China is recognized as the world's largest gourmet country.

China is recognized as the largest gourmet country in the world. Chinese cooking technology has a long history, rich categories, exquisite technology and unique flavor, which is the crystallization of Chinese customs and civilization for thousands of years. Today, it is common for us to eat steamed bread and steamed fish, but don't forget that the earliest method of steaming food in the world was the Yanhuang period in China.

China has a history of 5,111 years, and its food culture has a long history. It not only forms eight famous cuisines, but also has a variety of cooking methods, including frying, frying, roasting, stewing, steaming and roasting. Chinese food is one of the three major cuisines in the world.

Because of the vast territory of China, China is influenced by different geographical environment, climatic products, ethnic customs and religious beliefs. The cuisines of various regions and ethnic groups have their own characteristics, and even become an indispensable part of tourism.

Characteristics of China cuisine:

1. Variety of flavors

Due to the differences in climate, products and customs, many different cuisines have been formed in Chinese cuisine since ancient times. As far as local division is concerned, there are four major cuisines: Bashu, Huaiyang, Qilu and Guangdong and Fujian.

2. Four seasons are different

There are four seasons in a year, and it is the main feature of cooking in China to adjust the diet according to the seasons. China has always followed the seasonal seasoning and side dishes, which are mellow in winter and light and cool in summer. Stew in winter and freeze in summer. All kinds of vegetables are replaced at four seasons and eaten at the right time.

3. Pay attention to the aesthetic feeling of dishes

Pay attention to the harmony of color, aroma, taste, shape and container of food, which shows the aesthetic feeling of dishes in many ways. Chefs use their own clever skills and artistic accomplishment to create a variety of delicacies, which are unique in achieving the unity of color, aroma, taste and shape, and give people a special enjoyment with a high degree of spiritual and material unity.

4. Pay attention to taste

Since ancient times, China cuisine has paid attention to taste, which not only has strict requirements on the color, aroma, taste, shape, utensils, quality and nutrition of snacks, but also has certain elegant requirements on the naming of dishes, the way of taste, the choice of time, the rhythm of eating, the interspersed entertainment, etc., with novel ideas and full of fun.