In fact, Shandong cuisine ranks first because of its long history and was the main source of imperial meals during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Shandong cuisine is divided into Confucian cuisine and Jiaodong cuisine. Confucius House Cuisine comes from Confucius House in Qufu. As the largest family in China, since the Tang and Song dynasties, the Kong family’s status has been unshakable and enjoys super high treatment. Naturally, Confucius cuisine calls itself a school.
As an inland area of Shandong, Qufu is very sophisticated in its flavors, mainly “mountain treasures”. Because Jiaodong cuisine is close to the sea, “seafood” is the highlight, among which sea cucumber with green onion is the most typical representative work. Shandong cuisine is a collection of “mountain delicacies and sea delicacies”, so the grade has been improved a lot. In addition, there is another reason why Shandong cuisine can become the first of the eight major cuisines: in Chinese tradition, the emphasis is on worthy of the name. In ancient China, in the minds of feudal rulers, the Central Plains was the center of China, and Shandong happened to be in the center of the Central Plains. It is said in ancient times that the one who wins the Central Plains wins the world, so Shandong cuisine has naturally become “court cuisine”.