兩廣地區素以自然資源豐富著稱。考古資料表明該地區西漢時期的食物原料種類繁多，烹飪方法也多種多樣。本文根據出土材料並參考文獻記載，討論西漢時期兩廣地區的食物原料，烹飪器皿和食具，以及由此所見的西漢時期飲食文化及經濟生產方式，社會等級，喪葬習俗和不同族群文化的互動。從出土資料來看，西漢兩廣地區的經濟形態是一種農業和漁獵採集的混合型經濟。此外，其飲食文化從一定的角度反映了當時社會的等級制度。而當時兩廣地區的飲食文化中，既有屬於黃河流域文化的成份，也有本地越族文化的因素。

The area of the present Guangdong and Guangxi provinces is rich with natural resources. Archaeological data indicates that the food culture in this area during the Western Han Dynasty was well developed and diversified. Different ingredients were cooked by different methods
and consumed by different groups. Based on archaeological data and
historical documents, this paper discusses the local food ingredients,
cooking methods and vessels, as well as the subsistence strategies, social
stratification, burial customs and cultural interaction of different ethnic groups. It seems that agriculture, fishing, hunting and gathering were major subsistence strategies in this area during the Western Han period;that there were social stratifications as illustrated by the food culture; and that the local food culture consisted of both the Han culture from the Yellow River Valley and the indigenous Yue culture.