The Hakka Yong Tau Foo: A Typical Symbol and Identity of Hakka Food Cultural Value in Food-Anthropological Perspective

Abstract

There is wealth of researches of Hakka food in the origin of Chinese cultural food, the Hakka food diversification, regional needs, Hakka sense, etc. to discuss how and why Hakka Yong Tau Foo affected the lives of Hakka people from historiography and Hakka cultural views. Based on these large number of Hakka literature researches, this article interprets how the Hakka Yong Tau Foo becomes a typical symbol and Hakka cultural identity as basic essential factors of Hakka food culture and Hakka detective value. Thus, the Hakka Yong Tau Foo has become important component in Hakka Food cultural development, and also has drawn the attention of people to Hakka Food. From the Food-anthropological perspective, we could see how Hakka Yong Tau Foo communicates with other food culture in the context of globalization.