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1、课 程 论 文（课 程 论 文（学术论文写作学术论文写作）Title:OntheDifferencebetweenChineseandWestern Wine Culture题目:浅析中西方酒文化差异二级学院：英语学院专业：英语班级：姓名：学号：授课教师：成绩：Title:OntheDifferencebetweenChineseandWestern Wine Culture题目:浅析中西方酒文化差异二级学院：英语学院专业：英语班级：姓名：学号：授课教师：成绩：浙江越秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）目录目录目录目录目录.i i摘摘要要.I.IAbstract.Abstract.I II I

2、1 Introduction1 Introduction.1 12 Different Origins of Wine2 Different Origins of Wine.2 22.1 The Origin of Wine in China.22.2 The Origin of Wine in The West.22.3 Brief Summary.23 Different Preferences of Wine3 Different Preferences of Wine.3 34 Differences of Drinking Vessels.4 Differences of Drink

3、ing Vessels.4 45 Drinking Etiquette5 Drinking Etiquette.5 56 Spirit Connotation of Wine6 Spirit Connotation of Wine.6 66.1 Wine is Their Emotional Sustenance.66.2 Wine is Their Way of Reclusiveness.76.3 Wine Has Secular Utilitarian Utility.76.4 Brief Summary.77 Conclusion.7 Conclusion.8 8Bibliograph

4、y.9i浙江越秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）摘要摘摘要要随着中西方交流的扩大，中西文化之间的差异也越来越受到重视，酒文化的差异也当然是其中之一。酒被认为是酒神赐予人们的礼物，酒文化源远流长，酒在人们日常的交际生活中起着重要作用，它融会贯通了人们生活和人际交往的各个方面。而酒作为一个既传承历史又通向未来的道具是一个值得我们认真研究的课题。而由于生活环境、历史背景传统习俗、价值观念、思维模式、社会规范以及文化底蕴的不同，酒文化作为一种深刻的文化现象，也在中西方各个国家、各个地区有着各不相同的内涵，呈现出风格迥异的特性。本文是在经过大量资料收集和阅读之后进行的分析总结，主要论述的是中西方酒文化

5、之间的差异。中西方的酒文化同中有异、异中有同,内容丰富，了解不同民族的酒文化,有助于人们成功地进行跨文化交际，同时也加深了对历史文化的了解。关键词：关键词：酒文化；跨文化交际；文化差异I浙江越秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）AbstractAbstractAbstractWith the expansion of communication between China and western countries and theglobalization of the world nowadays,the differences between Chinese and westerncult

6、ures have been attracted much more attention,for instance,the differences of wineculture is one of which focused as an issue.The wine is considered as the gift given bythe god of wine.Wine culture has a long history and wine plays an important role inpeoples daily life,and it combines peoples lives

7、and interpersonal communication in allaspects.On the other hand,as a linker of inheriting history and leading to the future,wineis an article that deserves our earnest study.Because of the differences of livingenvironment,historical background traditions,values and thinking mode,social normsand cult

8、ure,wine culture has a different connotation in different countries and regionsand shows the characteristics of disparate style as a kind of profound culturalphenomenon.This article is an analysis performed after a lot of data collection andreading,which mainly describes the differences of wine cult

9、ure between China andwestern countries.According to the research,the wine culture between China andwestern countries is very special,which has similarities in their differences anddifferences in their similarities.The study presents that the content of the wine culture isreally rich and complex.Ther

10、efore,for the sake of the successful interculturalcommunication among different nations and regions,having a good knowledge of wineculture is necessary.Whats more,it can deepen peoples understanding of their ownhistory.KeyKeywords:words:WineCulture;InterculturalCommunication;CulturalDifferencesII浙江越

11、秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）Introduction1 1 IntroductionIntroductionThe wine as an objective substance in the world is in the shape of water but it has thecharacter of fire.Since the wine comes into being,it contributes to a rich culturalconnotation of human social life.The Chinese traditional view which prop

12、osal thatpeople should cultivate ones morality and care about the good and evil human nature isalso reflect on the words making,which is from an ancient book namedShuo wen jie zi(speak the language and explain the words).It will brighten the bright and fool the fool.According to the history,drinking

13、 is such a common thing that the emperors,the heroes,the liberators,the ordinary people,the beggars are all like and want it.Undoubtedly,thewine can be said as a riddle.People no matter in China or in western countries all havethe habit of drinking wine.They regard drinking wine as an indispensable

14、part of life.The formation way of wine culture is different in different countries.In China,the wordfor alcohol jiu”is used to refer to all types of alcoholic beverages.Since long time agoChina had have the stories about Du Kang who invented the method of brewing wine.InEnglish,there are many words

