What the Ancients Did When They Ate

Name: What the Ancients Did When They Ate
Author: Long Qiuxue

古人吃饭那些事儿

by Long Qiuxue (龙丘雪)

Status: Completed
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

This book is an in-depth interpretation of the dietary life of ancient people. It introduces the development, historical origins, unique and famous foods of China's "eating culture" in vivid and interesting words, and reflects the social life patterns and styles of the times in different historical periods and regions. The book talks about various aspects of ancient people's dietary life, such as "What are the food utensils of the pre-Qin Dynasty", "What are the differences between the diets of nobles and commoners", "What are the exotic delicacies of the Tang Dynasty", "How particular were the banquets of the ancients" and other issues. For each question, the author consults a large amount of literature in detail to ensure that there is reliable historical data support behind each question. This book can satisfy all readers' curiosity about the dietary life of ancient people.

Reader comments

Soup cakes turned into 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 knows how to cook now, because there was no pot (griddle) and vegetable oil, and can you imagine that 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, received subsidies, and almost had an iron rice bowl. "Almost half of the world's population was wiped out." The imperial court spent a lot of money, and then 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...
6 likes2y ago
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!
4 likes2y ago
Very good, opened up a lot of insights
1 like3y ago
The structure is clear and quite popular.
2y ago
It's a good book for popular science [Sending my heart to you]
2y ago
I compared my mistakes and summarized it very well. I learned a lot of little knowledge that I didn't know before.
3y ago

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