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ChineseFoodCulture1.CharacteristicsofcuisinesinsouthernpartofChinaChinesecuisinehasanumberofdifferentgenres,butthemostinfluentialandtypicalknownbythepublicarethe'EightCuisines'.Theseareasfollows:ShandongCuisine,GuangdongCuisine,SichuanCuisine,HunanCuisine,JiangsuCuisine,ZhejiangCuisine,FujianCuisineandAnhuiCuisine.WehaveroughlyseparatedChinesecuisineintotwogenres.TheyareCuisinesofthenorthpartandthesouthernpart.CuisinesofthesouthernpartofChinaarereallyfeatured.Theyhavevariousdifferenceswithnortherncuisine.Firstly,abundantraindropsandsunlightinSouthChinaprovidefavorableconditionsforthegrowthofmilletandrice.ComparedwithpeopleinNorthChinawhohavetospendmuchtimeincoldweather,peopleinSouthChinaarelesspreferabletomeatdiet,whichcontainslotsoffatandprotein.SouthernChinesepreferplantdietquitealot.Manypeopleareaccustomedtodrinksoupbothbeforeandafterthemeal.GuangdongSoup()Secondly,SouthChinaisoneofthemostdevelopedareasinChina.Itwelcomespeoplefromtheentireworld.Asaresult,SouthernCuisine,especiallyGuangdongCuisine,emphasizesaflavorwhichisclearbutnotlight,refreshingbutnotcommon,tenderbutnotcrude.Thirdly,PeopleinSouthChinatendtobemorecarefulandsensitivethannorthernpeople.Asaresult,theirdishesaswellasappearancearereallycuteandattractive.Justlikedimsum(),whichmeanstouchtheheart,isoneofthemostfamousCantonesemeal.Itconsistsofavarietyofdelicaciesandisusuallyservedforbreakfastordinner.Spicy-hotFishMapoTofu(Stir-FriedTofuinHotSauce)PorkRips)Penaeusorientalis2.CharacteristicsofcuisinesinnorthernpartofChinaCuisinesofthenorthpartofChinahaveseveralcharacteristics.peopleinthenorthtendtoeatcookedwheatenfood.Orinotherwords,peopleeatmorefoodmadeofflour.Thisisbecausetheclimatehereistemperatecontinentalclimate,whichmeanstherearelessraindropsandsunlight.Andthisclimateprovidesfavorableconditionsforthegrowthofwheat.First,Whenitcomestocookedwheatenfood,thereisaplacemanypeoplearefamiliarwith.ThatisShanxi().Asthesayinggoes,eastorwest,Shanxicookedwheatenfoodisbest.Shanxiisfamousforitsdiverseanddeliciouscookedwheatenfood.Withahistoryof2000years,Shanxicookedwheatenfoodisgainingmoreandmorepopularityathomeandevenabroad.CookedwheatenfoodinShanxi,thereareround280kindsofcookedwheatenfood,amongwhichtheslicednoodlesisthemostrenownedone.Apartfromtheslicednoodles,boiledfoodalsoincludeshand-pullednoodles,HelaoTijian,Maoerduo,Jiupian()whicharealldeliciousandtasty.Asforthecookedfood,itincludesfriedcake()Yiwosu()frieddoughtwist,Shuaibing()andsoon.OthersteamedwheatenfoodincludessteamedbunYoumiankaolaoGaoliangmianyu.Second,foodinthenorthisoftenmoresaltyandgreasythanthatinthesouth.Becausepeopleliketoaddmoreingredienttodisheseventhesoup.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,whichhasgreatinfluencetoChinesepeoplespersonalities,hasalreadybecomeoneofthefinetraditionalculturesinChina.Withtheenhancementoftheglobalization,Chinesefoodculturewouldbecomebetterknownacrosstheworld.