Chinese_food_culture.ppt

chī cù The Chinese phrase 吃醋 (chīcù) literally means to eat vinegar. 吃 means to eat, while 醋 refers to vinegar, a kind of sour seasoning. However, the word 吃醋 also has a figurative meaning of feeling jealous. This phrase is usually used between a couple. [kwi’zi;ns] * 烤包子Samsa 馕坑肉 Nangkengrou Pit meat 馕披萨Nang Pizza 大盘鸡Dapanji 新疆烤肉Xingjiang Barbecue 新疆烤全羊 Roast the whole lamb 炸酱面 zhájiàngmiàn /watch?v=CwxydJXPlyI /watch?v=zXZE1QRD5aQ Food in the festival On this day, the family always gather together to eat dinner Eve of the Spring Festival Dumplings When having dinner at the New Year’s Eve, Chinese people will not eat all the dishes up. There must be something left to show that we are having a good life, because we have a surplus. It means “every year we have a surplus ( 年年有余 nian nian you yu)”. Sweet rice dumpling Dragon Boat Festival Qu Yuan The Dragon Boat Festival，or the Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. This Festival is widely accepted as a day to commemorate Qu Yuan, China’s greatest poet of the Waring States Period. People respected Qu Yuan for his efforts to make State of Chu strong and prosperous and for his dedication to such ideals. 粽子 zongzi Moon cake  /watch?v=lI9XbwfmF4w Four Cuisines(四大菜系） China covers a large territory and has many nationalities, hence a variety of Chinese food with different but fantastic and mouthwatering flavor. 中国地域辽阔，民族众多，因此各种中国饮食口味不同，却都味美，令人垂涎 。 Chinese food can be roughly divided into four/eight regional cuisines . 中国饮食可以大致分为四大地方菜系。 Who knows four cuisines in china? Can you list some of them? Four Cuisines(四大菜系） Shandong Cuisine 山东菜系 Four Cuisines(四大菜系） Sichuan Cuisine 四川菜系 Guangdong cuisine 广东菜系 Jiangsu Cuisine 江苏菜系 Shandong Cuisine 山东菜系 clear,清淡 pure not greasy,不油腻 aroma,香 freshness,鲜 Crispness酥 tenderness.软 Shallot青葱 garlic大蒜 返回 太极豆腐 Tai ji dou fou 葱烧海参 Cong shao hai shen 扒原壳鲍鱼 Ba yuan ke bao yu (abalone/sea ear) 煎饼果子