CHINA By Shahad Al Hejji Sara Al Dossary Laila Ali Bohulaigah Reem Al Mulla Shahad Al Hejji Sara Al Dossary Laila Ali Bohulaigah

Outline FOOD CULTURE DANCE

Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest and most complex Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest and most complex. The area in which the culture is dominant covers a large geographical region in eastern Asia with customs and traditions varying greatly between towns, cities and provinces. Important components of Chinese culture includes literature, music, dance, cuisine, etc.

CHINESE CUISINE

Chinese food is well known around the world for its unique and appealing flavor along with its attractiveness to the eye. As quoted by someone, Chinese not only enjoy eating but believe eating good food can bring harmony and closeness to the family and relationships', holds true. Chinese food is a very unique and tasty cuisine that has grown in popularity and also found its modifications along the way.

Traditional Chinese Food There are five major styles of Traditional Chinese Food that can be attributed to the various territories in the country from which they originate and these regions are as follows: •Beijing and the North •Hunan •Sichuan and the West •Fujian and the East •Canton and the South These styles are different from each other because of elements like weather, availability of ingredients, history, geography, standard of living, and cooking methods. Nevertheless, the Chinese people comply with the religious principle of balance denoted by yin and yang. Yin means cool and yang means hot. This viewpoint motivates the Chinese to get equilibrium in their lives, including the foods they consume.

The cooking methods of yin and yang are given below: Yin: Poaching- Boiling- Steaming. Yang: Roasting- Deep-frying- Stir-frying. Yin foods and yang foods can be broadly categorized into the following: Yin Foods: Bean Sprouts- Cabbage- Carrots- Cucumber- Duck- Tofu- Watercress- Water. :Yang Foods -Beef- Bamboo- Crab- Chicken- Ginger- Egg- Mushrooms- Glutinous Rice- Sesame Oil.

2/ Chinese fried meatballs Examples of Traditional Chinese Food 1/ Jai 2/ Chinese fried meatballs

CHINESE CULTURE AND THE NUMBERS ..!

THE SUPERSTITIONS IN CHINA ABOUT NUMBERS Chinese culture is very interesting, considering the lucky and unlucky numbers. They have many beliefs into whether or not the numbers are considered lucky and unlucky. Their language tells a lot about all the different numbers. If a number sounds like a word in Chinese language it is often found that the words and numbers are associated with each other.

NUMBER 3 3: the number 3 in china is considered extremely lucky. number 3 stands for the holy trinity. in china it's good to have 3's in your phone number. people in china said: "GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES"

NUMBER 4 4: the number four in Chinese culture is very “UNLUKY’’ because the word four is similar to the word ‘death’. Most Chinese people don’t want the number 4 in their house number or telephone number.

NUMBER 7 The number 7 is a LUCKY number in most cultures, but not in china. This is because in Chinese the number “seven” sounds like the word “gone”. Also in china any number that ends with the number 7 is considered unlucky! **(THE) in line for **

Chinese Dance

The Thousand-hand dance As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart .. A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid .. As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart .. You will reach out with a thousand hands to help others ..

The Thousand-hand dance The Thousand-hand dance. It's performed by 21 deaf girls and boys from China's Disabled Peoples Performing Art Troupe. Relying only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once intricate and stirring.

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