Ask for eight bowls of dishes and their names when getting married in Cangshan rural area, Shandong Province.

There are two ways to make eight bowls: coarse and fine. The fine eight bowls refer to: fried fish slices, stewed shrimps, family photos, sweet-scented osmanthus fish bones, stewed slippery fish, Sichuan shredded pork, Sichuan meatballs and loose meat. The eight bowls are: stir-fried shrimp, stewed shredded chicken, stewed egg soup with crab roe, sea cucumber balls, silver ingot meat, clear soup chicken, braised chicken, home-cooked roasted carp and so on. Eight bowls are often used for banquets. There are eight people at each table and eight dishes on the table. When serving, they all use a unified sea bowl, which looks refreshing, enjoyable and full of local characteristics. Eight bowls in Yuxian, Shandong, like Cangshan, are all traditional dishes in Yuxian. As the name implies, the eight bowls refer to the number of main dishes on the dining table, which are generally divided into eight categories: shredded pork chop suey, fried meat, steamed meat, tiger skin meatballs, minced meat, mud fried chicken, steamed meatballs and shredded pork belly. Eight bowls are well-made, well-cooked and delicious, and they are the famous dishes of local banquets.