Four Connotations of Food Culture in China

The dietary life of human beings is a comprehensive reflection of civilization and cultural characteristics in a certain historical stage. The brilliant development of China's food culture is mainly due to its long history and rich content. This profound and solid ideological origin is manifested in the four principles of basic theory, five characteristics of culture and ten styles.

1, four principles of food culture theory:

First, the combination of food and medicine.

Because of the mutual help and influence of getting nutrition from diet and medical treatment, the important principle of China's diet thought comes from the practice and preliminary understanding of "homology of medicine and food", which has formed a valuable tradition of "homology of medicine and food" with China characteristics.

In the Zhou Dynasty, a professional "food doctor" appeared in China. As a nutritionist, Wang Ting's position as a "food doctor" is very high, which is the origin of modern nutritionists. At that time, a special management and research institution was established for this purpose.

At that time, there were also a number of monographs on dietotherapy, such as "For Emergency Use-Sun Simiao" and "Dietotherapy Materia Medica".

Second, diet and health.

Laozi and Zhuangzi advocated using "guiding" qigong to strengthen the body and prolong life.

Ge Hong, a famous health care practitioner in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, advocated that "health care should be based on not hurting".

Third, the original idea.

Pay attention to the natural taste of raw materials and the original flavor of food. This is the core principle of China's cooking.

Fourthly, Confucius' esophagus.

The so-called Confucius esophagus, that is, "food is not tired of fine, food is not tired of fine."

2. Five characteristics of national food culture:

First, a wide selection of food raw materials.

Second, the richness of dietary choices.

Thirdly, the flexibility of cooking.

Fourthly, the historical inheritance of regional style.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) cultural fusion between regions