英语作文舞狮

篇一：舞狮子

中国传统文化（舞狮子）

舞狮，又称“狮子舞”、“狮灯”、“舞狮子”，多在年节和喜庆活动中表演。狮子在中国人心目中为瑞兽，象征着吉祥如意，从而在舞狮活动中寄托着民众消灾除害、求吉纳福的美好意愿。舞狮历史久远， 《汉书·礼乐志》中记载的“象人”便是舞狮的前身；唐宋诗文中多有对舞狮的生动描写。现存舞狮分为南狮、北狮两大类。

舞狮（lion dance）。舞狮是中国优秀的传统民间艺术，每逢佳节或隆重庆典，民间都以狮舞来助兴。狮子舞在旧时称"太平乐"；在豫北当地人俗语称：“玩狮”，至今在新乡、焦作、安阳等地一直流传。而到了唐代（公元618～907年）时更得到广泛的发展。狮艺在当时已成为过年过节、行香走会中的必备节目。

南北朝时期开始流行，至今已有一千五百多年的历史。

表演者在锣鼓音乐下, 装扮成狮子的样子, 作出狮子的各种形态动作。中国民俗传统, 认为舞狮可以驱邪辟鬼。故此每逢喜庆节日，例如新张庆典、迎春赛会等, 都喜欢敲锣打鼓, 舞狮助庆。

舞狮亦跟随着华人移居海外而闻名世界，马来西亚、新加坡等地相当盛行舞狮。聚居欧美的海外华人亦组成不少醒狮会，每年的春节或重大喜庆, 他们都会在世界各地舞狮庆祝。舞狮还代表欢乐，代表幸福，代表人们心中的祝福，是生活美好的象征！ 舞狮分为两类：文狮、武狮。文狮子一般是戏耍性的。擅长表演各种风趣喜人的动作，比如：挠痒痒、舔毛、抓耳挠腮、打滚、跳跃、戏球等等。武狮子则重在耍弄技巧。最普通的是踩球、采青、过跷跷板，难的甚至要做武功性的表演，比如走梅花桩这样的高难动作。

历史前期：舞狮是一种亚洲民间传统表演艺术，表演者在锣鼓音乐下扮成狮子的样子，作出狮子的各种形态动作。中国民俗传统，认为舞狮可以驱邪辟鬼。故此每逢喜庆节日，例如新张庆典、迎春赛会等，都喜欢打锣打鼓，舞狮助庆。舞狮亦跟随着华人移居海外而闻名世界，马来西亚、新加坡等地及各国唐人街都相当盛行舞狮。但中国大陆的民间舞狮实际已经日渐减少。聚居欧美的海外华人亦组成不少醒狮会，每年的春节或重大喜庆，他们都会在世界各地舞狮庆祝。舞狮起源众说不一。神话传说是以前山中出现狮子，吃掉村庄内的村民，后来村民学会武功，格毙狮子，村民模仿狮子的形态而成为舞狮；亦有神话版本说是如来佛把狮子引走，因此南狮中常有“大头佛”引领狮子。亦有传说有村民以纸扎狮子及锣鼓驱走年兽，演化成为舞狮。较为可靠的说法是：中国本身没有狮子，在中华文化中，“狮”本来是和“龙”、“麒麟”一样都只是神话中的动物。到了汉朝时，才首次有少量真狮子从西域传入，当时的人模仿其外貎、动作作戏，至三国时发展成舞狮；南北朝时随佛教兴起而开始盛行。史书中，《汉书礼乐志》中提到“象人”，据三国时的解

