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“Chairman Mao Quotations” is the dictum and epigram in Mao Zedong’ book. Its circulation occupies the second in the world (Second only to “Holy Bible”). Because the front cover is red, besides, it is the red leader’s classical speech, so it is known as “red treasure book” or “little red book”. In the sixties of the 20th century, “Chairman Mao Quotations” is well-known very much in China. At that time, It is reached the summit that Chinese worshiped Mao Zedong quotations and himself. Each corner of the society, the epigram of Chairman Mao Quotations can be seen everywhere. Daily necessities such as the cup, the vertically-hung scroll in the school and factory… Even it is necessary gift when people attend wedding. People can don’t eat and don’t sleep, but must carry “Chairman Mao Quotations” on one’s person all the Time. And all people can recite “Chairman Mao Quotations”. Mao Zedong’ quotations has influenced Chinese several generations. Though today Chinese have already no longer recited Mao Zedong’ quotations, the status of Mao Zedong Thought don’t will change.

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The chopsticks and cutlery reflect the China and Occident difference. Chinese use the chopsticks while having meal, and westerners use the cutlery. Origins of the two are different, each has advantage.

Chinese used bamboo branch turn and stir food in remote ancient period. Later, people learnt to pick up food with two stick gradually. That’s the embryonic form of chopsticks.

The origin of the cutlery relates with the habits and customs of the ancient nomadic people in Europe. They used to take knife everywhere in life, often bake the meat, cut and eat. After the life settle down, the cutlery enters the family kitchen. Therefore is easy to find out the identity of chopsticks and cutlery are different.

Cutlery and chopsticks, not only caused the differences of food habits, but also influenced the life idea of the east and west people. The cutlery must result in Individual Dining System. Therefore western people pay attention to independence; but the chopsticks result in Gather Dining System, the whole family sits together and have meal, stress family unit, so Chinese have firm family values.

The act of the Chinese chopsticks is that press from both sides, emphasize control and equilibrium; the acts of knife and fork are cut and insert, emphasize efficiency. So Chinese pay attention to being steady, occidentals pay attention to efficiency.

Chopsticks and cutlery are symbols of the cultural tradition.

Even if Chinese go to U.S.A. life, but still use the chopsticks; even if Americans have learnt to use the chopsticks in China, get back to own country to still use the cutlery. Culture is deep-rooted. Chopsticks and cutlery, which is advanced on earth, various statements are different, in fact each has intelligence.

Tibet is a province of the west of China. Most Tibetans live in here. There are 56 nationalities in all in China. Tibetan nationality is one of Chinese nations. Tibet is located in the largest and highest Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in the world. The elevation is more than 4 kilometers on average. Tibet is a mysterious place. A lot of mysteries not solved exist here.

1. The barbarian’s mystery

The barbarian’s mystery is one of the “Four major mysteries in the world”. China had the Tibet barbarian’s record in 1784. In recent years, someone witness barbarian move about. There are often female barbarian snatch away local man and marry in the Himalayas area. Several investigation teams have already entered Tibet to investigate, but the barbarian is still a mystery at present.

2. Mystery of the red snow

There are often the red blood spot on the snow surface of more than 5000 meters of the Himalayas, look from afar like red snow. These red spots are made up of various plateau algae. These plateaus algae cold resistance is strong. Because it contains pigment of blood color, so red.

3. Rainbow body mystery

This is a kind of mysterious phenomenon that the eminent Tibetan monk appears while Parinirvana. It is said, when the eminent monk who practice to a very high level pass away. His body will turn into a rainbow and leave and enter so-called pure world of Buddhism.

4. Flag Cloud in Everest

There are often floated the milky cloud like flag at the top of Everest. That’s Flag Cloud. The Flag Cloud is taken shape by the convectional cumulus. People can infer the wind-force size of the Everest top according to its position and height. If Flag Cloud lift upwards, prove high altitude wind is small; downward incline, the wind power is big; if on the same plane with the peak, the wind-force is probably nine. Therefore the Flag Cloud in Everest is known as “the topmost vane in the world”.

