Ancient Chinese Food

Title: Ancient Chinese Food
Category: /History/Asian History
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Ancient Chinese Food
Food in China has been the basis of life for centuries. Millet, a common crop in Northern China, has been grown since the fifth millennium BC. Rice, a common crop in Southern China, has been grown since the fourth millennium BC. Ever since then food was thought to be the basis for good health. The first Chinese crop was grown in the Upper Yellow River Valley. In order to keep up their crops, the ancient …showed first 75 words of 577 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 577 total…a roast duck or chicken, fried fish, vegetables, grains, and soup. The wealthy had many more foods such as bear paw, shark fin, and wild boar. Rice wine was drinken at these occasions. Much until the Rennaissance, China and the many foods they had stayed in their natural boundries. Some atempts had been made in the Ming dynasty, but until the coming of Marco Polo all of China?s food had been kept a secret.

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