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These years we've seen a lot of costume dramas(古装剧) that show common girls growing into princesses while falling in love with princes. Royal Feast(《尚食》) has a (1) story. The girl, Yao Zijin, in the drama is an excellent cook—this (2) that all kinds of ancient cuisines(佳肴) are presented on screen.
The 40-episode drama series shows more than 1,000 (3) and creative dishes from the Ming Dynasty. They have become a big selling point for the series. The drama is now very popular at home and (4), including North America, Europe, Singapore and Malaysia. Viewers across the world discuss the dishes on social media. Some joke that they might stop watching late at night to avoid getting hungry (5) bed.
A food replica(复制品) of poet and artist Wang Wei's landscape painting(山水画) Wang Chuan Tu has (6) viewers deeply. A cook in the drama carves (雕刻) vegetables into mountains, buildings and clouds, recreating the painting in a mouth-watering way.
Most of the dishes are inspired by traditional Chinese culture or show our ancestors' knowledge of the harmonious (7) between people and nature, according to the director Wang Wei. For example, a dish called "24 Solar Terms(节气) wonton" is based on the traditional Chinese (8). The wonton, another kind of small dumplings, has different fillings, which are made only from foods that are in season.
Wang said he had a special team studying (9) cuisine from old books and historians. Then they invited 20 cooks to make these special dishes for a month.
As the famous Chinese saying goes, "To the people, (10) is heaven." Chinese people take food as an important part of traditional culture. "We hope this drama will help overseas viewers learn more about China's cuisine culture," said Wang.