Food culture and national culture are closely related, for the Chinese food culture you know how much?

As the saying goes, food is the only thing that matters. Our country is a very long history of the country, from ancient times to the present, many ethnic groups, very rich in produce, which also creates our country's food culture has a long history, the Chinese cuisine has gone through 5000 years of development history, and ultimately formed the eight major cuisines.

I believe we are no strangers to the eight major cuisines. Lu Cuisine, originated in Shandong, the taste is mainly salty and fresh, but also incorporates the characteristics of Confucianism, so that the Lu Cuisine has become a neutral atmosphere, the nine-turned large intestine, oil explosion double crispy, green onion roasted sea cucumber and so on are the representative works of Lu Cuisine. Szechuan cuisine is one of the most popular cuisines, originating from Sichuan and Chongqing, with a predominantly spicy flavor. In the past few years, Sichuan Cuisine has developed rapidly and gained many fans. Sichuan Cuisine takes a wide range of materials and has a variety of dishes, such as Shredded Pork with Fish, Kung Pao Chicken, etc. are the signature dishes of Sichuan Cuisine. Cantonese Cuisine, originated from Guangdong, is known for its fine practice, retaining the original flavor, and is also very famous for Cantonese dim sum, with roasted goose and shrimp dumplings being specialties of Cantonese Cuisine. Suzhou Cuisine is mainly light in flavor and has a long history. Jinling Roast Duck and Pengcheng Fish Balls are famous dishes of Suzhou Cuisine. Min Cuisine, originated in Fuzhou, is famous for its mountainous delicacies and specializes in cooking seafood. I believe you are not unfamiliar with Buddha jumping over the wall, which is one of the representatives of Min Cuisine. Zhejiang cuisine is rich in Jiangnan characteristics, because the location is rich in seafood, so the representative dishes are mostly seafood-based, such as West Lake Vinegar Fish, etc. are popular Zhejiang cuisine.

China's food culture in addition to derive from the eight cuisines, but also its unique characteristics.

1. Rich flavor

China's vast territory, rich in produce, which also determines the diversity of products. China's southern abundance of rice, northern abundance of wheat, which also contributes to the sweet taste of the south, the northern taste of the salty characteristics of the geographical diversity prompted the formation of the eight major cuisines. In addition, China is a multi-ethnic country, each ethnic group has its unique dietary characteristics, which also caused the diversity of tastes of our food culture.

2. Color, aroma and taste

China's cuisine is not only rich in flavor, but also pay attention to color, aroma and taste. Our dishes look like a beautiful work of art, so that people can not bear to put down chopsticks, this feature, when comparing the food and drink of other foreign countries, more advantageous. In addition to the appearance of people forget, the taste is also particularly fascinating, each dish has a different flavor, before tasting the dishes, let our sense of smell ? Feast your eyes on the flavor of the food.