China, situated on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, is one of the Four Ancient Civilized Countries in the world, with a history of a few thousand years. Through this map, you can see it looks like a cock: its head, its body, its tail…
As far as environment and culture are concerned, there are big differences from each region.
I mean to have a good understanding of what has happened and what will happen in China, it’s
absolutely necessary to know the difference within this immense country. Each region has his own feature, you can see that…
I was a member of the photography club in China and I made a lot of pictures during my trip, I want to
show you during my presentation. We're going to start from here, terribly cold but beautiful city——
harbin.
This building seems like Tian’an men was mainly made of ice.
I have spend whole my winter vacation in Harbin with my family, it was terribly cold over there!!! If you haven't see snow and ice, you may go to Harbin on Jan and Feb, which is the world of snow and ice, and you can see snow scenery['si:n?ri], ice lantern['l?nt?n], skiing and skating.
W e ’re moving on, the next station is capital of China, Pekin.
National Palace Museum in Taiwan has collected of a lot of Chinese civilization. Compared with it, the Forbidden City in Beijing have been 500 years of history, is also a place you should never miss it!
I believe you must never forget the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008! Someone joked: If China go to war
with Taiwan, this is the best time since all of the American athletes were in China at that time.
W e go ahead, we’re getting to province of Shangdong, the hometown of Confucius [k?n'fju: j?s]. Besides, there is one of the most pretty cities in China, Qingdao.
W e ’re moving on~ The next stations include Shanghai and Jiangsu-Zhejiang region. I think The W est
Lake in Hangchow is a magnet for visitors. This is the Chinese art college, amazing building~!
The exposition in Shanghai, this is Taiwan pavilion. Believe it or not, as Chinese expression: people mountain people sea, it was a large crowd over there. Y ou must waiting for 2 or 3 hours to get in each pavilion!!! I hate waiting, especially long queue.
There is a kind of scary foods, I made this picture in Shanghai~ quail??? [kweil]
W e ’re going on, then we stop here ——province Canton, where is hometown of The father of our nation,
Dr Sun Yat-sen, he was leader of China’s revolution.
I was in Chime Long paradise park of Guangzhou, I took 2 rides on the Dive Coaster over there~ It was too exciting! So after then, I took a picture with it~
Hong Kong is a world-known tourist destination and shopping paradise ['p?r?dais].
HK ——In my eyes,International HK is the good place of meeting with my friends coming from different countries in the world ^ ^
The picture of I wherein was made this summer vacation, on beaches of Phillipines.
After turning the mode in self-timer , I realized my head is stocked on the chair~ In that moment of urgency, my friend captured this wonderful picture instead of giving me a hand~~At the moment I really understood the meaning of “ A friend in need is a friend indeed”
~!!
The picture was taken beside the Qinghai Lake, where is the world's birds.
I simply love the arts and crafts of Tibet. The three guys were very serious, regardless of the image for getting great pictures~~
This is me, in the mirror~
Xin Jiang is the region with the most desert. But I was surprised that I could have seen a beautiful fields
of sunflowers over there!!
This is Muslim characteristic stir-fried foods with big dish
Gansu province is an important part on the ancient Silk Road. Aside from this, The Cave Paintings in DunHuang is the world's most extraordinary gallery of Buddhist art.
W e armed to the teeth to protect herself from the dust storm
Thank you!!
英文版中国传统文化介绍
Culture of China
The Culture of China is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations. China boasts a history rich in over 5,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and scientific advancement. Though regional differences provide a sense of diversity, commonalities in language and religion connect a culture distinguished by such significant contributions such as Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism was the official philosophy throughout most of Imperial China's history and strongly influenced other countries in East Asia. Mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for entry into the imperial bureaucracy.
With the rise of Western economic and military power beginning in the mid-19th century, Western systems of social and political organization gained adherents in China. Some of these would-be reformers rejected China's cultural legacy, while others sought to combine the strengths of Chinese and Western cultures.
China is a unified nation consisting of many different ethnic groups. Fifty-six different ethnic groups make up the great Chinese national family. Because the Han people accounts for more than ninety percent of China's population, the remaining fifty-five groups are generally referred to as "ethnic minorities." Next to the majority Han, the Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, and Uygur peoples comprise the largest ethnic groups. Although China's ethnic minorities do not account for a large portion of the population, they are distributed over a vast area, residing in every corner of China.
