Transcript Traditional Chinese Food

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FOOD
CULTURE
DANCE
Chinese culture is one of the world's
oldest and most complex. The area in
which the culture is dominant covers a
large geographical region in eastern Asia
with customs and traditions varying
greatly between towns, cities and
provinces. Important components of
Chinese culture includes literature,
music, dance, cuisine, etc.
Chinese food is well known around
the world for its unique and
appealing flavor along with its
attractiveness to the eye. As
quoted by someone, Chinese not
only enjoy eating but believe eating
good food can bring harmony and
closeness to the family and
relationships', holds true. Chinese
food is a very unique and tasty
cuisine that has grown in popularity
and also found its modifications
along the way.
Traditional Chinese Food
There are five major styles of Traditional Chinese Food that can be
attributed to the various territories in the country from which they
originate and these regions are as follows:
•Beijing and the North
•Hunan
•Sichuan and the West
•Fujian and the East
•Canton and the South
These styles are different from each other because of elements like
weather, availability of ingredients, history, geography, standard of living,
and cooking methods.
Nevertheless, the Chinese people comply with the religious principle of
balance denoted by yin and yang. Yin means cool and yang means hot. This
viewpoint motivates the Chinese to get equilibrium in their lives, including
the foods they consume.
The cooking methods of yin and yang are given below:
Yin:
Poaching- Boiling- Steaming.
Yang:
Roasting- Deep-frying- Stir-frying.
Yin foods and yang foods can be broadly categorized into the
following:
Yin Foods:
Bean Sprouts- Cabbage- Carrots- Cucumber- Duck- TofuWatercress- Water.
Yang Foods:
Beef- Bamboo- Crab- Chicken- Ginger- Egg- Mushrooms- Glutinous Rice- Sesame Oil.
Examples of Traditional Chinese Food
1/ Jai
2/ Chinese fried
meatballs
CHINESE CULTURE
AND THE NUMBERS ..!
THE SUPERSTITIONS IN CHINA
ABOUT NUMBERS
Chinese culture is very interesting, considering
They have the lucky and unlucky numbers.
many beliefs into whether or not the numbers
are considered lucky and unlucky. Their
language tells a lot about all the different
numbers. If a number sounds like a word in
Chinese language it is often found that the
words and numbers are associated with each
other.
NUMBER 3
3: the number 3 in china
is considered extremely
lucky. number 3 stands
for the holy trinity. in
china it's good to have
3's in your phone
number. people in china
said: "GOOD THINGS
COME IN THREES"
NUMBER 4
4: the number four in
Chinese culture is very
“UNLUKY’’ because the
word four is similar to
the word ‘death’. Most
Chinese people don’t want
the number 4 in their
house number or
telephone number.
NUMBER 7
The number 7 is a LUCKY
number in most cultures,
but not in china. This is
Chinese the because in
number “seven” sounds
like the word “gone”. Also
in china any number that
ends with the number 7 is
considered unlucky!
The Thousand-hand dance
As long as you are kind and
there is love in your heart ..
A thousand hands will naturally
come to your aid ..
As long as you are kind and
there is love in your heart ..
You will reach out with a
thousand hands to help others ..
The Thousand-hand dance.
It's performed by 21 deaf
girls and boys from China's
Disabled Peoples Performing
Art Troupe. Relying only on
signals from trainers at the
four corners of the stage,
these extraordinary dancers
deliver a visual spectacle
that is at once intricate and
stirring.