Sichuan province is located at southwest of china, then Sichuan food (usually called "Sichuan cuisine") is represented by Chengdu and Chongqing cuisine. Sichuan cuisine is known as spicy and hot. As one of Chinese best eight cuisine, it has an important position in Chinese cooking history.
Unlike other cuisine Eight, Sichuan cuisine has its own museum, which is the only museum to display the content of cuisine culture theme of the living museum. Sichuan cuisine museum located at Pixian old town, it contains four main areas.
The first one is Diancang Pavilion; books, graphic and artifacts have been displayed here. Visitors can learn the origin of Sichuan culture and the evolution of the Sichuan culture. Visitor could find the different instruments used to product and people's living habits at different times.
Recreation Center embodies the Sichuan tea culture, which is also defined as a part of Sichuan food culture. In Sichuan tea culture, tea drinking is an integral part. Sichuan people drink tea in the form eclectic: drinking tea under the sunshine in spring and autumn; drinking tea under the woods when summer coming. Visitors could experience the tea culture here.
The next one is Interactive Demo Pavilion where cooking process has been displayed here. Visitors can participate in interactive, learn how to cook Sichuan food and test their achievement.
The last one is Kitchen temple. It was build to enshrine and worship the god of food. Sichuan food material display area showing the tools used to cooking at earlier generations.
To sum up this is the general introduction for Sichuan food (or Sichuan cuisine).
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