Proceedings of the EASDL Conference (동아시아식생활학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.06a
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- Pages.252-256
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- 2003
Rice Gruel in Chinese Food and Culture
- Fan Zhihong (College of Food and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University)
- Published : 2003.06.01
Abstract
As one of the typical Chinese food, rice gruel endows rich culture images. Gruel-eating can be concluded to 6 aspects: the food fur the old, the food fur the weak and the ill, the food for good health and longevity, the food for the hermits and monks; the food far the poor, and the food for enjoyment. In a modem society, the health implication of gruel eating gives many inspirations to medical workers, nutritionist and food manufacturers. People expect the gruels make more contributions to a balanced, diversified, convenient and healthy modem diet.