Abstract

Background: The ancient Chinese culture of farming and cooking is gradually dying as a result of the development of modern science and technology. In the long process of human history, traditional stoves have gradually withdrawn from the historical stage.The modifications and disappearance of linked objects and ancient people's ideas and beliefs in traditional cookware led to great changes in the new historical environment. Objectives: To make a systematic analysis of the cooking utensils with the stove as the object, sort out the cultural elements, and try to explain the creative intention, functional aesthetics, social and cultural value contained in them. Methods: Through interdisciplinary research methods, we comprehensively understood the historical evolution, cultural connotation and manifestation of cooking art of cooktop, and sorted out the relationship, innovation and development of traditional Chinese culture. Results: A comprehensive analysis was made on the results of stove culture research, in order to provide valuable references and suggestions for the study of cookware culture. Conclusion: There are several objective factors that will affect the design ideas and concepts of cookware. These are the progress of society, the development of science and technology, the change of life style, as well as the change of social moral standards and people's values, etc. The cookware designs will continue to develop as the industry moves toward multi-functionality.