Having dumplings for the New Year is a tradition in many families of the north.
(Photographed in 1962, Xinhua)
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饺子是一种特殊的节日食品， 也是一种常见的家常菜。 除夕之夜，全家围坐在一起， 揉Βιβλιοθήκη 团，包饺子，煮饺子， 共享欢乐时光。
rice glue ball’s shape is just
like the full moon appears in
the sky. This kind of dessert is
especially welcomed by
children.
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元宵节的传统食品是
元宵。元宵的形状就像满
月出现在天空，这种甜点
Chinese Food Culture
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Catalog
• The traditional staple food • The traditional festival food • Eight regional cuisines • Typical dishes • Summary
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On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival,
zongzi, or glutinous rice cake wrapped in reed leaf is the
festivity food. The Dragon Boat Festival has had more than 2,000
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years of history in China.
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Second to the Spring Festival in importance and grandness is the Midautumn Festival, when people get together
to have the moon cake. Because of
its round shape like that of the moon, the
moon cake symbolizes union. Every
Mid-autumn, when the bright round moon is hanging above, and all homes are united, people enjoy moon cakes while observing
dim a lot, especially New Year cake, Glutinous Rice Balls, lantern, people eat these foods, more in the aftertaste, inheritance history behind them and culture, reflects its cultural value!
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Chinese traditional staple food
• 米饭 Steamed Rice • 面条 Noodles • 馒头 Steamed bun • 包子 Steamed stuffed bun • 粥 Porridge
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The traditional festival food
cabbage, vermicelli, seaweed, tofu
and so on.
the moon.
重要性仅次于春节日是中
秋节，人们聚在一起吃月饼。
它的圆的形状像月亮，月饼象
征着团圆。每年的中秋，当明
亮的圆月挂上，家人团聚，一
起品尝的月饼，赏月。
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The traditional food
for Lantern Festival is rice
glue ball（元宵）. The
The traditional cultural value is greater than the nutritional value of food
In material wealth, people generally
superfluous energy today, many highenergy traditional festival food appears
在物质丰富，人们普遍能量过剩的今天，许多
高能的传统节日食品就显得暗淡了许多，尤其是年
糕、汤圆、元宵等食品，人们在食用这些食物时，
更多的是在回味、继承他们背后的历史和文化，体
现其2文02化0/2价/18值！
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Dumplings are a special
kind of holiday food, and also a common home-cooked dish. On Chinese New Year’s Eve, the whole family sits in a circle, kneading the dough, mixing the filling, rolling the wrap, wrapping, pinching, and boil the dumplings, all the while having a good time.
是由儿童特别欢迎。
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The Laba Festival, the day in
most parts of China have the
custom of eating Laba
porridge. Laba is a harvest year
with eight fresh food and fruits
boiled, usually for the sweet
porridge. porridge in addition to
rice, millet, mung bean, cowpea,
peanut, jujube and other raw
materials, but also add pork, radish,