Ethical Research On Traditional Chinese Food Rituals

The Chinese traditional eating rituals are an important code of practice which formed in the evolution of Chinese traditional society,and have very important ethical enlightenment and value in contemporary society.As an important guide and typical example of Chinese traditional eating culture,the Chinese traditional eating rituals have contributed to the inheritance and development of Chinese traditional eating thought.Throughout the development process of Chinese traditional eating rituals,since the primitive society of the "eat animal flesh raw and drink its blood" state,and after the strict ritual law in the Pre-Qin society,the traditional eating rituals gradually formed into a standardized and completed direction;and then to the Qin and Han dynasties,accompanied by the higher requirements of"eating" conditions,the content of Chinese traditional eating rituals have gradually been enriched,and have major changes in food standards,eating ways,eating utensils,cooking techniques,food and so on,and in the Tang and Song dynasties,the eating standards are turning to the "eating together" state from the original "divided eating",and gradually developed in to a mature state under the influence of internal and external cultural exchanges;finally,during the Yuan,Ming and Qing dynasties,the traditional Chinese eating rituals present a prosperous scene,and are rich in the aspects of moderate eating,abstinence,self-control,health and harmony.Since then,the traditional Chinese eating rituals have evolved from the initial germination to the final prosperity status,fully demonstrating the evolution of the eating rituals from immature to perfect development,and from a single form to multiple types.Tracing back to reasons,it's inseparable from the influence of comprehensive factors,such as political factors,economic factors and human factors in specific social conditions at that time.For example,the power and status of the ruling class,the social productive forces obeying the political rule,the traditional Confucianism with orthodox status,and the daily behaviors of ordinary people,both have played a certain role in promoting the development of Chinese traditional eating rituals and the formation of eating ethics.In general,the traditional eating rituals contain ethical thoughts of respect,cultivation and harmony,and in terms of specific eating behaviors,it is embodied in the discussion of personal behavior cultivation,the control of appetite and the exploration of eating education;and in the social level,it is characterized by a broad discussion of the standardization of eating rituals,and the relationship between interpersonal,ecological and social harmony.In view of this,this paper focuses on the ethical research in eating behaviors,and takes the important ethical implication of the eating rituals as the research object,try to explore the ethical value and practical significance behind the eating rituals,and aim to promote the specification of personal eating behaviors,and the standardized development of social eating rituals,and form a good and harmony eating atmosphere in the whole society.