Particularly since the implementation of China's opening and reform policy, the central government has increased investment in minority areas and accelerated their opening to the outside world. This has resulted in an upsurge of economic development in these areas. Each of China's ethnic minority groups possesses a distinctive culture. The Chinese government respects minority customs, and works to preserve, study, and collate the cultural artifacts of China's ethnic minority groups. The government vigorously supports the development of minority culture and the training of minority cultural workers, and fosters the development of traditional minority medicine.
The relation among China's ethnic groups can be described as "overall integration, local concentration, mutual interaction." Concentrations of ethnic minorities reside within predominantly Han areas, and the Han people also reside in minority areas, indicating that there has been extensive exchanges among China's ethnic groups since ancient times. With the development of the market economy, interaction among ethnic groups has become even more active in the areas of government, economics, culture, daily life, and marriage. Linked by interdependence, mutual assistance, and joint development, their common goals and interests creating a deep sense of solidarity, China's ethnic groups resemble a great national family, together building Chinese civilization.
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Traditional Chinese Food
There are so many traditional and special Chinese foods, according to the folk culture, district, religion, and festival. For the famous classes divided by district, there are style of Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, North-West, and so on…or by folk, there are kajia, Yunan, Fujian, etc. These all above mentioned styles are well-known in the worldwide. Here, introduce some special dishes, perhaps you have had it, or you have never heard :
Doufu(豆腐)
Doufu is the most popular food in Chinese Society.
It is also the main food in a faming family.
The recipe shown : Unicorn Doufu with Yunnan Ham(烹
调方法:云南火腿酿豆腐) Major Ingredients : Bean curd,
Yunnan Ham, Black Mushrooms
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Steamed Fish(清蒸鱼)
Chinese always make the fish recipes by steaming style.
Just only with some light soy sauce and some seasoning.(用黄豆酱以及一些调料即可) The recipe shown :
Steamed Snakehead in Chaozhou Style(潮州菜形式煮)
Major Ingredients : Snakehead, Preserved Lemon, Spring Onion
Dim Sum(点心,虾饺)
Dim Sum is the most famous food in world-wide.
It is a Guangdong Style snack which served as light meal.
The recipe shown : Steam Shrimp Dumpling
Major Ingredients : Shrimps, Pork, Wheat Flour for pastry
Lobster(龙虾)
Lobster is the famous style seafood in Hong Kong.
Some difference from the traditional western chef’s style..
The recipe shown : Lobster in High Stock
Major Ingredients : Lobster, Chicken Stock, Garlic(大蒜)
Dark Rice Vinegar With Ginger(姜醋黑米)
You perhaps have never heard this.....this is Guangdong style.
It is a supplementary diet for women who is weak, new
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mother.(给虚弱或者产后妈妈食用) The recipe shown :
Pig’s Fore Hands in Vinegar and Ginger
Ingredients : Sweet Dark Rice Vinegar, Pig’s Hands, Egg, Ginger
Eggs In Tea(茶叶蛋)
This is a very special snack of Guangdong..
It is very nice food for the party, gathering, with beer.
The recipe shown : Eggs In Chinese Tea
Ingredients : Eggs, Chinese Dark Tea
Festive Dishes(节日食品)
Because of the poor and hard lifestyle character of a farming society, the Chinese farming families would have food which were being get from the farming field, such as, potatoes, tomatoes, vegetable, sweet corn, mushrooms, etc. So, the Chinese will have many dishes of meat recipes like Chicken, Pork, Fish that they do not have in the normal days. The are some special snack, or to be said, festival food will be made during the Chinese festivals, Such as Sweet-Stick Cake and Turnip Pastry in Lunar New Year, Glutinous Rice Tamale in Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Cake in Middle Autumn Festival, etc, and Steamed Buns to the Birthday person……Main Food(主食)
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Generally, we can divided the farming products of main food in China into 3 styles, those are, Rice in Southern and Eastern China, Wheat in Northern China and Sweet Corn in Middle, Northern, Western China. Because of their farming products, the people living in Southern China will have rice, congee or rice noodle as their main food, and who will have wheat made products like Bun, noodle, pancake in Northern China. The populace who living on seaside and lakeside will have seafood or lake fishes as meals. Of course, people can have any food as they want nowaday.
