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People from Henan love their noodles very much. The most popular kind of noodle shop in the province specializes in stewed noodles. This kind of shop is also very popular in other parts of China. The lamb broth is cooked for over five hours. A rich flavor is produced from the combination of the seven […]

The Great “xiangsheng” artist, Hou Baolin, once made a joke about the Henan dialect. He said the dialect is China’s most concise because, you usually only need one word for anything. For instance, if someone goes to the hathroom, the conversation might go as follows: “who?” “Me?” “What?” “Pee!” The most frequent word used in […]

The Drung nationality mainly concentrates in the Valley of Drung River in Gongshan Drung and Nu Autonomous County in Northwestern Yunnan. In the past, the ethnic group did not have a generally accepted name. after the founding of New China, according to their characteristics and wishes, the ethnic group was officially named as Drung nationality. […]

Drungs have two meals a day by convention. They have “chaomian” or roasted potato as breakfast and corn as supper with something convenient to appease hunger at noon. They have many ways to make food with corn. They may roast corn directly in the firepot and eat the grains peeled down. This method is simple […]

In the Chinese language, “黄色” (huáng sè) means “yellow”. However, the meaning of “黄色电影huáng sè diàn yǐn?”, “电影” means “film”. The whole phrase doesn’t mean “yellow films”, which is a confusing phrase. Actually it means “pornographic movie”. And “黄金huáng jīn” refers to the golden. So how about the meaning of “黄金周huáng jīn zhōu” (周—week)？ In […]

More than 15 dynaties have made Luoyang their capital city over the past 5000 years. If you want to relieve the glory of those ancient dynasties, you can go to Luoyang during the month of April and observe the blossoming peonies. The peony has been known as the “king of flowers” ever since Tang Dynasty. […]

Gingko, also being known as maidenhair tree, is a kind of deciduous tree as well as ornamental plant, which is 30-40 meters’ high. Ginkgo (silver apricot) and maidenhair (white fruit) are both named after the color of its fruits. The shapes of ginkgo leaves are very special, like small fans. In the late autumn, these […]

Lifting up the bridal veil (红盖头hón? ?ài tóu), also called “lifting up the red scarf” meant that the bridegroom would lift the bridal veil (usually a piece of red scarf used to cover the bride’s face) with the arm of a steelyard. It was not until then the veiled bride showed her true appearance to […]

In the Chinese language, “桃(táo)” refers to “peach”. It is formed with the part “木” and “兆”, the first part “木” means “tree or wood”. So almost anything made of wood has that part to connote its meaning. And if we put “桃(táo)” and “李(lǐ)” (plum) together, “桃李” doesn’t simply represent the two fruits, actually […]

Peony is a famous flowering plant in China. It is elegant, brightly colored, and of great variety, thus known as “the First in Tens of Thousands of Flowers”. The Peony is native to the Qinling Mountains in China, and the cultivation of it dates back to over 1,500 years. The peony is a famous ornamental […]