2. Shandong cuisine, a Qilu flavor that originated in Shandong (the prevailing area is not limited to contemporary Shandong Province, but also includes southern Liaoning cuisine represented by Dalian cuisine), originated in Fushan District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, and is the only spontaneously produced cuisine among the four traditional cuisines (also known as the eight cuisines) in China (compared with Huaiyang, Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and other influential cuisines), with the longest history and the richest techniques.

3. The main categories of Shandong cuisine are Boshan cuisine, jinan cuisine cuisine, Confucian cuisine and Jiaodong cuisine.