Advantages and disadvantages of traditional diet in China.

Many characteristics of China's food culture are embodied in the food culture, which directly affects the development of China's food culture. First of all, because of population pressure and other reasons, China people's diet began in the pre-Qin period, that is, food was the main food, with less meat and more food, supplemented by vegetables. This is a typical dietary structure. Among them, rice is the staple food, while vegetables are for the next meal, that is, to help rice swallow. Why should I help you swallow it? That's because the staple food is not delicious, and there must be a substance to help people eat it. Of course, the function of vegetables is similar to that of salt, but it is different from salt. The primary purpose of promoting China cooking this time is to decorate the diet and make the unpalatable food exquisite; Secondly, due to the pursuit of shirts in China culture and the developed handicraft industry in China, the food processing technology in cooking is second to none in the world, which embodies the characteristics of shirts in China culture. All these make China's food culture have the following characteristics. First, China's cooking technology is developed, and many things that westerners think can't be eaten become appetizing at first sight through the work of chefs in China. Second, China people have a wide range of recipes, and they are eating everything they can, without any taboos; Third, China has a lot of works about famine relief, in order to prepare wild vegetables to satisfy hunger in famine years; Fourthly, China people regard the pursuit of food as the greatest pleasure in life, and eating becomes the first demand. Because China people can't follow one's inclinations in diet, there are poems as evidence:

It's too late to patrol the red sun for days, and you will know the truth in your stomach.

It is not difficult to live a full life, only when the weather is favorable.

Therefore, eating is difficult to wear for a long time, so eating occupies a special position in China people's lives, and evidence emerges endlessly.

In addition, we can analyze some characteristics of western food culture, which may deepen our understanding of China food culture. In the western diet, animal husbandry was the mainstay at first, and the proportion of meat in the diet has always been high. In modern times, the proportion of cultivation has increased, but the proportion of meat in the diet is still higher than that of China people. Because meat is naturally delicious, there is no need for westerners to decorate their diet. The natural delicacy of internal food limits the development of cooking. When Europeans show off their wealth, they often show it with food tools, such as the number and luxury of various utensils. In addition, I don't pursue eating things that are easy to satisfy in life as the supreme happiness in life. Westerners' pursuit of life is exactly the same as a saying of China, which can be highly summarized as "full of warmth and lust". They pursue love more. Western culture embodies a kind of "love culture", while China culture embodies a kind of "eating culture".

However, we should also point out that many features of China's diet are invisible in the daily life of ordinary people. Palace diet and shop diet can better and more comprehensively show these characteristics. People's holiday diets, such as the Spring Festival, may partly show these characteristics, but after all, the Spring Festival is a flash in the pan in 365 days of the year.

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Xu Editor-in-Chief: Food is the most important thing for the people-China's food culture.