Cos Lettuce and Carrot Roll

Our recipe section has been muchloved by many of you for a long time. So,to reward your appreciation, we are goingto give you something special! From this issue on we will introduceyou to a whole series of healthy, everydaydishes that are cooked by the ladies of oureditorial department. The close linkbetween Chinese cooking and Chinesemedicine has been known for centuries     

EDITORIAL MAILBOX

I was happy to read the June 1996 issue of Women of China by chance and come to know something about Chinese women from your magazine. I found that there are good references and realities concerning Chinese women in your magazine which are useful to those women who are striving for development in other countries, like Nepal.     

思个寸人生舍与得

It is an unfair truth that you must give up something if you want to obtain something else. Unfair, yes, but it is also a matter of balance. Like the proverb goes, ＂You can＇t have your cake and eat it too.＂ If you want to be an official of government, you must give up your desire to become extremely wealthy. If you are a celebrity, you must accept the loss of your privacy. When we fail to balance our losses and gains, we face problelns.     

Walking Into the Temple Gate

In the Chinese Buddhist world there is a saying, "One who knows about Sichuan knows something about Buddhism; one who knows about Buddhism knows about Sichuan." In ancient and modem times, Buddhist temples and monasteries have been located in the mountains, tall, rugged and beautiful in this part of the country, where thousands of Buddhists live or gather to undergo rigorous ascetic discipline. Buddhism has a profound influence in the province. Today about 60,000 Buddhist monks and nuns live in the province, among whom about 2,000 are bhiksuni (Sanskrit term for Buddhist nun). There is an ever greater number of believers in Buddhism. It is thought that there are about six million Buddhists in Sichuan; five million practice Han-language-family Buddhism and the other million are of the Tibetan-language-family Buddhism.In an effort to describe the life of Buddhist nuns to our readers, Women of China visited the Aidao Monastery (a temple that is opened to the public) and the Tiexiang (Iron Statue) Monastery     

Let Shuang’s Flower Paintings(Oil painting)

A modern fermale artist,Lei Shuang borrows her useof color and composition from modernist painters thenturns them into something of her own-a simple yetsensitive style.Her flowers. paying homage to the "onceof past life.are an artistic marvel.     

记录(英文)

Nanjing Residents Welcome 'Discussion Garden'南京市民欢迎“议事园”If a city resident finds something wrong in daily life or, if there are complaints about the community service, what's to be done? In Nanjing, the capital city of East China's Jiangsu Province, residents now deal with these     

别离生活太远(英文)

Some of the home-made idols of TV serials for youngsters are too far away from reality. Two distinguishing features of the male and female leading characters are that they are both rich and have romantic love affairs. The main     

Mushrooms and Health

NUMEROUS varieties of edible mushrooms are highly beneficial to health. Mushrooms enhance the mental and physical development of children and are highly beneficial to recovering cancer patients. People have developed an affinity for the taste of mushrooms and have in turn developed numerous recipes for cooking same. Pine mushrooms are commonly found in northeast China. with locals, especially women and children, heading to forests to collect same following periods of rain.     

汉语流行口语“责怪”类

By All Means;Certainly Nàhái yòng shuō"那还用说Nàhái yòng shuō"implies"you are wasting your breath."It is used to blame someone for lacking common sense. Example例句: 1.A:It's so hot!Shall we eat something light? B:By all means!     

Organization Champions Menopausal Women

CURRENTLY, the ageing of the population has created problems for a developing China. Jiangsu is one of the provinces that has encountered these problems, where the average lifespan for women is 73. Women aged 40 to 55 who are going through menopause account for about 8 percent of Jiangsu's total population. Whether this group is able to live a healthy life during menopause or not decides whether the women are healthy and happy and influences the rest of society.     

Four Women Bank Directors

FOUR of the five directors of state banks in Beihai City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are women. These women show that women are no longer only able to manage family finance, but they are able to take charge of the important responsibility for state finance. The mayor of Beihai City calls them the city's outstanding financial affairs managers.     

I Want to Look at the World

MORE than a decade ago, for a peasant to get the chance to visit, work or even live in Beijing was almost equal to a dream for most rural people. However, with reforms and the policies of increasing openness, dreams that seemed impossible in the past are now realities for many people. According to statistics, the daily floating population of Beijing is about one million. People from all parts of China are pouring into this metropolitan     

Traditional Chinese Masks Reveal Customs

CHINESE masks are undoubtedly an important component in the worldwide mask culture. Minority nationality masks are a major component of China's mask culture. Traditional Chinese masks, or nuo, represent a cultural component which originated from religious rites in prehistoric times. Various types of nuo are highly valuable for studies of Chinese customs.     

汉语流行口语——“推卸”类

Go Find the People Who Are Responsible该找谁找谁去Gai zhao shui zhao shui qu There are all kinds of people in the world. Some are warmhearted, who are always happy to help others, while some are indifferent and would never bother to take care of others. When others ask them for     

Here are some photos chosen from the Picture Archives of Chinese Babies.

The archives set up early this year are the first in the country. Now they keep 25 pictures of "millennia baby" born on January 1,2000 in China's 25 provinces and municipalities, shot by Niu Qun, master for Kodak photographic teaching, as well as about 20,000 pictures of infants and babies shot by their young parents and appraised by photographic experts. The founder of the Picture Archives of Chinese Babies, the Organizing Council for Concerning Yourself with New Life, is a group of mothers who are     

Affectionate Care is the Hope for Overcoming AIDS

WE once felt lonely and helpless, and grieved to death. Luckily, we found Beijing You'an Hospital and all the staff from the infectious section warmly received us. Their affection warmed our hearts, their gentle words comforted us and their attentive treatment alleviated ou pain.... We are longing for the sunshine of love to melt the ice in our hearts, we are waiting for the advance of medical science and the arrival of the time that human beings can finally conquer AIDS. We are determined to struggle with the     

All of China Should Contribute to Success of Children's Program

IN February 1992 the State Council Standing Meeting discussed and endorsed the National Program of Action for Child Development (hereinafter referred to as National Program for short) in China in the 1990s which is a program of action for children. Children are the future of our motherland and the hope of our Chinese nation. The wholesome development of children has a bearing upon the future of China. Improvement of the quality of our entire nation begins with them.     

Art Appreciation

Applique is a folk art in Yanchuan County on Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province. Taking a piece of cloth, a pail of scissors, a needle and thread, rural women cut freehand and sew carefully. Cloth pieces are carefully placed and sewn together. The appliques are used as decorations for children's clothes and wedding ceremonies or as gifts for a new born baby     

New Challenges in Chinese Women''''s Employment Brought by WTO

THROUGH 13 years hard negotiation, China is finally at the gate of the WTO. But what, after all, will WTO-entry mean for women's employment, which has always been difficult in China? What influence will the economic globalization bring about to Chinese women's social status and participation in economics? These are the matters of great concern for Chinese women who are seeking