Taste Depends On Climate(气候影响下的口味)
There is a big difference about the diets between Northern and Southern China, that is, the dishes made by Northern Chefs are in heavier taste and those are comparably light in Southern Chefs’ recipes, sometimes, we say it is tasty as sweet and fresh in Southern Chinese food. In the Northern and Western Provinces of China like Lingxia, hebei, Sichuan , Shenxi, and Yunnan, the diets are made in hot and spicy, because of the humid cold weather and high altitude, Chinese people wonder that to perspire is a good method for preventing diseases caused by humidity and cold. Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods in
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Spring Festvial. Since the shape of Chinese dumplings is similar to ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth. Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings during the New Year’s Eve. They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will likely have a good fortune in the New Year. Chinese dumpling is also popular in other Chinese holidays or festivals, so it is part of the Chinese culture or tradition.
Chinese dumpling is a delicious food. You can make a variety of Chinese dumplings using different fillings based on your taste and how various ingredients mixed together by you.
Making dumplings is really teamwork. Usually all family members will join the work. Some people started to make dumplings when they were kids in the family, so most Chinese know how to make dumplings.
The world we live in is full of varied cultures & traditions, each one featuring their own unique way of cooking & hence offering a diversified taste. Chinese cooking is one among the most followed ones.
As a nation, China has several festivals and traditions.
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Accordingly they have varied dishes for each event. In America, Chinese skills of cooking are looked upon as an art. For centuries together, their delicious delicacies are tickling the taste buds of the Americans.
Here are a few key features of Chinese cooking:
1. Chinese cooking is relatively quite easy and quick.
2. The specialties in Chinese items are categorized as per the nation’s culture, festivals & districts.
3. Some examples are steamed fish, Doufu, dark vinegar rice served with ginger, din sum, etc.
4. Cooked tea is the most preferred drink with the Chinese cuisine. In china, different varieties of tea are planted, hence, it becomes a part of their daily routine.
5. The basic ingredients of Chinese food are water and/or oil.
6. Chinese cooking takes care of everyone’s personalized
tastes as the food items that can be added to these dishes are quite optional and can be modified as per an individual’s choice.
7. The recipe centers on - simply mixing the right items to match up to one’s taste.
8. The Chinese recipes do not involve lot of spices. They
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rather focus on the use of flavorings like cloves, aniseed, ginger root and Sichuan peppercorn.
9. Most oft, the Chinese chefs prefer using more of soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and oyster sauce.
These add to the flavor and make the food more
presentable.
10. Cooking the ingredients mainly involves some enlisted cooking techniques. These are shallow frying, stir-frying, roasting, deep frying, steaming, red cooking and stewing.
11. Stir frying implies frying the food at a very high heat in very little oil. In this case the food is cooked quite quickly as it is necessarily sliced in very small sized pieces.
12. In case of steaming, Chinese cooking traditionally involves the use of bamboo steamers. The bamboo steamers consist of a stack on their top so as to steam several items simultaneously.
13. To cook the larger pieces of meat, red cooking is the trick used in Chinese cooking.
14. Last but not the least, Chinese food features two key ingredients that are noodles and rice. People across the globe identify the Chinese culinary with noodles and rice. They are not only fast to cook but are also quite good to taste.
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From being an indispensable fraction of the restaurant industry worldwide, to the households across the globe, the Chinese cuisine is loved by one and all.
It is quite simple to cook and with some tips and tricks, all of us can learn this cultural cooking.
The eastern and western cooking cultures
Western cooking by far is considered the more easier than Eastern cooking. This could be attributed to several reasons. In western cooking the ingredients used are available internationally and is generally used across continents and therefore access to ingredients is easier.
Even in terms of cooking itself it is far easier as relevant electrical appliances are easily available, as well as it is easy to use. Use of such appliances is certainly not a tedious task and is virtually at the push of a button. Of course certain amount of care will have to be taken in the use of any appliance but in general use of electrical appliance has become a way of life in the western world rather than an exception, due to the unsophisticated nature of using the appliances.
In western cooking culture, the vegetables are usually available world wide. Preparation of such vegetables are
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common to chefs in most parts of the world. Western dishes can be prepared in any part of the world to the same standards as where it originated from.
Eastern cooking culture is somewhat complex due to several reasons. One of the reasons is some of the ingredients are not available easily. However due to the diverse nature of ingredients the Eastern food is considered exotic. The varied climatic conditions ranging from the topics to the alpines, has helped to broaden the availability of aromatic ingredients Further in the East the food is so diverse that not only is there regional and country differences but also differences within the country itself. India is a very good example where there food that is consumed in the South is so very different to the food that is consumed in the North. In the North the main diet is wheat based and in the South it is rice based. In most cases, food is a marker of social and religious identity. Some embraced vegetarianism, due to Hindu philosophy and ahimsa and with the advent of Buddhism, this practice gained more popularity.
