Expensive delicacies, cheap street snacks. In fact, food is neither noble nor cheap. As long as you like it, you can call it food.
Chinese meal
Under the influence of many factors, such as the philosophy of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, Confucian ethics, the theory of TCM nutrition and health preservation, cultural and artistic achievements, aesthetic fashion of diet, national personality characteristics and so on, the working people have created China cooking skills that will go down in history, and formed a profound China food culture.
From the perspective of historical evolution, it can be traced back to the alias of Taigong Wang period at the end of Shang Dynasty. The food culture in Jiang Ziya and China has lasted for more than 3 100 years, which can be divided into five stages: raw food, cooked food, medicated food, natural cooking and scientific cooking. It has introduced more than 60,000 kinds of traditional dishes, more than 20,000 kinds of industrial foods, colorful banquets and colorful flavor schools, and won the reputation of a culinary kingdom.
In terms of connotation, China catering culture involves the development and utilization of food sources, the use and innovation of tableware, the production and consumption of food, the service and reception of catering, the operation and management of catering and food industry, the relationship between catering and national security, catering and literature and art, and catering and life realm.