Farmers harvest jasmine flowers in a field in Liufeng village of Hengxian county, south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Aug 23, 2014. Hengxian is one of the main producing areas of jasmine flowers in China, yielding some 80,000 tons of fresh jasmine flowers per year and producing 60,000 tons of jasmine tea annually. Celebrate summer with jasmine tea and discover …
With the heat rising with every passing day, so does our craving for cool drinks and healthy fruits to keep us hydrated and feeling refreshed. Yang Yuhuan, one of the Four Beauties in ancient China and the favorite concubine of Emperor Tang Xuanzong, was renowned to be a big fan of lychees, as immortalized in a Tang-dynasty poem describing how …
Our Taco Fest 2024 is just under two weeks away and so what better time to brush up on some essential taco related vocab! Corn tortilla: 玉米饼皮 yù mǐ bǐng pí Flour tortilla: 面粉饼 miàn fěn bǐng or 小麦饼皮 xiǎo mài bǐng pí Hard shell: 脆皮 cuì pí Soft shell: 软皮 ruǎn pí Taco Names Rather than directly translating the …
Editor's note: As winter chill still lingers through early spring, longing for warm days has sprung up everywhere. The English translations used in this article are from Chinese translator Xu Yuanchong's editions in 300 Tang Poems, published by China Intercontinental Press in 2012, and 300 Tang & Song Poems, published by Hebei People's Publishing House in 2003. Written in a …
