Grand View of Chinese Restaurant Couplets

Author: Liao Shujī et al.
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Features: A Grand Collection of Chinese Culinary Couplets selects dining-related themes closely tied to people's daily lives as its starting point, compiling the best culinary couplets from ancient and modern China and beyond. It spans from the Tang Dynasty (with even earlier pre-Qin verses collected in the "Collected Verses" section) to the present day, covering China domestically and extending to overseas regions. The book combines famous couplets, renowned authors, famous restaurants, and famous dishes into one, totaling over 3,600 couplets, categorized into dining couplets, drinking couplets, tea couplets, emerging beverage couplets, and overseas dining couplets. Prominent figures such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Lu You, Zhu Yuanzhang, Qianlong, and Ji Xiaolan have all left behind culinary couplets. The couplets include both elegant works with profound literary depth, popular and accessible pieces, and humorous, engaging works. A Grand Collection of Chinese Culinary Couplets integrates thoughtfulness, artistic quality, readability, and practicality, making it a unique gem in the garden of food culture. It is suitable not only for families and couplet enthusiasts to read, appreciate, and ( means "" in Chinese, which I'll keep as is) but also for restaurants, taverns, tea houses, and other dining establishments to decorate and enhance their ambiance.