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中国核电行业介绍英文版
Nuclear Vision Report Project
Report Proposal
2015.5
Contents
1. 2. 3.
Purpose of the research ..................................................................................................................... 2 Plan of this project .......................................................................................... 错误!未定义书签。 Energy Situation in China ................................................................................................................. 2 1) Overview . ...................................................................................................................................... 2 2) Nuclear Energy China . .................................................................................................................. 3 4. 5. 6.
Electricity Production in China . ........................................................................................................ 7 Nuclear Vision in China . ................................................................................................................... 8 Strategies for China’s nuclear power development ........................................ 错误!未定义书签。 1) Reduce the cost of nuclear power generation and enhance its market competitiveness.错误!未定义书签。
2) Accelerate a cleaner process of nuclear technology. .................................. 错误!未定义书签。 3) Accelerate a more efficient process of reactor and nuclear fuel cycle development.错误!未定义书签。
4) Conduct effective publicity work to upload public acceptance. ................. 错误!未定义书签。 7.
Potential cooperation between Korea and China ............................................ 错误!未定义书签。 1) Regular communication .............................................................................. 错误!未定义书签。 2) Radiation protection . ................................................................................... 错误!未定义书签。 3) Training engineers together ........................................................................ 错误!未定义书签。 4) Exchange experience of nuclear reactor operation ..................................... 错误!未定义书签。 8.
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Reference: ............................................................................................................................................... 10
With rapid economic development, China faces a great challenge to meet its increasing energy demand. Currently, China’s energy supply is dominated by coal consumption, while natural gas and oil are in relative short supply. At the same time, nuclear energy is a relatively clean energy without green-house gas emissions. Considering the growing cost of fossil energy and the limited resources in China, oil supply security, coal mining disasters, the domestic environment pressure, and global climate warming, nuclear energy is an inevitable strategic option, for now and the future.
1. Purpose of the research
In this project, energy situation in China, especially on the nuclear energy, will be analyzed. The economic growth and energy demands based on the present circumstances in China will be considered in the analysis. Related problems in Chinese nuclear industry will also be described, followed by some strategies for the problems. Besides, potential cooperation between South Korea and China will be discussed.
2. Energy Situation in China
1) Overview
China is the world's most populous country (1.36 billion people in 2013) and has a
rapidly growing economy, which has driven the country's high overall energy demand and the quest for securing energy resources. 1
China became the largest global energy consumer in 2011 and is the world's second-largest oil consumer behind the United States. The country was a net oil exporter until the early 1990s and became the world's second-largest net importer of crude oil and petroleum products in 2009. China's oil consumption growth accounted for about 43% of the world's oil consumption growth in 2014.
Fig.3-1 Total primary energy consumption in China by fuel type, 2012
Natural gas use in China has also increased rapidly over the past decade, and China has sought to raise natural gas imports via pipeline and as liquefied natural gas (LNG). China is the world's top coal producer, consumer, and importer and accounts for almost half of global coal consumption, an important factor in world energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. China's rising coal production is the key driver behind the country becoming the world's largest energy producer in 2009. China's sizeable industrialization and swiftly modernizing economy helped the country became the world's largest power generator in 2011. Coal supplied the majority (nearly 66%) of China's total energy consumption in 2012. The second-largest source was petroleum and other liquids, accounting for nearly 20% of the country's total energy consumption. Although China has made an effort to diversify its energy supplies, hydroelectric sources (8%), natural gas (5%), nuclear power (nearly 1%), and other renewables (more than 1%) accounted for relatively small shares of China's energy consumption. The Chinese government plans to cap coal use to 62% of total primary energy consumption by 2020 in an effort to reduce heavy air pollution that has afflicted certain areas of the country in recent years. China's National Energy Agency claims that coal use dropped to 64.2% of energy consumption in 2014. 2 The Chinese government set a target to raise non-fossil fuel energy consumption to 15% of the energy mix by 2020 and to 20% by 2030 in an effort to ease the country's dependence on coal. In addition, China is currently increasing its use of natural gas to replace some coal and oil as a cleaner burning fossil fuel and plans to use natural gas for 10% of its energy consumption by 2020.3 Even though absolute coal consumption is expected to increase over the long term as total energy consumption rises, higher energy efficiency and China's goal to increase environmental sustainability are likely to lead to a decrease in coal's share.
