What does Chaozhou cuisine mean?

A: Chaozhou cuisine (also known as Chaoshan cuisine) originated in Chaozhou and belonged to Fujian in ancient times. Since Qin Shihuang unified China, it was assigned to Nanhai County, while the local people kept Fujian customs and spoke Fujian dialect. Therefore, the Minnan dialect area of Guangdong belongs to Chaozhou culture area. The immigrants in Lingnan area include Fujian people, and some people from the Central Plains moved to Chaozhou in large numbers after entering Fujian. Since the Ming Dynasty, the local indigenous people, together with the foreign Fulao people and the Central Plains people, have constructed Chaozhou culture. Chaozhou cuisine originated in Fujian and has the characteristics of Guangzhou cuisine, combining the advantages of both. In the Qing Dynasty, a new market towel Shantou appeared. The original Chaozhou area was also called Chaoshan area, and the corresponding Chaozhou cuisine was also called Chaoshan cuisine.

Chaozhou cuisine showed its cooking characteristics in the Tang Dynasty. Han Yu, a poet who was relegated to Chaozhou, recorded in the Eighteen Laws of Southern Diet at the Beginning of the Year that chaozhou people had a different diet at that time. He knew how to use discarded materials to make seafood and pay attention to seasoning, and he knew how to use hydrochloric acid and pepper and orange. With the development of Chaozhou economy and culture, Chaozhou cuisine is constantly absorbing cooking skills from other regions, forming its own characteristics and advantages. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the commodity economy developed and the market flourished, and Chaozhou cuisine also entered its heyday. Modern Chaozhou emigrated overseas, especially in Southeast Asia, where Chaozhou cuisine became popular.

In the Chaozhou "Famous Cuisine, Famous Chef and Famous Shop" Competition, * * * selected 20 famous snacks (side dishes), namely, Mama Duck, Chaozhou Mudou Pill, Chaozhou Hand Hammer Beef Ball, Crispy, Chaozhou Spring Cake, Oyster Baked (Crispy), Gaotang Zhacai, Gusu Xiangfu, spiced olives, plum blossom dumplings and beef soup.