The Making of a Delicacy – Shark Fin and Maritime China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Vortrag von Ronald C. Po- Today shark fin remains closely associated with Chinese banquet culture. Yet its rise to culinary prominence was neither ancient nor inevitable. This paper examines how shark fin became one of the most coveted luxury foods of late imperial China. Drawing on a wide range of Ming and Qing sources, I […]