Food carving is an art, a plastic art and a wonderful flower in the garden of Chinese cooking culture. It can turn mediocrity into magic, make feasts and drinks look brand-new, and add a lot of interest and color to banquets and booths. With the transformation from a well-off society to a well-off society, people enjoy food and appreciate more and more artworks (food carving artworks).

Food carving's art has also played a certain role in international communication and won unanimous praise from foreign friends. It has also contributed to all kinds of competitions at all levels, greatly improving the value and taste of China catering.

The importance of food carving

The long and splendid Chinese culture contains rich food culture, among which the exquisite food carving is the most eye-catching, pleasing and relaxing. China's cooking is called art because of its profoundness, which is admired by people all over the world, especially food carving's art. With the global trend of promoting "green catering", "exquisite catering" and "visual catering", food carving art has become a wonderful flower. Many enthusiastic people have promoted the development of food carving and made it more profound. Food carving combines daily diet with sculpture art, which enriches food production and people's catering methods. It gives a new interpretation to "gourmet". The combination of aesthetic value and practical value of food carving has raised the taste of traditional "taste catering" in China to a new level-all-round and multi-angle catering, which we call "three-dimensional catering". People can appreciate its artistic beauty while tasting delicious food. Food carving art is no longer a dispensable gadget on the dining table, but has become the focus of people's daily banquets. At the banquet table of the state banquet, it is more dominant. It can be said that it plays a role in highlighting the theme and making the finishing point in Chinese food, and greatly improves the value and taste of China catering.

The purpose and significance of food carving

Food carving is an indispensable part of China's cooking technology and a bright pearl in the process of beautifying dishes. It is used to decorate dishes, beautify banquets and set off a good atmosphere. It is a plastic arts. Whether it is a state banquet or a folk banquet, it can show its artistic vitality and appeal when used properly, and people can enjoy both material and artistic enjoyment.

The aesthetic feeling of dishes includes color, shape and quality, and its manifestations are color and shape. Excellent knife cutting technology can make dishes look both physical and mental, and clever platter can form a beautiful form. The use of sculpture is mainly to assist the beauty of dishes. It cooperates with dishes to produce aesthetic feeling in a certain time and occasion, and has its own independent aesthetic significance. Sculpture forms range from people and animals to flowers, plants, fish and insects, with fine production, varied methods, diverse varieties, diverse shapes, liveliness and thought-provoking. Mastering this ancient and dynamic art is of great significance to systematically master China's cooking technology, which can improve the understanding of the beauty of dishes, fully understand that "the process of cooking dishes is actually a process of creating beauty", and learn carving skills, which can improve the artistic accomplishment of chefs, draw materials from paintings and sculptures, enrich expression techniques, and then apply them to the practice of hot dishes and cold dishes, which will comprehensively improve cooking skills.

Mastering the art of food carving is of great significance for carrying forward the essence of Chinese food culture. China cuisine has a far-reaching influence on world cuisine. As we all know, food carving's skills are relatively weak. Now, after joining the WTO, people can further deepen their understanding of China's cooking through food carving's skills. The gold medal winners of the 5th National Cooking Competition held not long ago, those lifelike sculptures played a decisive role, and many viewers were shocked by the exquisite sculptures. At the reception of the World Summit, the guests also took away the works of various departments and continued to enjoy them after the banquet. It can be seen how important the creation of the beauty of dishes is to the guest's psychology, which determines the guest's appetite and eating psychology, which in turn determines the guest's eating behavior, and then comes down to the overall understanding and evaluation of China's food culture.

The Role of food carving in China Food

Food carving is different from other carvings, such as wood carving, jade carving and tooth carving. It is not just a handicraft, nor is it for people to watch in isolation. On the contrary, it is combined with dishes for people to eat while watching. The application of sculpture is various. The placement of sculptures can reveal the theme, create a good banquet atmosphere, and play the following roles in food activities:

ornament

Food carving with beautiful shapes such as flowers, animals, landscapes and utensils is often used in high-end artistic dishes. For example, the mountain in the cold dish "natural scenery" is made of raw materials such as ginger, and another hot dish "dried scallop with hydrangea" is skillfully combined with the sculpture of the lion in the dish, forming a perfect picture of the lion playing ball, thus subliming the artistic conception of the dish, improving the style of the dish and making it taste delicious.

B is directly used for dish modeling to play an auxiliary role.

