North-South food In the North and South of China, diet varies greatly, that is to say, northern chef cooking dish tastes heavier, and the recipe in the South, the dish tasted relatively light. Sometimes we say delicious southern dishes are its sweetness and freshness. In some Chinese provinces such as Ningxia, Hebei, Sichuan, Shanxi, and Yunnan, meals are spicy, this is due to the wet weather and high altitude. People think sweating is a good way to prevent wet climate-include illness.