释，就是扮演“鱼、虾、狮”的艺人。到了唐朝，舞狮是大型宫廷舞蹈表演的一种。

当时的“太平乐”亦称为“五方狮子舞”出于天竺与狮子国等国。白居易的诗中描述狮子舞：“假面胡人假面狮，刻木为头丝作尾，金镀眼睛银作齿，奋迅毛衣摆双耳”，可见当时的舞狮跟今日我们所见的已十分相似。舞狮有着悠久的历史，它是中国与西域之间文化交流的产物。早在一千九百年前，波斯通过了丝绸之路同中国进行了双方的商业贸易，同时也促进了两国之间的文化交流。波斯使者还把狮子等动物运到中国，当时中国中原地带不产狮子，但随着接下来的古代中国与西亚、印度等国之间进行友好交往，更多的狮子来到了中国境内。

历史后期：狮子体型威武，被誉为百兽之王，而中国一般不受狮患所害，因此民间对狮子有了亲切感，把它当成威勇与吉祥的象征，并希望用狮子威猛的形象驱魔赶邪，造成狮形以镇压或以示威武。中国社会历来以农为本，配合节气变更与农事生活、各种节日或迎神喜典应运而生，在这些节庆中，人们为了所求生活平安详宁，以神或瑞兽来驱鬼娱神演变下来，这种形式便渐渐具有娱乐民间的意义。随着人们对狮子的喜爱，就不满足于立门墩、屋檐、石栏、印章、年画上静止的狮子艺术形象，他们要让狮子活起来，于是他们便创造了模拟狮子行为的舞蹈，再加以改进和发展成为中华民族的一门独特艺术。民间舞狮活动虽然由来已久，但这门艺术起源却是众说纷纭。行家遍翻群书，追根到底也只能从各种记载中悟出一些头绪，这又包括种种的传说。

“中国醒狮之乡”---广东省湛江市遂溪县 遂溪县政府决定从2005年开始，每年12月8日都举行“遂溪醒狮艺术节”。“遂溪醒狮艺术节”就2005年举行过一次；后来就没举行过。2004年首届“遂溪醒狮艺术节”于11月26日开幕。当天，在该地的文化广场和县城主要街道，举行了精彩的醒狮展演和“狮乡之夜”文艺晚会，11月27日至12月8日，各地醒狮队轮番表演，切磋技艺。此外，还举办了与醒狮有关的书法摄影展。

遂溪的民间醒狮活动历史悠久，源远流长。近年来，当地政府遵循“积极保护、合理开发、有效利用、鼓励竞争”的原则，坚持“现代与传统并重，推进文化事业全面发展”的思路，积极发展民间醒狮艺术，醒狮队伍不断壮大，民间醒狮团队已有255个，其中高桩狮28个，地狮227个，表演者过万人。舞狮是一门集武术、舞蹈、锣鼓于一体的综合性艺术。遂溪的舞狮队中，有男子、女子醒狮队；单狮、双狮；地狮、高桩狮；高桩单狮、高桩双狮等，形成独具特色的醒狮艺术风格，多支舞狮队在全国大赛上获奖，其中的文车醒狮队还到法国巴黎参加“中法文化年”展演，2003年12月遂溪县被中国民间文艺家协会命名为“中国醒狮之乡”。遂溪醒狮属于南狮，享有醒狮之乡之美誉，曾代表中国出访多个国家。并担任2008北京奥运会开幕式醒狮表演特约嘉宾。

篇二：元宵节英语作文

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.

元宵节是在阴历正月的十五，通常在阳历的二月或三月。早在西汉时期（公元前206年至公元25年），它已经成为具有重要意义的节日。

This day's important activity is watching lanterns. Throughout the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), Buddhism flourished in China. One emperor heard that Buddhist monks would watch sarira, or remains from the cremation of Buddha's body, and light lanterns to worship Buddha on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, so he ordered to light lanterns in the imperial palace and temples to show respect to Buddha on this day. Later, the Buddhist rite developed into a grand festival among common people and its influence expanded from the Central Plains to the whole of China.

