Xuzhou is the hometown of Zhang Daoling, the founder of Taoism, and also one of the cradles of Taoist food culture. Taoist food culture aims at longevity and health preservation, and there are two major schools: vegetarian and carnivorous. But in festivals, ceremonies and Taoist activities, vegetables are used for eating. Vegetarian food is also called vegetarian food, which uses tofu, gluten, bamboo shoots, fungi and so on. The raw materials of meat are mostly game and delicacies, and the seasonings are mostly medicinal materials, which are famous for their rich juice and health-preserving characteristics. Taoist banquets mainly include "Sanqing Banquet with Meat", "Taiji Banquet", "Sanwu Banquet" and "Sisi Banquet". Meat dishes include: Yin and Yang fish, dried eggs, square meat, Taixu meatballs, dried astragalus shoots, dried tangerine peel chicken and rouge meat.

There are 4 groups and 28 dishes of "Tai Chi Banquet with Meat" produced by Xuzhou Tai Chi Banquet Research Group. The first group: first, the main spell Tai Chi map, the peripheral five-line disk; In the second group, two small pieces were served first, then one soup was served, and then eight large pieces were served; The third group: served four snacks; The fourth group: serving a pot, four dishes and two staple foods.