Tofu culture is a valuable heritage left by the ancestors of the Chinese nation, which is an integral part of the Chinese culture and has made indelible contributions to the progress of human civilization and the world's food culture. Due to the lack of publicity in the past, some countries in the West thought that tofu was a Japanese invention. In order to promote national culture, Chinese food, promote human health, promote cultural exchanges and economic and technological cooperation between Chinese and foreign tofu, by the former Ministry of Commerce and the Taiwan Federation of Tofu Commercial Association in September 15, 1990, respectively, 17 in Beijing, Taipei, held the first China Tofu Culture Festival, and will be on September 15, the birth anniversary of the King of Huainan, Liu An, designated as the China Tofu Culture Festival.
Because the hometown of tofu in Huainan, Huainan Bakongshan tofu reputation at home and abroad, so the first China Tofu Culture Festival soon after the end of the Huainan Municipal People's Government based on the promotion of national culture and expanding the opening up of considerations, in early 1991 to actively strive for the hosting of China's Tofu Culture Festival, was strongly supported by the People's Government of Anhui Province, the original decision of the Ministry of Commerce: the second China Tofu Culture Festival was held on September 15, 1991 in Beijing, Taipei. September 15, 1991 held in Huainan. After the Huaihe River Basin suffered from rare floods in history, it was postponed to 1992. As the second China Tofu Culture Festival was held very successfully, the former Ministry of Commerce and the provincial people's government agreed and by the former vice governor of Anhui Province
Huizhou Zhang Runxia announced at the closing ceremony of the second China Tofu Culture Festival: China Tofu Culture Festival will be held in Huainan on September 15 every year.
Because the second China Tofu Culture Festival Huainan postponed a year, and Taiwan was held at that time, thus giving rise to the two sides of the Taiwan Strait China Tofu Culture Festival session inconsistent problem. In order to solve this problem, the former Ministry of Commerce in 1993 to negotiate, decided to hold the future of China's tofu cultural festival across the Taiwan Strait are no longer use the session, the unified use of the number of years. After in order to show the continuity of the tofu festival and the venue, in 2002 by the organizers of the Chamber of Commerce and the People's Government of Anhui Province agreed to be held in the number of times in the Huainan calculation changed to session, will hold the 14th China (Huainan) Tofu Culture Festival.
From 1992, the city of Huainan has 13 times (1998 and 1999 due to the Asian financial crisis and domestic floods and other reasons for the suspension of 2 years) successfully organized the China Tofu Culture Festival. During the festival *** received more than 20,000 Chinese and foreign guests, including more than 1,000 foreign guests and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan people. Tian Jiyun, Sun Qimeng, Ma Wenrui, Li Desheng and Lu Rongjing, Fu Xishou, Hui Liangyu and other national and provincial leading comrades, thousands of municipalities, provincial departmental leaders, Niu Manjiang, Hong Guangzhu and hundreds of experts, scholars, dozens of cultural and economic and trade groups have participated in the festival. 200 Chinese and foreign journalists have come to Huainan to cover the event. May 29, 1993, the city held a successful press conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sun Qimeng, Hong Guangshu. On May 29, 1993, the city successfully held a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where Sun Qimeng, Hong Xuezhi, Li Baohua, Wang Yuzhao, Chen Zuolin and other leading comrades were present, and Comrade Zhang Jinfu made an enthusiastic speech. 1996, Huainan designed and issued 468,000 sets of "China Beancurd Cultural Festival Telephone Magnetic Cards" by the State General Administration of Telecommunication, which was a national universal telephone card for the festival, and opened a place for the festival to be celebrated. Festivals" national universal telephone magnetic card issued by the first; in 1997 also through the Anhui Provincial Post and Telecommunications Bureau issued a beautifully printed China Tofu Culture Festival 200 telephone card, but also produce a better impact. The organizing committee has compiled and printed "China Tofu Culture Festival Festival" (three sets), "China Tofu Recipes" (three sets), and "China Soybean Products", "Bakongshan Tofu" and other books, will be tofu culture to a deeper level of expansion.
