Anhui, referred to as "Anhui" for short, is the capital of Hefei, which is located in the east of Chinese mainland and belongs to East China. Jiangnan province was founded in 1667 because of the separation of East and West. Anhui is named after the initials of "Anqing House" and "Huizhou House". Jinjiang, Anhui Province, leads the Huaihe River, which leads to the sea along the river, with prosperous economy and developed education.

It crosses the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in the north and south, and Xin 'anjiang runs through it, bordering Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shandong and Henan. It is about 450 kilometers wide from east to west and 570 kilometers long from north to south, with a jurisdiction area of 14.0 1 10,000 square kilometers, accounting for 1.45% of the whole country. The terrain consists of Huaibei Plain, Jianghuai Hilly and Southern Anhui Mountainous Area. There are many lakes in the territory, which is a typical water town in the south of the Yangtze River and a land of plenty.

Anhui is an important birthplace of prehistoric civilization in China, with four cultural circles: Huaihe Culture, Luzhou Culture, Wanjiang Culture and Huizhou Culture. Huizhou merchants were one of the three largest commercial gangs in ancient China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Anhui merchants expanded their trade to Southeast Asia, Japan and Europe, leaving a good reputation of "no emblem, no business".

The legendary culture of Anhui cuisine.

Anhui cuisine consists of three local flavors: southern Anhui, along the Yangtze River and along the Huaihe River. The flavor of southern Anhui is represented by Anhui cuisine, which is the mainstream and origin of Anhui cuisine. Its main characteristics are: being good at cooking and stewing, paying attention to the heat, being used to ham as seasoning, refreshing crystal sugar and being good at maintaining the original flavor. Many dishes are stewed with charcoal fire and served in the original pot, which not only reflects the simplicity and elegance of Huizhou flavor, but also has a strong aroma and an attractive appetite.

Its representative dishes include stewed horseshoe turtle, stewed pigeon in Huangshan Mountain, pickled mandarin fish, braised civets, Huizhou hairy tofu, Huizhou peach fat roasted meat and so on.

The flavor along the Yangtze River is popular in Wuhu, Anqing and Chaohu. Good at cooking fresh river poultry, pay attention to knife work, pay attention to color, be good at seasoning with sugar, be good at stewing, steaming and smoking. Its dishes are crisp, tender, fresh, refreshing and fragrant. Representative dishes include fragrant fried chicken, raw smoked chicken, eight hammers, Mao Feng smoked fish, roasted fish, crab-yellow shrimp cup and so on.