"The most important affairs of a country lie in sacrificial rites and military affairs,"said the famous work Zuo Zhuan (Commentary...
Culture
The Yue(music)in the ancient China also refers to recreational activities including music and dance.The ancient people attached great importance to...
The water vessel is also a kind of ritual bronze.Compared with food and wine vessels,the bronze water vessel is small...
Ancient Chinese learned the ant of brewery very early. Archeologists discovered the components of ancient wine featuring rice, honey, fruit...
Bronze utensils, belonging to ritual ware, were mainly used in sacrifices, banquets and other ceremonies or events for cooking and...
"Braise"is one kind of cooking.We usually put the major ingredient into the wok and use tender/low fire to cook the...
The"Kung Pao"type of dish,as part of the well-known Sichuan cuisine,mainly features the hot spicy and chili taste of dried hot...
China has a long history of making and drinking wine.The potteries excavated by archaeologists proved that Chinese people started brewing...
The"sweet and sour flavour"is common to all major Chinese cuisines.This flavor originated in Wuxi,Jiangsu province and is widely popular in...
China is the birthplace of tea.It has been thousands of years since Chinese people started growing and drinking tea.Tea was...
There are two spellings of the characters"Moo Shu",and people adopted the simpler way.Moo Shu refers to eggs because the shape...
Quick-frying puts major ingredients into hot oil,hot sauce or hot soup and stirs quickly.It consists of six categories,including oil-frying,salt-frying,sauce-frying,soup-frying,water-frying and...
Hunan Cuisine(also called Xiang Cuisine)is based on the local cuisine of the Hsiang-Kiang basin,Dong Ting lake area and Mountainous Region...
You can find this dish on the menu of any restaurant in China,whether it is a fancy restaurant or a...
People often wonder how"Mar-Boh"and"Tofu"can go together when they first hear the dish Mar-boh tofu.It's a long story. It was said...
China is the birthplace of tofu,and the origin of tofu can be traced back to the Han Dynasty.In the process...
With superior climate and geographical location,Jiangsu and Zhejiang enjoy boundless supplies of eggs,fruits,vegetables,and seafood in every season.That's how they earned...
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty witnessed the second peak in the development of bronze ware in China. After the fall of...
The Zhou clan, growing up in the northwestern regions, established the Zhou Dynasty after defeating theShang Dynasty under Emperor Wuwang...
The Shang Dynasty, the second slavery dynasty in China's history, was established in 1600 BC under the leadership of eastern...