Innovative Application of "24 Solar Terms" and "Same Origin of Medicine and Food" in Electric Cooker Design

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202515521

Author(s)

Luo Congying

Affiliation(s)

Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jiangxi , China

Abstract

Regarding modern household cooking appliances, there is an obvious tendency for electric pressure cookers becoming more popular, with the convenience aspects and intelligence degree also fairly well-regarded. The most important is low-temperature slow-cooking technology in the ingredient of protecting the nutrition, because it has a very important position in today's society of protecting health. This study will aim to explore new forms on how we can create an overall product series for electric pressure cooker, basing them on the intersecting and integrative aspect of China's tradition, namely their “24 Solar” culture base and “Food-Medicine Homology” health philosophy. The “24 Solar Terms” is a key time-based framework within agrarian civilization and it has been having deep influence on Chinese food patterns and health. Ancient food-medicine equivalence wisdom is about how culinary ingredients can be like medicinal herbs. We will integrate these dual features into the design of electric pressure cookers so as to provide specific solutions for cooking during each season of the year as well as taking into account different physiological conditions for individuals. This study has shown that it has multi - dimensional value: It can not only realize the dynamic protection of intangible cultural heritage, but also combine traditional cultural elements with modern industrial design, so that electric pressure cooker has cultural identity beyond function. It's this kind of new method that can make sense of practical things while improving what users think about being better.

Keywords

Traditional Culture; Twenty-Four Solar Terms; Food Preservation; The Same Origin of Medicine and Food; Product Design

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