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Author: Xingshang Media, edited and published by Traveler Media: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House: 2119-11-1 Words: Edition: 1 pages: 277

Content introduction

Xingshangshu is based on "leading fashion culture and advocating quality life".

Popular Cuisine is based on popular cuisine, a popular fashion program of Shanghai Lifestyle Channel. It pays attention to Shanghai's fresh folk cuisine, selects the most representative alley gourmet restaurants and theme gourmet restaurants in Shanghai, and combines with reporters' interview notes and wonderful interviews with shopkeepers, which not only brings practical information, but also tells wonderful folk food stories, presenting five food journeys: Shanghai accent, white-collar health, hidden city cuisine, holiday gathering and world flavor.

This book is presented to readers by Xingshang Media and Traveler Media, presenting a most authentic and authentic popular food tour.

Chengdu, China, the food capital of the world

Chengdu, China was approved to be added to the UNESCO Creative City Network in February 2111 and was awarded the title of "Food Capital".

The standards of "gourmet capital" are: 1. There is a highly developed gourmet industry in the central area of the city; 2. Have active food institutions, a large number of traditional restaurants and chefs; 3. Have traditional cooking ingredients unique to the country; 4. Possess the local cooking know-how, ways and methods that are still preserved under the condition of scientific and technological progress in the industrial age; 5. Have a traditional food market and food industry; 6. Organized food festivals, cooking competitions, related awards and other activities; 7. Respect the production atmosphere of local traditional products and pay attention to promoting their sustainable development; 8. Pay attention to raising the public's attention to traditional cuisine, and promote courses on traditional cooking and protecting the diversity of cooking methods in cooking school.

Edit this preface of Chinese food culture

Recommended countries have long and short history, large and small territory, strong and weak strength, large and small population, and different ethnic composition, religious beliefs, political nature and economic structure, so the food culture of different countries is different.

China cuisine culture

Under the influence of many factors such as the philosophy of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, Confucian ethics and morality, TCM nutrition theory, as well as cultural and artistic achievements, food aesthetic fashion and national personality characteristics in China traditional culture education, China cuisine skills have been created in history, and a profound China cuisine culture has been formed.

From the perspective of evolution, China's food culture has lasted for more than 1.7 million years, divided into four development stages: raw food, cooked food, natural cooking and scientific cooking. More than 61,111 kinds of traditional dishes, more than 21,111 kinds of industrial foods, colorful banquets and colorful flavor schools have been introduced, and it has won the reputation of "cooking kingdom".

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From the connotation, China's food culture involves the development and utilization of food sources, the use and innovation of tableware, the production and consumption of food, the service and reception of catering, the operation and management of catering and food industry, and the relationship between catering and national security, catering and literature and art, and catering and life realm, which is profound and extensive.

from the extension, China's food culture can be classified from the perspectives of times and techniques, 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 terms of characteristics, China's food culture highlights the theory of nourishing and supplementing (vegetarian diet, attaching importance to medicinal diet and tonic), the theory of harmonious realm of five flavors (distinctive flavor, palatable taste, and the reputation of "tongue dishes"), the cooking method of changing the odd and the positive (kitchen rules-based, flexible), and the food concept of pleasing to the mind (gentle and elegant, educating and eating).

From the perspective of influence, China's food culture directly affects Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and other countries, and is the axis of the oriental food culture circle; At the same time, it also indirectly affects Europe, America, Africa and Oceania, such as China's vegetarian culture, tea culture, sauce and vinegar, pasta, medicated diet, ceramic tableware and soybeans, all of which benefit billions of people all over the world.

In a word, China's food culture is a long-standing regional culture with wide vision, deep level, multi-angle and high taste. It is the material wealth and spiritual wealth that people of all ethnic groups in China have created, accumulated and influenced neighboring countries and the world in the aspects of food source development, tableware development, food conditioning, nutrition and health care, and food aesthetics during more than 1 million years of production and life practice.