Food taboos in Western countries.Chinese food culture is extensive and profound.At Chinese restaurants Nothing taboo content on this different with the West.They avoid吃肥肉,visco-bone and skin-type chickens and ducks (duck,chicken,except the skin),忌食a variety of animal's head,feet and viscera caused by food,忌吃special animal meat,such as dog meat,snake and so on.忌食Chinese tofu,shrimp paste taste like the dense foods,忌食garlic or some hot and sour taste,忌食Chinese soups or菜類strange.The rules in the catering,they also have many taboos,such as,free to speak out when the soup; eat free meals大嚼,devoured; with knife and fork when the taboo subjects jingle sound; especially taboo alarm a glass knife and fork.If the alarm without the termination of the glass,it will bring misfortune.They do not like to have fewer meals,or not to,avoid the rest of their dishes set things do not; meal completed,knife and fork should be on the trading rules,and avoid misplacing; bogey after a meal in public剔牙; bogey get sprinkled with salt; mouth mouthed food,speak bogey.
Western countries Christmas holiday taboos are major Western holiday,but this holiday taboos contact the principal and the Christmas pudding.Britain and the United States and other Western countries to do at Christmas pudding like China over Chinese New Year,like dumplings.Many Westerners think,make their own Christmas pudding stirred in the coming year all the best.Therefore,make Christmas pudding,the home of every member at least stir some pudding,and the promise of a wish and believe that this aspiration is very likely achieve.But the taboo is that can only be stirred clockwise pudding,should not anti-clockwise; own desire promise should not tell anyone.And the United Kingdom countries,China also has a lot of holiday taboo,but they are mainly the traditional program with us as a contact.Such as during the Chinese New Year bogey Geely say so,such as "Die," "sick" "kill" and so on; bogey to break the artifacts,if broken,should immediately say "歲歲peace"; avoid losing the first month the first day of garbage,because people superstitious doing so will remove the luck and wealth drained; for the same reason,women hair free New Year's Day; Lunar New Year's Day anti-knife shovel切菜cooking,because the chief instigator of iron.Children during the Chinese New Year many bogey speak,because the child's mouth without masking adults afraid of them not so lucky with unlucky.
Western countries the number of taboos."13" is a Western country to make the figure of fear and uneasiness.According to the Bible records,at the last supper on the table on the first 13 people for 30 quick silver to betray Jesus,and Jesus also was on the 13th Friday crucifixion.Therefore Westerners do not think 13 is an unlucky number.In their daily lives,they always try to avoid this figure.There is no restaurant on the 13th room,13 people banquet taboo.Key Events on the 13th of each month to avoid.On Friday and 3 of this figure,a lot of Westerners are also taboo.Especially when the cigarette lighter,a match or lighter忌用consecutive 3 lit cigarette.If it coincides with another 13 on Friday,more Westerners are consider "terrible day," known as "Black",because this day is the day of Jesus crucifixion