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A Bite of China II - Three Meals, fluctuate diversified paces of life

2014-06-11 | China travel Guide | Comments(0) |   Views:(1000)

Chinese eat breakfast since Han Dynasty 2000 years ago. Hereafter, most areas of the country eat three meals a day, a reasonable system for both life and production. Though eat three meals a day is a common diet habit for all mankind, the three meals in China fluctuate diversified paces of life and mold multiple sentiment of life. 

A Bite of China II - Encounters, food materials combinations create brilliant flavors

2014-05-28 | China travel Guide | Comments(0) |   Views:(1006)

Most dishes are fissile wonders produced by kinds of food materials' combination and encounters. Human activities facilitate food's meeting, while the separation and reunion of food mobilize human’s meeting and parting. This is summarized to "destiny" by people. 

A Bite of China II - Seasons, diversified delicacies for different time

2014-05-15 | China travel Guide | Comments(0) |   Views:(1251)

China boasts multiple geographical conditions and climate. People sow in spring, cultivate in summer, harvest in autumn and store food in winter. This strict calendar has been applied for thousands of years. Though modern people stand off the nature with each passing day compare with agrarian age, to carry on ancestral life wisdom to arrange the diet has melted into Chinese’s genes. Depending on their rich experience, Chinese chefs search splendid food combination in the change of seasons.

Great Places to Enjoy Red Leaves in China

2013-12-06 | China travel Guide | Comments(0) |   Views:(1035)

Yesterday morning when I passed by the Sanlidian Roundabout (Guilin) on my way to office, I found that the maple leaves had turned red - that’s really beautiful the leaves shaking slightly in many carriages. I did not spend much time enjoying it, but it did remind me of some other great places for red leaves watching in Guilin or other cities in China. As many tourists want to experience unusual China tours, red leaves watching may be a great choice.

Three Gorges – Getting addicted to someplace I used to know

2013-08-05 | China travel Guide | Comments(1) |   Views:(786)

The people of Three Gorges show me their absolute austere friendship. Between mountains and waters, it looks like a landscape painting. Traditional stilted architectures, mysterious ancient sailing boats and covering ships silently stand, while young girls are washing clothes beside the river…
 

A Bite of China – Raised Fields and Taros

2012-10-31 | China Food | Comments(1) |   Views:(877)

Ancient geological movement created the world’s largest estuary alluvial island and at the same time gave birth to a fertile river plain - Yangtze River Delta. Today it is the most flourishing and populated region in China. In the course of urbanization, in the Xinghua City of Jiangsu Province, there is a distinctive land seemingly forgotten by time. In summer peasants water a sort of lyophilic vegetable - the taro. The land under their feet is called Raised Field (Duo Tian), a unique landscape in the world.

A Bite of China – transformation from rice to wine

2012-07-02 | China Food | Comments(1) |   Views:(806)