The eight bowls refer to: Caihe lotus seeds (or white lentils), Xiangzi sea cucumbers (or meat ginseng), Tieguai knocking meat, Zhongli turning bowl meat; Dongbin big fish, Xiangu pork skin soak, Guojiu Soaked fish and Guolao tofu.

Xianju Eight Bowls is an orthodox recipe for entertaining guests and friends in Xianju, Zhejiang. It has a long history, authentic selection of ingredients, exquisite production, rigorous arrangement, wide application, and profound cultural origins. It is the representative of Xianju’s traditional food culture. Classic.

The traditional recipe of Xianju is "Eight Big Bowls", which means good luck. "Eight" is an auspicious number in Chinese culture.

In Chinese classical culture, yin and yang, the five elements, and the Eight Diagrams are used as the outline, so the second Eight Diagrams in the acquired Bagua is derived from Kun (≡≡). Kun is the earth, the mother, the cow, and the multitude. In addition, "eight" is the largest even number within ten, so it has many auspicious meanings.

Taoist culture has a long history and has created the "Eight Immortals" with many representatives. The table for eating is called the "Eight Immortals Table". It is square, with a side length of three feet and six (Luban ruler), which is 1 meter, and four stools for sitting. A four-foot long stool (Luban ruler) is called a four-foot stool, with two people sitting on each side and eight people on the first seat. One table is served with "eight big bowls" and sixteen to twenty-four dishes are served. It is collectively called "eight big and eight small" among the people. .