Category: Chinese Culture

About Easy Chinese Recipes

On each side of the fish, make three diagonal(a diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one corner of a square across to the opposite corner) cuts 2 1/2 inches long and 1/2 inch deep. Stir the marinade(腌泡汁yānpàozhī) ingredients in a small bowl, and spoon it over the fish, making sure it seeps into the cuts. Let the fish stand in the marinade, uncovered, at room temperature, for 1 hour.

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Andai Dance

In North China, there live the Chinese herdsmen(a man who looks after a herd of animals such as cattle or goats) — the Mongolian ethnic minority. They love the grassland, love dancing and singing. The Mongolian people created a lot of dances and music, of which the most famous one is Andai Dance(安代舞āndàiwǔ).

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Peking Duck of China

Clean the duck(鸭子yāzǐ). Wipe dry and tie string around neck. Hang duck in cool, windy place four hours. Fill large wok with water. Bring to boil. Add ginger, scallion(青葱qīngcōng), honey, vinegar, and sherry. Bring to boil. Pour in dissolved cornstarch(starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener). Stir constantly.

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Moonlight dance of A’xi

Yi ethnic group(彝族Yízú) has many branches. Some still live in extremely cold areas and their dances vary. The Moonlight Dance of Axi, popular in Lunan and Mile of Yunnan Province, is a kind of mass dance of Axi and Sani people of the Yi ethnic minority.

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Flour Food面食

Flour food(面食miànshí) has been popular with the Chinese people since ancient times. Flour of various materials is used to make all types of delicacies using an awful lot of cooking ways, such as steaming, boiling, frying, roasting, frying and stewing etc. Common flour food include noodles(面条miàntiáo), dumplings(饺子jiǎozi), wontons(馄饨húntun), stuffed buns(包子bāozi), steamed bread(馒头mántou) and so on.

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Hair Swinging Dance

The Gaoshan people are good at singing and dancing ever from the ancient times. Almost all the dinners, get-togethers or big activities cannot do without the lyrical and leidenschaftlich songs and dance. Gaoshan dance has distinct primitive color, simulating, reflecting and reproducing those movement and scenes of fishing, hunting, and farming. Though its content is rich and colorful, its forms are mostly collective dance. The number of participants varies from dozens of to several hundred, even to thousands of. Often with the bonfire as the center, people drink, sing, and dance. Forming a circle hand in hand, people stamp their feet, jump, shake their bodies, and wave their hands rhythmically. The vigorous, beautiful and passionate scene makes people acclaim it as the acme of perfection. The "hair swinging dance" features such a kind of traditional dance showing Gaoshan people's bold, unstrained, and optimistic spirit.

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