Henan-style Stewed Noodles
4 november 2013
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…
Ontdek meerThe Henan Dialect and the Origin of Chinese surnames
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerThe Drung nationality: Past and present
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerThe Drung nationality: Eating
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerAn Authentic Chinese word: yellow
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerPeony the king of flowers
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerChinese culture in plants: ginkgo
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerTraditional Chinese wedding celebrations Lifting the bridal veil
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerThe most authentic Chinese words and phrases: 桃(táo)
4 november 2013
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..
Ontdek meerCulture in Chinese plants: peony (牡丹mǔ dān)
4 november 2013
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..
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