Chinese dietary folklore is generally characterized by human ****commonness, ethnicity, class, history, locality, inheritance, variability, concentration, etc., which reflect China's cultural connotations on multiple levels.

Chinese dietary folklore is a kind of long-lasting regional culture with wide vision, deep level, multi-angle and high grade; it is the material and spiritual wealth created, accumulated and influenced the neighboring countries and the world in the development of food source, development of food utensils, food conditioning, nutritional health care and dietary aesthetics of the people of all ethnic groups of China in the more than one million years of production and life practice.

Chinese food folklore by the specific economic structure, way of thinking and cultural environment, formed its own distinctive features, that is, artistic tendency, the name of Chinese cuisine is also out of the ordinary, elegant and popular **** appreciation. The name of the dish is based on both the main, auxiliary, seasonings and cooking methods of realistic naming, but also based on historical stories, myths and legends, celebrities, food interests, dishes named after the image, such as "Family Portrait", "generals across the bridge", "" lion's head", "called chicken", "dragon and phoenix", "Hongmen Banquet", "Dongpo Pork " and so on.

1, the selection of materials is excellent: the selection of materials is the Chinese chef's primary skill, is the basis for a good product of Chinese cuisine food, to have a wealth of knowledge and skillful use of skills.

2, knife work is fine: the chef of raw materials for knife processing, so that the neat and consistent form, in order to adapt to the fire, heat uniformity, easy to taste, and maintain a certain form of beauty, and therefore is one of the keys to cooking techniques.

3, the fire is unique: the fire, is the formation of dishes cuisine flavor characteristics of one of the keys.

4, techniques vary: cooking techniques, is another masterpiece of China's chefs.

5, the five flavors and harmony: seasoning, but also an important skill of cooking, the so-called "five flavors and all flavors".

6, mood and elegance: Chinese food culture mood and elegance, the atmosphere of art, mainly in the beauty of the instrument, the name of the quartet, the good situation of the three aspects.

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