从饮食这一看似平常却是最基本的生活空间入手，观察与理解文化的变迁是一个重要而深刻的视角。本文以对儿童食品与进食的调查分析，探讨当前社会代际之间文化传承的特点及变化。研究表明：１家庭中的三代人分别具有相对不同的关于食物的知识体系，他们在选择食品和安排进食过程中所考虑的因素、依据的标准和观念是不同的，孩子比其父辈、祖辈带有更明显的现代消费主义特征；２代际之间文化传承的途径已经发生从单一到多样的变化，文化传递的方向也发生部分的改变。与传统社会中几代人分享大致相同的食物知识体系和主要依靠代际之间自上而下的口耳传递方式颇为不同，孩子得自于市场、广告、同龄人的食物信息和知识，有时甚至超过其长辈。食物作为具有象征意义的文化载体，其承载的文化意义以及围绕着食物的话语也发生了改变；３家庭中关于吃什么、如何吃的决策反映出家庭地位关系的改变，孩子的中心化倾向和孩子独立空间的扩大都趋于明显 Starting from the seemingly ordinary but basic living space, it is an important and profound perspective to observe and understand cultural changes. Based on the investigation and analysis of children’s food and eating, this paper explores the characteristics and changes of the cultural inheritance between generations in society. The research shows that: 1) The three generations in the family have relatively different knowledge systems about food. The factors they consider in choosing food and arranging eating are based on different standards and concepts. The children are different from their parents and grandparents With the more obvious features of modern consumerism. 2. The ways of cultural heritage between generations have changed from single to multiple, and the direction of cultural transmission has also changed in some ways. Sharing similar broad food knowledge systems with generations in traditional societies and relying largely on top-down verbal transmission between generations, children derive their food information and knowledge from markets, advertisements, peers, Sometimes even older than their elders. Food as a symbol of cultural carrier, its bearing the cultural significance and the discourse around the food has also changed; 3  family about eating, how to eat the decision reflects the change of family status, the child’s central tendency The expansion of children’s independent space tends to be noticeable