History of the Project (Malaysian Chinese Food and Drink Culture)

History

The application that going to create is about the Chinese food and drink culture in Malaysia. Food and drink is a part of the culture of every country all around the corner, Malaysia as well. Food and drink is the most important life condition to use to maintain the health even stay alive.

Food and drink could have more than thousands year of culture since there is a man living at this place of globe. Since the china got five thousand year of history, so the Chinese food could have it own interesting history. During the immigration to Malaysia during the 15th and mid- 20th centuries, Chinese brought their food culture to Malaysia as well. Although it is a combination in the domain, but some of the Chinese food in Malaysia is the own recipe but not brought in together during the immigration. That is why the Chinese food culture in Malaysia could have an interesting research.

According to the research, Most of the Malaysian Chinese are descendants of Chinese who arrived between the 15th and the mid-20th centuries. Most Chinese immigrants to Malaya came from southern China, mostly of Fujian and Guangdong provinces. This statement could show that the Malaysian food culture is more based on the Fujian and Guangdong culture. Beside that, the Chinese in Malaysia belong to several Chinese dialect groups. The six major dialect groups include the Hakka, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Hainanese and Hokchiu. This could show that the chinese food culture also related to their dialect groups. It is interesting.

On the other hand, as what mentioned above, the Malaysian chinese also own their own chinese food recipe. According to the research, most of the chinese food culture in Malaysia are original from Pulau Pinang (Pinang Island) and Ipoh, Perak, one of the state of Malaysia. Refer to the statement which stated above, the main chinese immigrant in early year are from Fujian and GuangDong in China. And the main languages in Pinang and Ipoh present day are Fujian and Guangdong as well. This is because, most of the chinese are chosen this states to be their based to stay in Malaysia in early year even now present day due to the water as a life condition. That is why Pinang and Ipoh is one of the famous travel spot which is because the Malaysian Chinese own recipe chinese food.

As a conclusion, the application that going to create is about the culture of chinese food and drink in Malaysia. The application created to introduce the chinese food culture in China and Malaysia, history, the recipe of the famous chinese food in malaysia, relationship between the food and the chinese culture, Chinese tea and vine culture and etc. Besides offering the information, the application will be created to be the interactive based. This could make the viewer or user feel more interesting while surfing the application. As mentioned above, the application is about the Chinese food and drink culture in Malaysia.