Whenitcomestofood,theChinesehaveacommonsaying,“Themassesregardfoodastheirhaeven”,whichmeansthatfoodispeoplesprimalwant,Itshouldclearlyjustifytheimportancethat“eating”holdsinChinesepeopleslives.Eatingisnotjustmeanttofillthestomach；haveingfoodatonesdisposal,beingabletoconsumeagoodamountoffood,andknowingwhatandhowtoeatareallviewedasagood“fortune”.ThosewhopromotefoodcultueoftenusethewordsofChinesephilosopherConfucius,“dietandlove-making,allprimalneedsofeveryhumanbeing,”findinganaspiringandpositivethoughtbasisforsuchanepicureanlifestyle.TheresprobablynotanotherplaceinthisworldthathasasgreatavarietyofdeliciousfareasChina.TheChinese,whoseeeatingasafortuneandlifeasanart,notonlycreatedvariouskindsofregionalfoodstylesinitsownvatlands,buthavealsospreadChinesefoodculturetofaracrosstheseas.Today,inthisworldwhereeventhefarthestcornerscanseemascloseasonesbackyard,Chinesefoodcanbeenjoyedineachandeverymetropolitanthroughouttheworld.作者简介：LIUJUNRUM.A.,graduatedfromtheChineseLanguageandLiteratureDepartmentofBeijingNormalUniversity.Atpresent,sheisateacherintheCulturalSchoolofBeijingLanguageandCulturalUniversity,researchingandteachingofmediastudiesandnewswritingaswellasteachingChineselanguagetoforeigners,Hermajorworksinclued：TherWritngofPracticalWriting(thepracticalwritingofmedia),ThePracticalWriting(thepraceticalwritingforforeign-reletedaffairs).