Sure, why do you say Chinese food is the best in the world? Look at the food in the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago, and you will know that it is a staple food. In the fields in the south of the Yangtze River, curved plows have replaced long straight plows, and the farming efficiency has been greatly improved. The imperial court built water conservancy projects all over the country, established the Ministry of Water Resources, and issued clear laws and regulations on the time, quantity, seasonal water consumption and water consumption standards of various crops. Thanks to the progress of agricultural production level, the living standards of ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty have been greatly improved compared with those in the turbulent period of Wei and Jin Dynasties. "The rice is fat and white, and the public and private granaries are rich." In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Qing and Qi Dynasties fought for rice before San Qian. On the premise of abundant living materials, the diet is more exquisite, and at the same time, there is capital for innovation and enjoyment, so a bowl of rice has also been made into infinite possibilities:

Green rice, with its unique preparation method, is related to a plant called "Southern Candle" which grows in the south of China. Mash the branches and leaves of Celastrus orbiculatus to get black juice, which is used to soak rice. After nine steaming and nine drying, the rice grains are tight and small, black as pearls. It can strengthen muscles and maintain beauty, but it will be white and old after long-term service (Compendium of Materia Medica). It's amazing. It's strong and white. What kind of protein powder water injection is there? Moreover, the storage period is long, it is not easy to deteriorate, and it is necessary for home travel.

Fried rice is cooked with fried shrimp, grilled fish, chicken, goose, pork, mutton, enema, egg soup, ginger, cinnamon, salt and black beans. With this lineup, I'm afraid there are not many bibimbap today. (A paragraph in "The Story of the Northern Households")

Gu Tao, a native of the Northern Song Dynasty, recorded a kind of cool breeze rice in Qing Louis, which was a prescription for Tang Jingzong Bao Liyuan's diet in the New Year. Breeze rice is cool in summer and specially prepared in summer. Crystal rice, bayberry, borneol and condensed milk are mostly cold ingredients. After it is done, put it in an ice pool, cool it and eat it.

Imperial rice, a mysterious name, is actually steamed lotus root bibimbap. Diced lotus root, round inside and outside, as white as jade. In the Tang Dynasty, literati deeply influenced by Taoist thought liked to be close to God and Taoism in diet. Green essence, breeze and jade well, you can also eat the feeling of elixir after a meal. Before Anshi, it was warm and boring, seeking longevity; After Anshi, I was disheartened and wanted to avoid the world.

Rice is still so gaudy, let alone pasta.

This shows the attraction of Chinese food, so if I can go back to the Tang Dynasty, the first thing I have to do is to taste Chinese food in the Tang Dynasty.