What is Luoyang Water Banquet?

Luoyang Water Banquet is a traditional banquet in Luoyang, Henan Province.

Luoyang water banquet started in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,000 years, making it one of the oldest banquets preserved in China. The Luoyang Water Banquet has two meanings: first, all hot dishes are served with soup - soup and water.

The second is that the hot dishes Luoyang Water Seat after eating one, after the withdrawal of another one, like running water is constantly renewed. The characteristics of Luoyang water banquet are meat and vegetarian, a wide range of materials, can be simple or complex, a variety of flavors, sour, spicy, sweet, salty, comfortable and tasty.

Meaning of Luoyang Water Seafood:

Luoyang people regarded water seafood as the top seat of all kinds of banquets, and used it as a way to entertain guests from far away. It is not only a popular seat in grand banquets, but also the usual folk wedding, funeral, birthdays, festivals and other ceremonial occasions.

People are also accustomed to using the water table to entertain friends and relatives, people affectionately called it "three eight table". As a traditional style of food, it is known as the three best things in Luoyang, together with the traditional Peony Fair and the ancient Longmen Grottoes, and is regarded as the three different styles of the ancient capital of Luoyang, which has become the pride of Luoyang people.