chinese cuisine

• Huan Ying Liaoli


  Welcome to Chinese Food
• Neolithic Period


  archeologist are sometimes able to make deductions about food preparation and storage based on site excavations
• Neolithic Period 


  In October 2005, the oldest noodles yet discovered were located at the Lajia site near the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Qinghai. The site has been associated with the Qijia culture. Over 4,000 years old, the noodles were made from foxtail and broomcorn millet
• Chinese Dynasties

  
  

  Song

  Qing

  Qin

  Tang

  Ming

  Han

  Yuan
• SONG DYNASTY 


  food historian, Michael Freeman argues that the SONG developed a "cuisine" which was derived from no single tradition but rather, amalgamates, selects and organizes.
• SONG DYNASTY


  "cuisine" in this sense does not develop out of the cooking traditions of a single region but requires sizable corps of adventuresome eaters
• QING DYNASTY


  the characteristics of imperial cuisine are the elaborate cooking methods and strict selection of raw materials, which are often extremely expensive, rare or complicated in preparation.
• QING DYNASTY


  visual presentation is also very important, so the color and shape of the dish must be carefully arranged
• MING DYNASTY


  there were varieties of food and drinks, their quality was improved and new cooking methods were introduced.
• MING DYNASTY 


  During festivals sacrificial rites and celebrations, the court ministers and officials were given food
• MING DYNASTY


  On the Dragon Boat Festival, court officials were presented outside the Meridian Gate with a pyramid shaped dumpling of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. When there was a ceremony, those called by the emperor were given a cake wrapped in red silk. When Imperial College students paid tribute to Confucius, they received food from the emperor, but the variety of the food given to them was not great.
• Kublai Khan conquered China


  1279
• Moved the capital to Khanbaliq (now Beijing)
• Great wealth, prosperity, and stability
• Achievements of the Yuan Dynasty


  • Spread Chinese Culture
  • Spread Islam throughout their empire
• During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), contacts with the West also brought the introduction to China of a major food crop, sorghum, along with other foreign food products and methods of preparation
• The fascination with exotics from the diverse range of the Tang empire and the search for plants and animals which promoted health and longevity were two of the factors encouraging diversity in Tang dynasty diet
• China during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) became involved in a new global trade of goods, plants, animals, and food crops known as the Columbian Exchange
• Imports to China during the Ming Dynasty

  • Silver
  • New World crops from the Spanish Empire
• New World crops from the Spanish Empire

  • Sweet potatoes
  • Maize
  • Peanuts
• New World crops


  Foods that could be cultivated in lands where traditional Chinese staple crops-wheat, millet, and rice
• Han Dynasty First discovered Recipe called "Pearl Column Scallops"
• Communist style cuisine, also called Cultural Revolution cuisine or CR cuisine, has also been popular
• Recent innovations include the Retro-Maoist cuisine, which cashed in on the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birthday, whether it was officially endorsed or not
• Menu of Communist style cuisine

  • Cornmeal cakes
  • Rice gruel
• Chopsticks


  Probably used for cooking, stirring, the fire and serving bits of food, and were not initially used as eating utensils