http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardFri 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 GMTcctsbeijinghttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/Chinese Food Food has a special meaning to the Chinese people. The waste not, want not ethos means that a surprising range and variety of plants and animals, and every part of a plant or animal is used. This has given rise to a remarkable diversity in the regional cuisine, but to westerners it can be overwhelming - surprising, fantastic, delicious, horrifying or disgusting - and above all, different. Chinese cooking art In China, cooking is an art. Quite different from Western cooki...]]>Fri 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/eight-distinct-regional-cuisine/guangdong-cuisine(cantonese-food).htm Guangdong Cuisine, sometimes referred to as Cantonese Cuisine, though referred to more often as Yue Cai (Yue Cuisine), in recognition of the flavor - both literally and figuratively - imparted to Guangdong Cuisine by its various ethnic minorities, most notably, by the Baiyue, or Yue, people, has been recognized as a distinctive cooking style, or what one today would call a cuisine school, since ancient times. For example, official records from the Western Han (BCE 206 - CE 009) Dynasty refer t...]]>Fri 26 Feb 2010 0:00:00 GMTkhattaky2k5http://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-history/more-on-chinese-history.htmMore on Chinese History...]]>Fri 26 Feb 2010 0:00:00 GMTkhattaky2k5http://www.chinatravel.com/facts/traditions-and-custom/chinese-riddles-and-slang.htmChinese Riddles and Slang...]]>Fri 26 Feb 2010 0:00:00 GMTkhattaky2k5http://www.chinatravel.com/facts/traditions-and-custom/chinese-idioms.htmChinese Idioms...]]>Thu 25 Feb 2010 0:00:00 GMTerichttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-festivals/traditional-chinese-festival/lantern-festival.htmAccording to the Chinese calendar, the night of the 15th day of the Chinese lunar month has the first full moon of the New Year and marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities. Chinese people traditionally celebrate this occasion with the Lantern Festival in which beautiful lanterns (and nowadays electric lights) of all shapes and sizes are lit, fireworks are set off, lantern riddles are devised and guessed and people eat Yuan Xiao together while appreciating the full moon. Customs of ...]]>Tue 19 Jan 2010 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-festivals/traditional-chinese-festival/spring-festival(chinese-new-year).htmAbout Spring Festival The Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is the most important traditional festival in China and takes place in January or February. The festival begins on the First Day of the first lunar month and ends on 15th. Spring Festival is a very important occasion for the Chinese people, and it is a time for families to be together. So no matter how far away people are, they will try their best to go home and spend the festival with their families. Public ho...]]>Tue 19 Jan 2010 0:00:00 GMTjasminehttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/china-visa/apply-a-china-visa-at-the-port-of-entry.htmThu 14 Jan 2010 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/traditional-chinese-medicine/tibetan-medicine.htmTibetan Medicine...]]>Fri 8 Jan 2010 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/traditional-chinese-medicine/cupping.htmCupping...]]>Wed 6 Jan 2010 0:00:00 GMTacornshttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/general-china/China is located in eastern Asia, on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, with an total area of 9.6 million square kilometers. China's continental coastline extends for about 18,000 kilometers, and its vast sea surface is studded with more than 5,000 islands, of which Taiwan and Hainan are the largest. China has a continental climate and a latitude spanning nearly 50 degrees. Much of the landmass is located in the temperate zone, with the tropical and subtropical zones to the south, and reac...]]>Wed 6 Jan 2010 0:00:00 GMTlalahttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/more-about-china/the-silk-road.htmThe Silk Road...]]>Fri 25 Dec 2009 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-festivals/ethnic-minority-festival/tibet-new-year-festival(losa-festival).htmIntroduction The Tibetan New year, known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar. It is celebrated over a period of two weeks, and generally falls during the months of December and January, in the Western calendar, since it is regulated by the lunar calendar. In 2010, Tibetan New Year takes place on 14th, February. The Losar festival is celebrated by Tibetan peoples, and is marked by ancient ceremonies that represent the struggle between good and evil, by chantin...]]>Thu 29 Oct 2009 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/religions-and-beliefs/chinese-taoism.htmChinese Taoism...]]>Thu 15 Oct 2009 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/eight-distinct-regional-cuisine/other-culinary-schools.htmTue 13 Oct 2009 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/china-visa/Tue 29 Sep 2009 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/eight-distinct-regional-cuisine/sichuan-cuisine.htm Sichuan Cuisine, sometimes referred to as Chuan Cuisine, is one of the eight great cuisine schools of China. Sichuan Cuisine is often compared to Hunan Cuisine, since the dishes of both of these cuisine schools tend toward the spicy-hot, but where the spicy-hot dishes of Sichuan Cuisine are said to be dry hot, a term that is not easily grasped by outsiders or by those not keenly familiar with the cuisine traditions of these two provinces. We will attempt an explanation here based on a parall...]]>Sun 27 Sep 2009 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/eight-distinct-regional-cuisine/shandong-cuisine(lu-cuisine).htmSun 27 Sep 2009 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/eight-distinct-regional-cuisine/hunan-cuisine(xiang-cuisine).htm Hunan Cuisine, sometimes called Xiang Cuisine after the area's river of the same name, is one of the eight great cuisine schools of China. Like the other Chinese cuisine schools, the Hunan school is made up of the cuisine traditions of a number of regional styles. In the case of Hunan Cuisine, these are: the Xiang River, Lake Dongting, and western Hunan styles. Each of these regional styles is further represented by more local cuisine strains. The Xiang River style of Hunan Cuisine is represen...]]>Mon 21 Sep 2009 0:00:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-food/chinese-medicine-food.htmChinese Medicine Food...]]>