5. Zhang Zhung mystery

Zhang Zhung was once the earliest civilized center in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Old Zhang Zhung once appeared the extremely high civilization. It has own unique Zhang Zhung characters. Later, Zhang Zhung was defeated by Tu-Fan. From that time, Zhang Zhung kingdom and culture disappeared suddenly, its characters and palace had disappeared too, left an eternal mystery.

6. Guge mystery

The Tu-Fan king was killed in the middle period of the ninth century. Its descendant set up Guge Kingdom in about the tenth century. Ladakh invade and eliminate Guge in 1630 year. Guge civilization disappeared. There is surprising similarity in this and Mayan civilization, all took place unusually suddenly.

7. Mysterious Story-teller

Story-teller often calls oneself “The teller who the god awards”. Most of Story-teller has once dreamt during one’s childhood and has received the god’s decree in the dream. Later fell ill, the lama pray for him while he fell ill. His intelligent door was opened and can tell a story from then on. In Tibet, Some totally illiterate child wake up from a sleep or after being ill, can tell the long epic stories of several million words unexpectedly. This mysterious phenomenon was unable to explain so far.

8. The Shambhala mystery

Shambhala is one mythical world in Tibet Buddhism. People are suspicious about whether Shambhala exists all the time. The record about Shambhala is very detailed: Shambhala is located in the middle of the jokul. The shape is like the lotus, encircled by the jokuls. Various flowers and medicinal herbs grow, all kinds of lake spreads all over the place, the green grass is luxuriant, green tree makes a pleasant shade. There is splendid palace in its center. There are thrones of different kings in the middle of the palace. The kings have a lot of ministers and armies. Here product is abundant. People live and work in peace and contentment. The people all believe in Buddhism piously…

The banquet is a way that the ancient Chinese enjoy life. In order to pursue the satisfaction and stimulate of the taste, the banquet is the best choice. There are various banquets in China’s ancient times. Palace banquet, the banquet of local authorities, private banquet, celebration banquet, sacrifices banquet, scholar banquet, military banquet, birthday banquet, greeting guest banquet, farewell banquet, wedding banquet, various festivals banquet…

Talk about China’s ancient feast, I have to talk about Man-Han style Banquet. Man-Han style Banquet is a kind of huge feast consisting of Manchu and Han foods. It originated from Qing Dynasty. It concentrates the quintessence dishes of the Han nationality and Manchu. Generally speaking, the dishes can reach more than 300 kinds and are divided three days to eat up. Man-Han style Banquet is large-scale and noble. It is very complicated to make course. We can say Man-Han style Banquet is the top of China’s ancient banquet.

There is a common saying in China: “It isn’t a banquet without wine”(The Chinese wine is different from the Western wine. Chinese wine is made by the grain and known as Chinese liquor too. The liquor can’t lack absolutely in any kind banquet. The liquor is the most important component of the banquet. Ancient Chinese mostly regard banquet as a kind of enjoying life and pastime. People had created various drinking way. For example urge the guests to drink, polite persuade guests to drink, toast in turn…

Though China’s ancient banquet takes fine food and good liquor as the core, the China’s ancients are not merely satisfied with the enjoyment of the taste. They will carry on some recreation, and increase the happy compositions of the banquet through the recreation, expand pastime range. For this reason, all kinds of recreation appeared during the feast. Such as drinkers’ wager game, song, dance, music, acrobatics, opera…

Drinkers’ wager game

The drinkers’ wager game is a kind of recreation that the Chinese ancients create for drinking. It incorporates intelligence and knowledge and adopts the varied way. The purpose is to improve the mood of the drinkers and regulate the atmosphere of the banquet. This kind of drinkers’ wager game often pushes the atmosphere of the banquet to the climax. The drinkers’ wager game usually has certain rules. Through the rules judgment win or lose, the loser should drink liquor as a forfeit. Drinkers’ wager game includes a lot game ways, for example finger-guessing game, hand flowers, exchange poetry…

