The importance of food decoration and food carving's understanding and application is to beautify dishes and highlight key dishes. In particular, containers with carved themes not only have practical functions such as setting off, heat preservation and sanitation, but also have aesthetic functions such as setting off, supplementing, decorating, modeling and expressing interest.

There are two kinds of raw materials commonly used in food carving. One kind is delicate, firm, crisp and pure-colored vegetables such as roots, stems, leaves, melons and fruits. The other is cooked food that can be eaten and enjoyed, such as egg products. But the most commonly used is the former category.