China Tofu Culture Festival has arranged the opening and closing ceremonies, tofu culture international symposium, tofu dishes cooking contest, economic and trade activities, cultural activities, sightseeing tours and other six aspects of large and medium-sized activities **** more than 60.
--Opening ceremony was grand and warm, the central provincial and municipal leaders, Chinese and foreign guests and hundreds of thousands of people to participate. The opening ceremony cultural and artistic performances were spectacular, rich in content and elegant in style, fully demonstrating the ancient charm of the Huaihe River, the elegance of national culture and the great achievements of modernization and construction in Huainan.
--Tofu Culture International Symposium of a hundred, *** more than 300 domestic and foreign experts, scholars to participate in the publication of more than a hundred papers, compiled six collections of papers on the culture of tofu. Some of the scientific and technological achievements in the papers have been transformed into productive forces, in 2000, Huainan City, the successful development and production of a pure natural sugar-free, soy milk, soybean brain, tofu as one of the convenience of green food, "Yiyi" brand convenient tofu powder, a better solution to the tofu freshness, transportation problems, to create conditions for the Huainan tofu to the world.
--"The First National Tofu Dishes Cooking Competition" was jointly organized by the China Chamber of Commerce, China Cuisine Association and Huainan Municipal People's Government, with high specifications, strong authority, wide participation and great influence. Attracted 16 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the 26 teams and 217 players to participate in the famous chefs gathered, each showing their skills, fully demonstrating today's tofu dishes cooking the latest level, tens of thousands of people to visit, by the guests and the community's widespread concern and praise, become a tofu festival has a strong vitality and great potential for development of the activities of the project.
--The economic and trade activities are tightly focused on attracting investment and expanding sales for the article, focusing on the organization of product exhibitions, commodity fairs and economic and trade fairs. Product fairs by the country, the province and the city of Huainan more than ten kinds of exhibitions and sales will be composed of more than 20 provinces and cities across the country (including Taiwan) nearly 1,000 enterprises on tens of thousands of products exhibitors, product rich, active trading. Commodity fair merchants gathered, set the exhibition, ordering, negotiation, trade as one, more than 30 activities are arranged annually. Tofu Culture Festival during the *** launched more than 400 investment projects, signed more than 200 projects, South Korea, the United States, Germany and other countries and regions of the foreign investment groups have come to Huai investment and construction. Tofu Culture Festival economic and trade transactions totaled 8 billion yuan, of which the contract amount of 6.4 billion yuan, has been implemented more than 4 billion yuan, the economic benefits are relatively substantial.
-The conditions for organizing the festival and the investment environment have been effectively improved. Huainan has taken the festival as a driving force to increase the construction of civilized cities, built the new City Stadium, City Museum, Chendong Road overpass, Radio and Television Building, Electric Power Building, Post and Telecommunications Building, widened National Highway 206, constructed and repaired dozens of urban roads, beautified the cityscape, improved the city's service functions, and improved the investment environment.
The China Tofu Culture Festival fully embodies the purpose of "tofu as a medium, culture as a stage, economic and trade, tourism and singing", and fully demonstrates Huainan's better economic foundation, good investment environment, stable and united political situation and the great achievements of the two civilizations. The organization of China Tofu Culture Festival has played a positive role in promoting the national culture, Chinese cuisine, opening up to the outside world, raising the popularity of Huainan, bringing Huainan to the world, letting the world understand Huainan, and promoting the economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation between Huainan and home and abroad. China Tofu Culture Festival is moving towards the level of international business and cultural festivals.
Chinese culture is profound, tofu culture has a long history. The richness of the tofu culture has yet to be developed, to shine. As the hometown of tofu Huainan people have the responsibility, obligation and ability to continue to do a good job of China's tofu culture festival, in order to carry forward the national essence of tofu, Chinese food, promote human health to make greater contributions.