Different reference sources describe different areas and numbers of Chinese regional cuisines. As time allows, this page may expand and include characteristics of each cuisine and the names/descriptions of typical dishes.

CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

(note: reference 7 is assumed for all entries with additional references indicated by superscript numbers)
TWO CUISINES
or REGIONS6		 FOUR CUSINES
or
REGIONS
most
common
division		 EIGHT CUISINES8
or
REGIONS
common
division		 Eight
Major
Cuisines10
and
FOUR10
GRAND CUISINES		 TWENTY SEVEN CUISINES8 Province8
AUTONONOMOUS REGION8
MUNICIPALITY8
Special Administrative Regions (People's Republic of China)8 		CITY

* = capital		 CUISINE CHARACTERISTICS
ALL
OTHER		 EASTERN Jiangsu HUAIYANG
and
Huaiyang
relates to
Yangzhou		 Jiangsu Jiangsu *Nanjing  
Suzhou3  (Soochow)  
Yangzhou  
    Shanghai Shanghai1,3,4    
Zhejiang (Chekiang) Zhe Zhejiang (Chekiang) Zhejiang3 (Chekiang) *Hangzhou1,3,4  
Anhui Hui Anhui Anhui *Hefei3  
    Jiangxi Jiangxi *Nanchang  
Fujian
(Fukien)		 Min Fujian
(Fukien)		 Fujian
(Fukien)		 *Fuzhou (Foochow)  
Wuyishan  
Xiamen (Amoy1,2,3,4)  
WESTERN
or
EAST
CENTRAL5		 Sichuan (Szechuan) SICHUAN
Chuan		 Sichuan (Szechuan) Sichuan (Szechuan) *Chengdu1,3,4  
Hanyuan  
Zoige  
Hunan Xiang Hunan Hunan *Changsha3,4  
Shaoshan  
Zhuzhou  
    Hubei Hubei *Wuhan  
    Guizhou Guizhou *Guiyang1  
    Yunnan Yunnan
*Kunming  
      Chongqing    
NORTHERN
commonly
called
Peking
Cusine05		     Beijing (Peking) Beijing1,2,3,4 (Peking)    
    Tianjin Tianjih    
      Heilongjiang *Harbin  
      Jilin *Changchun  
    Liaoning Liaoning *Shenyang  
      Hebei *Shijiazhuang2,3  
    Henan
(Honan)		 Henan
(Honan)		 *Zhengzhou  
    Gansu Gansu *Lanzhou  
    Qinghai Qinghai *Xining  
      NINGXIA HUI *Yinchuan  
Shandong (Shantung) LU
Lu		 Shandong (Shantung) Shandong (Shantung) *Jinan4  
    Shanxi Shanxi *Taiyuan  
    Shaanxi Shaanxi *Xi'an  
SOUTHERN SOUTHERN Guangdong
(Kwantung) (Canton)		 YUE Guangdong
(Kwantung) (Canton)		 Guangdong
(Kwantung) (Canton)		 *Guangzhou2,4(Canton)  
Toisan (Taishan5) see
chop suey link		  
Chaozhou  
    Guangzi GUANGZI ZHUANG *Nanning  
    Hainan Hainan *Haikou  
  Autononomous
Regions		     Xinjiang ZINJIANG UYGHUR *Urumqi  
Kashgar  
Khotan  
    Tibet
(Zizang)		 TIBET
(ZIZANG)		 *Lhasa  
    Inner Mongolia
(Nei Mongol
内蒙古8)		 Inner Mongolia
(Nei Mongol
内蒙古8)		 *Hohhot  
  Special Administrative Regions8     Hong Kong
香港		 Hong Kong
香港		    
      Macau/Macao
澳门		    
  TAIWAN
not currently
part of China
but has distinct
Chinese cuisines		       Taiwan *Taipei  
Reference sources:
  1. Kan, Johnny - Eight Immortal Flavors
  2. Ouei, Mimie - The Art of Chinese Cooking
  3. Lin, Florence - Florence Lin's Chinese Regional Cookbook
  4. Eight Cuisines of China ( http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/cuisine_drink/cuisine/eight_cuisines.htm)
    Note: many links to great recipes!
  5. Chen, Pearl Kong & Chen, Tien Chi & Tseng, Rose Y.L. - Everything You Wanted to Know about Chinese Cooking
  6. Anderson, E. N. - The Food of China
  7. Dunlop, Fushia - Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper - A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China (especially the map of China)
  8. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Administrative_Region_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)
  9. Newman, Jacqueline M. - Cooking From China's Fujian Province
  10. Cuisines of China - http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/en/133Kaleidoscope134.html