摘要

民以食为天。饮食是极为平常却也十分重要的事，它不仅解决人们最基本的生理需要，也是社会发展的前提。提及饮食，不得不提的就是餐具，它不仅是饮食的工具，也反映出不同国家、不同民族的饮食文化。中国的筷子和西方的刀叉各具特色，而这些特色来自中西方饮食文化的差异。我们需要了解中西方的礼仪与文化差异，使得这些差异完美融合，方能消除中西方沟通与交流中的障碍。

关键词：饮食文化；餐具；筷子；刀；叉；差异

Abstract

People can’t live without food. Diet is ordinary but important. It is not only the basic of people’s physiological needs, but also the precondition of social development. As for tableware, it is the tool of diet representing the diet culture of different countries and nationalities. Both Chinese tableware (chopsticks) and Western tableware (knives and forks) are distinctive, and their characteristics come from the differences of the diet culture between China and Western countries. To learn these differences and culture is to fuse Chinese and Western culture, and remove obstacles in communication.

Key words: diet culture; tableware; chopstick; knife; fork; difference