这一天的重要活动看花灯。在汉代（公元前206年至公元220年），佛教在中国盛行。一个皇帝听说僧侣可以看到舍利，或是从火化的佛体中能得到舍利，他就下令阴历第一个月的第十五天在故宫和寺庙点灯拜佛来展示对佛的尊敬。后来，佛教仪式发展成为普通民众的重大节日，而其影响从中原地区一直蔓延到整个中国。

Till today, the lantern festival is still held each year around the country. Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are hung in the streets, attracting countless visitors. Children will hold self-made or bought lanterns to stroll with on the streets, extremely excited. "Guessing lantern riddles"is an essential part of the Festival.

直到今天，全国各地每年都举行元宵节。各种形状和大小的灯笼挂在街上，吸引无数的游客。孩子们提着自制或购买的灯笼在街上闲逛，非常兴奋。”猜灯谜”是这个节日的重要组成部分。

Lantern owners write riddles on a piece of paper and post them on the lanterns. If visitors have solutions to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answer. If they are right, they will get a little gift. The activity

emerged during people's enjoyment of lanterns in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). As riddle guessing is interesting and full of wisdom, it has become popular among all social strata.

灯笼的主人会将谜语写在一张纸上，贴在灯笼上。如果游客能解开灯谜，他们就能将纸条拿去灯笼的主人那里检查他们的答案是否正确。如果他们是对的，他们将会得到一份小礼物。在宋代（960-1279）出现了灯笼，人民喜欢这个活动。猜灯谜是有趣和充满智慧的，它已成为深受社会各阶层的喜爱。

People will eat yuanxiao, or rice dumplings, on this day, so it is also called the

"Yuanxiao Festival."Yuanxiao also has another name, tangyuan. It is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as filling. Tangyuan can be boiled, fried or steamed. It tastes sweet and delicious. What’s more, tangyuan in Chinese has a similar pronunciation

with "tuanyuan”, meaning reunion. So people eat them to denote union, harmony and happiness for the family.

在那一天人们会吃元宵，粽子，因此，被称为“元宵节”。元宵还有另外一个名字，汤圆。那是一种小粽子由糯米粉和玫瑰花瓣，芝麻，豆沙，枣糊，核桃肉，干水果，糖和食用油做成的。汤圆可以煮，炒或蒸。它的味道是甜的，美味的。而且，汤圆在中国与“团圆”的发音相似，含义团聚。因此人们吃汤圆来表联盟，家庭和谐与幸福。

In the daytime of the Festival, performances such as a dragon lantern dance, a lion dance, a land boat dance, a yangge dance, walking on stilts and beating drums while dancing will be staged. On the night, except for magnificent lanterns, fireworks form a beautiful scene. Most families spare some fireworks from the Spring Festival and let them off in the Lantern Festival. Some local governments will even organize a fireworks party. On the night when the first full moon enters the New Year, people become really intoxicated by the imposing fireworks and bright moon in the sky.

在节日的白天有如舞龙，舞狮，划旱船，扭秧歌，踩高跷和打太平鼓等的表演。在晚上，除了华丽的花灯，艳丽多姿的烟火也形成了美丽的景色。大多数家庭在春节腾出一些烟花，留到元宵节放。一些地方政府甚至会组织焰火晚会。在新年的第一个月圆的晚上，人们都陶醉在燃放的烟火和空中的明月。

篇三：英语作文

1.狮舞（Lion Dance）是中国最广为流传的民间舞蹈之一。狮为百兽之首，在中国传统中，狮子被视为是能带来好运的吉祥物（mascot）。古人将狮子视作是勇敢和力量的化身，能驱赶邪恶、保护人类。据记载，狮舞已拥有了2,000多年的历史。在唐代（the Tang Dynasty），狮舞就已经被引入了皇室。因此，舞狮成为元宵节（the Lantern Festival）和其他节日的习俗，人们以此来祈祷好运、平安和幸福。

The Lion Dance is one of the most widespread folk dances in China.The lion is the king of animals. In Chinese tradition, the lion is regarded as a mascot, which can bring good luck.Ancient people regarded the lion as a symbol of braveness and strength, which could drive away evil and protect humans. The dance has a recorded history of more than 2,000 years. During the Tang Dynasty, the Lion Dance was already introduced into the royal family of the dynasty. Therefore, performing the lion dance at the Lantern Festival and other festive occasions became a custom where people could pray for good luck, safety and happiness.

