china is such a huge country,so people from different place have different popular meals.
as for me,im from sichuan provence,the weather here is moistly,so we eat spicy and hot food often.
the most popular meal here is hotpot.im not sure whether u heared it before or not,its quiet famous around china,u can see many hotpot resterount in my city.
as for how to cook it,it really hard to explain,but i will try,hope u can understand.
first u should cook a special "soup"(we call it 火锅底料,only use it for boiled food,not for drink),prepair many spices ,peppers and chillis.fry them in a pot,until u smell their scent.
then pour half pot broth,boiled for 1 hour.
(in nowadays,we can buy the readyed 火锅底料 derectly from the supermarket,its very important in this meal)
prepair some vegetables or meat u like,put them in the pot.
then let's prepair the sauce.take a bowl,put in some cutted garlic,sesame oil,little salt,mix them.
when the food r ready,eat them together with u the sauce u just made.
enjoy it:)
by the way,if u r interested in this meal,mail me,and i can send u some pictures.