中原行(英文)

I am a professional photographer. I like to take pictures of the most common rural scenes and farmers in a very simple way. To me, the more common a thing is, the closer it is to the nature of life. With my portable Leica camera, I went to the Central Plains(especially Henan Province)twice:     

Meet the Parents

During the past 10 years that I have lived in China, nay parents have visited me once. As my family hails from a rural village （in southern Finland）, which is often -- accidentally -- left off of maps, it is stressful enough to make the weekly groteW shopping ride to the closest city, to say nothing of flying thousands of kilometers to a metropolis of millions to see their firstborn. One can only imagine how overwhelming a city like Beijing must be for someone whose highlight of the day is to pick up the mail -- my mother always gets a little too excited over the prospect of catching a glimpse of a neighbor on the way to the mailbox.     

Sexual Equality, Contradictions Between Beliefs and Reality

"The Beijing Area Study" (BAS) is a large-scale social investigation and research project planned and implemented by the Beijing University Research Centre for Contemporary China together with the Beijing Municipal Government Policy Research Office. The purpose of the survey is to understand the attitudes of Beijing residents towards the changing social atmosphere under a market economy. It also includes some questions related to women's issues.This BAS survey questions people between the ages of 18 and 70, and is carried out once a year, in order to keep a current database.     

Guoqiao Mixian, A Local Flavor in Yunnan

YUNNAN Province, at the southwest border of China, is one of the main rice producing area in China and much of its culture is connected with the planting and consuming of rice. It also has a rich variety of local snacks. The most popular snack is guoqiao mixian (rice noodles that go across the bridge). Local people like to serve this treat to their guests and visitors from faraway lands. Mixian, a fine noodle made of rice flour, is popular in many southern regions like Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong provinces. It looks quite similar to the common noodle, except     

A Health Club for Women Opens in Beijing

THE Xinhongzhuang Beauty and Health Club located near the foreign embassy area in Beijing is the first of its kind in China to provide services to women only. Though this club is a novelty in China, clubs catering to women's concern for beauty and fitness are popular in many cities in the world. The founder of the club said that the purpose of opening is to remake the image of the women of Beijing. "It should be an entirely new and perfect image," she said. Miss Ye, 32, is a general manager of a real estate company. It was not easy for her     

A Life of Dedication

THE life of Lei Jieqiong, ViceChairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chairman of the Central Committee China Association for Promoting Democracy is a book, a great book written on an 88-year life. Therefore, it is almost impossible for me to reveal all about this great book due to limited space. What I can do is to compile some episodes to offer to the readers.     

Tour to Shiquyuan in the Panshan Mountains

THE Panshan Mountains scenic area in Jixian County, Tianjin, is an attractive state level sightseeing spot east of Beijing. On summer weekends people like to go to nearby scenic spots; Shiquyuan (the Garden of Stone Delights) in the Panshan Mountains is a favorite with residents of Beijing and Tianjin. Shiquyuan, located to the south of the main peak of the Panshan Mountains, is 88 kilometers from Beijing. In July, the highest temperature here is 26 degrees centigrade     

Hong Kong Women's Participation in Public Affairs——Myth or Reality?

This is a translation of a speech delivered by Rita Fan at the All-China Women's Federation on 28 September 1996. Ms. Fan is a member of the SAR Preparatory Committee and Vice President of the Hong Kong Women's Association. JUDGING from the current situation in Hong Kong, it is difficult for women to take an active role in public affairs. This is probably due to two factors. The     

People Are Leaving The Three Gorges Area

With the Chinese Government deciding to build a reservoir at Ibc Three Gorges in the Changjiang River, which is believed to be one of the best sources of water power in the world, residents living in that area have been asked to move. The orderly migration of local residents is a great concern of the Central Government and is being well     

《绿色中国》

China is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, and its habitats range from the vast deserts of the northwest and the Tibetan Plateau, to forested mountain slopes, to a myriad of rivers and lakes and the steamy tropical forests of the far south. China is home to many rare and threatened species. and conservation is now a firm priority for the Chinese Government. Interest in China＇s green heritage has never been greater,     

