Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba esikhuluma ngokudla kwaseChina, ngitshele ukuthi yiziphi izitsha ezincane, nokuthi yini eyenza zihluke.
Context:I-Chinese cuisine ihlanganisa izindlela eziningi zokupheka ezivela eChina, kanye nezindlela zokupheka zaphesheya ezidalwe yi-Chinese diaspora. Ngenxa yokufuduka kwamaShayina kanye namandla omlando wezwe, ukudla kwaseShayina kuye kwathonya amanye amakhishi amaningi e-Asia nangaphezulu, ngokuguqulwa okwenziwe ukuhlangabezana nezinzwa zasendaweni. Ukudla okuyisisekelo kwamaShayina okufana nelayisi, usoso wesoya, ama-noodle, itiye, amafutha e-chili, ne-tofu, kanye nezitsha zokudla ezinjengezinduku zokudla ne-wok, manje kungatholakala emhlabeni wonke.  Okuthandwa yizinongo nezindlela zokupheka zezifundazwe zaseChina kuncike ekungafani kwesigaba somphakathi, inkolo, isizinda esingokomlando, namaqembu ezinhlanga. Izici zendawo ezihlanganisa izintaba, imifula, amahlathi nezingwadule nazo zinomthelela omkhulu ezakhiweni ezikhona endaweni, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi isimo sezulu saseChina siyahlukahluka kusuka ezindaweni ezishisayo eningizimu kuya ezindaweni ezishisayo enyakatho-mpumalanga. Ukuthandwa kwamakhosi nezinduna nakho kudlala indima ekushintsheni kokudla kwaseChina. Ngenxa yokwanda kombuso nokuhwebelana, izithako nezindlela zokupheka ezivela kwamanye amasiko ziye zahlanganiswa nezindlela zokupheka zaseChina ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.  Kunezitayela eziningi zesifunda, zenkolo nezobuhlanga zokupheka kwaseChina ezitholakala eChina nakwamanye amazwe. I-Chinese cuisine ihluke kakhulu futhi ivame ukuhlukaniswa ngezigaba zezifundazwe, yize lezi zigaba ezisezingeni lesifundazwe ziqukethe izitayela eziningi ngaphakathi kwazo. Izinkambiso Ezine Ezinkulu ezidunyiswa kakhulu ekudleni kwaseShayina yiChuan, Lu, Yue, neHuaiyang, ezimele amakhishi aseNtshonalanga, eNyakatho, eNingizimu naseMpumalanga yeChina, ngokulandelana. Izitsha eziyisishiyagalombili zanamuhla zaseChina yi-Anhui (<unk>菜; Huīcài), iGuangdong (<unk>菜; Yuècài), iFujian (<unk>菜; Mǐncài), iHunan (<unk>菜; Xiāngcài), iJiangsu (苏菜; Sūcài), iShandong (鲁菜; Lǔcài), iSichuan (川菜; Chuāncài), kanye neZhejiang (<unk>菜; Zhècài).   Umpheki waseQuanjude usika idada elishisiwe lasePeking. Idada lasePeking lidliwa ngokufaka izingcezu zedada nge-scallion, ukhukhamba kanye nososo wembumba omnandi kusetshenziswa ama-pancake ashisayo. Umbala, iphunga nokunambitheka kuyizici ezintathu zendabuko ezisetshenziselwa ukuchaza ukudla kwaseShayina, kanye nencazelo, ukubukeka, nokondleka kokudla. Ukupheka kufanele kuhlolwe ngokuqondene nezithako ezisetshenzisiwe, umsebenzi wommese, isikhathi sokupheka, kanye nesinongo.
I-Chinese cuisine yanamuhla yahlukaniswa yaba izitayela ezingu-8 ezahlukene zokupheka kwasendaweni, okuyi-Anhui, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, neZhejiang cuisines. Zihlukile ngenxa yezizathu eziningi, njengezici zendawo nesimo sezulu esenze abantu bendawo ukuba bazikhethele izithako noma ukunambitheka okuthile, kanye nenkolo namaqembu ezinhlanga.