For everyone who eats delicious food in China, the sense of happiness is particularly strong. After all, compared with other countries, China has a long history of food culture and a wide variety of foods. Almost every place has its own local characteristics. Of course, in addition to the delicious snacks we often eat, mainstream dishes are also very diverse, such as Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Guangdong cuisine, Fujian cuisine and Zhejiang cuisine, which we are all very familiar with. Anhui cuisine, the eight major cuisines, each represents the food culture of different places, and also has different characteristics and tastes. It is welcomed by many people and is known by almost everyone. But the cuisine we are going to talk about today can be said to be the oldest one in China, and it is also the origin of the major cuisines in China. Known as the "mother of eight major cuisines" in China, it was designated as a state banquet.

When it comes to this kind of cuisine, except for local people, it is not as well-known as other cuisines such as Sichuan cuisine and Shandong cuisine, and many people are unfamiliar with it. But compared with all other cuisines, this kind of cuisines is the oldest, with a history of more than 3,600 years, which originated in Shang Dynasty. At that time, we had begun to pay attention to the harmony of five flavors and the depth of heat in China's cooking, which are still China's cooking skills.

Therefore, this kind of cuisine is known as the "mother of eight major cuisines" in China. In addition to these, this kind of cuisine was also very popular in ancient times, even more valued than the eight major cuisines. It is not only the first choice of official and court dishes, but also the first choice of folk dishes. Compared with other cuisines, this kind of cuisine is more inclusive, no matter what ingredients can be used for cooking, and it also pays more attention to the harmony of five flavors when cooking. Because of this, this dish has been designated as a state banquet for many times and is the first choice for state banquets.

But unfortunately, although this cuisine has such a good reputation and exquisite cooking, it has not been ranked among the eight major cuisines, nor is it as popular as other cuisines, and its popularity is not high. This cuisine is Henan cuisine, also called Zhongyuan cuisine, which is actually what we usually call Henan cuisine. Henan cuisine, like the other eight major cuisines, represents Henan's food culture and is the most important local cuisine in Henan, which is also the reason why Henan cuisine has not entered the eight major cuisines. In fact, it is inseparable from the mediocrity of Henan cuisine. Although Henan cuisine is not inferior to the eight major cuisines, there are also many well-known representative dishes, such as eight-treasure rice and oil carp. However, there is no feature and difference in Henan cuisine, that is, we often say that there is no feature, but it is precisely because there is no feature that it is the most important feature of Henan cuisine. It didn't notice how complicated the cooking was and how expensive the ingredients were. Almost everything is particularly simple and grounded.