The way of eating in China and the West is very different, and this difference has an effect on the national character. In China, any banquet, no matter what the purpose is, will only have one form, that is, everyone sits around in a group and *** enjoys a seat. The fact that the feast is to be served at a round table creates an atmosphere of unity, politeness, and **** interest in the form. Delicious food in the center of a table, it is a table of people to appreciate, taste the object, but also a table of people's feelings exchange medium. People toast each other, let each other dishes, persuade dishes, in front of the beautiful things, reflecting the mutual respect between people, the virtue of courtesy. Although from the point of view of health, this way of eating has obvious shortcomings, but it is in line with our nation's "reunion" of the general mentality, reflecting the classical Chinese philosophy of "and" the scope of the influence of the thought of future generations, to facilitate the collective exchange of emotions, and therefore It has been difficult to reform it so far.

Western-style banquets, food and wine, although very important, but in fact that is as a side show. The core of the banquet is fellowship, through the neighboring guests to talk to each other, to achieve the purpose of fellowship. If we compare the fellowship of a banquet with a dance, then it can be said that a Chinese banquet is like a group dance, while a Western banquet is like a social dance for men and women. It can be seen that the purpose of the Chinese banquet and the Western-style banquet fellowship are very obvious, but the Chinese banquet is more reflected in the fellowship of the whole table, while the Western-style banquet is more reflected in the fellowship between neighboring guests.

The difference with the Chinese way of eating is even more pronounced in the Western popularity of the buffet. This method is to display all the food one by one, everyone takes what they need, do not have to be fixed in the seat to eat, walk around freely, this way to facilitate emotional communication between individuals, do not have to put all the words on the desktop, but also shows the Westerners on the individuality, respect for the self. But each eat each, do not disturb each other, lack of Chinese people chatting happy **** happy mood. Some people want to buffet into the country's food culture, which is not feasible. Mr. Zhang Qijun in the "Principles of Cooking" in the original reasons: "First, buffet and tea are different, tea is just out of the pot of things sent to you in front of you, please choose, and buffet is a large number of good display there, wait for you to come to the time when it has been cold. Chinese food should be eaten while hot, that fell rolled, but also what to eat. Second, the buffet can only do some hard dishes, affordable dishes. Then you can take a large piece of small pieces for you to take. And those most representative of the art of Chinese cooking, delicate, light dishes, can not appear here. Third, the buffet can only do a big pot of stew, a big pot of boiling dishes, any delicate point of the dish at most a pot of fried two, where can I do a few dozen portions of the pile there? Therefore, it is bound to be not delicious, can not talk about the flavor. Under these circumstances, it is obvious that the adoption of a buffet would necessarily negate the Chinese art of cooking." Chinese people are to be through the table **** food to show harmony, reunion atmosphere, while the buffet breaks the pattern of sitting around drinking, the individual's independence, autonomy to the first place, which is contrary to the traditional Chinese big family unity of the cultural model.