Some fancy cold dishes and fancy hot dishes, such as dragons and phoenixes, dragons and pearls, scallops and guppies. Without the help of food carving, it is difficult to make bibcock, phoenix head and peacock head with simple knife method, and the whole dish will lose its integrity. Therefore, the supplementary role of food carving in dishes can not be ignored. Reasonable use can make dishes more vivid and colorful. Generally speaking, food carving is essential for dishes that need to be supplemented. Without it, the image of the dishes will be destroyed, while for dishes that need to be decorated, food carving is unnecessary, which can make the dishes icing on the cake and more vivid. However, if you don't use it, the dishes still have their own forms and will not affect their integrity.

C replaces fancy cold cuts of ornamental vegetables.

Carving is used to see dishes, which not only beautifies the surface of the seat, but also expresses the respect for the guests and the grandeur of the reception specifications. Sculpture often appears in large group sculptures that can reflect the theme. For example, the "double happiness and concentric" sculpture commonly used at wedding banquets consists of heart-shaped double happiness patterns and affectionate patterns of Yuanyang and hibiscus flowers, which symbolizes the happy life of newlyweds, which is better than that in Qi Fei. In ancient times, dragons symbolized men and phoenixes symbolized women. The dragon is majestic, the phoenix is light and beautiful, and the dragon and phoenix dance together, expressing people's praise and expectation for a happy life after marriage.

Another example is a birthday party, in which the themes of children, young people and the elderly are different. For example, the theme of "20th birthday" can be called "black dragon calling son" and "Dapeng spreading its wings", and the black dragon calling son Jackie Chan, carving clouds and old dragons calling sea dragons, symbolizing the father's hope that his son will become a useful man as soon as possible and inherit his father's business; When the elderly celebrate their seventieth birthday, they can "celebrate happiness". The immortal boy holds Pisces in his hand and carries a gold ingot on his back, symbolizing auspiciousness, jubilation, happiness and longevity. State banquets often use some elegant sculptures that can reflect national characteristics, such as "Panda playing with bamboo" and "Peacock welcoming guests". Friends parties often use "happy flower basket" and "three friends who are indifferent in their later years" and so on.

D table decorations for banquets or competitions are used as stands.

Such as the Spring Festival, Christmas and other festivals, the use of large foam or flower mud carving ornaments, decorative countertops, increase the festive atmosphere. During the competition, the decorative countertops of carved products made people feel fresh and bright. For example, the famous scenic spots of Xuzhou, Yunlong Mountain and yunlong lake, which were composed of flower mud in the 5th National Cooking Competition of Xuzhou Institute of Technology, and the phoenix of large fruits and vegetables carved in Yunlong Mountain and Yunlong Lake Mountain lingered, which not only made the whole countertops dynamic, but also added vivid colors to the countertops, which also reflected the beauty of Xuzhou scenery. It has played a positive role in Xuzhou's external publicity, so food carving is not only a player's skill in the competition, but also reflects his comprehensive quality and feelings for the people in his hometown.

E is used to decorate large countertops.

This is a popular way to use sculpture in recent years, which is widely used by some star-rated hotels, such as buffet breakfast stalls, company opening, opening, reception, various parties, various food festivals, food exhibitions and so on. Most of the sculptures on display are sculptures with special meanings, mostly foam sculptures, sugar powder sculptures, butter sculptures, sand sculptures and so on. For example, "Eagle Wing" and "Eagle Wing" were selected for the grand opening ceremony of the company. If the Spring Festival next year is the Year of the Rooster, the Spring Festival reception can be "golden rooster announces spring" and "prosperous". Christmas can be "Santa Claus" and "Christmas angel"; The Mid-Autumn Festival uses "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" and so on. Carving different works according to different themes can make diners relaxed and full of interest.

The application of carvings should closely follow the theme of the banquet, carefully conceive and design elegant artistic conception, conform to nature and complement the theme of the banquet, which can add icing on the cake and highlight the natural beauty. Whether it is antique, noble and elegant, or novel and unique, light and agile style, sculpture should be consistent with the specific theme of food activities, environmental atmosphere, specific dishes modeling and other styles. How to decorate sculpture into basic principles and rich carving art in specific food activities is the most important. Only by constantly participating in the carving practice and constantly summing up, the carving skills can be improved day by day and reach a higher technical level and artistic realm.

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