China food culture is a profound China culture with a long history.

under the influence of the philosophy of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, Confucian ethics and morality, TCM nutrition theory, as well as cultural and artistic achievements, food aesthetic fashion and national personality characteristics in China's traditional cultural education, China's cooking skills have been created in history, and a profound China food culture has been formed.

from the extension, China's food culture can be classified from the perspectives of times and techniques, region and economy, nationality and religion, food and tableware, consumption and level, folk customs and functions, showing different cultural tastes and reflecting different use values. From the perspective of extension, China's food culture can be classified from the perspectives of times and techniques, region and economy, nationality and religion, food and tableware, consumption and level, folk customs and functions, showing different cultural tastes and reflecting different use values.

In terms of characteristics, China's food culture highlights the theory of nourishing and supplementing health (vegetarian diet, emphasizing medicinal diet and tonic), and pays attention to "color, fragrance and taste". Four attributes, namely, the theory of harmonious five flavors (distinctive flavor, delicious taste, and the reputation of "tongue dishes"), the cooking method of changing the odd and the right (kitchen rules-based, flexible and flexible), and the food concept of pleasing the mind (gentle and elegant, educating and eating), are different from the natural beauty of food culture in overseas countries. China's food culture not only pays attention to the bright and picturesque color matching of dishes, but also matches the interest generated by the dining atmosphere. It is the personality and tradition of the Chinese nation, and it is also a prominent way of Chinese traditional etiquette.

From the perspective of influence, China's food culture directly affects Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and other countries, and is the axis of the oriental food culture circle; At the same time, it also indirectly affects Europe, America, Africa and Oceania, such as China's vegetarian culture, tea culture, sauce and vinegar, pasta, medicated diet, ceramic tableware and soybeans, all of which benefit billions of people all over the world.

In a word, China's food culture is a long-standing regional culture with wide vision, deep level, multi-angle and high taste. It is the material wealth and spiritual wealth that people of all ethnic groups in China have created, accumulated and influenced neighboring countries and the world in the aspects of food source development, tableware development, food conditioning, nutrition and health care, and food aesthetics during more than 1 million years of production and life practice.