Jiaozi, also known as Chinese dumplings, is a must-have during holidays in Northern China. It dates back to ancient times.
Jiaozi is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year. Since jiaozi is in the shape of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots(银锭), it symbolizes wealth(象征着财富). Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings on New Year's Eve. They may hide a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will be likely to have good luck. As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi in the hope of having a good future in the coming new year.
Based on your taste, you can make different kinds of Chinese dumplings using different fillings. There is no set rule as to what makes dumpling fillings. They can be anything from vegetables, meat or seafood. Whatever the fillings are, the wrapping(包)skill needs to be exquisite(精美的) to make jiaozi good-looking.
As China is a country with a vast territory(幅员辽阔), there are differences in different areas in ways of making jiaozi or even serving it. For example, dumpling wrappers are made with a rolling stick in Beijing and Hebei province, while in some parts of Inner Mongolia, wrappers are hand-pressed.
【小题1】When did Chinese people probably begin to have jiaozi?________________________________________________________
【小题2】What does jiaozi symbolize?
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【小题3】Why do people choose to eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve?
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【小题4】Do people need to follow set rules to make dumpling fillings?
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【小题5】How are dumpling wrappers made in some parts of Inner Mongolia?
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China is a great and beautiful country which has about five thousand years’ history. Do you want to know something traditional about it? Here are two examples.
Kung fu | “Kung fu” is the popular name given to Chinese martial arts in the West. It refers to a number of different styles of fighting that have developed over hundreds of years in China. These different styles are often called “schools”. One of the most famous schools is the Shaolin School. It comes from the Shaolin Temple at Songshan in Henan Province. |
TCM | TCM Today when people in the West need medical help, they often choose a“new” kind of medicine that is actually quite old. They choose traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). TCM uses many different kinds of treatments. Herbal medicines are used, for example, to help bring balance to the body. Many of the treatments used in TCM have helped people for thousands of years. |
【小题2】Where is the Shaolin Temple?
【小题3】Is TCM really a new medicine?
【小题4】What is herbal medicines used for?
【小题5】Which is older, Kung fu or TCM?
Chinese shadow puppetry (皮影戏) is a form of theatre acted by colorful silhouette figures (剪影人物) that are made of paper and something else, showed by music and singing. ①它已经成为中国民间文化的重要组成部分。 Do you know it’s development?
(Chart I图一) | *Over 2,000 years ago, it was first performed. *It became popular in the Tang Dynasty and developed highly in the Qing Dynasty. *In 2011 it was added to the Represetative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. *In Dec. 2018, Shanghai Theatre Academy became the base for the inheritance (继承) of shadow puppetry. |
②The paper is cut into the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet (木偶) is painted in bright colors and put on a thin stick.
During a shadow play, performers stand or sit behind a white screen with lights behind it, and they move the puppets around. The audience (观众) sit in front of the screen. Of course, the performers need to dub (为……配音) different persons.
(Chart Ⅱ图二)
But the old art can’t attract (吸引) the young now. Many of them show no interest in it. That’s why some masters decide to offer new ideas and tell new stories in the traditional art.
【小题1】What is Chart I about?【小题2】Please complete the third thing in Chart II ( ▲ ).
【小题3】How do the masters do to attract the young?
【小题4】请将文中划线①处译为英文。
【小题5】请将文中划线②处译为中文。
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