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1ChineseFoodCulture1.CharacteristicsofcuisinesinsouthernpartofChinaChinesecuisinehasanumberofdifferentgenres,butthemostinfluentialandtypicalknownbythepublicarethe'EightCuisines'.Theseareasfollows:ShandongCuisine,GuangdongCuisine,SichuanCuisine,HunanCuisine,JiangsuCuisine,ZhejiangCuisine,FujianCuisineandAnhuiCuisine.WehaveroughlyseparatedChinesecuisineintotwogenres.TheyareCuisinesofthenorthpartandthesouthernpart.CuisinesofthesouthernpartofChinaarereallyfeatured.Theyhavevariousdifferenceswithnortherncuisine.Firstly,abundantraindropsandsunlightinSouthChinaprovidefavorableconditionsforthegrowthofmilletandrice.ComparedwithpeopleinNorthChinawhohavetospendmuchtimeincoldweather,peopleinSouthChinaarelesspreferabletomeatdiet,whichcontainslotsoffatandprotein.SouthernChinesepreferplantdietquitealot.Manypeopleareaccustomedtodrinksoupbothbeforeandafterthemeal.GuangdongSoup(老火靓汤)Secondly,SouthChinaisoneofthemostdevelopedareasinChina.Itwelcomespeoplefromtheentireworld.Asaresult,SouthernCuisine,especiallyGuangdongCuisine,emphasizesaflavorwhichisclearbutnotlight,refreshingbutnotcommon,tenderbutnotcrude.Thirdly,PeopleinSouthChinatendtobemorecarefulandsensitivethannorthernpeople.Asaresult,theirdishesaswellasappearancearereallycuteandattractive.Justlikedimsum(点心),whichmeans“touchtheheart”,isoneofthemostfamousCantonesemeal.Itconsistsofavarietyofdelicaciesandisusuallyservedforbreakfastordinner.Spicy-hotFish麻辣鱼MapoTofu(Stir-FriedTofuinHotSauce)麻婆豆腐PorkRips排骨)Penaeusorientalis对虾2.CharacteristicsofcuisinesinnorthernpartofChinaCuisinesofthenorthpartofChinahaveseveralcharacteristics.peopleinthenorthtendtoeatcookedwheatenfood.Orinotherwords,peopleeatmorefoodmadeofflour.Thisisbecausetheclimatehereistemperatecontinentalclimate,whichmeanstherearelessraindropsandsunlight.Andthisclimateprovidesfavorableconditionsforthegrowthofwheat.First,Whenitcomestocookedwheatenfood,thereisaplacemanypeoplearefamiliarwith.ThatisShanxi(山西).Asthesayinggoes,“eastorwest,Shanxicookedwheatenfoodisbest”.Shanxiisfamousforitsdiverseanddeliciouscookedwheatenfood.Withahistoryof2000years,Shanxicookedwheatenfoodisgainingmoreandmorepopularityathomeandevenabroad.CookedwheatenfoodinShanxi,thereareround280kindsofcookedwheatenfood,amongwhichtheslicednoodlesisthemostrenownedone.Apartfromtheslicednoodles刀削面,boiledfoodalsoincludeshand-pullednoodles拉面,Helao饸饹）Tijian,剔尖Maoerduo猫耳朵,Jiupian(揪片)，whicharealldeliciousandtasty.Asforthecookedfood,itincludesfriedcake(炸糕)、Yiwosu(一窝酥)、frieddoughtwist（麻花）,Shuaibing(甩饼)andsoon.Othersteamedwheatenfoodincludessteamedbun、Youmiankaolao（莜面栲栳）、Gaoliangmianyu（高粱面鱼）.Second,foodinthenorthisoftenmoresaltyandgreasythanthatinthesouth.2Becausepeopleliketoaddmoreingredienttodisheseventhesoup.ShandongcuisineandBeijingcuisinesaretwofamouscuisinesoftheeightcuisinesinchina.Andtheyarealsorepresentativesofthenortherncuisines.BeijingcuisineisfamousforitsBeijingroastduckandinstant-boiledmutton.Shandongfoodisalwayspure,fresh,tender,saltyandcrisp.Chinesepeoplepaymuchattentiontoeating,notjusttofulfillourbasicneeds,butdeepwithin,itcontainsthemeasuresChinesepeopletaketounderstandthings.Forexample,whenachildwasborn,relativesandfriendswouldeateggspaintedinredcolortocelebrate.Eggssymbolizenewlives,eatingredeggsembodiesthehighexpectationsoftheChinesetocarryonthefamilyline.Wehavefeastsintheweddings;wecelebrateourbirthdayswithgatheringsanddeliciousfood;wegatherwithourfriendsorfamiliestoeat,whichisagoodwaytoenhanceourintimacy.PeoplegatheringtocelebratewithbigfeastsInsum,Chinesefoodculturehasgainedmuchpopularitythroughouttheworld,andinthemodernera,thepopularitystillthrives.Foodculture,whichhasgreatinfluencetoChinesepeople’spersonalities,hasalreadybecomeoneofthefinetraditionalculturesinChina.Withtheenhancementoftheglobalization,Chinesefoodculturewouldbecomebetterknownacrosstheworld.