China's first food dictionary starts with sushi

China's first food encyclopedia "food Dictionary" starting ceremony was held yesterday morning at the Lotus campus of Henan University of Technology. "Henan as a large agricultural province and a new type of industrial province, the largest total grain production in the country, the first in Henan to take the start of course," Nie Zhenbong said. According to the introduction, "Food Dictionary" compilation work lasted four years, the state Food Bureau organization Henan University of Technology and other 14 units of more than 200 experts to participate.　　The thesaurus has nearly 7,600 words, the total word is nearly 2 million, which reflects the overall level of food development at home and abroad. An interpretation of the term "sushi" in a large dictionary has sparked interest among students. "It turns out that Japan's famous sushi source is China," he said. "The Big Dictionary explains: Sushi (sushi), with rice as the main material, plus meat, fish and vegetables made of food, originated in China, 200 A.D. Han era has begun to circulate." Passed to Japan around 700, as a travel ration. In the 1700, Sosai widely circulated in Japan, becoming a popular food ... (Reporter Wang-hui correspondent Tian Yousen)