Chinese Culture ——Food or Drinks.docx

Chinese Culture Food or Drinks By. SunChang & LiMengPart 1: What are theChinese Traditional/ specialfood/drinks? (1)Teacher make a brief introduction to bring in: There are so many traditional and special Chinese foods, according to the folk culture, district, religion, and festival. For the famous classes divided by district, there are style of Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, North-West, and so onor by folk, there are kajia, Yunan, Fujian, etc. These all above mentioned styles are well-known in the worldwide. Here, introduce some special dishes, perhaps you have had it, or you have never heard :(2)List some typically Chinese traditional food: show by video , ppt ,picture Teach some basic food/drinks words, sentencesDoufu（豆腐）Doufu is the most popular food in Chinese Society.It is also the main food in a faming family.The recipe shown : Unicorn Doufu with Yunnan HamMajor Ingredients : Bean curd, Yunnan Ham, Black MushroomsSteamed Fish（清蒸鱼）Chinese always make the fish recipes by steaming style.Just only with some light soy sauce and some seasoning.The recipe shown : Steamed Snakehead in Chaozhou StyleMajor Ingredients : Snakehead, Preserved Lemon, Spring Onion Dim Sum（点心，虾饺）Dim Sum is the most famous food in world-wide.It is a Guangdong Style snack which served as light meal.The recipe shown : Steam Shrimp Dumpling Major Ingredients : Shrimps, Pork, Wheat Flour for pastry Eggs In Tea（茶叶蛋）This is a very special snack of Guangdong.It is very nice food for the party, gathering, with beer.The recipe shown : Eggs In Chinese TeaIngredients : Eggs, Chinese Dark TeaFestive Dishes（节日食品）Because of the poor and hard lifestyle character of a farming society, the Chinese farming families would have food which were being get from the farming field, such as, potatoes, tomatoes, vegetable, sweet corn, mushrooms, etc. So, the Chinese will have many dishes of meat recipes like Chicken, Pork, Fish that they do not have in the normal days. The are some special snack, or to be said, festival food will be made during the Chinese festivals, Such as Sweet-Stick Cake and Turnip Pastry in Lunar New Year, Glutinous Rice Tamale in Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Cake in Middle Autumn Festival, etc, and Steamed Buns to the Birthday personMain Food(主食）Generally, we can divided the farming products of main food in China into 3 styles, those are, Rice in Southern and Eastern China, Wheat in Northern China and Sweet Corn in Middle, Northern, Western China. Because of their farming products, the people living in Southern China will have rice, congee or rice noodle as their main food, and who will have wheat made products like Bun, noodle, pancake in Northern China. The populace who living on seaside and lakeside will have seafood or lake fishes as meals. Of course, people can have any food as they want nowaday.Prat2:Use whatTeaching Methodologies (1)Communicative language teaching methodologyStep1.Teacher let all class communicate by group discussion. And here are the key questions of topic: l Question1:Do you like Chinese Food culture?l Question2:Why Chinese people like to eat these food?l Question3：What factors influence Chineses eat these food?l Question4:Compare Chinese & Western food. Step2.Group leader introduce their opinions adout above questions and explain the reason.Teacher may ask some detail questions at appropriate time.Step3.Teacher lead students make conclusions:l Chinesefood/drinks influencedby Chinese culture/locationl Chinese food/drinks stand for Chinese culture.l Compare Chinese & Western food culture.Chinese food: Taste Depends On ClimateThere is a big difference about the diets between Northern and Southern China, that is, the dishes made by Northern Chefs are in heavier taste and those are comparably light in Southern Chefs recipes, sometimes, we say it is tasty as sweet and fresh in Southern Chinese food. In the Northern and Western Provinces of China like Lingxia, hebei, Sichuan , Shenxi, and Yunnan, the diets are made in hot and spicy, because of the humid cold weather and high altitude, Chinese people wonder that to perspire is a good method for preventing diseases caused by humidity and cold. Chinese dumpling is one of the most important foods in Spring Festvial. Since the shape of Chinese dumplings is similar to ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots, they symbolize wealth. Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings during the New Years Eve. Chinese dumpling is also popular in other Chinese holidays or festivals, so it is part of the Chinese culture or tradition. The world we live in is full of varied cultures & traditions, each one featuring their own unique way of cooking & hence offering a diversified taste. Chinese cooking is one among the most followed ones.As a nation, China has several festivals and traditions. Accordingly they have varied dishes for each event. In America, Chinese skills of cooking are looked upon as an art. For centuries together, their delicious delicacies are tickling the taste buds of the Americans.Here are a few key features of Chinese cooking:1. Chinese cooking is relatively quite easy and quick.2. The specialties in Chinese items are categorized as per the nations culture, festivals & districts.3. Some examples are steamed fish, Doufu, dark vinegar rice served with ginger, din sum, etc.4. The basic ingredients of Chinese food are water and/or oil.5. Chinese cooking takes care of everyones personalized tastes as the food items that can be added to these dishes are quite optional and can be modified as per an individuals choice.The eastern and western cooking cultures Western cooking by far is considered the more easier than Eastern cooking. This could be attributed to several reasons. In western cooking the ingredients used are available internationally and is generally used across continents and therefore access to ingredients is easier. Eastern cooking culture is