The history of Huai'an becoming the world's gastronomic capital
The history of Huai'an becoming the world's gastronomic capital. Jiangsu has always been a place where northern and southern cultures blend. Whether it is personnel structure or cultural traditions, it has both The advantages of north and south are well integrated. Such delicacies born from the soil have helped Huaian become the world's gourmet capital. Huai'an's journey to become a World City of Gastronomy 1
UNESCO official website announced: 49 cities have joined UNESCO Creative Cities after being appointed by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay Network in recognition of their commitment to placing culture and creativity at the heart of their development and sharing knowledge and good practice. Huai'an successfully applied for the title of "World Culinary Capital". This is the fifth city in China to successfully join the list of the world's "Course Capital" after Chengdu in Sichuan, Shunde in Guangdong, Macau, and Yangzhou in Jiangsu.
The four major advantages of Huai'an Shenchuang "City of Food"
Profound food culture. Huai'an is one of the main birthplaces and inheritance places of Huaiyang cuisine. Huaiyang cuisine began in the Spring and Autumn Period and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the benchmark cuisine of "the first banquet of the founding of the People's Republic of China". There are more than 1,300 kinds of Huaiyang classic dishes and delicacies, and 298 dishes and cooking techniques have been selected into the provincial intangible cultural heritage list, the most among all districts and cities in the country. Huai'an has built the country's largest themed cuisine museum - the China Huaiyang Cuisine Culture Museum, established the Huaiyang Cuisine Culture Industry Working Committee, established the Huaiyang Cuisine Group, and allocated special funds every year for the inheritance and innovation of the Huaiyang Cuisine Culture Industry. . Huaiyang cuisine is also an important part of the "Chinese Food Prosperity Plan" of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council.
A solid foundation for the food industry. Huai'an is a famous food city in China. The output value of the city's food industry has exceeded 100 billion yuan, and it has gathered a large number of key leading enterprises such as Wangwang Food, Jinshiyuan Wine Industry, and Quanwen Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. As of the end of 2020, the city has more than 40,000 restaurants of various types, employing more than 250,000 people, with annual catering sales of 21 billion yuan, and has geographical indication trademarks represented by "Xuyi Lobster" and "Huai'an Red Pepper" 129 cases, ranking among the top among districts and cities in the country.
High-quality culinary talent resources. Huai'an's culinary education is relatively developed. There are 10 colleges and universities offering cooking majors, and a total of more than 100,000 intermediate and senior chefs have been trained. There are currently 120 national-level "cooking masters" and more than 30 cooking master studios and intangible cultural heritage food studios. Home.
Excellent green ecological environment. Huai'an is located on the geographical dividing line between the north and south of China. Four rivers run through the city and five lakes are embedded in it. The water area accounts for 1/4 of the city's area. It is known as the "city floating on the water." The unique green ecological environment creates high-quality and abundant ingredients such as lobster, hairy crabs, gorgon seeds, and cattail vegetables.
The journey of Huai'an becoming a "City of Food"
In the past five years, Huai'an has deepened international exchanges and promoted mutual learning among civilizations. We went to the UNESCO Headquarters to hold the Huaiyang Food Appreciation Fair, and went to more than 20 countries and regions to promote food, and deepened exchanges with the "City of Food" cities through "Going Out", "Invite in" and "Cloud Interaction".
In the past five years, Huaian has developed brand festivals to showcase the charm of gourmet food. The China (Huai'an) International Food Expo has been held for four consecutive years, and a series of activities such as the Huaiyang Cuisine Master Invitational Competition have been held. Create a "one county, one special" brand, hold Xuyi International Lobster Festival, Hongze Lake International Hairy Crab Festival, etc. every year, and spread them in more than 50 domestic and foreign media including People's Daily, CCTV, European Times, and Toutiao.
In the past five years, Huaian has focused on policy support and accelerated industrial development. Implementation opinions were issued to further accelerate the development of Huaiyang cuisine industry, and the municipal finance allocated 10 million yuan each year to support and guide the inheritance and innovation of food culture.
A total of 112 innovative dishes have been developed, 62 famous gourmet restaurants have been launched, 45 leading catering companies have been cultivated, 40 cooking masters have been selected, and 16 special food and cultural districts have been built.
