Briefly describe the characteristics of "Minnan cuisine".

Fujian cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China, and Minnan cuisine is an important part of it. It covers the cuisines of Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Putian, and has an important origin with the cuisines of Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, Macau and Southeast Asia. Minnan cuisine is fresh and crisp, paying attention to soup evaluation, with light taste, sweet and sour taste, a combination of Chinese and western, and endless changes. Its cooking techniques are varied, such as frying, frying, boiling, stewing, stewing, frying, marinating, boiling and steaming.

Flavor features: Quanzhou is located at the intersection of mountains and seas, along the southeast coast of China, with a mild climate, abundant rainfall, evergreen land, spring-like seasons, long coastline in coastal areas, vast beaches, and endless fish, shrimp, snails, mussels, sturgeons and oysters. And rich in rice, sucrose, vegetables, fruits, especially litchi, longan, citrus and other good fruits are well-known at home and abroad. Mountain streams are rich in tea, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, stalagmites, fish scales, eels, turtles, pangolins and other rare game. There are poems such as "Tea shoots and trees are everywhere in the world", "Fish, salt and mussels are rich in the sky", and there are poems such as "Two messengers will meet the sky, and fish and shrimp will not pay for entering the market", and "Clams and mussels use their tongues, and the seafood is delicious", which are all praised by the ancients for Quanzhou's wealth. At the same time, the sea transportation is convenient, and Quanzhou is rich in cooking materials, including delicacies, which provides material guarantee for the formation of Minnan cuisine. Quanzhou is also the earliest coastal city, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and the anchorage of Zheng He's voyage to the West in the Ming Dynasty. Many "exotic products", such as curry, pepper, sand tea, mustard and other spicy spices, have been introduced from abroad, forming a Minnan cuisine style with Fujian flavor as the main body and absorbing "Western flavor" through multiple channels. Today's Quanzhou ancient city, in addition to snacks, the flavor is still antique. With the spring breeze of reform, most Chinese dishes have changed the tradition of rich ingredients and rich flavor in the past, which is more suitable for modern people's tastes.