2) Nuclear Energy China
Due to increasing concerns about air quality, climate change and fossil fuel shortages, nuclear power has been looked into as an alternative to coal power in China. As of September 2014, Mainland China has 26 nuclear power reactors in operation, 24 under construction, and more about to start construction. Additional reactors are planned, providing 58 GWe of capacity by 2020. China's National Development and Reform Commission has indicated the intention to raise the percentage of China's electricity produced by nuclear power from the current 2% to 6% by 2020.4
Fig.3-2 Sites of nuclear power plants in China
Table 3-1: Operating nuclear reactors (2015.4)
Table 3-2: Nuclear reactors under construction and planned in China (2015.4)
3. Electricity Production in China
China is the world's largest power generator, surpassing the United States in 2011. Net power generation was an estimated 5,126 TWh in 2013, up 7.5% from 2012, according to EIA estimates. Electricity generation has more than doubled since 2005, although power generation, which is mostly driven by economic and industrial demand, decelerated after the global financial recession in 2008 and 2009 and, again, starting in 2012. The industrial sector currently accounts for almost three-quarters of China's electricity consumption. 5 Annual growth in electricity generation was a decade-low 4% in 2014, according to preliminary data from NBS. This deceleration was mainly a result of significant slowdown of activity in heavy industries, especially the steel industry, as well as weather.6
China plans to rely on more electric generation from nuclear, renewable sources, and natural gas to replace some coal, with the goal of reducing carbon emissions and the heavy air pollution in urban areas. China's installed electricity generating capacity was an estimated 1,260 gigawatts (GW) at the beginning of 2014. China's capacity rose by almost 90 GW from a year earlier and doubled from 630 GW in 2006. As China's generating capacity expanded over the past several years in response to its economic development, the country's capacity grew to be the highest in the world. Installed capacity is expected to grow over the next decade to meet rising demand, particularly in large urban areas in the eastern and southern regions of the country. EIA projects installed capacity will double to 2,265 GW by 2040, propelled by a combination of capacity from coal, nuclear, and renewable sources. 7 Fossil fuel-fired power capacity has historically made up about three-fourths of installed capacity, and coal continued to dominate the electricity mix with 63% of total capacity in 2013. However, non-fossil fuels have been increasing their portion of installed capacity over the past few years.
Fig 4-1 China’s installed electricity capacity share by fuel, 2013
4. Nuclear Vision in China
Although nuclear generation is a small portion of the country's total power generation portfolio, China is actively promoting nuclear power as a clean, efficient, and reliable source of electricity generation. China generated 106 TWh of nuclear power in 2013, making up only 2% of total net generation. However, the country rapidly expanded its nuclear capacity in the past few years, which will likely boost nuclear generation in the next few years. China's net installed nuclear capacity was more than 23 GW as of April 2015 after the country added ten reactors with more than 10 GW since the beginning of 2013. 8 All of China's nuclear plants are located along the east coast and southern parts of the country, but China plans to assess the construction of inland facilities, according to its latest energy strategy plan. By April 2015, Chinese companies were constructing an additional 23 GW of capacity, more than one-third of the global nuclear power capacity currently being built. These plants are slated to become operational by 2019 and roughly double China's current capacity.8 Several more facilities are in various stages of planning.
5. Conclusion
China became the largest global energy consumer in 2011. China has high overall energy demand and the quest for securing energy resources. Due to increasing concerns about air quality, climate change and fossil fuel shortages, nuclear power has been looked into as an alternative to coal power in China. Although nuclear generation is a small portion of the country's total power generation portfolio, China is actively promoting nuclear power as a clean, efficient, and reliable source of electricity generation. Now, China has some problems about the development of nuclear industry. And in many aspects, China should learn from and cooperate with South Korea.
Reference:
[1] World Bank Data, Population (April 2015).
[2] Facts Global Energy, China Oil & Gas Monthly, January 2015.
[3] World Nuclear News, "China plans for nuclear growth", November 20, 2014 and FGE China Oil & Gas Monthly, "Issues Focus—China Unveils Energy Targets by 2020", December 2014.
[4] Wikipedia, Nuclear power in China.
[5] FGE, "China's Power Sector Developments: An Update", June 17, 2014.