2.中国将进一步发展经济、扩大开放，这对海外企业（enterprises）意味着更多的商机。改革开放以来，中国企业与海外企业一直积极开展经济技术合作，并取得了巨大成就。海外企业不仅帮助了中国企业的成长，而且也在合作中获得了收益。中国政府将继续提供有利的政策和条件，推动中国企业与国外企业进一步开展合作。

China will develop its economy further and open itself wider to the outside world,which offers more business opportunities to overseas enterprises. Since China’s reform and opening up, Chinese enterprises have been cooperating with overseas enterprises in terms of economy and technology, and have scored great achievement. Overseas enterprises have not only helped Chinese enterprises with their growth, but also benefited from the cooperation. Chinese government will continue to offer favorable policies and conditions to promote the further cooperation between Chinese and overseas enterprises.

3.假日经济的现象表明：中国消费者的消费观正在发生巨大变化。根据统计数据，中国消费者的消费需求正在从基本生活必需品转向对休闲、舒适和个人发展的需求。同时，中国人的消费观在蓬勃发展的假日经济中正变得成熟。因此产品结构应做相应调整，来适应社会的发展。另一方面，服务质量要改善，以满足人们提高生活质量的要求。

The phenomenon of holiday economy shows that Chinese people’s consumption concept is undertaking great changes.According to statistics, the demands of Chinese consumers are shifting from the

basic necessities of life to leisure, comfort and personal development.Therefore, the structure of products should be adjusted accordingly to adapt to social development. On the other hand, services should be improved to satisfy people’s demand for an improved quality of life.

4.端午节，又叫龙舟节，是为了纪念爱国诗人屈原。屈原是一位忠诚和受人敬仰的大臣（minister）,他给国家带来了和平和繁荣。但最后因为受到诽谤（vilify）而最终投河自尽。人们撑船到他自尽的地方，抛下粽子，希望鱼儿吃粽子，不要吃屈原的身躯。几千年来，端午节的特色在于吃粽子（glutinous dumplings）和赛龙舟，尤其是在一些河湖密布的南方省份。 The Duan Wu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a loyal and highly esteemed minister, who brought peace and prosperity to the state but ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified.People got to the spot by boat and cast glutinous dumplings into the water,hoping that the fishes ate the dumplings instead of Qu Yuan’s body. For thousands of years, t

he festival has been marked by glutinous dumplings and dragon boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.

5.2013年6月20日在中国各地，剧估计60万儿童和他们的老师观看了有宇航员（astronaut）王亚平在距离地球300公里的上空所讲授的科学课。王亚平与两个同事乘坐天宫一号实验舱(the Tiangon-1 laboratory module) 执行为期两周的任务。她在课上进行了一系列太空的物理演示。在有些演示中还对比了在地球上重力（one-gravity）环境下同样的实验。这堂物理课不仅让孩子们享受了一堂知识与乐趣兼具的物理课，也显示了我国通信科技的前进。 On June 20, 2013, an estimated 600 thousand school children and their teachers across China watched a science lesson taught from 300km above the Earth by astronaut Wang Yaping. Wang is aboard the Tiangong-1 laboratory module with two crewmates, for a two-week mission. Her lessons were a series of physics demonstrations in the space. In some demonstrations,she compared with the same experiment under the one-gravity environment on Earth. The lesson has not only offered children a physics lesson with knowledge and interest, but also shows the advance in communication technology of China.

