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Cultural characteristics of Chongqing hot pot
1, it shows the inclusiveness of Chinese cooking. The word "hot pot" is not only the name of the cookware and utensils, but also the unity of the technique, "eating" method and cookware and utensils.
2. It shows the harmony of the Chinese way of eating. From the use of raw materials, soups to cooking techniques to match, the same to seek differences, differences and harmony, so that meat and vegetarian, raw and cooked, spicy and sweet, tender and crispy and rotten, fragrant and mellow, etc., a wonderful combination together. Especially in the folk customs, Chongqing hot pot presents a harmony and drenching sound dissolved in the scene and psychological feelings, creating a "heart, get together, share, enjoy the same" cultural atmosphere.
3, has a greater popularity. In Chongqing, the officials, down to the people, none of them favor Chongqing hot pot, almost every family will do.
Influence of Chongqing hot pot
Due to the influence of Chongqing hot pot, the Sichuan region's hot pot gradually flourished, the content is more fulfilling. Most of the hot pot in the Sichuan region to Chongqing hot pot as the mainstream, the local hot pot for the tributaries together into a river of food. With the passage of time, Chongqing hot pot gradually popular nationwide fame in all directions, the emergence of "Dezhuang", "Little Swan", "Qinma", "Kongliang "Dezhuang", "Little Swan", "Qinma", "Kongliang", "Su Da Sister", "Qi Hot Pot" and other large hot pot brand enterprises. Among them, there are 10 hotpot enterprises which have obtained China Well-known Trademarks and Famous Trademarks, 17 hotpot enterprises with an annual turnover of over one hundred million yuan, and 14 hotpot enterprises which have successively entered into the National Catering Top 100 Enterprises. In the 2005 national food and beverage hundred top 20 hot pot enterprises, Chongqing accounted for 11.
Chongqing hot pot is not only fragrant domestic large and medium-sized cities, border towns, and as part of the culture of Bayu far across the ocean, settled in Japan and the South Seas. In Hong Kong and Taiwan, Chongqing hot pot is very popular, in foreign countries, such as Japan, the United States, Russia, Chongqing hot pot also has a certain influence. China specifically sent shenzhen huaxia snack training chongqing hot pot special chef chen dashun to Japan to dedicate, Japanese friends are very respected, and praise, that chongqing hot pot is "China's food first", visible chongqing hot pot seductive charm and influence.
Chongqing hot pot heritage
In 2014, Chongqing hot pot officially applied for national intangible cultural heritage protection. At present, in China's national intangible cultural heritage protection list, diet-related projects are not uncommon, but in the world-class intangible cultural heritage protection list, Chinese diet is a blank. Chongqing Hot Pot Association said, Chongqing hot pot for national heritage, mainly to apply for the traditional frying process, skills and hot pot utensils, eating hot pot diet, etc. for protection, while hoping that the traditional skills of Chongqing hot pot and hot pot culture can be inherited in the large industrial production.