15、can be used to refer to“jiu”,for example,alcoh ol,drink,liquor,spirits and wine are all refer to“jiu”.The wine culture was gradually formed afterthe appearing of wine.Someone has said that the wine culture referred to the integrationof material,technical,spiritual,custom,psychological,and behavior p

16、henomenon whichgenerated around the center.No matter the eastern or western people,when they face thebusy and helpless life and exclaim life is too short and changeable,they think only winecan help them escape from suffering and their weak human nature can be released.Inorder to push the development

17、 of wine culture we should do our utmost to promote theinternational communication of the wine culture.1浙江越秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）Different Origins of Wine2 2 Different Origins of WineDifferent Origins of Wine2.12.1 The Origin of Wine in ChinaThe Origin of Wine in ChinaAbout the origin of wine,Chinese cl

18、aims that wine is brewed with many kinds oftechnology by people,while the westerners thinkwine is originally created by god.InChinese history,it is of long standing,and the old sayings about the born of wine are a lot.However,generally speaking,people prefer to consider the saying of Du Kang brewing

19、wine is correct.It is said that Du Kang was a shepherd,when he was in grazing;he lost avessel made from bamboo that contained millet congee.Several days after,he got it backand he found the millet congee fermented into tangy mellow nectar.From then on,DuKang abandoned grazing and started to make and

20、 sell wine.As a consequence,Du Kangbecame the famous sage of wine.Then,Du Kang not only referred to the person s name,but also the wines name.Therefore,Du Kang became the forefather of winemaking.2.22.2 The Origin of Wine in The WestThe Origin of Wine in The WestThere are also a lot of origins in th

21、e west,but mostly thought that wine is created by god,and it is the gift for human given by god.The ancient Egyptian think wine is made byOsiris who protects the dead,and Greece people think wine is brought by the god of winenamed Dionysus,it is not only the gift given by the god of wine,but also th

22、e symbol ofpeoples harvest.According to the legend,Dionysus was the son of Zeus and the princessof Thebes named Himmler.He grew up in Asia Minor Thrace and Greece,and taughtpeople growing grapes and the technology of making wineeverywhere.Then the winebecame gradually prevailing in Europe.The god of

23、 wine with his followers strolls hereand there,so where they wandered where had the fragrance of wine.2.32.3 Brief SummaryBrief SummaryIn contrast,although Chinese has the words such as wine god or wine immortal,these words actually refer to heavy drinkers or the laudatory names of the drinkers.Both

24、of them have nothing to do with myth,and of course they are different with Dionysus inthe western culture.In the current cross-cultural communication,it is need to bedistinguished.And beyond the myth,archaeological studies showed that in the lateneolithic,Eastern Asia and China(Yellow River basin an

25、d Yangtze River basin)andWestern Asia and North Africa(two river basins and the Nile river basin)had begunfarming revolution.While in the early stages of the impergium,the ancients of the eastand the west almost simultaneously began artificially wine-making in the progress ofplanting crops.2浙江越秀外国语学

26、院课程论文（学术论文写作）Different Preferences of Wine3 3 Different Preferences of WineDifferent Preferences of WineIn Chinese traditional views,people prefer to choose food as raw material to make whiteand yellow wine as drinks in formal occasions.For example,when the Chinesegovernment fetes the foreign guests

27、,the flagship drinks is the top-grade white wine suchas Chinese Maotai and Wuliangye Yibin.in recent years,beer are more and moreimportant in the Chinese market,and people always choose beer to adjust atmosphere inthe parties,but in the formal occasions,people will make the same choice of white wine

28、to performance this function.For instance,in the wedding day,in order to adapt to theneeds of different groups,the tables seat by the guests usually have white wine,beer anddrinks;while the toast wine used by the new couple is always white wine that also calledliquor.In the west,there is no doubt th

29、at the grape wine and brandy are really popular.Whatever adjusting the atmosphere or driving away the cold,whatever in the formal orinformal parties,they would happen to coincide to choose grape wine.Wine has becomean indispensable spice in their daily life.In the beginning,people have no tendency f

30、or wine selection.People could take anythings to make wine.Grape wine,just as its name implies,made by grapes.Chineseliquor(white wine)or yellow wine is made by rice or other crops.Because there issomething to do with the natural and cultural environment,wine and liquor appear andgradually become th

31、e indispensable part of human life.In ancient times,Chinese peoplelive in Yellow River basin which is the temperate continentalclimate,and this climatesuits the growth of grain crops such as sorghum and wheat.It is granted that Chinesechoose crops as wine-making raw materials.On the contrary,in Euro

32、pe,especially on thecoast of western Mediterranean and in the Mediterranean climate zone,the climate andtopography are very suitable for grape growing.After a long time,people formed apreference for wine selection.Natural geographical environment and cultural inheritance,namely natural and cultural

