Recently, Chengdu Panda Asia Food Festival, a supporting activity of the Asian civilization dialogue conference, will begin in Chengdu. This feast of food culture will not only show Sichuan cuisine and spicy hot pot, but also bring together the "food culture feast" of Asian countries, opening a new window for citizens to understand the world through food. What's the start date of Chengdu Panda Asia Food Festival? How long?
In the 8-day period from May 15 to 22, 45 activities will be held, including an opening ceremony, a food culture Summit Forum, a life aesthetics experience tour, two exchanges between Chinese and foreign famous chefs, four kinds of food culture exhibitions, and eight theme days.
International taste experience 'on the tip of the tongue' Asia
During the food festival, Chengdu will hold the "Asia on the tip of the tongue" food culture tourism theme day. Thailand, Israel, Singapore, Pakistan, South Korea, Japan and other countries, as well as Hong Kong, Macao, China, will take turns to meet the public through theme day activities.
The first one to enter is Thailand. According to the data, "Thai flavor" is very popular among Chengdu citizens. Currently, there are 120 Thai restaurants in Chengdu, and 2 tons of Thai seafood are imported to Chengdu every day in Phuket alone. On the theme day, about 70 Thai and local enterprises will bring featured products such as handicrafts, food, jewelry, leather products, herbal skin care products, etc. to the show, as well as Thai cultural and art performances, Thailand tourism resources promotion, lottery and hot food challenge.
Wu Weide, Consul General of the Thai Consulate General in Chengdu, believes that Sichuan cuisine and Thai cuisine share the same points, and both like to eat pepper and rice. This food festival will further deepen cooperation between the two sides.
On the integration of Chinese and Western food culture from the perspective of cultural taste
On May 9, a long dragon rose in front of the gate of Chengdu Museum, where the special exhibition of "food for heaven - cultural journey on the table" was held.
In the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were pastel porcelain plates, green and white glazed melon shaped pots in the Song Dynasty, bricks for kitchen portraits in the Han Dynasty, and copper Spoon & hellip; hellip; in the Western Han Dynasty; More than 120 cultural relics, relevant pictures and documents are exhibited in the exhibition, which not only shows the changing process of Chinese food culture from ancient times to the present, but also makes full use of the relevant graphic materials of famous overseas museums such as Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum and Japanese zhengcangyuan to further strengthen To change the theme of food culture exchange between China and foreign countries. The event will be open to the public free of charge until June 9.
It is reported that international food culture special exhibition, Chinese food (recipe) literature exhibition and other cultural exhibitions, China (Chengdu) International Food Culture Summit Forum, classic Sichuan food tasting, life aesthetics experience and other activities will be carried out in succession to promote the exchange and mutual learning of Asian civilization with food as the carrier.
New patterns of spicy hot pot
As a typical representative of Sichuan cuisine culture, hotpot cannot be absent. From May 15 to 22, the "Asian hot pot Festival" held in Chengdu will successively hold four activities, namely, hot pot food supplies exhibition, hot pot industry conference Summit Forum, golden fire award ceremony and hot pot creative market. Among them, as the first "hot pot creative market" in China, it will be open to the whole people in Guixi Park, the key area of Chengdu Jincheng greenway. At that time, creative activities such as featured mobile hotpot shops, wonderful hotpot Museum exhibition, Asia Pacific hotpot culture area, interactive music trend show, fun activities for parents and children, Carnival and delicious food in the city will be skillfully integrated.
At the same time, activities such as "love hotpot, love Chengdu" urban aesthetics, greenway eco-environment display, and "eat pepper" fun competition will also organically integrate food, culture and innovation, tourism, entertainment and other forms.
Thousands of popular restaurants participated
During the food festival, thousands of restaurants in Chengdu will participate in it. At present, 11 food gathering areas have been designated in Chengdu. Citizens and tourists can participate in the game interaction and win the overlord's meal, movie tickets, drinks, performance tickets, etc. by setting up a punch point in the food gathering area.
It is worth mentioning that in order to enhance the public participation, this activity also set up a "Tianfu family feast". As the first meal after the guests arrive in Chengdu, 'Tianfu family feast' will provide a real experience of Sichuan cuisine culture. At present, the expert advisory group composed of eight top Sichuan cuisine masters specially invited by Chengdu has carefully selected 30 Sichuan cuisines from thousands of Sichuan cuisines as alternatives. Next, 16 cuisines will be selected by referendum, and finally the "Tianfu family feast" will be formed.
The process of family dinner will also be broadcast live on the Internet. By setting up a branch kitchen to show the ingredients, production process, story and cultural background of each dish, each dish will become a delicacy, fully reflect the food culture and show the taste of Chengdu.