6. 朝气蓬勃，充满活力，丰富多彩的上海是现代中国的缩影。虽然上海的文化遗迹不能与北京媲美，但是上海迷人的城市风貌，风格各异的万国建筑为这座城市注入了无限的魅力。今日之上海，已经成为享誉中外的国际大都市。漫步在这座日新月异的现代大都市里，你会发现许多精彩的历史亮点，隐现在众多摩天大楼背后的是上海发展变化的轨迹。它们记述了上海自十九世纪末开埠以来，尤其是新中国成立以后，是如何迅猛发展的。

Shanghai is a dynamic, diverse and stimulating city - the very epitome of modern China.Though Shanghai cannot rival Beijing in cultural heritage, its varied architectural styles and cosmopolitan feel give it a charm of its own. Today's Shanghai has become a world-famous international metropolis. A walk through this booming city reveals many glimpses of its colorful past. Hidden a mongst the skyscrapers are remains of the original Shanghai.They keep on showing how Shanghai has been developing fast and enormously since its opening as a commercial port in the late 19th century, especially after the founding of new China.

7.近代以来，亚洲经历了曲折和艰难的发展历程。亚洲人们为改变自己的命运，始终以不屈的意志和艰辛的奋斗开辟前进道路。今天，人们所看到的亚洲发展成就，是勤劳智慧的亚洲人民不屈不挠、锲而不舍奋斗的结果。亚洲人民深知，世界上没有放之四海而皆准的发展模式，也没有一成不变的发展道路，亚洲人民勇于变革创新，不断开拓进取，探索和开辟适应时代潮流，符合自身实际的发展道路，为经济社会发展打开了广阔前景。

In modern times, Asia experienced twists and turns in its development. To change their destiny, the people of Asia have been forging ahead in an indomitable spirit and with hard struggle. Asia's development achievements today are the result of the persistent efforts of the industrious and talented Asian people. The people of Asia re fully aware that there is no ready model or unchanging path of development that is universally applicable. They never shy away from reform and innovation.Instead, they are committed to exploring and finding development paths that are in line with the trend of the times and their own situations, and have opened up bright prospects for economic and social development.

8.、吸烟之危害，可谓大矣，其严重性是不能低估的。吸烟污染空气，损害健康，使肺癌发病率大大增加。为了使各国人民关注烟草的盛行及预防吸烟导致的疾病和死亡，世界卫生组织已将每年的5月31日定为“世界无烟日”。瘾君子们说，一天饭不吃可以，一个时辰不抽

烟就难捱了，不能戒。只要真正意识到吸烟有百害而无一利，于人于己都是一种祸害，就有可能下决心摆脱烟草的诱惑。戒烟贵在坚持，坚持下去就是收获。

Smoking does great harm to human and its

gravity should not be underestimated. Smoking pollutes air, damages health, and increases the incidence of lung cancer. To arouse the awareness about the prevalence of tobacco in all the countries and to prevent smoking-induce diseases and deaths, the WHO (World Health Organization) has defined May 31stin every year as World No-Tobacco Day. The tobacco addicts say that smoking is impossible to quit because they could do without meals in a day but would feel tortured without tobacco in two hours. However, when one realizes that smoking is harmful in many ways but beneficial in no way and that it is a curse to others as well as to he himself, he will be determined to resist the temptation of tobacco. To quit smoking requires persistence and so long as one persists,he’ll be rewarded.

9.越来越多受英文教育的海外华人父母，已经认识到孩子在掌握不可或缺的英文的同时，也通晓中文的重要性。中国的崛起，让他们充分认识到孩子掌握双语的好处——既能增加他们的就业机会，也能让他们接触和熟悉东西方两种不同的文化。这些人对中文的态度几乎没有完全改变。曾几何时，他们还非常骄傲地宣称自己只懂英文。现在，他们已开始积极支持孩子学习中文和中国文化，而且还不时走访中国，欣赏壮观的自然风光，认识丰富的文化遗产。 An increasing number of English-educated Chinese parents overseas have come to the realization that while English learning is indispensable to their children, it is essential that their kid shave a good command of Chinese. China’s rise has fully awakened their awareness of the fact that their kids can benefit rom their bilingual ability which can not only enhance their competitiveness in the job market, but also facilitate their exposure to and familiarity with the two different cultures between the East and the West. They have hardly changed their attitudes towards Chinese. At one time they proudly declared that they knew English only. Now, they have begun to give full support to their kids learning Chinese and its culture, and they also make occasional visits to China,where they can enjoy its magnificent natural landscape and get to know its rich cultural heritage.

