Chinese grammar: Affirmative-negative questions
A common way to form questions in Chinese is to first use a verb in the positive, then repeat the same verb in its negative form. These are called "affirmative-negative questions" or "alternative questions." The structure is:
Chinese food: Vegetarian Eight Treasures Recipe
The Chinese believe eight is a lucky number.
Ingredients: 3 pieces spicy pressed bean curd
4 dried mushrooms
50 grams (3 1/2 tablespoons) carrot
75 grams (5 1/4 tablespoons) wheat gluten
50 grams (3 1/2 tablespoons) water chestnuts (fresh if possible)
75 grams (5 1/4 tablespoons) string beans
1 red chili
1/4 cup peanuts, or as desired
1 garlic clove
1 shallot
1 1/2 tablespoons hot bean paste
1 teaspoon rice wine
Seasoning:
1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon hoisin sauce
1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
pepper – a few shakes
50 ml (just under 1/4 cup) water
Oil for deep-frying and stir-frying, as needed
Seals in China
In the past years, seal-cutting is listed along with painting, calligraphy and poetry as one of the "four arts" expected of the accomplished scholar and a unique part of the Chinese cultural heritage. A seal stamp in red is not only the signature on a work of calligraphy or painting but an indispensable touch to liven it up.
Write 服(fú)(clothing) in Chinese character
服 (fú) Origin: 甲骨文中，“服”像一只大手抓住了一个人，使他屈服，这就是“服”字的本义，后来，“服”也有“顺从”、“衣服”的意思。
On ancient oracle bone inscriptions, “服” looks like a big hand catching someone and making him yield, which is the character’s original meaning. Later, it extended to “to obey” and “clothing.”
Chinese food: Mock Crab Claws
Ingredients: 300 grams (1 1/3 cups) potatoes
38 grams (2 2/3 tablespoons) walnut
2 teaspoons white sesame seeds
38 grams (2 2/3 tablespoons) tang flour (wheat starch, available at Asian markets)
1/2 carrot
Batter
75 grams flour (5 1/4 tablespoons)
15 grams (1 tablespoon) glutinous rice flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
110 ml (3 3/4 ounces, just under 1/2 cup) water
1 1/2 tablespoons oil
Seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons oil
Other:
Oil for deep-frying
About the Traditional Chinese Painting
As a kind of important part of the country's cultural heritage, the traditional Chinese painting(中国国画zhōngguó guóhuà) is distinguished from Western art in that it is executed on xuan paper (or silk) with the Chinese brush, Chinese ink and mineral and vegetable pigments.
Chinese grammar: Simple “noun + adjective” sentences
In English, nouns can be linked to adjectives and other nouns with the verb to be. In Chinese, nouns are linked in different ways to adjectives and other nouns. Nouns are linked to nouns with 是. Nouns are linked to adjectives with 很(hěn).
Chinese food: Fried Mock Oyster
Bean curd and seaweed are shaped to resemble oysters in this tasty vegetarian dish. Ingredients:
The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars: Jiang Ge 二十四孝：江革
As one of the cores of Chinese culture, "filiality" is not only the moral code for maintaining family relationships in Chinese society for thousands of years, but also the traditional virtue of Chinese Nation. A Yuan-dynasty(元朝Yuáncháo) writer Guo Jujing(郭居敬Guō Jūjìng) compiled the stories of 24 filial exemplars in ancient times and finished the Stories of Filiality. Let me introduce the eighth story to you.
Write 宫(gōng)(palace) in Chinese character
宫(gōng) Origin: 早期的甲骨文“宫”的字形是两个相连的方块状，表示宫室的建筑物。后来加上屋宇的义符“宀”，就更明确地表达了字义。
On early oracle bone inscriptions, “宫” appeared as two connected squares, which represented palace buildings. Later, the semantic radical for buildings (“宀”) was added, making the expression more explicit.
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