(I) Chinese food culture
Chinese food culture has a long history, is an important part of the cultural treasury of the Chinese nation, with France, Turkish cooking and called the world's three major culinary systems, but also our Chinese children proud and proud of the place. Chinese food culture has colorful cultural connotations and strong and solid technical foundation, to taste as the core, to raise for the purpose of culture, science and art is the crystallization of different geographic locations, different ethnic groups, with different styles but the same is unparalleled dining culture. Numerous varieties of local delicacies with unique flavors, fragrant and popular all over the world, y attracting countless overseas enthusiasts. It can also be said that dietary kung fu is also a kind of learning, a kind of characteristics of prominence, a way of communication.
Connotation culture
Chinese food culture has always been concerned about the color, aroma, taste, the form of catering, can be summed up in the "essence", "beauty", "love". It can be summarized by "essence", "beauty" and "love". These words reflect the unique cultural heritage of food quality, aesthetic experience, emotional activity, social function, etc. in the process of dietary activities, as well as the close connection between dietary culture and Chinese traditional culture.
Fine, is a generalization of the intrinsic quality of Chinese food culture, this fine sense of consciousness as a cultural spirit, penetration, carried out in the whole process of food activities. The selection of ingredients, cooking, preparation and even the dietary environment, all reflect the word "fine".
Beauty, reflecting the aesthetic characteristics of food culture. One of the important reasons why Chinese food can conquer the world lies in its beauty. This beauty refers to the perfect unity of the form and content of Chinese food activities, refers to the aesthetic pleasure and spiritual enjoyment it brings to people. The beauty of Chinese food is not only expressed in the taste, but also in the form, color, utensils, and even in the costumes of the service staff, all of which are permeated with beauty, so that people feel the impact of beauty and enjoyment at all times. It can be seen that beauty as a basic connotation of food culture, is the charm of Chinese food, throughout the process of food activities in every link.
Emotion, Chinese culture has always been emotion as a bond, the same, Chinese diet "emotion" as an important function. In China, eating is actually a medium of emotional exchange between people, is a unique social activity. While eating, chatting, talking business, exchanging information, interviews. Throughout the ages, Chinese people are used to expressing their farewell or welcome at the dinner table, and emotional storms are often calmed by people with wine and food. With the accelerated pace of social life, the social regulatory function of eating activities and psychological massage role is increasingly being emphasized.
Precision, beauty, emotion and etiquette summarize the basic connotation of Chinese food culture from different perspectives, in other words, these four aspects organically constitute the overall concept of Chinese food culture. Refinement and beauty focus on the image and quality of food, while sentiment and etiquette focus on the mentality, customs and social functions of food. However, they do not exist in isolation, but are interdependent and causal. Only its "essence" can have a complete "beauty"; only its "beauty" can inspire "feelings"; only its "feelings" can inspire "emotions". only "love", can be in line with the fashion of the times "ritual". The four are interlinked, perfect unity, forming the highest state of Chinese food culture. Only by accurately grasping the "essence, beauty, love, etiquette" can we y understand Chinese food culture and better inherit and promote Chinese food culture.
Formal Culture
Chinese food often focuses on fine and elaborate ingredients, with many variations and techniques. From the point of view of knife skills, it requires the eye, knife, heart consistent cooperation in order to achieve a certain level. In the cooking process, but also to do the fire, the sense of taste to grasp, the depth of Chinese culture can be seen. Out of the plate is a round plate, a harmonious, and can reflect the Chinese people's gathering gas and life, mainly round, calm and Confucian connotation, often everyone **** enjoy, eat with chopsticks, dexterity and good thinking, rational and intellectual image of the Chinese people in the diet was expressed in the fullest. Dining culture
Chinese dining generally take the form of a round table **** meal, which is an important form of expression of Chinese dining culture, often able to create a harmonious and cordial atmosphere. Catering culture is a country or nation in the long-term historical conditions formed and preserved a habit of life and cultural traditions (Chinese dining dining form that reflects some of the characteristics of the Chinese dining cultural traditions), the people of China have long been accustomed to this way of dining.
(2) Western food culture
Western food culture is very different from Chinese culture, Western culture is based on traditional Western culture, through the continuous improvement of modern industrial culture and the formation of which invariably permeated with some aspects of the Western cultural traditions, such as, "equality", "freedom", "hygiene", "privacy" and other cultural connotations.
Leisure Culture
The largest number of fast-food restaurants in the United States are still fast-food restaurants, and the fast-food culture in the United States embodies the leisure culture. French fries, fried chicken, drinks and so on are the most common plaything in the western recipes, it is these unusual things that can't make it to the big stage in Chinese food's view that made the big enterprises in the world, like McDonald's, KFC and so on. This may be related to the American concept of time, lifestyle. The United States to pay attention to efficiency, but also the most unpretentious. The flourishing of fast food culture in the United States is probably also related to this nature of theirs. The hygiene, efficiency, time-saving and casual romance of fast food is the cultural basis for the development and growth of fast food in the West.
Equality and freedom culture
In Chinese food, the arrangement of seats, tableware, eating rules and behavior at the table are subject to the traditional cultural conventions of the rules and regulations, not to mention the status of the guests, seniority, hobbies and other factors that limit the form of dining. In Western cuisine, the diet of the moment is the expression of equality and freedom, each person independently decide the type of food, the amount of food, share meals applicable, abundance and frugality of their own, on most occasions to implement the "AA" system. Eating is your own business, everyone is equal and free to sit together to enjoy the food, free and casual.
Split-meal culture
Western meals are customarily served at a long table, with a split-meal system, where each person orders his or her own food, and each person holds a portion. The most common type of plate service is to divide the meal in the kitchen into each plate, which is brought out from the kitchen by the waiter and then given to each guest quickly and politely. The Western form of dining seems on the surface to be less convivial, more polite and independent, but essentially and most importantly it reflects hygiene. Separate meal system can also reflect the concept of moderate thrift, reasonable diet, to overcome the shortcomings of Chinese food pay attention to the ostentation, wastefulness. Dishes and staple foods in the meal portioning system are rationed by people, which can reduce wastage. Whether it is a pre-dinner snack or a main meal, the ingredients are linked to the amount of food eaters, the number of dishes as few as possible, but to ensure that each meal eaten. Dining system so that each guest has a clear quantitative concept of the number of individual meals, in order to reduce waste and health benefits. Our current buffets and cold dinners also reflect this principle.