It is not easy to introduce the civilization of Chinese Food in a short message, because there are more than 56 folks inside the Mainland China, and the large area causes different food and dining habits among difference districts.

Generally speaking, the old China was developed in a faming society. As a result, the main Chinese food you should know is rice, and actually rice was the first grain that was farmed in China. There is archaeological evidence of rice farming along the Yang-tse River as early as about 5000 BC. At that time, people cooked rice by boiling it in water just like the way they do today. Instead of rice, Chinese in northern China gathered wild millet and sorghum. These were the main foods of China - rice, millet, sorghum, and wheat. In northern China, people mostly ate millet, wheat, and sorghum. In the southern part of China, rice is the most common food..

There are so many traditional and special Chinese foods, according to the different cultural backgrounds, districts, religions, and festivals. The famous division is by district, there are styles of Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, and so on. In general, there is a big difference about the diets between Northern and Southern China, that is, the dishes made by Northern cooks are in heavier taste and those are comparably light in Southern Chefs’ recipes. Sometimes, it is tasty as sweet and fresh in Southern Chinese food. In the Northern and Western Provinces of China, the diets are made in hot and spicy for preventing diseases caused by humidity and cold.
As China’s capital, Beijing has a great variety of local Chinese food coming from different regions of china. It can offer you many ways to satisfy your craving for whatever kind of food you like. You can enjoy dishes from all over the world, no matter what you want. If you can not afford to eat food in the big restaurants, you can change the places of eating. The cheapest way to eat Chinese foodin China is buying food which is being cooked on the sidewalks. You can choose between green vegetables, tofu, meat, fish and various other exotic animals like scorpions, starfishes and silkworms all neatly arranged on a skewer. Many people in China eat out at the food stalls on the sidewalks as they don’t have much money and want to have a quick and filling meal. Food cooked in these kind places does not mean poor quality or dull taste. In fact, if you really want to have a good taste of Chinese food, small stands by the roadside in the best place you should go.

A delightful and delicious meal creates happiness, harmony, mental and physical well-being. Since there is an enormous variety of Chinese food that differs greatly from region to region, you will find the most interesting thing about Chinese traveling in China is to try out different food. You will find how different from what you have known from the fast food stand and how enjoyable it will be if you just release yourself from traditional food paradigm.