Chinese food's Intangible Cultural Heritage bids

Difficult Choice

With a diverse system of various dishes, it seems difficult to choose a suitable candidate for the application. Here are some suggestions and reasons from netizens.

Members of a family eat together on the Chinese New Year's Eve. [File photo: qzwb.com]

Chinese New Year's Eve cuisine

The Chinese New Year's Eve cuisine is a reflection of the Chinese reunion tradition and contains Chinese family values and emotions.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes [File photo: Baidu]

'National dishes'

Some dishes are popular all across China, such as scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried shredded potato, fried rice, etc. These dishes could represent Chinese cuisine for the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

A dish made of bean products [File photo: sohu.com]

Bean products

Bean products can be cooked in various ways, and can be related to a healthy lifestyle.

Chinese cuisine [File photo: Baidu]

Chinese cuisine as a whole

The content of Chinese cuisine is so abundant that no one dish can represent the cuisine. China should apply for Intangible Cultural Heritage status with Chinese cuisine as a whole.