中国饮食文化Chinese food culture

中国饮食文化Chinese food culture

Famous for its abundance and exquisite, Chinese food culture has occupied an

important part in the nation's tradition cultures. China is of long history

with a vast territory. Due to the diversity of the climate, products and

customs, there are widely different food styles and taste in local regions.

Through creation by past dynasties, the long standing cooking art has formed

rich and colorful local dishes. Among them, \"the eight major dishes\" enjoys

the upper reputation, which consists of Shangdong, Chekiang, Sichuan, Jiangshu,

Guangdong, Hunan, Fujian and Anhwei. Shandong dishes are divided into two

factions as Tsinan and Jiaodong dishes. They are good at clear dishes, pure

but not greasy. Sichuan dishes have enjoyed the fame that every dish has its

own characteristic and none two share the same taste. They are also famous for

pocked, peppery and savor taste. Chengdu and Chongqing dishes are two mail

branches. Jiangsu dishes lay stress on the original taste with proper sweetness

and salty.They consist of Yangzhou, Suzhou and Nanking branches. Chekiang

dishes are bothdelicious and sweet smelling, both soft and slide, clean and

not greasy. They consist of Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing branches. Guangdong

dishes haveGuangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang three styles of dishes. They are

good at choice seafood and pay more attention to the cooking skills. They act

carefully at light food with tender and slide taste, from which they earn the

praise of \" It has a best taste in only in Guangzhou.\" Hunan dishes consist of

Xiangjian,Dongting Lake and Xiangxi coteau three local dishes. Their tastes lay

stress on thick, arid and peppery food, mostly using seasoning like hot peppery,

shallot and capsicum. Minghou, Fuzhou Ximen and Quanzhou dishes are the

representatives of Fujian dishes. They use choice seafood as the main material

with elaborately cooks beautiful color and delicious taste of oil. They are

good at frying, gliding, decocting and pay attention to the dishes' sweetness,

salty, and the appearance. The most distinct features are their \"pickled taste\".

Anhwui dishes pay more attention to the taste, color of dishes and the

temperature to cook them. They are expert in cooking delicacies from mountains

and sea. In addition to the eight major dishes, there are Beijing dishes,

shanghai dishes, Hubei dishes, liangning dishes, Henan dishes which also enjoy

great reputation. What's more, the steamed dishes and vegetable dishes have

their own charms. Actually, Chinese dishes have earned world's fame. The

Chinese eateries could be found everywhere throughout the world. Many foreigners

regard having a Chinese meal as a high honor.