In the past five years, Huai’an has practiced the concept of serving the people and promoted food to benefit the people. Promote the return of fishing to the lake, and realize the resettlement of 100,000 fishermen in Hongze Lake through food and employment. Promote lobster to enrich the people, take advantage of the Xuyi lobster brand value of 21.5 billion yuan, open more than 3,000 lobster chain stores, and 200,000 people in the city are engaged in related industries. Promote free tastings, benefiting more than 20,000 low-income residents each year.
In the past five years, Huaian has explored cross-border integration and strengthened collaborative innovation. The filming of gourmet film and television works such as "Kimchi Falling in Love with Crayfish" and "Food Adventure" were completed. The food novel "Going North" won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Award. The food new media video "Gift to the World - Huaiyang Food" won the 2019 Miami-America China Television Art Week Short Video Gold Award "Golden Pearl Award".
The Huai'an Municipal Commerce Bureau stated that Huai'an's measures after successfully applying for the title of "City of Food"
Unswervingly deepen international cooperation. Huai'an will better inherit and promote Huaiyang cuisine culture on a global scale, strengthen exchanges with cities such as Ostersund in Sweden, Gaziantep in Turkey, Portoviejo in Ecuador, and Burgos in Spain to discuss the future Establish sister city relationships.
Unswervingly implement the national strategy. Huai'an will better promote the transformation and upgrading of the Huaiyang cuisine industry into a characteristic and international one, launch a nationwide promotion of high-quality Huaiyang cuisine, invite some representatives of overseas institutions in China, overseas Chinese leaders, and celebrities in the food and catering industry to participate in precise publicity and promotion Huai'an's characteristic food culture, explore the construction of Huaiyang Cuisine Industrial Park, and further expand the scale of the food industry.
Unswervingly fulfill international commitments. Huaian will promote the smooth development of various activities organized by the Creative Cities Network, and better promote food and cultural exchanges and exhibitions, academic research, talent training, and industrial cooperation to achieve win-win results; it will actively cooperate with UNESCO Headquarters and the Creative Cities Network The secretariat carries out assistance projects for underdeveloped areas.
Unswervingly practice good food to benefit the people. Huaian will deeply explore the gastronomic elements of literary, film and television works, accelerate the collection and production of creative food derivative products, and promote a closer and more in-depth integration of food with tourism, culture and creativity; accelerate the construction of Yuquan and Hexia Ancient Town food districts to gather together a Approval of Huai'an specialty food brands will form a window to display Huaiyang food culture, promote the healthy development of food culture and food industry, and enhance citizens' sense of gain. Huai'an's journey to become a World City of Gastronomy 2
On November 8, the UNESCO official website announced that Huai'an had successfully applied for the title of "World City of Gastronomy", following the success of Chengdu in Sichuan, Shunde in Guangdong, Macao, After Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province received this title, it became the fifth city in China to successfully become the "World Culinary Capital".
Jiangsu has always been a place where the cultures of the north and the south blend together. Whether it is the personnel structure or cultural traditions, it has the strengths of the north and the south and is well integrated. Compared with cuisines with obvious regional characteristics such as Sichuan and Hunan cuisine, Jiangsu's cuisine is more inclusive.
The Huai'an people's relationship with food can be traced back to thousands of years
" Crab roe soup dumplings in the morning, long fish in soft pockets at noon, and cabbage and meatball soup in the evening. I don't know what happened in my childhood. How beautiful. "On the evening of November 8, Mr. Li, who lives in Qingjiangpu District, couldn't be more proud when he heard that Huai'an was named the "World Food Capital". He said that every time friends from other places come to Huai'an, he always has a good meal. Take them to taste Huai'an delicacies without repeating it.
△Soft Pocket Long Fish
The 4th China (Huai'an) International Food Expo held recently is the fourth time for Huai'an and gourmets Meet. Tourists from all over the world gather in Huai'an just to taste the authentic Huai'an food, and the relationship between Huai'an and food has lasted for thousands of years.
Huai'an people themselves love to eat. The first famous "foodie" in history was the Western Han Dynasty poet Mei Cheng. In his masterpiece "Qi Fa", he praised the cuisine of his hometown Huai'an as "the most beautiful in the world."
△Qingong Meatballs
Gao Daiming, president of Huai’an Huaiyang Cuisine Food Culture Research Association, introduced that Huai’an has archaeological evidence that the history of food can be traced back As for the Qingliangang Culture more than 8,000 years ago, more than 2,000 pieces of pottery such as cooking utensils, tableware, and drinking vessels dating back 8,100 years ago were newly excavated at the Huanggang site in 2018 alone. To this day, Huai'an's famous dishes Qingong Meatballs and Jianghuai Yipin still completely preserve the traditional cooking techniques of "Eight Treasures" of the Zhou Dynasty more than 2,500 years ago.
