall.Thenationalcultureisoccupiedwiththedietofthevisible.Thusthewonderfulfoodcultureisderivedfromthevariousnationsoftheworld.Chinesefoodanddelicacieshaveaculturalheritageofmorethan5,000yearsandisnotonlyatreasuretotheChineseculture,buttheworldfoodculture.Westerndisheshavehaddifferentculturalfactorsbecauseofthemorefrequentdevelopandexchangesofdifferentcultures.E