SichuanMosaics | From river to plate: flavorful heritage in Guangyuan of SW China’s Sichuan
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This photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025 shows the tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Guangyuan, in northern Sichuan Province, run through by the Jialing River and its tributaries, nurtures unique cuisines with its pure water. Across its streets and alleys, bowls of freshly steamed and sliced cold noodles attract people from day and night. Thanks to the ingredients, the cold noodles boast robust flavor of rice.
This aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025 shows a view of Qingjiang River in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)Chefs prepare cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)A chef prepares cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)A chef prepares cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)A chef prepares cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)The restaurant owner Zhao Fahui mixes seasonings for cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)This photo taken on Dec. 12, 2025 shows a bowl of cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)A child orders cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)The restaurant owner Zhao Fahui (L) mixes seasonings for cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025.(Xinhua/Huang Wei)A chef prepares cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)People have meals at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
In Jian’ge County under Guangyuan City, Jianmen tofu, a local renowned dish, also made from this pure water with local soybeans, has gained its popularity among local residents as well as tourists. Chefs here also have created various cooking recipes for tofu to express their love for this simple raw material.
A chef prepares tofu dishes at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)This photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025 shows the fried Jianmen tofu for a tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)Chef Deng Yongbo, an inheritor of the Jianmen tofu intangible cultural heritage, prepares tofu dishes at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)A chef prepares tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)A chef prepares tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)A chef hands a tofu dish to a waiter at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)A chef prepares tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)A chef prepares tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)This photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025 shows the tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)This photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025 shows the tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Cooked with traditional skills, local dishes in Guangyuan preserve the original flavor of food materials and evoke the nostalgia for people working away from home.
A child is ready to eat cold noodles at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)People have meals at a restaurant in Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)People enjoy the tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)People enjoy the tofu banquet at a restaurant in Jian’ge County of Guangyuan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
