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Reporters:
Manguerra, Kim Jezhreel
Lucena, Mark Joseph
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History of Chinese Food

China is the country with not only the largest population,
but also largest and one of the most impressive cuisines
in the entire world.
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History and Developments

of Chinese Cuisine Yuan Dynasty
Ming dynasty
(1368–1644)

Song Dynasty
Tang Dynasty (960–1279) recent
(618–907) history
Han Dynasty
206 BC – 220 AD
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History and Developments of Chinese Cuisine

Manage to evolve through last 4 millennia as the leader

of the Asian continent in terms of not only developing
new technologies, but also expanding their influence that
touched not only religion, fashion, and customs, but also
cuisine.
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History and Developments of Chinese Cuisine

By being one of the first Asian civilizations that achieved
stability and regular growth, China very quickly
managed to acquire very specific taste in food that
enabled its cuisine to grow and change with incredible
pace.
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Han Dynasty 206 BC – 220 AD

Southern China was famous for their rice, and food

from the North China Plain was predominately
focused on flour products.
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Tang Dynasty (618–907)

While tradition of drinking tea can be found from the influence of
the earlier “Southern and Northern Dynasties” period of time
during 5th century AD. During Tang Dynasty, tea became highly
popular in elite societies, signifying wealth and balance of health.
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Song Dynasty (960–1279)

Chinese cuisine really blossomed, enabling mixing of
cooking, medicine and even religion, establishing strict
rules for maintaining “balanced” meals and expanding
the ways the food can be prepared, processed and served.
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Yuan Dynasty
First time access to many foreign food
ingredients and methods of food preparation.
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Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

China gained access to main new plants, animal,
food crops, and goods, including the food that was
originally found only in the newly discovered
“New World” (sweet potatoes, peanuts, maize and
many others).
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Recent History
Founding of People's Republic of China brought
several changes of the cuisine that were both
fueled by government efforts and created by
minorities and western influence.
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Reporters:
Manguerra, Kim Jezhreel
Lucena, Mark Joseph