Stepping Back in Time in Xi'an

AS a metropolitan resident who is used to seeing towering buildings, an incessant stream of vehicles and people, I've always longed to have a taste of an ancient civilization, which is vigorous but exquisite, bold but elegant, natural but mysterious. I realized my dream when I went to Xi'an, a capital with a history of over 1,000 years. Xi'an was once the capital for eleven dynasties, including the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang. This is the place where China's ancient civilization developed. Ancestors at Banpo created exquisite painted pottery; the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1,066-771 B.C.) saw the height of the splendors of the bronze culture; the Qin Emperor Shi Huang (Qin Dynasty, from about 221-206 B.C.)     

Hongshan Goddess

The Hongshan cultural relics at Niuheliang, Liaoning Province is a large scale ruin where sacrifices used to be offered to the goddess and ancestors. It is composed of a goddess temple, a sacrificial altar and many stone graves. From the ruins of the goddess temple, a clay sculpture of a goddess head has been unearthed.     

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     

Personal Adornments:Keepsakes of Love

LOVE is the most important emotion cherished by people in their adolescence. The whole process from their first love to marriage is like a romantic dream to be remembered forever. The personal adornments exchanged with each other as keepsakes of love add more poetic quality to the romance. Love is a kind of physical and mental excitement. When a personal adornment is presented to a lover     

The Littlest Painter

THE girl with a birthmark on her right cheek is named Jiang Naihan. She is said to be quite well-known in her hometown of Haikou City, Hainan Province. She is a primary-schooler obsessed with painting. Previous to 1988, Hainan Island was under the administration of Guangdong Province. When it was raised to the status of province, people swarmed to the island to pursue new opportunities; Naihan's parents were among them.     

Chinese Tea Drinking Goes Back Centuries

TEA is a necessity in Chinese life. According to historical records the Chinese had already learned how to plant and bake tea more than 2,000 years ago. Sipping tea has always been a favorite Chinese tradition. To the south of the Changjiang River is a region with good irrigation and a climate favorable for growing tea: it is cool at night and often misty. Zhejiang Province is a well-known tea production area, and the famous Longjing Tea is solely produced along the West Lake in Hangzhou, capital of the province. Tea is produced in four areas of China:     

Degyi Dolkar,Vice Mayor of Lhasa

LHASA, the capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region, is the political, economic and cultural center of Tibet. Degyi Dolkar, of Tibetan nationality, is a vice mayor there. Degyi was born and brought up on the Tibetan Plateau, the nearest place to the sun, with its pure blue sky and beautiful clouds. She deeply loves her hometown and takes pride in it. Degyi Dolkar is kind and happy. She was one of the first group of people to be selected by the Tibetan government to go inland to study after the Tibetan democratic reforms of 1959. Then she studied to be a medical practitioner at the Tibet Institute of     

Once Upon a Time

THIS is not the start of an oldstory but a new eating experience in Beijing.Once Upon aTime Restaurant(also called RoseGarden Cafe ＆ Bar)is located to thenorth of the Beijing Friendship Store(17 Jianguomenwai Dajie,ChaoyangDistrict),and provides a fresh newcuisine and environment to friends whoare interested in mysterions Arabianculture.     

Gauze Dress and a Mummy

Silkworm raising and silk reeling is a great contribution of ancient Chinese women to the world civilization and progress. When the Silk Road opened in the Hah Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, westerners used to call China the Kingdom of Silk. The gauze dress unearthed from the Mawangdui No. 1 Tomb of the Han Dynasty in Hunan's Changsha, is as thin as cicada's wings and only weighs 49 grams. Made of high quality silk, this dress is as soft and light as the dress made of georgette, revealing the ancient Chinese weaving workers' high skill and talent. It is a silk dress, the earliest and best preserved in the world currently. Also excavated from the same tomb is a mummified woman's body. The woman was the wife of a prime minister of a kingdom