中国饮食文化英语介绍-1.pptVIP

Eight Cuisines Chinese cuisine has a number of different genres, but the most influential and typical known by the public are the Eight Cuisines. These are as follows: Shandong Cuisine, Sichuan Cuisine, Guangdong Cuisine, Fujian Cuisine , Jiangsu Cuisine, Zhejiang Cuisine, Hunan Cuisine, and Anhui Cuisine. The essential factors that establish the form of a genre are complex and include history, cooking features, geography, climate, resources and life styles. Cuisines from different regions are so distinctive that sometimes despite the fact that two areas are geographical neighbors their styles are completely alien. Sichuan Cuisine Sichuan Cuisine, known often in the West as Szechuan Cuisine, is one of the most famous Chinese cuisines in the world. Characterized by its spicy and pungent flavor, Sichuan cuisine, prolific of tastes, emphasizes on the use of chili. Pepper and prickly ash also never fail to accompany, producing typical exciting tastes. Besides, garlic, ginger and fermented soybean are also used in the cooking process. Wild vegetables and animals are usually chosen as ingredients, while frying, frying without oil, pickling and braising are applied as basic cooking techniques. Hunan Cuisine Hunan cuisine is one of the eight regional cuisines of China and is well known for its hot spicy(热辣，干辣) flavor（味道）, fresh aroma（香味） and deep color. Common cooking techniques include stewing（炖）, frying（煎）, pot-roasting（烤）, braising（焖）, and smoking（熏）. Due to the high agricultural output of the region, ingredients for Hunan dishes are many and varied. Zhejiang Cuisine As Zhejiang cuisine consists of hundreds of small delicacies from its main cities, it takes in Hangzhous fineness and diversification, Ningbos softness and originality, and Shaoxings pastoral interests. Hangzhou, once the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279), it is customary to endow cuisine with dainty place-names. The chief techniques of cooking lie in the methods used such as frying, qui