Good Reasons to Choose Chinese

TASTE, texture and aroma all act as food's aphrodisiacs. Chinese food combines each of these elements, creating an art for the senses. Diet has long been recognized as a way of preserving and enhancing health. From ancient times, the Chinese noticed people's moods change with the seasons. Using a delicately woven tapestry, food and Chinese medicine go hand in hand. According to traditional Chinese medicine, people should change their     

Edible Chrysanthemum

CHRYSANTHEMUM is a decorative plant of many varieties.Although it tastes bitter,chrysanthemum is nonetheless used in traditional Chinese medicine to relieve internal heat or fever.Perhaps because of the Chinese saying,"Prevention is better than a cure,"chrysanthemum has been used     

Traditional Culture Still Influences Chinese Women

TRADITIONAL Chinese culture dates back to ancient times. But this culture is the outcome of a patriarchal agricultural society, and is most certainly stamped with the mark of feudalism. During a time when the state and the family had the same structure, women's problems most typically reflected the characters of the patriarchal clan agricultural society and the traditional culture. Traditional     

Guangzhou's Baozai Meal a Popular Fast Food

IN Guangzhou, where restaurants are plentiful and food from many places is served, the baozai meal, a kind of traditional Chinese fast food, has retained its place in the hearts of Guangzhou's caterers. The history of the baozai meal starts at least from the beginning of this century. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou was the largest trading port in south China with a developed, commodities-based economy. There were many dockworkers and porters living in the city at the time. They worked very hard and were often too busy to eat their meals at home. As a result, different kinds of meals were invented to meet their needs, such as the botou meal (bo is kind of earthen bowl), the dietou meal (die is small plate) and the baozai meal     

Mountains in Mist and Clouas

Wu Lizhu, 54, of Changli. Hebei Province, is a graduate of the department of traditional Chinese painting at the Central Institute of Fine Arts. Her teachers have included the famous traditional Chinese painters Li Keran, Ye Qianyu, Li Kuchan and Jiang Zhaohe. Since her graduation, she has been doing publishing work. Wu is an accomplished landscape painter. She has visited scenic spots in many parts of the country, and based on her observations and experiences, she expresses her own pure     

State-Run Enterprises Find New Posts for Women Workers

WHEN the market economy took the place of the planned economy, Chinese society entered a stage of transformation. This transformation brought about the reform of the labor management system. And with it, the contradiction hidden within the old mode of "full employment for women" was exposed. Market competition is doomed to be a competition of talent. A considerable number of women factory workers who can't adapt to a competitive workforce have been sifted out. These women who had immersed themselves in their jobs for many years and had gotten used to connecting their individual lives with the destiny of the enterprise couldn't accept this reality. Chinese women have made tremendous efforts to leave their homes in favor of working in factories;     

我家最美一瞬间

Families form the bedrock that supports the development of a country,the progress of a nation,and the harmony of society.Chinese President Xi Jinping once said,"The family is the basic unit of society,and the first school that we attend in life."     

Beijing Silk Figurines

The Beijing silk figurine is a traditional Chinese handicraft. It originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and has been around for more than 1,000 years. It is called a silk figurine because all parts of the handicraft are made of highquality Chinese silk. The figurine comes in sizes ranging from 16-46 centimeters to suit many decorating tastes. If you look closely you will find that the head and hands are quite exquisite, and the clothes and ornaments are true to lire. The process of making a figurine includes dozens of steps, from sculpting to painting, sewing to doing inlay work. The subjects of Beijing silk figures are wide-ranging and come mostly from Chinese     

Zhao Shuying Devotes Herself to Gerontology

LAST year, Yu Hua, an elderly woman who was suffering from five or six different illnesses, was hospitalized for almost three months at the Department of Gerontology in the Friendship Hospital. She said she had a good impression of the doctors and nurses who cared for her, especially Head Doctor Zhao Shuying. Dr. Zhao comes from a long line of doctors of traditional Chinese medicine, but studied Western medicine when she was a college student. Through years of research and practice, she has been able to successfully combine traditional     

Rising Women's Occupations in Modern Times

IN traditional Chinese society, having an occupation, as a means of making a living, was the "privilege" of women at lower levels of society. Married and unmarried women who had servants were sneered at if they had an occupation. The work that lower class women did was generally related to production and labor, market exchange, communications and