For most foreigners, "Chinese food" usually means many fried, heavy-tasting and greasy dishes with similar tastes. However, for China people, "Chinese food" is as useless as "German beer" because, like China culture, Chinese food is extremely diverse. China has a vast territory and many ethnic groups; Therefore, there are all kinds of China foods, each with a different taste, but all of them are mouth watering. Because the local cuisines in China have their own characteristics, Chinese cuisine can be divided into eight major cuisines, and this distinction is now widely accepted. Of course, there are many other famous local cuisines, such as Beijing cuisine and Shanghai cuisine.