Jicai

Jicai Jicai refers to a flavor dish with green and healthy concept, which is formed by using Jilin specialty or main raw materials, using Jilin's unique cooking technology and combining the diet culture and customs of various ethnic groups in Jilin. At the same time, the name of auspicious dishes also contains auspicious, auspicious and auspicious meanings. Jicai has a profound cultural background, and its formation and development are closely related to the geography, history, economy, nationality, culture, customs, resources and other factors in Jilin. Jilin is located in the middle of northeast China, and it is one of the three black lands in the world. It is rich in animal and plant resources, especially the "natural and green" resources, which are favorable conditions for the development of Japanese cuisine. Jicai has a long history. As early as 3,000 years ago, Su Shen, the ancestor of Manchu, settled in the black water of Baishan and lived a life of fishing and hunting. Since ancient times, there have been Han, Korean, Mongolian and other ethnic groups in Jilin. The cultures and eating habits of different ethnic groups are different, such as Manchu people like stews and pasta, Korean people like cold noodles and dog meat, and Mongolian people like barbecue. These unique eating habits have formed a unique diversified eating culture. In terms of cooking techniques, Ji cuisine was greatly influenced by Shandong cuisine. During the Puppet Manchuria rule, the last emperor Puyi established a puppet palace in Changchun, which became the political and cultural center at that time. In addition to the imperial chef of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing, famous chefs from Shandong also poured in, which made Shandong cuisine, Gongting cuisine and Jilin folk dishes blend with each other, which had a great influence on local cooking skills, forming a fine cooking of delicacies, emphasizing knife work and spoon work. The climate in Jilin is cold in winter, and the human body needs more calories. In addition, Jilin people are hospitable and pay attention to fullness and benefits, so the dishes are rich in meat, especially the delicacies, and they are heavily seasoned. No matter which nationality, whenever guests come, they will take out wine and meat for hospitality, eat meat in large pieces and drink in large bowls, and the dishes are diverse and large. This is a eating custom formed for thousands of years. After years of ethnic integration, Jilin cuisine has formed a Jilin-style dish featuring nationality, region, cooking techniques and eating customs, and has been deeply loved by the people of Jilin. Since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, Jilin's economy has developed rapidly, people's living standards have been continuously improved, and green catering resources have become more abundant, which has provided good development conditions and space for the development of Jicai.
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