Food with a long history.

For thousands of years, when people had enough food, they began to pay attention to the beauty of food and the harmony of its color, fragrance, taste, shape and container. The beauty of food is manifested in many aspects. Chefs use their ingenious skills and artistic accomplishment to create a variety of foods, which are unique in realizing the unity of color, fragrance, taste and shape, giving people a special enjoyment of a high degree of unity of spirit and material. Let's look at China.

1, Camellia oleifera in Gongcheng, Guangxi

"Gongcheng Camellia oleifera" is a traditional food of the Yao nationality in Gongcheng. According to historical records, it began in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of 1000 years. After 1990s, "Gongcheng Camellia oleifera" spread to Guilin and Guangxi, and now drinking Camellia oleifera has become an interesting thing for people to eat and relax. Camellia oleifera is drunk all year round, morning and evening, regardless of season. Guests arrive in the morning and evening, ready to serve, and more abundant. Gongcheng was rated as the hometown of longevity in China, and the secret of longevity has a lot to do with Camellia oleifera.

2. Hollow tribute surface in Huangchuan, Henan Province

Huangchuan hollow tribute noodles, a specialty of Huangchuan County, Henan Province, also known as Gwangju tribute noodles, have a long history. It is said that it was founded in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of 1300 years. In previous dynasties, it was always a tribute of the imperial court. Huangchuan hollow tribute noodles are made of high-quality wheat flour, sesame oil and refined salt. Knead hundreds of times with traditional manual methods. They are rich in all kinds of nutrients needed by the human body, and have the characteristics of silky thin strips, tubular hearts, smooth and refreshing tendons, boiling resistance and non-stick soup for a long time. The wonderful thing is that although the surface of each tribute is thin, there are micropores, the heart is tubular and the craft is exquisite, which is known as "long plain noodles, long pro-noodles and dragon and phoenix noodles".

3, Shandong Zhoucun sesame seed cake

Shandong Zhoucun sesame seed cake, a kind of pasta, is named after it is produced in zhoucun district, Zibo City, Shandong Province. It originated in the Han Dynasty and became the late Qing Dynasty. It is one of the famous specialties in Shandong Province. Handmade products with four characteristics: crisp, fragrant, thin and crisp, which are made by traditional crafts in Shandong Province. Its shape is round yellow, with sesame seeds on the front and brittle holes on the back. As thin as poplar leaves, as crisp as an exception. When the entrance is chewed, it will be broken and the fragrance will be overflowing. If you accidentally drop it on the ground, it will all break into pieces, commonly known as "Shandong Guala leaf sesame seed cake". According to textual research, Shandong Zhoucun sesame seed cake originated from Hu cake in Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xi interpreted it as "cake" in Ming Shi. Besides, it is a combination of flour and cake, and it is also a big and sloppy work, also written in linen.

4. Jiangsu Nanjing salted duck

Salted duck is a famous specialty in Nanjing, which belongs to Jinling cuisine and is one of the representatives of Jinling cuisine. Also known as osmanthus duck, it has a long reputation and has a history of more than 2500 years. Nanjing salted duck has a long history and accumulated rich production experience. The salted duck skin produced is white and tender, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, and has the characteristics of fragrance, crispness and tenderness. Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the salted duck made in the blooming season of osmanthus has the best color and taste, and is called osmanthus duck. According to Chen Shu, Chen Jun and the Northern Qi Army fought in Zhoushan area outside the northern suburb of Jinling. Chen Jun's "everyone wraps rice, duck rice cooks" and "duck rice cooks" greatly inspired his morale, and finally he won by winning more with less.