Traditional Chinese Food
There are so many traditional and special Chinese foods, according to the folk culture, district, religion, and festival. For the famous classes divided by district, there are style of Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, North-West, and so on…or by folk, there are kajia, Yunan, Fujian, etc. These all above mentioned styles are well-known in the worldwide. Here, introduce some special dishes, perhaps you have had it, or you have never heard :
Doufu（豆腐）
Doufu is the most popular food in Chinese Society.
white foodIt is also the main food in a faming family.
Major Ingredients : Bean curd, Yunnan Ham, Black Mushrooms
Steamed Fish（清蒸鱼）
Chinese always make the fish recipes by steaming style.
Just only with some light soy sauce and some seasoning.（用黄豆酱以及一些调料即可）
The recipe shown : Steamed Snakehead in Chaozhou Style（潮州菜形式煮）
Major Ingredients : Snakehead, Preserved Lemon, Spring Onion
Dim Sum（点心，虾饺）
Dim Sum is the most famous food in world-wide.
It is a Guangdong Style snack which served as light meal.
The recipe shown : Steam Shrimp Dumpling
Major Ingredients : Shrimps, Pork, Wheat Flour for pastry
Lobster（龙虾）
Lobster is the famous style seafood in Hong Kong.
Some difference from the traditional western chef's style..
The recipe shown : Lobster in High Stock
Major Ingredients : Lobster, Chicken Stock, Garlic（大蒜）
Dark Rice Vinegar With Ginger（姜醋黑米）
You perhaps have never his is Guangdong style.
It is a supplementary diet for women who is weak, new mother.（给虚弱或者产后妈妈食用）
The recipe shown : Pig's Fore Hands in Vinegar and Ginger
Ingredients : Sweet Dark Rice Vinegar, Pig's Hands, Egg, Ginger
Eggs In Tea（茶叶蛋）
This is a very special snack of Guangdong..
It is very nice food for the party, gathering, with beer.
The recipe shown : Eggs In Chinese Tea
Ingredients : Eggs, Chinese Dark Tea
Festive Dishes（节日食品）
Because of the poor and hard lifestyle character of a farming society, the Chinese farming families would have food which were being get from the farming field, such as, potatoes, tomatoes, vegetable, sweet corn, mushrooms, etc. So, the Chinese will have many dishes of meat recipes like Chicken, Pork, Fish that they do not have in the normal days. The are some special snack, or to be said, festival food will be made during the Chinese festivals, Such as Sweet-Stick Cake and Turnip Pastry in Lunar New Year, Glutinous Rice Tamale in Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Cake in Middle Autumn Festival, etc, and Steamed Buns to the Birthday person……Main Food(主食）
Generally, we can divided the farming products of main food in China into 3 styles, those are, Rice in Southern and Eastern China, Wheat in Northern China and Sweet Corn in Middle, Northern, Western China. Because of their farming products, the people living in Southern China will have rice, congee or rice
noodle as their main food, and who will have wheat made products like Bun, noodle, pancake in Northern China. The populace who living on seaside and lakeside will have seafood or lake fishes as meals. Of course, people can have any food as they want nowaday.
Taste Depends On Climate（气候影响下的口味）
There is a big difference about the diets between Northern and Southern China, that is, the dishes made by Northern Chefs are in heavier taste and those are comparably light in Southern Chefs’ recipes, sometimes, we say it is tasty as sweet and fresh in Southern Chinese food. In the Northern and Western Provinces of China like Lingxia, hebei, Sichuan , Shenxi, and Yunnan, the diets are made in hot and spicy, because of the humid cold weather and high altitude, Chinese people wonder that to perspire is a good method for preventing diseases caused by humidity and cold.
Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods in Spring Festvial. Since the shape of Chinese dumplings is similar to ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth. Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings during the New Year's Eve. They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will likely have a good fortune in the New Year. Chine
se dumpling is also popular in other Chinese holidays or festivals, so it is part of the Chinese culture or tradition.
Chinese dumpling is a delicious food. You can make a variety of Chinese dumplings using different fillings based on your taste and how various ingredients mixed together by you.
Making dumplings is really teamwork. Usually all family members will join the work. Some people started to make dumplings when they were kids in the family, so most Chinese know how to make dumplings.
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