China food folklore is a regional culture with a long history, with wide vision, deep levels, many angles and high taste. It is the people of all ethnic groups in China who have created, accumulated and influenced the material wealth and spiritual wealth of neighboring countries and the world in the aspects of food source development, tableware development, food preparation, nutrition and health care, food aesthetics and so on in the production and life practice of more than 6,543,800 years.
China's food folklore has formed its own distinctive features from the specific economic structure, mode of thinking and cultural environment, that is, artistic tendency, and China dishes are exquisitely named, appealing to both refined and popular tastes. The names of dishes are not only named according to the realism of the main ingredients, auxiliary materials, seasonings and cooking methods, but also according to historical anecdotes, myths and legends, celebrity tastes and dishes images, such as "family portrait", "general crossing the bridge", "lion's head", "beggar chicken", "dragon and phoenix are auspicious", "Hongmen banquet" and "Dongpo meat".
Extended information 1. Excellent selection of ingredients: Selection of ingredients is the primary skill of China chefs, and it is the basis for making a good Chinese dish. It needs rich knowledge and skilled application skills.
2. Skillful knife work: The chef uses knife work to treat raw materials to make their shapes neat and consistent, so as to adapt to the heat, heat evenly, facilitate eating, and maintain a certain aesthetic feeling of shape, which is one of the keys of cooking technology.
3, unique heat: heat is one of the keys to form the flavor characteristics of dishes.
4. Different skills: Cooking is another stunt of chef China.
5, five flavors to reconcile: seasoning is also an important skill in cooking, the so-called "five flavors to reconcile hundreds of flavors."
6. Elegant mood: China's food culture has elegant mood and artistic atmosphere, which is mainly manifested in three aspects: beauty, fame and beauty.
Baidu Encyclopedia-China Food Culture