Participants take part in a Huaiyang cuisine contest in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 22, 2009. Huaiyang cuisine is a tradition within the cuisine of China derived from the native cooking style of the region surrounding the lower reaches of the Huaihe and Yangtze rivers, and centered upon the cities of Yangzhou and Huai'an in Jiangsu. [Xinhua]