A radish has a five-step procedure it must go through before becoming a dish at an imperial banquet. Check out this video to see how the Peony Swallow, the first main dish of the Luoyang Water Banquet, is made. The technique of crafting the Zhenbutong Water Banquet has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

The video was provided by the All-Media Marketing Planning Center of the Henan TV station