Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-5475207-20130103232911/@comment-5888498-20130124190202

Its probably classical/Imperial China. Mainly Warring states,Qin Empire,Han dynasty and some Tang dynasty elements.

Its food mainly based upon Sichuan [Szechuan] extreme pepper stuff. they even boil/fry pepper to eat it later. Thai stuff is very spicy also. in general all Asian food contains many spices, biggest exception is Japanese trad. cuisine, and maybe Mongolian food.

Earth kingdom has more of the late Chinese influences such as Manchu [queues,clothing,etc] Mongols [the EK army hat,some other stuff] and the Ming dynasty [forbidden city,the 'grand secretariat' title,etc]