The Dining Habits of the Ancients

Soup cakes changed to cakes and then noodles. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, noodles were a delicate, time-consuming and labor-intensive food, and ordinary people may not be able to eat them; now, noodles are the fastest and most convenient food... Before the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was no stir-fry that everyone can cook now, because there was no pot (griddle) and vegetable oil, and can you imagine that the cosmetics at that time were also made of animal fat! The book says: Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, Xiao Yan, loved Buddhism and established monasteries all over the world. Those who converted were exempted from military service and received subsidies, which was almost an iron rice bowl. "Almost half of the world's population was wiped out." The court spent a lot of money and ordered all monks and nuns to follow a vegetarian diet. The monk gradually became a vegetarian! The reason why everyone eats their own food is because the dishes are single; in ancient my country, one person ate at one table. As the types of stir-fry dishes increased, this method changed... The book talks a lot, let's talk about a few points...

This book is really interesting! It allowed me to understand all aspects of the ancient people's dietary life, such as the food utensils of the Pre-Qin Dynasty and the differences between the diets of nobles and common people. The author's writing is vivid and interesting, and each question is supported by reliable historical data. Just like it is said in the book that "food is the first necessity of the people", food culture is really a mirror that reflects social life. I think this book is very suitable for people like me who are interested in history and culture. I recommend it to you!

Very good, opened up a lot of insights

It's a good book for popular science [Sending my heart to you]

The structure is clear and quite popular.

I compared my mistakes and summarized it very well. I learned a lot of little knowledge that I didn't know before.