Cast pot game

Cast pot game is a kind of game adding to the fun in China’s ancient banquet. It takes liquor pot as the target, takes wooden chopsticks as the arrow, throw and hit the pot mouth from certain distance, the chopsticks enter the body of pot. The ancient Chinese often have a competition with archery. However shooting arrows must have the corresponding location. In order to more conveniently recreation, Chinese ancients invented cast pot game, can imitate the archery and is simple. The game rule is very simple; the winner lets the loser drink.

Sing and dance

The sing and dance is a main project in China’s ancient banquet. But generally speaking, besides banquet scene of the imperial palace, the folk banquet take song disport as the core, dance disport as complement.

Acrobatics

The acrobatics actor performs the acrobatics in the banquet, appreciate for drinker. The content of acrobatics includes climbing pole, ropewalker, magic, swallow the sword, spit fire, step on the edge of the knife, somersault… some past master can use Qigong and float drinking cup back and forth even more, make people very surprised. (Qigong is a kind of Chinese kung fu, is named as breathing exercise too).

In a word, the banquet not only is enjoying table delicacies, but also is an exquisite way of life for Chinese ancients.

There were 4 supernatural beasts that have boundless supernatural power in legend in China’s ancient times. They are Green Loong, White Tiger, Zhuque and Xuanwu.

In ancient times, the Chinese called east, west, south and north after Green Loong, White Tiger, Zhuque and Xuanwu respectively. In fact divide the sky into four parts. Green Loong is the deity in the east; White Tiger is the deity in the west; Zhuque is the deity in the south; Xuanwu is the deity in the north. This originated from ancient Chinese astrology.

China’s ancient astrology thinks Green Loong, White Tiger, Zhuque, Xuanwu is 4 supernatural beasts that guard heavenly palace. They can counteract evil force. Their images often appear on imperial palace, hall door, the city gate or grave building and implements in China’s ancient times.

East Green Loong

Loong is the most inviolable beast, and is the emperor’s symbol. It is the representatives in the East too. There are many legends about Loong in China. Loong is translated into dragon in Occident countries wrongly now. The correct translation should be “Loong”. In fact Chinese Loong is totally different from Western dragon. About the differences between Loong and dragon, you can read the article: Symbol of Chinese Culture – Chinese Loong.

West White Tiger

The tiger is the King of the beasts. It has strong appearance and can counteract evil force. It and Loong are a pair of best partner. In China’s ancient times, White Tiger has a lot supernatural power that exorcise evil spirits, exorcise calamity, prays for the bumper harvest, getting wealth, getting love…

South Zhuque

Zhuque is known as the Phoenix too. The body of Zhuque is the red like fire and it can live again in fire. So it’s named Fire Phoenix also.

According to the ancient recording, the Phoenix is a kind of beautiful bird. It becomes the king of the birds relying on wonderful song and beautiful appearance. It can bring good luck to human world. Loong is male and the phoenix is female. Loong matches with the phoenix. There is a kind of legend that ‘It is very auspicious that Loong appears with phoenix together’ among the Chinese people.

North Xuanwu

Xuanwu is a kind of supernatural animal that made up by tortoise and snake. There was a kind of tortoise augury in China’s ancient fortunetelling skill. The so-called tortoise augury is that let tortoise go to the dark hell and ask the ancestry, and then brings the answers back. And show to common people by the divining form. Certainly, this is superstition.

So long as refer to Chinese kung fu, people often think of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li at first, indeed, in China and even the moviedom of the world, the name of the three man are well-known, but people often neglect a person, that’s Donnie Yen.

