As Asian countries, Japanese and China have many similarities in their daily diets. This often happens, on many levels, because of the exchanges between generations of culture and art. The Tang Dynasty, like the Tang Dynasty, went to China to learn a lot, and then brought many professional skills back to Japan. Therefore, China can often be seen in Japanese history and culture. However, in the process of development, these cultures and arts have gradually integrated into Japanese traditional culture, and they have also obtained continuous independent innovation.

China is different from most western countries. China and Japan always like big countries that eat rice. Although rice is the dominant food, the eating habits are still very different. For example, although the Japanese can hold cooked white rice in a bowl, they still make it into triangular rice balls and sushi in fashion and eat it directly in their hands. In traditional China, it is almost impossible to knead white rice into a triangular rice ball except for small glutinous rice balls made of fermented rice.

They all eat rice. Why do Japanese people like to have dinner groups, but they are not popular in China? The most important thing is related to work and habits.

First of all, China people like to eat soft food. It is said that no one in the world likes drinking boiled water like China people. In the concept of China people, eating cold food is bad for health, so everyone likes to eat hot food. Although there are cold dishes, white rice should be eaten while it is hot. Japanese love to eat raw food, and they are not too resistant to cold things. Everyone often sees that Japanese people will bring their own lunches to school, and they will feel very puzzled. Cooking in the morning is convenient for eating at noon. Isn't it easy to catch a cold? Most Japanese people are used to eating cold rice immediately.

Secondly, the traditional people in China make a living by farming and animal husbandry. We often see in movies or TV shows that as long as it is time to eat, people will choose to give food to farmers who work hard in the fields, and farmland is generally not far from home. Japan is an island country, with less farmland and more aquaculture for a living. Going fishing in the sea will not come back for the time being, so it is convenient to make white rice into triangular rice balls. Moreover, the Japanese will put vinegar and prunes in white rice, which not only increases the taste, but also increases the shelf life of white rice.

Secondly, the common types of rice will also affect the differences in eating methods. There are two kinds of rice: stem rice and indica rice. Indica rice is still a kind of high rice, with low viscosity, short and round stalks and large viscosity ratio, which is suitable for kneading into triangular rice balls. Although these kinds of rice are widely used now, in the early days, China people ate mostly indica rice, while Japanese people mainly used stalk rice.

Different types of diet structures have been widely passed down, and now cultural exchanges are more frequent. In a country, you can also eat special foods from other countries in the world.