Aesthetic Study Of Food Culture In Song Dynasty

Dietary aesthetics lies not only in the sensory pleasure brought by the appearance and taste of the food,but also in the chef’s will and the taste of the eater in the eating activities.Ancient Chinese food has a long history,because of its unique aesthetic performance and aesthetic characteristics,as well as the unique concept of traditional Chinese culture and aesthetics behind,has reached the exchange of life and aesthetics,enabling people to meet the instinctive activities of survival needs.And can have a better life experience,it has become the most concentrated and typical daily presentation of the aestheticization of the life of the ancient Chinese.The Song Dynasty was a period of vigorous development of aesthetic consciousness in life.The unprecedented prosperity of the commodity economy made the life of the citizens of the Song Dynasty present a new picture,and promoted the flourishing development of food culture.The cultural policy of "recruiting scholars with emphasis on literature" caused the Song Dynasty to be filled with "great Song elegance".The strong cultural accomplishment and elegant sentiment of the literati in the Song Dynasty created a more delicate and tasteful dietary concept.Then,the Song people’s aesthetic level was greatly improved,and the food culture showed the characteristics of elegance.The awakening of Chinese food and the change of aesthetic thoughts have opened a new chapter in Chinese food aesthetics culture.Compared with the unrestrained and extravagant of the Han and Tang Dynasties,the food culture of the Song Dynasty is more delicate.It presents the inherent characteristics of plain and elegant as a whole,and it also highlights the secularization and civilianization of the dietary aesthetics.The Song Dynasty used the taste of food as its basis,combining food ingredients with food art,and combined with other aesthetic feelings.And use mature technology to make food rich in color and taste,vivid in shape and profound artistic conception,which promoted the emergence of multiple aesthetic tastes in the Song Dynasty.In addition,the food utensils are elegant and refined,natural food environment and rich connotation food customs in the Song people’s diet activities fully demonstrated the aesthetic taste of the diet,creating a more leisurely and diverse diet culture aesthetic characteristics in the Song Dynasty,and gradually developed into the Song Dynasty.The three-in-one aesthetic concept of "taste","harmony" and "body" builds a unique aesthetic theory of this period in dietary practice with its unique aesthetic thinking,which makes Chinese dietary aesthetics gradually mature and stable.