33、environment and social cultural environment contributed tothe different preferences between Chinese and western people.3浙江越秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）Differences of Drinking Vessels4 4 Differences of Drinking VesselsDifferences of Drinking VesselsWhatever in China or the west,people take drinking vessels ser

34、iously.The elegant andsuitable extant of drinking vessels are related topeoples degree of attention and love.The drinking vessels culture as an important part of wine culture also has a long history,beautiful and is worth for us to study carefully.With the economic and social development,the materia

35、ls,manufactural technology,shape and function of drinking vessels are in continuous change.According to an articlesintroduction,in ancient China,drinking vessels generally called“zun”.Using as a propernoun,“zun”is a kind of containers with high neck,ring foot and animal motifs.Inaddition,there are v

36、arious drinking vessels such as“pot”,“jue”,“jiao”,“xian”and“cup”,“light”,“zhong”and“wei”,“yi”,“ru”,“qing”and“ji”.Each vessel has its own functionand shape.According to some peoples research,drinking vessels shape and winesflavor have great relevance.Because different shapes would make wine and the c

37、ontactarea of dynamic tongue is different,and the capacity in the mouth would be affected,theflavor of wine also has something to do with the drinking vessels shape.This is whywesterners choose vessels with different shapes and making material to fill differentwine.There is no doubt that the western

38、ers pay attention to the drinking vessels no less thanChinese.There is something different with China:Chinese drinking vessels types arevarious not just because of the development of the social productivity,but also because ofthe feudal hierarchical need,which is through different vessels to represe

39、nt the differentstatus.Drinking vessels are divided into different levels just as the ancient robes.Different people use different drinking vessels,the existence of drinking vessels iscomplete to distinguish and stand out the drinkers identity.4浙江越秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）Drinking Etiquette5 5Drinking Etiq

40、uetteDrinking EtiquetteChina and western countries have a big difference on the drinking etiquette.Maybe thebiggest difference in drinking etiquette is to urge people to drink at a banquet.A group ofChinese drink together is a bigger scene definitely than a group of westerners get together.Because t

41、he Chinese are good at urge others to drink,they would do their best to forceothers to drink.This not only symbolizes the hospitality of Chinese people,but also hasthe very big relations with Chinese groupthink.Urging others to drink as a special way totoast is a kind of Chinese custom that formed i

42、n the thousands of years.The custom isone kind of Chinese traditional culture which cannot see in the western countries andcannot be understood in the west.Western people stress democracy and freedom,andthey never interfere and force others to do things.They drink and meal all by free andindependent

43、,if they want to drink and then drink,they want how much to drink and thendrink how much,they need not to be polite and formal.The differences between Chineseand western are here.When Chinese drink,they would say that they cannot drink,but thehost still urges them to drink to show respect and sincer

44、ity.When westerners drink,theywould not appear this kind of circumstance,if they say that they cannot drink,the hostwould not urge them to drink anyway.Besides,the Chinese are particular about to propose a toast.This toast has a custom,too,and cant easily break it.The first toast must start from the

45、 host,and then the guests haveright to return,then the interplay among the guests.The host toasts also have the orderfrom the old to the young,from the honourable people to the common.The whole toasthas a particular regularity and strong interactivity.When westerners drink together suchas a party,fi

46、rst,the host toasts the guests to thank the presence and hope them enjoy theparty.After that,other time is free for all guests;they can find their own partner topropose a toast and chat.Also,because the influence of Chinese traditional culture andthe thinking of toast,everybody would show humility a

47、nd try to make their own cups tobe lower position than others.After the toast,the host should also give the guests full ofwine but cannot overflow,the full,the better.Westerners pay more attention on thewine-tasting when they are drinking.Commonly,they only pour quarter of glass so thatthey can rock

48、 the wine in the glass,and it is convenient for observation and smelling thefragrance.For westerners,they would not to show their humility.So when they see theChinese behavior that doesnt let their cup higher than others,they feel surprise andcannot understand.5浙江越秀外国语学院课程论文（学术论文写作）Spirit Connotatio

49、n of Wine6 6Spirit Connotation of WineSpirit Connotation of WineSince Du Kang brewing,wine plays an indispensable role in Chinese life,and Chineseliteratus play a special role in the wine culture,the wine deeply infiltrates Chinesehistoric literatuss spirit.Chinese literature and cultural history ca

50、n be said written withwine and emitted the aroma of wine.6.1 Wine is Their Emotional Sustenance6.1 Wine is Their Emotional SustenanceWine is a substance can accelerate human bodys blood circulation,make the personmore impulsive,and emotions are more likely to erupt.Literatus drink makes thisfunction