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 Sichuan cuisine(菜肴) is one of the eight major cuisines of China. The cuisine features a wide range of materials, different cooking techniques and numerous tastes. With a rich variety of strong flavours, Sichuan food is famous for its countless dishes with peppery(胡椒味的), chili(辣椒) flavours, and best known for being spicy-hot. ，then you are probably not eating the real Sichuan cuisine. Chili peppers and prickly ash(花椒) are used in many dishes, giving it a typically spicy taste. . Thanks to the development of global trade, chili peppers were spread to Sichuan by Americans in the 18th century, which greatly influence the flavour of Sichuan dishes.

, Hunan cuisine is famous for its hot and spicy taste. People may be confused that what the difference is between Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine, for the characteristics of them are hot and spicy. Hunan cuisine mainly originates from Dongting Lake area and western Hunan mountain area. Water food and poultry are main cooking materials of Dongting Lake area cuisine, which tastes salty and spicy. However, many kinds of meat are the main cooking materials of western Hunan mountain area cuisines. .

The cooking skills employed in the Hunan cuisine reached a high standard as early as the Western Han Dynasty, giving it a history of more than 2，100 years. Hunan is located in southeastern China along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It contains rivers, lakes, mountains, rolling hills, plains, and pools. .

A. If you find Sichuan dishes too mild

B. If you are not fond of Sichuan dishes

C. The tastes are salted fresh spicy and sour

D. As one of the eight major cuisines of China

E. It often leaves a slight numb(麻木的) feeling in the mouth

F. Many people want to know the differences between Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine

G. Making full use of these rich resources, local people created a wide variety of dishes