I think Donnie Yen is a VIP who can’t be ignored among Chinese kung fu star, in Chinese moviedom and even the moviedom of the world. I even think that Donnie Yen will replace Jackie Chan, Jet Li within short time probably and become the new “King of Kung Fu“. I propose this “the contention”, because of the following three major reasons:

First, Donnie Yen has staying power than Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Donnie Yen is still very young compared with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. He has development potentiality even more. At present, Jackie Chan is old, already been in half retired state. And Jet Li has already been a Buddhist. He is enthusiastic about public welfare undertaking, even show that doesn’t shoot kung fu movie again. So, Donnie Yen will substitute Jackie Chan and Jet Li most probably, become the man in charge of Chinese kung fu movie.

Second, Donnie Yen is strong guarantee of the box office like Jackie Chan and Jet Li. In the past, every great kung fu movie that Jackie Chan and Jet Li acted the leading role, were all the guarantee of the box office of global movie. Nowadays, Donnie Yen will become the assurance of the box office too. It is reported, there are 3 Chinese superstars who can ensure a hundred million yuan box office in international moviedom before 2008. They are Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Stephen Chow. Stephen Chow is comic superstar. Kung fu superstar has only Jackie Chan and Jet Li. And now it seems that Donnie Yen will be ranked among it too. Look, the kung fu movie that the cost is only 80 million — Painted Skin. The box office has already reached 200 million yuan in short time. So a good result, not merely let the whole world see the capability that China shoots the magic kung fu blockbuster, but also let people witness the capability of Donnie Yen. People are joyful seeing that Donnie Yen’s behavior is perfect in the movie.

Third, the film output of Donnie Yen is more than Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Jackie Chan and Jet Li have entered film low tide in recent years. Their film output is reduced gradually. As Chinese kung fu superstar of new generation, Donnie Yen has already born the important task. He will perform 3 kung fu blockbusters continuously in 2008 — An Empress and the Warriors, Painted Skin and Ip Man.

Expect Donnie Yen brings more pleasant surprise to us!

Shenzhen City is situated in the coastal area of Guangdong Province, China. Shenzhen adjoins Hong Kong, borders on the Kowloon peninsula, is known as “the Back Yard Garden of Hong Kong “. Most of population in Shenzhen is from the other places of China, so Shenzhen is known as “immigrant city”. Shenzhen is the city where has the most port in China. It’s one of the main doors where China associates with the world.

Shenzhen is a beautiful garden seashore city in the coast of the south of China. It is full of sunshine and modern breath. As the first special economic zone of China, Shenzhen has been regarded as the window of China’s reform and opening-up all the time. Shenzhen is full of passion of reform and innovation. “Speed of Shenzhen” has already become a habit expression. In short 29 years, Shenzhen grow from a small fishing village to the modernized city. GDP increases from 179 million yuan in 1979 to more than 670 billion yuan in 2007. Shenzhen has created the miracle in the international economic developing history. Shenzhen has already become one of the most developed cities of economy in China Mainland at present.

Shenzhen is an old and young city. History of Shenzhen can be traced back to more than 5000 years ago, but the development history is just only 29 years as a modern city. Shenzhen grew from a small town of border to a prosperous modernized city within 29 years.

Shenzhen is one of the important tourist cities of China. Although no historical sites, it is praised as theme park of China and innovative city of the travel. Shenzhen has already become the tourist city of multidirectional recreation. Include cityscape, sea scenery, native culture, going shopping and pastime, recreation, commercial activity and health care…

Shenzhen China is one of the cities with the fastest developing speed in China Mainland. There isn’t distance between Shenzhen and the world. It is an internationalization city. The 26th World University Games will be held here in 2011. Shenzhen is the youngest host city in history of World University Games.

Kung Pao Chicken is known as Gong Bao Chicken or Spicy diced chicken with peanuts too. It is a very classical Chinese cuisine. It is favorite dish of emperor of Qing Dynasty in the legend. This Chinese cuisine is the extremely popular in Occident countries now. Kung Pao Chicken is made by diced chicken, cayenne pepper, peanut kernel, etc. The fragrant and fragile peanut cooperates with the tender chicken, salty and hot with sweet and sour. Who can withstand its allure?

