Why can Japanese cuisine be included in UNESCO intangible cultural heritage?

The reason why Japan applied for intangible cultural heritage for "Heshi" is that rich ingredients rooted in the four seasons and geographical environment are used in the freshest state, and food decoration reflects the beauty of nature and has a unique style.

Harmony food, that is, the diet of "Yamato nationality", has traditional colors and pays attention to cultural connotation. So, what are the characteristics of Heshibi? Three words can sum it up: life, goal and ten days.

Chen Shou wrote in the "History of the Three Kingdoms" at the end of the 3rd century that "the sun and the earth are warm, and lettuce is eaten in winter and summer", and he has been eating and drinking for at least two thousand years. When you sit down in the restaurant, you will be served a glass of ice water to welcome the guests. Bento is called bento, Liangbingbing and My Sweetie. Even in midsummer, many Japanese who make a living in Japan can't be as "not bitter" as Zhou Zuoren.

Cold and edible, probably related to clean water quality. People in China are good at using fire, heating and disinfection, but now tap water can't be directly drunk as in Japan. However, since 1980s, the tradition of placing microwave ovens in convenience stores to heat food for customers has also changed.

The autumn wind has started, but I miss the perch of the ancients. I wonder if Wuzhong still eats this land. It is not surprising that perch can be eaten with sake in Japanese pubs. If you can't eat it raw, the first thing is sashimi, which is almost impossible to eat. Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the 6th century. Perhaps out of Buddhist precepts, in 675, Emperor Wu of Heaven issued the first meat ban order, forbidding eating cattle, horses, dogs, apes and chickens.

Buddhism was founded by Sakyamuni 2500 years ago, and there is a commandment not to kill or eat meat. At first, the Great Nirvana Sutra prohibited eating meat, and leeks were also restricted. Buddhism was introduced into China, resulting in sects due to different interpretations. Zen is self-sufficient and creates vegetarian food, which is called "intensive cuisine" in Japan. It seems that Tang Priest sent by Konghai is not interested in food. Since Rong Xi went to the Southern Song Dynasty to bring back tea, monks have been very concerned about their daily life. After learning from the scriptures, they took back China's products and technology conveniently or enthusiastically. Monks from China come to Japan to preach scriptures and also send treasures. Cooking is one of them. The temples in China are almost isolated from the people, and the Japanese live around them. Food, methods and techniques spread from temples, changing and improving people's lives.

Raw, boiled, roasted, fried and steamed are five basic cooking methods, which are matched with yin and yang and five elements. Some people praised Japan, but they didn't take the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty or the foot-binding of the Song Dynasty, and added a sentence to help him: cooking without frying. Cooking is comprehensive and uses fire to the extreme, which is the highest skill of human cooking. Harmony food doesn't emphasize synthesis, such as "loose sushi" (rice is made of vinegar, sugar and salt, and if ordinary white rice is used, it is called "seafood"), and three or five kinds of sashimi are covered with rice and will not be mixed together. Actually, it's the same as sushi, except that the store doesn't give them a squeak, and the sashimi is buckled.

Because less fire is used, less oil is used, and there will be no oil fume overflowing, so the kitchen is basically designed in the center of the house and connected with the living room. If China people show their talents, how can a small cigarette machine get out? The house and even the building are full of Chinese flavor, so I'm afraid the neighbors will complain. And food dishes are often cold, unless there is a black iron stove or a quiet stove on the table with a hint of red, barbecue and pine mushrooms, you can hardly smell the fragrance.

Raw food is relatively simple. In the words of Huang Zunxian in the late Qing Dynasty, it is "love to eat fish, cut it, then get rid of it", but it is also a rather wasteful way of eating, which is suspected of destroying things. More than 20 years ago, when the shopkeeper solved the fish in the fish market, Nuoda's fish head was thrown into the trash can and can be taken home. Stewed fish head with tofu-Japanese tofu is delicious. Later, when the store learned that China people could eat a fish for three times, they stopped being dignitaries and sold knives and marked the price of fish heads like Yang Zhi. It seems that only the puffer fish are fully eaten, and only the toxic parts are thrown away.

Eating animals' hair and drinking animals' blood are animals' innate survival instinct, and no one needs to learn. However, if you study China culture, diet will enrich the cultural connotation. The Japanese eat sashimi in almost the same way as we did in the Tang Dynasty. Japanese like to describe themselves as unique, but the basic culture comes from China. When it comes to drinking Tu Su wine in the New Year, we often add "this custom came from the mainland, but it has disappeared in China today". Nowadays, China seems to be the most timely place to eat hairy crabs, but it can only be described as gluttony, rather than elegance.