FoodtaboosinWesterncountries.Chinesefoodcultureisextensiveandprofound.AtChineserestaurantsNothingtaboocontentonthisdifferentwiththeWest.Theyavoid吃肥肉,visco-boneandskin-typechickensandducks(duck,chicken,excepttheskin),忌食avarietyofanimal'shead,feetandvisceracausedbyfood,忌吃specialanimalmeat,suchasdogmeat,snakeandsoon.忌食Chinesetofu,shrimppastetastelikethedensefoods,忌食garlicorsomehotandsourtaste,忌食Chinesesoupsor菜类strange.Therulesinthecatering,theyalsohavemanytaboos,suchas,freetospeakoutwhenthesoup;eatfreemeals大嚼,devoured;withknifeandforkwhenthetaboosubjectsjinglesound;especiallytabooalarmaglassknifeandfork.Ifthealarmwithouttheterminationoftheglass,itwillbringmisfortune.Theydonotliketohavefewermeals,ornotto,avoidtherestoftheirdishessetthingsdonot;mealcompleted,knifeandforkshouldbeonthetradingrules,andavoidmisplacing;bogeyafteramealinpublic剔牙;bogeygetsprinkledwithsalt;mouthmouthedfood,speakbogey. 　　WesterncountriesChristmasholidaytaboosaremajorWesternholiday,butthisholidaytabooscontacttheprincipalandtheChristmaspudding.BritainandtheUnitedStatesandotherWesterncountriestodoatChristmaspuddinglikeChinaoverChineseNewYear,likedumplings.ManyWesternersthink,maketheirownChristmaspuddingstirredinthecomingyearallthebest.Therefore,makeChristmaspudding,thehomeofeverymemberatleaststirsomepudding,andthepromiseofawishandbelievethatthisaspirationisverylikelyachieve.Butthetabooisthatcanonlybestirredclockwisepudding,shouldnotanti-clockwise;owndesirepromiseshouldnottellanyone.AndtheUnitedKingdomcountries,Chinaalsohasalotofholidaytaboo,buttheyaremainlythetraditionalprogramwithusasacontact.SuchasduringtheChineseNewYearbogeyGeelysayso,suchas"Die,""sick""kill"andsoon;bogeytobreaktheartifacts,ifbroken,shouldimmediatelysay"岁岁peace";avoidlosingthefirstmonththefirstdayofgarbage,becausepeoplesuperstitiousdoingsowillremovetheluckandwealthdrained;forthesamereason,womenhairfreeNewYear'sDay;LunarNewYear'sDayanti-knifeshovel切菜cooking,becausethechiefinstigatorofiron.ChildrenduringtheChineseNewYearmanybogeyspeak,becausethechild'smouthwithoutmaskingadultsafraidofthemnotsoluckywithunlucky. 　　Westerncountriesthenumberoftaboos."13"isaWesterncountrytomakethefigureoffearanduneasiness.AccordingtotheBiblerecords,atthelastsupperonthetableonthefirst13peoplefor30quicksilvertobetrayJesus,andJesusalsowasonthe13thFridaycrucifixion.ThereforeWesternersdonotthink13isanunluckynumber.Intheirdailylives,theyalwaystrytoavoidthisfigure.Thereisnorestaurantonthe13throom,13peoplebanquettaboo.KeyEventsonthe13thofeachmonthtoavoid.OnFridayand3ofthisfigure,alotofWesternersarealsotaboo.Especiallywhenthecigarettelighter,amatchorlighter忌用consecutive3litcigarette.Ifitcoincideswithanother13onFriday,moreWesternersareconsider"terribleday,"knownas"Black",becausethisdayisthedayofJesuscrucifixion