Ingredients:

1 pound chicken breast, diced

1 tablespoon wine

1 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 teaspoon sesame oil

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 ounce hot chile paste

1 teaspoon apple vinegar

2 teaspoons sugar

2 green onions, chopped

1 tablespoon minced garlic

4 ounces fried peanut kernel

1 carrot, chopped

1 cucumber, chopped

2 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. Combine wine, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixture with a little water together in a big bowl. Put diced chicken into the bowl and mix for about 10 minutes.

2. Make Sauce: add soy sauce, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, apple vinegar and sugar and mix with water in a small bowl.

3. In a skillet or wok, heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil over medium heat. Put green onions and garlic into oil and stir several second. And then cook and stir the diced chicken in oil until medium well-done. Add carrot, cucumber, hot chile paste and salt and stir. Add the fried peanut kernel and sauce and stir quickly. Add a little sesame oil. OK!

The scenery of Phoenix Ancient Town is beautiful and history is long. There are a lot of scenic spots and historical sites. The ancient tower and the elegance courtyard of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty are just the same as before. The old Tuo River trickleS silently. There are Nan Huashan National Forest Park and the Southern Great Wall… This is an old and mysterious place.

2. Wuyuan Ancient Village

Wuyuan Ancient Village lies in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, China. Wuyuan Ancient Village is known as “Book Village” and “Tea Village”. It is China’s famous culture and eco-travel county. It is praised as “the most beautiful village in China”.

3. Laitan Ancient Town

Laitan Ancient Town lies in the northeast of Chongqing City, China. The town was built in Sung Dynasty. It is the famous town in China history. Three cliffs surround the town. The building of Qing Dynasty — Wenchang Gong is intact. Ancient building woodcut is marvelous.

4. Peitian Ancient Village

Peitian Ancient Village lies in Liancheng county of Fujian Province, China. Peitian Ancient Village has already had a history of more than 500 years. There are buildings in the period of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty in the village and the craft is exquisite. Most houses are intact at present. It is showing China’s ancient building cultural connotation and atmosphere.

5. Wu Town

Wu Town lies in the north of Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, China. It is on the riverside of Beijing - Hangzhou Canal. The Narrow and long flagstone path, exquisite stone bridge, local-style dwellings, Wu Town still berths in the harbor of history like a small boat.

6. Zhuxian Town

Zhuxian Town lies in the southwest of Kaifeng County, Henan Province, China. Zhuxian Town has been main traffic artery in the land and water. And it’s the commercial place all the time since Tang Dynasty. Zhuxian Town was most prosperous in the early years of Qing Dynasty. The whole town population was up to more than 200,000 at that time.

7. Heshun Ancient Town

Heshun Ancient Town lies in Yunnan Province, China. Heshun Ancient Town has buildings, folk art, life custom which can reflect Chinese culture features. It is the famous history town where has the long history, cultural inside information and beautiful environment.

8. Hong Village

Hong Village is located in Anhui Province of China. Hong Village combines natural landscape and cultural scenery together. It is praised as “the Village in Chinese Painting“. Especially the layout structure of whole village is overall “Ox” shape. It is praised as a great miracle of the world heritage. Towering and dark green Lei Hillock is ox head; the Giant Tree IS ox horn; the picturesque houses group just like ox body.

9. Guangfu Ancient Town

Guangfu Ancient Town is located in the southwest of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. Guangfu Ancient Town has very long history of more than 2500 years. There are abundant natural resources here. It is known as “the land of plenty”. Guangfu Ancient Town is China’s traditional craft township. It’s one of the birthplaces of the Suzhou embroidery and the wonderful artistic carving excels nature.

10. Zhou Village

Zhou Village is located in Jiangsu Province of China. Zhou Village is the typical south small village in China. It has unsophisticated, clear and peaceful style. Although go through more than 900 years vicissitudes, it is still keeping original style and features completely.