Changyuan is the hometown of chefs in China, the anti-corrosion capital of China, the hometown of cranes in China, the national green agriculture development demonstration zone, the national sanitary county, the famous food city in China, the national sanitary city, the national civilized city and the sanitary material production base in China. 20 1 1 year was identified as one of the pilot projects of system reform 10 in Zhiguan County of Henan Province.
Changyuan cooking has a long history, extensive and profound, and is world-famous. It originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, became in the Tang and Song Dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and became more brilliant in modern times. As early as 1 100 years ago in the Northern Song Dynasty, five systems of palace cuisine, official cuisine, market cuisine, temple cuisine and folk cuisine had been formed, and the main techniques were frying, frying, frying, steaming, boiling, roasting and roasting. It is unique in the long history of cooking. It is famous for its numerous chefs and exquisite skills, and there are many famous chefs, ranking first in the country. According to statistics, there are currently 23,000 professional chefs engaged in cooking in Changyuan, including more than 1 10,000 chefs from abroad, covering 46 countries and regions. There are 4 national culinary masters and 6 provincial culinary masters/kloc-0. Changyuan cuisine vocational and technical college was founded in Changyuan on 20 10, which shows the influence of its cooking.
The origin of the name of Changyuan City:
During the Warring States Period, Yi Kuang and Puyi of Wei State were annexed by Wei State. They were located in Chen Qiang Village, 5 kilometers northeast of the county seat. There was a long wall here at that time, or a defensive wall. This city wall is either used for waterproofing or for retaining soldiers, so it has the name of "Changyuan". According to Yang Kuan's "Warring States Policy", "Wei still has round banknotes circulating along the Yellow River (no country), and the casting cities mainly include Gong Yuan, Guanyuan and Changyuan (now northeast of Changyuan County, Henan Province). A long wall and a long wall and a long wall were cast in Changyuan. At that time, money was mostly used for place names, so it was called Changyuan, and the first wall was the first, so it was named Changyuan. Before the Qing Dynasty, Chen Qiang Village was also called Li Qiang Village, and there are still villages named after walls. The siege of Wei and the rescue of Zhao took place here, known as the Battle of Guiling in history.