ANHUI cuisine can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127- 1279) in ancient Huizhou. This city later became what are currently Huangshan City and Jixi County of Xuancheng City in Anhui Province, as well as Wuyuan County in Jiangxi Province. Situated among green mountains and surrounded by blue water, Huizhou was abundant in natural resources. Thus, Anhui cuisine values the original flavor of ingredients. The food, stewed with all sorts of ingredients from the mountains and rivers, has high nutritional value.