[6] National Bureau of Statistics of China, "Statistical Communiqué of the People's Republic of China on the 2014 National Economic and Social Development", February 26, 2015.
[7] Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2013.
[8] International Atomic Energy Agency, Power Reactor Information System, Country Statistics, China, April 2015.
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中国传统食物介绍英文版
Traditional Chinese Food
There are so many traditional and special Chinese foods, according to the folk culture, district, religion, and festival. For the famous classes divided by district, there are style of Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, North-West, and so on…or by folk, there are kajia, Yunan, Fujian, etc.
These all above mentioned styles are well-known in the worldwide. Here, introduce some special dishes, perhaps you have had it, or you have never heard :
Doufu(豆腐)
Doufu is the most popular food in Chinese Society.
It is also the main food in a faming family.
The recipe shown : Unicorn Doufu with Yunnan Ham(烹调方法:云南火腿酿豆腐)
Major Ingredients : Bean curd, Yunnan Ham, Black Mushrooms
Steamed Fish(清蒸鱼)
Chinese always make the fish recipes by steaming style.
Just only with some light soy sauce and some seasoning.(用黄豆酱以及一些调料即可)
The recipe shown : Steamed Snakehead in Chaozhou Style(潮州菜形式煮)
Major Ingredients : Snakehead, Preserved Lemon, Spring Onion
Dim Sum(点心,虾饺)
Dim Sum is the most famous food in world-wide.
It is a Guangdong Style snack which served as light meal.
The recipe shown : Steam Shrimp Dumpling
Major Ingredients : Shrimps, Pork, Wheat Flour for pastry
Lobster(龙虾)
Lobster is the famous style seafood in Hong Kong.
Some difference from the traditional western chef's style..
The recipe shown : Lobster in High Stock
Major Ingredients : Lobster, Chicken Stock, Garlic(大蒜)
Dark Rice Vinegar With Ginger(姜醋黑米)
You perhaps have never heard this.....this is Guangdong style.
It is a supplementary diet for women who is weak, new mother.(给虚弱或者产后妈妈食用)
The recipe shown : Pig's Fore Hands in Vinegar and Ginger
Ingredients : Sweet Dark Rice Vinegar, Pig's Hands, Egg, Ginger
Eggs In Tea(茶叶蛋)
This is a very special snack of Guangdong..
It is very nice food for the party, gathering, with beer.
The recipe shown : Eggs In Chinese Tea
Ingredients : Eggs, Chinese Dark Tea
Festive Dishes(节日食品)
Because of the poor and hard lifestyle character of a farming society, the Chinese farming families would have food which were being get from the farming field, such as, potatoes, tomatoes, vegetable, sweet corn, mushrooms, etc. So, the Chinese will have many dishes of meat recipes like Chicken, Pork, Fish that they do not have in the normal days. The are some special snack, or to be said, festival food will be made during the Chinese festivals, Such as Sweet-Stick Cake and Turnip Pastry in Lunar New Year, Glutinous Rice Tamale in Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Cake in Middle Autumn Festival, etc, and Steamed Buns to the Birthday person……Main Food(主食)
Generally, we can divided the farming products of main food in China into 3 styles, those are, Rice in Southern and Eastern China, Wheat in Northern China and Sweet Corn in Middle, Northern, Western China. Because of their farming products, the people living in Southern China will have rice, congee or rice noodle as their main food, and who will have wheat made products like Bun, noodle, pancake in Northern China. The populace who living on seaside and lakeside will have seafood or lake fishes as meals. Of course, people can have any food as they want nowaday.
Taste Depends On Climate(气候影响下的口味)
There is a big difference about the diets between Northern and Southern China, that is, the dishes made by Northern Chefs are in heavier taste and those are comparably light in Southern Chefs’ recipes, sometimes, we say it is tasty as sweet and fresh in Southern Chinese food. In the Northern and Western Provinces of China like Lingxia, hebei, Sichuan , Shenxi, and Yunnan, the diets are made in hot and spicy, because of the humid cold weather and high altitude, Chinese people wonder that to perspire is a good method for preventing diseases caused by humidity and cold.
Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods in Spring Festvial. Since the shape of Chinese dumplings is similar to ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth. Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings during the New Year's Eve. They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will likely have a good fortune in the New Year. Chinese dumpling is also popular in other Chinese holidays or festivals, so it is part of the Chinese culture or tradition.