Blessed with fertile ground for gourmet food, the "First Banquet of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" has it.
In this selection, there are many creative regions in the world, why does Huai'an stand out? Yu Xuerong, president of the Jiangsu Catering Industry Association, said that as one of the main birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine and a city along the Grand Canal, Huai'an is well-deserved. Huaian’s delicacies include crayfish, hairy crabs and lobsters, which are well-known to every household. Taking Ruandou as an example, its various cooking methods cover three meals a day for ordinary people. Huaiyang cuisine culture has long been integrated into all aspects of people's lives and has a broad mass base.
△Huaian Hongze Lake hairy crabs
According to the relevant person in charge of the Huaian Municipal Commerce Bureau, Huaian has a profound food culture and a solid food industry foundation. High-quality culinary talent resources and excellent green ecological environment.
△Huai'an Xuyi Lobster
With four rivers running through the city and five lakes inlaid in it, Huai'an, the "city floating on the water", has created lobsters, Hairy crabs, gorgon seeds, cattail sprouts and other high-quality ingredients are environmental advantages; Huaiyang cuisine began in the Spring and Autumn Period and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the benchmark cuisine of the "First Banquet of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", which is a cultural heritage; it has the reputation of "Xuyi Lobster" There are 129 geographical indication trademarks represented by "Huai'an Red Pepper", ranking among the top districts and cities in the country. This is a famous food city with a food industry output value exceeding 100 billion yuan. Not only that, Huai'an has 10 colleges and universities offering cooking majors. There are 120 national-level "cooking masters", which is an exclusive skill.
The unique natural conditions give birth to Huai’an cuisine with a hundred flowers blooming. Xuyi lobster, Hongze small fish pot stickers, Jinhu lotus root, Lianshui tied hoof... In Huai'an, almost every county and district has its own special delicacies, and this difference can even be subdivided into towns. Taking Huai'an District as an example, Zhuqiao Town has turtles, Boli Town has mutton, and Pingqiao Town has tofu... Each town is geographically adjacent but has different delicacies. Each town has its own style and profound heritage.
△Huai'an Sausage
In the past five years, Huai'an Shenchuang has never stopped.
In the past five years, Huai'an has deepened international exchanges, It has promoted food in more than 20 countries and regions; in the past five years, Huai'an has developed brand festivals, held four consecutive China (Huai'an) International Food Expos, and set up a series of activities such as the Huaiyang Cuisine Master Invitational Competition. Create a "one county, one special" brand, and hold Xuyi International Lobster Festival, Hongze Lake International Hairy Crab Festival, etc. every year; in the past five years, Huai'an has focused on policy support and allocated 10 million yuan each year to support and guide the inheritance and innovation of food culture; in the past five years, Huai'an has Promote good food to benefit the people, promote the return of fishing to the lake, and realize the resettlement of 100,000 fishermen in Hongze Lake through food employment and other methods, promote lobster to enrich the people, and 200,000 people in the city are engaged in related industries; in the past five years, Huai'an has explored cross-border integration, and the food is a long The novel "Going North" won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Award, and the new food media video "Gift to the World - Huaiyang Food" won the 2019 Miami-America China Television Arts Week Short Video Gold Award "Golden Pearl Award".
The future is promising, and "flavor" is radiant
This time Huai'an is elected as the world's "Course of Food" and will stand on the global stage. In the inheritance and innovation of food culture, Tolerant and eclectic, "flavor" is everywhere.
Food has no borders, and taste has a reputation. By applying for the title of "City of Food", Huai'an promotes Huaiyang food culture to go abroad, promotes cultural exchange and integration, inherits Chinese taste, and displays the beauty of food.
The establishment of the world's "Gourmet Capital" has added new goals and motivation to Huai'an. The relevant person in charge of the Huai'an Municipal Commerce Bureau stated that Huai'an will actively promote the purpose of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network to take root in Huai'an in accordance with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In the next step, Huai'an will unswervingly deepen international cooperation and better inherit and promote Huaiyang cuisine culture on a global scale; unswervingly implement national strategies and promote the direction of Huaiyang cuisine industry. Characteristic and international transformation and upgrading, promote high-quality Huaiyang cuisine nationwide; unswervingly fulfill international commitments, promote the smooth development of various activities, and carry out assistance projects in underdeveloped areas; unswervingly practice gastronomy Benefit the people and promote a closer and deeper integration of food, tourism, culture and creativity.
