Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days ahead. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or laba. Three major customs on Laba are ancestor worship, eating Laba rice porridge and making Laba garlic. Laba rice porridge : There …
熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo Practice Makes Perfect 北宋时期，有个技艺高超的射手。一天, 他练习射箭，引来了一大群人观看。大家都称赞他的技艺,他也很得意。但是，人群中有个年长的卖油翁只是淡淡地点点头,这使射手很不高兴。他问那卖油翁:“你认为我的技术如何?”卖油翁回答:“没什么特别的,你只不过是反复练习，所以手法熟练罢了。”射手听后很不服气。于是，卖油翁把一个葫芦放在地上，在葫芦口上放了一枚铜钱，然后从大油壶里舀起一勺油，从高处往葫芦里倒。只见油就像线一样从铜钱中间的小孔里滴下去，一滴都没有漏出来。围观者都惊呆了。卖油翁说:“其实这只不过是天天练的结果。”后来，人们用这个成语来表示一件事熟练了就能做好。 Běi sòng shí qī, yǒu ge jì yì gāo chāo de shè shǒu. Dàn shì, rén qún zhōng yǒu ge nián zhǎng de mài yóu wēng zhǐ shì dàn dàn de diǎn diǎn tóu, zhèshǐ shè shǒu hěn bù gāo xìng. Tā wèn nà mài yóu wēng: “Nǐ rèn wéi …
Vietnam's 107-year-old 'pudding master' Patrick Sgro Thiểu Ngô has been serving up a beloved black sesame pudding on the streets of Hoi An for more than half a century. But the black sesame pudding xí mà is a favourite of the residents who live here – and the Ngô family's version is considered by many to be the best in …