10、我赞同许多东亚学者的观点，东方文明可以医治盛行于西方世界的一些顽疾。西方世界个人自由主义泛滥导致了极端个人主义、性关系混乱以及过度暴力行为，对此我们不能视而不见。//

相反，东方社会的自我约束力，集体责任感以及温厚儒雅的传统倒可以消除西方社会的许多恶疾。// 在这个信息时代，世界已缩小成一个地球村。这个地球村里，不再有什么泾渭分明的东方世界和西方世界，我们是生活在同一个社区里的邻里。// 因此，我们彼此之间无须冲突。我们之间的关系应该是一种友好合作，平等互补的关系。我们应该相互理解，相互学习，和睦共处。

I share the same view with many East Asian scholars that the Oriental civilization can heal some of the prevailing ,stubborn Western ills. We should not turn a blind eye to the fact that individual freedom has gone overboard in the West, resulting in extreme individualism, sexual promiscuity and excessive use of violence.// By contrast,self-discipline, corporate responsibility and the pacific tradition of East Asia can offset many Western vices.// At this age of information, the world has shrunk as a global village in which there will be no clear-cut worlds of the East and the West any more, but a world of one communit

y with neighboring families.// Therefore,we do not necessarily have to come into clash with each other. Our relationship is one of friendly cooperation, equality and mutual complementarity and therefore,we should understand and learn from each other, and live in harmony.//

11.、国际贸易的基本原则是平等互利，各国追求各自的利益是正常的，出现一些摩擦和纠纷也是不可避免的。关键要以冷静而明智的态度正确对待和处理摩擦和纠纷。// 就中美贸易而言，互利共赢的经贸关系给两国人民带来了实实在在的经济利益。今天，美国在华投资设立的企业已超过4 万家，投资额达450 亿美元。// 美国500 强企业有400 多家进入中国，大多数企业获利丰厚。与此同时，在美国市场上，许多中国商品受到美国消费者的青睐。中国在美国投资设立的企业已超过1000 家。// 我们可以预见，中美贸易摩擦将随着经贸关系的深化而凸显，但是中美经贸合作的总体发展是不可逆转的。主要有两个原因，其一：中美贸易具有很大互补性。其二：中国产品具有明显的劳动力成本优势。//

Equality and mutual benefit is the fundamental principle of international trade. Therefore, it is normal that countries will seek to protect their own interests, which may lead to trade friction sand disputes. The key lies in how to cope with these issues correctly in a cool and wise manner.// As for China-US trade, mutually beneficial and win-win trade and economic ties have delivered tangible economic benefits to the two peoples.Now, with over 40,000 U.S.- invested enterprises, the total investment in China

stands at $45 billion.// Of the top 500 U.S companies, more than 400 have their business in China, and most of them are making handsome profit. At the same time, many Chinese commodities have become favored choices of American consumers.Meanwhile, the number of Chinese-invested enterprises in the United Sates has surpassed 1,000.// We predict that trade disputes between China and the United States will become more acute along with the further development in bilateral trade and economic cooperation. The overall development in bilateral trade and economic cooperation is, however, irreversible. There are two factors contribute to this trend.Firstly, the Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations enjoy complementarities in vast fields. Secondly, China has an outstanding labor cost advantage.//

