The final episode explores the relationship between people and the production of food, specifically how people have adapted to living in geographically diverse regions of China.
In Guizhou, the Miao, Tong and Zhuang ethnic minorities have been cultivating glutinous rice for thousands of years. Off Zhang Zi Island, divers search for sea cucumbers in Asia's largest marine pasture. In Zhejiang, hairy crabs are cultivated in vast numbers. On the Yangtze river delta, the labour intensive taro are grown. In Tibet, highland barley is processed into Tsamba. Finally in Beijing we meet a man with a rich rooftop vegetable garden in the middle of the city.
作为最后一集,本集将带领观众完成一个回归——从餐桌回归大地。以餐桌上的美食为出发点,继而将视线投向生产出各种美食原材的广袤田野,探究美食的来源,它们是如何被人类以各种方式培育出来,并突出体现生态环保的农业生产方式,正是这样的方式才能为美食提供至关重要的品质保证——优良和清洁。这一集在呈现中国美食多样性、地域差异性和农业多样性的样貌同时,讲述了中国人为了食物顺应自然、改造自然的故事。