How Chinese Food Became Eight Great Cuisines

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Let us travel through the history of China to see how each dynasty shaped and transformed Chinese food to create the Eight Great Cuisines that we know today. From the simple stocks of Shandong Cuisine of the Han Dynasty court, to the international trade that birthed Dim Sum and Guangdong Cuisine, and the spicy revolution that redefined Sichuan Cuisine and Hunan Cuisine. Trace the origins of the eight distinct flavor philosophies that standardized Chinese food across the world!

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Footage used in this video:
珍饈記 - Delicacies Destiny
尚食 - Royal Feast
楚漢傳奇 - King's War
如懿傳 - Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace
星漢燦爛 - Love Like the Galaxy
錦綉芳華 - Flourished Peony
清明上河圖密碼 - Riverside Code at the Qingming Festival
五福臨門 - Perfect Match
雁回時 - The Glory
唐宫夜宴 - Night Banquet in Tang Dynasty Palace

Food images found from Wikipedia, Baidu, Sohu, Zhihu

00:00 - Introduction
02:59 - Shandong Cuisine, China’s First Cuisine
07:06 - Sichuan Cuisine Finds Its Flavor in the Tang Dynasty
10:49 - Jiagsu, Zhejiang, Fujian Cuisines Emerge in the Song Dynasty
19:02 - Anhui Cuisine Takes Shape in the Mountains of the Yuan Dynasty
22:07 - The International Guangdong Cuisine of the Ming Dynasty
26:07 - Sichuan and Hunan Cuisine’s Spicy Revolution in the Ming Dynasty
29:57 - Final Thoughts

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Disclaimer: Visuals used in this video are for reference/illustrative purposes and are not intended as accurate historical depictions.