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In The Joy Luck Club Tan offers a new interpretation of mother-daughter relationships and culture conflicts be-tween the Chinese and American. This novel tells stories of eight women, four mothers and their American-born daughters. The mothers as the first immigrant generation abandon their mother land behind and live in a foreign land, but they still adhere to traditional Chinese values and customs. The daughters, however, born and living in America, have different values from their mothers. As a result, disparities in background and values cause cultural conflicts. Although culture differences emerge in varied aspects, this paper attempts to focus on the dining culture differences between China and America in the novel and the influences the disparities result in.