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A Brief Introduction to Food Culture in China

As an ancient civilization, China attaches great importance to the established etiquette.

As a guest at a banquet, one should pay attention to his appearance and decide whether to bring a small gift or a good wine according to his relationship with the host. Attendance and punctuality are very important.

As a guest, one should pay attention to his appearance and manners, whether to bring small gifts or good wine depends on the degree of relationship with the host of the banquet. Attendance and punctuality are very important.

Seating Arrangement Seating arrangement is very important in China. When you arrive, you should introduce yourself first. If others don't know you, you can ask the host of the banquet to make an introduction, and then sit down according to the arrangement of the host of the banquet.

In China, seating arrangement is very important. When you arrive, you should introduce yourself first If others don't know you, you can ask the host of the banquet to make an introduction and then sit down according to the host's arrangement.

Let older people eat first, or if you hear an elder say "Let's eat", you can start eating. You shouldn't get ahead of your elders.

Let the old man eat first, or hear the old man say "eat" and you can start eating. You shouldn't surpass your elders.

Introduction:

China's food culture is profound and has a long history in China.

Influenced by the philosophy of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, Confucian ethics and traditional Chinese medicine nutrition theory, as well as cultural and artistic achievements, food aesthetic fashion and national personality characteristics in China's traditional cultural education, China's cooking skills were created in history, and a profound China food culture was formed.

From the perspective of extension, China's food culture can be classified from the perspectives of times and technology, region and economy, nationality and religion, food and tableware, consumption and level, folk customs and functions, showing different cultural tastes and reflecting different use values.

In a word, China food culture is a regional culture with a long history, with broad vision, deep levels, many angles and high taste. It is the people of all ethnic groups in China who have created, accumulated and influenced the material wealth and spiritual wealth of neighboring countries and the world in the aspects of food source development, tableware development, food preparation, nutrition and health care, food aesthetics and so on in the production and life practice of more than 6,543,800 years.