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Why do Japanese housewives cook such exquisite lunches?

In Japanese personality labels, there is always a sense of pursuing exquisiteness. In the whole diet environment of Japan, they also pay attention to the modeling of dishes and decorate people's lives as an art in the natural scenery.

Therefore, the box lunch is always exquisite and beautiful. It pays attention to form, coordination and decoration, and it often takes a lot of time to make a simple lunch. Food is the most important thing for the people, and Japanese people eat box lunch, which also plays a role in pursuing exquisiteness and beauty.

When we eat box lunch, most people want to eat spicy food. Japanese don't need to heat their lunch boxes. In Japanese dramas, some students and company employees can eat their own lunches directly and enjoy them. They think there is nothing wrong with eating lunch without heating, not to mention that the most common lunch for Japanese people is dry food such as sushi rice balls, which can be eaten even without heating.

In addition, the Japanese believe that eating food after heating will destroy the taste of food itself, and the heat and smell of food may make others unhappy. Pursuing nature and purity, and paying more attention to other people's opinions than oneself are all Japanese characters seen from lunch boxes.

Bento is one of the characteristics of Japanese culture, but in fact, the word "bento" originated from the Southern Song Dynasty proverb, meaning "convenient things, convenient and smooth". After it was introduced into Japan, there were records such as "access", "distinguishing Tao" and "distinguishing time". Later, it was introduced into China with the word "dang" in Japanese.