The eight regional culinary traditions of China, consisting of [[川菜|川菜|chuan1 cai4]], [[鲁菜|魯菜|lu3 cai4]], [[粤菜|粵菜|yue4 cai4]], [[苏菜|蘇菜|su1 cai4]], [[浙菜|浙菜|zhe4 cai4]], [[闽菜|閩菜|min3 cai4]], [[湘菜|湘菜|xiang1 cai4]], and [[徽菜|徽菜|hui1 cai4]].