According to the cooking styles and regional flavors, Chinese cuisines can be divided into Eight Chinse cuisines , which include Sichuan Cuisine, Hunan Cuisine, Shandong Cuisine, Zhejiang Cuisine, Fujian Cuisine, Anhui Cuisine, Cantonese Cuisine, and Jiangsu Cuisine. Each cuisine has its popular dishes.
Chinese food has a very varied range of nuances and is also closely linked to spirituality with the balance of yin, represented by types of foods such as fruits and vegetables used in the refreshment of the body, and yang related to meats and fried foods.
In Chinese food it is customary to serve food without accompanying drinks, using soups and tea as liquids. It is not customary, as in the West, to serve desserts at the end of meals, instead of dessert they use fresh fruits or nuts.
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