Fenyang is located in the southwest of Taiyuan Basin and the eastern foot of Luliang Mountain, with a history of more than 2,600 years, and is known as the "dry dock of Qin and Jin". The special geographic environment and historical political and economic prosperity have created a unique humanistic environment in Fenyang, which has resulted in a unique local food culture. During the inheritance process of Fenyang food culture for more than 2600 years, it has gradually formed the characteristics of being good at fire, generous dish shape, elegant style, unique flavor and fine production. [3] In 2017, Fenyang became the first chef's hometown in Shanxi, and in early 2019 it was recognized by the China Cuisine Association as the fifth chef's hometown in China. Guangning County
Guangning County has a large team of Cantonese chefs, and 13 Guangning Chefs Association chapters have been set up across the country, **** with more than 5,000 members. There are 55,000 Guangning chefs, accounting for 9.33% of the county's registered population, all over the country and even the world catering industry.