Chinese cuisine is greatly diversified, varying in style and taste from region to region. There are many styles of cooking in China and eight major cuisines have developed in the whole country, with each of these regional cuisines having distinct styles and flavors.

And what are the eight major cuisines, and what are the most famous dishes?

We can infer from the big data and find the answers.

As we can see from the above, Sichuan cuisine is the most popular one in China and Sichuan dishes make up half of the Top 20 List.

Sichuan province is the birthplace of many dishes that are well-received globally. The dishes of Sichuan cuisine are known for their diverse flavors, especially the use of Sichuan pepper, which is rarely used in other regional cuisines. It has a reputation for its variety of seasonings used, as each dish requires different cooking methods. As the saying goes, "one dish with one flavor; with one hundred dishes come in hundred flavors."

So it's not hard to find why Sichuan Cuisine gains such high reputation.