Chinese culture is extensive and profound.

According to literature, food culture appeared in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and it has been more than 2,8 years, which is one of the traditional cultures bred in China. In China, people invented many foods, but it is impossible to know the names of the inventors. These foods include caramel, lobster sauce, soy sauce, distiller's yeast, tofu, vermicelli, preserved eggs and so on. China's Yifu noodles are the earliest instant noodles in the world, and China's zongzi are the earliest soft cans in the world.

Xia Yushi knew how to grow rice. Du Kang, who made wine, was the fifth-generation monarch of the Xia Dynasty. In the Xia Dynasty, Yu Shi was an out-and-out chef, specializing in cooking.

In the Shang Dynasty, there were five grains, five animals, barbecue and wine making, and bronze wares were used for cooking, such as boiling, frying, frying and so on. People in Shang dynasty liked drinking, and the wine containers made at that time were very exquisite. Shang Zhouwang made meat forest in wine ponds and attached importance to material enjoyment, which showed that the diet level at that time had reached a considerable height.

in the Zhou dynasty, the food culture was even more dazzling. The records of diet in The Book of Songs, The Rites of Zhou and The Book of Rites are reliable and informative. At that time, the diet culture had a very high scale. The "Eight Treasures" of the Zhou Dynasty are typical examples of imperial cuisine. The so-called eight treasures are: Chun Zao, Chun Mu, cannon dolphin, cannon group, Dao Zhen, stain, boil and liver fat.

Chinese food eaten by foreigners and Chinese food eaten by China people are not the same thing at all.

For example, Zuo Zongtang's chicken, chop suey, chicken balls, egg rolls and fortune cookies are some of the most commonly eaten Chinese dishes in the United States, but 95% of China people probably look puzzled when they see the names of these dishes, let alone eating them, and they may have never heard of them.

The reason why this happens is that these dishes are all improved dishes, which are original for American tastes.

For example, Zuo Zongtang's chicken, which is very popular in the United States, was originally salty and spicy, but Americans are super fond of eating sweet, and salty and spicy are a little unaccustomed to it. Therefore, in order to adapt to the American market, Chinese chefs poured it with a sweet sauce. This small change immediately made Americans fall in love with this delicious food, so that there is a saying circulating in the American Chinese food industry: "The most famous China person in the world is actually Zuo Zongtang.