1. A Bite of CHINA

2. Chinese Cuisine Culture
Journey of
Chinese Cuisine Culture

3. what do you know about chinese cuisine？
Have you ever tried any Chinese food ？

4. The Three Grand Cuisines：
Turkey cuisine
French cuisine
Chinese cuisine

5. Why Chinese people care about Chī (eating) so much？
An old Chinese saying ：A king`s life depends upon the people，while food is what matters to the people.
Confucius said：Dining and inercourse bewteen male and female are the most basic and important requirement.

6. Chinese people`s daily life has much to do with the word Chī（eating）.
E.g.
1. 7 daily necessities for a family： chái mǐ yóu yán jiàn cù chá .
（Firewood ，rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.）
2. Chī le méi？（How are you？）
3.fàn wǎn（Job）
4.Chī xiāng（Be very popular）

7. Traditonal Chinese Cooker The sacrificial vessels
dǐng gé
yǎn

8. What do Chinese people use to eat？
Kuàizi
Chopsticks
Dāochā
Fork and knife

9. Kuàizi （chopsticks） 1.The age of kuàizi --- over 3000 years old
2. The story behind the word kuàizi
3. Types of Kuàizi
4.Method of using Kuàizi

10. Japanese chopsticks
Korean chopsticks
Chinese chopsticks

11. 4.Method of using Kuàizi

12. Chapter 1 Chinese traditional staple food
China has diverse natural conditions across its land. As a result, Chinese people living in different areas enjoy absolutely different but rich staple food. From the south to the north, the diverse staple food provide energy for human bodies. Moreover, they influence people's feelings towards the change of four seasons and enrich the lives of the Chinese.

13. 1.Rice （Mǐfàn）
rice is the most common staple food in china. Different areas have different type of rice ,it taste different .
Cooking method : boiling ,steaming stir-frying
Types: Porridge , fried rice , steamed rice

14. porridge fried rice

15. 2.noodles（Miàntiáo） noodles is a very old food and it
originated in China . It has a long history . As a staple food ,it usually used in northeast. Also noodles have many different cooking method. Every kind of noodle may taste very different .

16. The First Culture of Chinese Noodles Festival has released its list of the top ten most popular Chinese noodles . The list covers famed dishes from all across China, including Wuhan hot noodles, Beijing noodles with soybean paste, Shanxi sliced noodles, Henan stewed noodles, Lanzhou ramen, Hangzhou Pian Er Chuan, Kunshan Aozao noodles, Zhenjiang pot cover noodles, Sichuan spicy dandan noodles and Jilin Yanji cold noodles. ī

17. Shanxi Sliced Noodles Henan Stewed Noodles
Wuhan hot noodles Beijing noodles with soybean paste

18. Lanzhou Ramen Hangzhou Pian Er Chuan
Kunshan Aozao Noodles Zhenjiang Pot Cover Noodles

19. Sichuan Spicy Dandan Noodles Jilin Yanji Cold Noodles

20. 3. Rice noodle (Mǐfěn)
People from the very south of China eat rice noodles almost for 3 meals.
As white as jade, the rice noodles preserve some warmth and produce the unique fragrance of rice.
In China,just like noodles,there are several different rice noodles ,too.

21. Guilin rice noodle Hunan rice noodle
Cantonese beef chow fun Cantonese rice noodle roll

22. The Story of Staple Food

23. Other staple food for breakfast
mántou
ròujiámó （marinated meat in baked bun）
Xinjiang Uygur Náng

24. bāozi
jiǎozi
zòngzi（）

25. In China，we eat 3 meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The breakfast is simple. In northern China, we often eat conjee, soybean milk, youtiao(deep-fried twisted dough sticks), milk, steamed bread, and egg. In southern China, people like to eat noodles.
In southern China, we hold that breakfast should be good, the lunch should be enough, the dinner should be small. People often say: a fine breakfast, a full lunch, and a small dinner.