12、中国国际出版集团是中国最大的、最权威的外语出版发行单位，其前身是中央人民政府新闻出版署国际新闻局。// 我集团坚持“让中国走向世界，让世界了解中国”的出版原则，全心致力于中国外语教育与研究事业的发展，全心致力于中外文化交流事业的拓展。// 为了加强对出版人才队伍的建设，为了满足日益增长的特殊出版业务的需要，我集团每年都要选派一些青年员工到国内外知名高等学府和研究机构进修，// 根据我们的发展战略，我们会将前进的步伐迈出国界走向世界，瞄准海外读者群，这一战略已取得了良好的开局。// The China International Publishing Group is the largest and the most authoritative foreign language publishing and distribution establishme

sent to noted universities and research institutions, both domestic and overseas,for further studies.// As is clearly spelled out in our new development strategy,we will go beyond our national boundaries and wedge ourselves into the world circulation market, aiming at the international readership. Our initial effort shave been very rewarding.//

13.改革开放30 年来，随着中国逐渐崛起成为政治经济强国，海外人士学习汉语的现象与日俱增，海外孔子学院也成了人们学习中国语言和中国文化的首选之地。// 通过学习汉语，他们对这个和自己文化大相径庭的古老文明产生了浓厚的兴趣，而且有机会了解中国的哲学、艺术、医学、饮食文化，亲身体验这个文明古国的风采。// 作为第二文化，中国文化也丰富了他们的生活和世界观。可以说，这个潮流方兴未艾。越来越多的学习汉语的美国人除了对中国菜肴赞不绝口之外，也在尝试针灸，草药和武术。//他们也看功夫电影，学习东方时装潮流和手工艺，不知不觉的在日常生活中谈及中国的点心，人参、银杏，乌龙茶等。目前在美国最热门的中国文化是道家学说和有着神秘色彩的风水学。

As China is rising as a political and economic world power, thanks to its three-decade reform and opening up, more and more people in overseas countries start to learn Chinese and turn to a Confucius Institute in their own countries as their first choice learning Chinese language and Chinese culture.// During the learning process, the learners concurrently develop their interest in this ancient land, whose civilization is so vastly different from theirs. And the learners have opportunities to learn about Chinese philosophy, art, architecture, medicine and catering culture and experience first-hand the splendors of this venerable civilization.// As the second culture, Chinese culture has eiched the life and world outlook of the learners. This trend, so to speak, is gathering momentum and is there to stay. Apart from their love for Chinese cuisine, more and more American learners of Chinese language are turning to Chinese acupuncture ,herbal medicines, martial arts.// They are also interested in kongfu films,fashions and crafts. Seemingly outlandish words such as dim sum, ginseng,gingko, oolong cha have crept into their everyday language. The latest Chinese cultural icons to make its impact there are Taoism, and ancient school of thought, and fengshui, an ancient art of placement.//

14 、上海菜系是中国最年轻的地方菜系，通常被成为“本帮菜”，有着400多年的历史。同中国其他菜系一样，“本帮菜”具有“色，香，味”三大要素。//上海菜的特点是注重调料的使用，食物的质地和菜的原汁原味。其中最著名的有特色点心“南翔小笼”和特色菜“松鼠鲑鱼”。//“南翔小笼”是猪肉馅，个小味美，皮薄汁醇。“松鼠鲑鱼”色泽黄亮，形如松鼠，外皮脆而内肉嫩，汤汁酸甜适口。//在品尝过“松鼠鲑鱼”之后，我们常常惊讶于“松鼠”的形状，觉得在三大评价标准上在添加“形”这个标准才更合适。//

Shanghai cuisine , usually called Benbang cuisine, is the youngest among the major regional cuisines in China,with a history of more than 400 years. Like all other Chinese regional cuisines,Benbang cuisines takes “color, aroma and taste” as its essential quality elements.//Shanghai cuisine emphasizes in particular the expert use of seasonings, the selection of raw materials with quality texture, and original flavors. Shanghai cuisine is famous for a special snack known as Nanxiang Steamed Meat Dumpling sand a special dish called “Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish”.//Nanxiang Steamed Meat Dumplings are small in size, with thin and translucent wrappers, filled inside with ground pork and rich tasty soup. Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish is yellow-colored and squirrel-shaped, with a crispy skin and tender meat, all covered with a sweet and sour source.//After tasting Squirrel-Sha