Chinese dumpling is a delicious food. You can make a variety of Chinese dumplings using different fillings based on your taste and how various ingredients mixed together by you. Making dumplings is really teamwork. Usually all family members will join the work. Some people started to make dumplings when they were kids in the family, so most Chinese know how to make dumplings.
The world we live in is full of varied cultures & traditions, each one featuring their own unique way of cooking & hence offering a diversified taste. Chinese cooking is one among the most followed ones.
As a nation, China has several festivals and traditions. Accordingly they have varied dishes for each event. In America, Chinese skills of cooking are looked upon as an art. For centuries together, their delicious delicacies are tickling the taste buds of the Americans.
Here are a few key features of Chinese cooking:
1. Chinese cooking is relatively quite easy and quick.
2. The specialties in Chinese items are categorized as per the nation's culture, festivals & districts. 3. Some examples are steamed fish, Doufu, dark vinegar rice served with ginger, din sum, etc. 4. Cooked tea is the most preferred drink with the Chinese cuisine. In china, different varieties of tea are planted, hence, it becomes a part of their daily routine.
5. The basic ingredients of Chinese food are water and/or oil.
6. Chinese cooking takes care of everyone's personalized tastes as the food items that can be added to these dishes are quite optional and can be modified as per an individual's choice. 7. The recipe centers on - simply mixing the right items to match up to one's taste. 8. The Chinese recipes do not involve lot of spices. They rather focus on the use of flavorings like cloves, aniseed, ginger root and Sichuan peppercorn.
9. Most oft, the Chinese chefs prefer using more of soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and oyster sauce.
These add to the flavor and make the food more presentable.
10. Cooking the ingredients mainly involves some enlisted cooking techniques. These are shallow frying, stir-frying, roasting, deep frying, steaming, red cooking and stewing.
11. Stir frying implies frying the food at a very high heat in very little oil. In this case the food is cooked quite quickly as it is necessarily sliced in very small sized pieces.
12. In case of steaming, Chinese cooking traditionally involves the use of bamboo steamers. The bamboo steamers consist of a stack on their top so as to steam several items simultaneously. 13. To cook the larger pieces of meat, red cooking is the trick used in Chinese cooking. 14. Last but not the least, Chinese food features two key ingredients that are noodles and rice. People across the globe identify the Chinese culinary with noodles and rice. They are not only fast to cook but are also quite good to taste.
From being an indispensable fraction of the restaurant industry worldwide, to the households across the globe, the Chinese cuisine is loved by one and all.
It is quite simple to cook and with some tips and tricks, all of us can learn this cultural cooking.
The eastern and western cooking cultures
Western cooking by far is considered the more easier than Eastern cooking. This could be attributed to several reasons. In western cooking the ingredients used are available internationally and is generally used across continents and therefore access to ingredients is easier.
Even in terms of cooking itself it is far easier as relevant electrical appliances are easily available, as well as it is easy to use. Use of such appliances is certainly not a tedious task and is virtually at the push of a button. Of course certain amount of care will have to be taken in the use of any appliance but in general use of electrical appliance has become a way of life in the western world rather than an exception, due to the unsophisticated nature of using the appliances.
In western cooking culture, the vegetables are usually available world wide. Preparation of such vegetables are common to chefs in most parts of the world. Western dishes can be prepared in any part of the world to the same standards as where it originated from.
Eastern cooking culture is somewhat complex due to several reasons. One of the reasons is some of the ingredients are not available easily. However due to the diverse nature of ingredients the Eastern food is considered exotic. The varied climatic conditions ranging from the topics to the alpines, has helped to broaden the availability of aromatic ingredients Further in the East the food is so diverse that not only is there regional and country differences but also differences within the country itself. India is a very good example where there food that is consumed in the South is so very different to the food that is consumed in the North. In the North the main diet is wheat based and in the South it is rice based. In most cases, food is a marker of social and religious identity. Some embraced vegetarianism, due to Hindu philosophy and ahimsa and with the advent of Buddhism, this practice gained more popularity.
Preparation of Eastern food is also more time consuming as the masala which is a combination of spices is made by grinding them together and making a mixed powder. In the rural areas where people are not economically stable they grind manually which is time consuming as well and is also a little tedious. In the urban areas people will use grinders to make this mix.
Cooking of vegetables or meats takes much longer than it would when making western dishes.
Most chefs are comfortable in making western food but when it comes to eastern food they are skeptical as they are not able to produce the same quality of the dishes due to the reasons given herewith.