Polish and Chinese cuisine is one of many beautiful flowers in the cultural gardens of both countries. The following article concentrates on existing differences between Polish and Chinese food culture and excavates some cultural, sociological and even spiritual values hidden under tradition of preparing food and drinks.
Many foreigners who know Chinese people are surprised by the fact that the Chinese express their feelings in a completely different way than the Westerners. For example, Chinese people do not hug when they meet, even if they are close family members who haven’t seen each other for a long time. Obviously kissing is even more problematic. Why is that? Is it because Chinese people do not have any feelings? Of course not. The reason originates in a few thousand years of history of the feudal society and its traditional ethical code, which still infl uences or even shapes the behavior of the contemporary Chinese. As a result Chinese people choose the conservative way to express their feelings.
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