Yu Xuerong, president of the Jiangsu Catering Industry Association, said that "World Food Capital", as an international business card of Huai'an, will greatly enhance Huai'an's international reputation and city brand. At the same time, Yangzhou and Huai'an have been rated as "World Culinary Capitals" successively, which means that Huaiyang cuisine has been more widely recognized around the world. In the future, the Jiangsu Catering Industry Association will also promote the close integration of food between the two cities, making Huaiyang's food spread all over the world. Huai'an's journey to becoming a World City of Gastronomy 3
On the afternoon of November 8, the UNESCO official website announced a new batch of 49 cities to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, and Huai'an was successfully selected as the "World City of Gastronomy" Capital", becoming the fifth city in China to be ranked among the "World Culinary Capitals" after Chengdu, Shunde, Macau and Yangzhou.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network is a platform that brings together cities around the world that rely on creativity as the basis for development. Creative fields include crafts and folk arts, design, film, gastronomy, literature, media arts and music, etc. After five years of unremitting efforts, Huaian successfully joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
Huai'an is an important birthplace and inheritance place of Huaiyang cuisine. It has previously been awarded titles such as "Hometown of Huaiyang Cuisine in China" and "Famous Food City in China". Huaiyang cuisine began in the Spring and Autumn Period and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the benchmark cuisine for the "first banquet of the founding of the People's Republic of China". There are more than 1,300 kinds of famous dishes and snacks in Huai'an, and 298 are selected as provincial intangible cultural heritage, which is the most among districts and cities in the country.
Chinese food culture is world-renowned, and Huai'an has been selected as the "World Food Capital", which will help promote the international exchange of Huaiyang food and let more and more people feel Huai'an's rich cultural heritage and unique city charm.
Huaian is located in the north-central part of Jiangsu Province, east of the Jianghuai Plain. Located in the Yangtze River Delta region, it is an important central city in northern Jiangsu, a closely connected city in the Nanjing metropolitan area, and the first city in the Huaihe Ecological Economic Belt. It is located at the intersection of the ancient Huaihe River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and is located on the "Qinling-Qinling Mountains" dividing line between China's north and south. Along the Huaihe River, there is Hongze Lake, the fourth largest freshwater lake in China. It is a national civilized city, a national historical and cultural city, a national sanitary city, a national garden city, a national environmental protection model city, a national low-carbon pilot city, and an outstanding tourist city in China. . It is one of the main birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine and one of the birthplaces of ancient culture in the Jianghuai River Basin. It covers an area of ??10,030 square kilometers.
Huaian has a history of more than 2,200 years. The county was established during the Qin Dynasty, and there is the famous "Qingliangang Culture" site within the territory. It was once a hub for water transportation and salt transportation, and housed the Water Transport Governor's Palace and the Jiangnan River Governor's Palace. Historically, Huai'an, together with Suzhou, Hangzhou and Yangzhou, was known as the "four major cities" along the canal. Huaian was once "prosperous and prosperous due to luck" and was known as the "Canal Capital of China". The Huai'an section of China's Grand Canal was selected into the World Heritage List. Huai'an is an important transportation artery from south to north and a regional transportation hub in the northern part of the Yangtze River Delta. According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Huai'an City was 4,556,230.
In 2020, Huai'an achieved a regional GDP of 402.537 billion yuan.
Huai’an is home to a great man, Premier Zhou Enlai, with its outstanding people. Historically, there have been great military strategists Han Xin, Han Fu master Mei Cheng, heroine Liang Hongyu, "Journey to the West" author Wu Cheng'en, national hero Guan Tianpei, "Lao Can's Travels" author Liu E, etc.
Huai'an has famous red tourist attractions such as Zhou Enlai's Hometown Scenic Area, Liulaozhuang Eighty-Two Martyrs Cemetery, Huanghuatang New Fourth Army Military Headquarters Memorial Hall, Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region Government Former Site Memorial Hall, etc., as well as eco-tourism attractions such as the Ancient Huaihe River Cultural and Ecological Scenic Area. , Li Canal Cultural Corridor, Qingyan Garden, etc.