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- [Historical Sites]Jinze - Home to Bridges
- Jinze of Shanghai has been crowned as "Hometown of Bridges in Jiangnan". According to Records of Jinze compiled in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty, there were 42 rainbow bridges. However, only 28 ancient bridges could be tr...
- By:Published:2008-12-10 09:11:15 Clicks:109 Comment:0View...
- [Historical Sites]Songze Ancient Culture Site
- Having undergone a series of archeological investigation and excavation, a primitive village site has been discovered at Songze Village, five kilometers east to Qingpu County Seat of Shanghai. The site could date back to five or six thousand...
- By:Published:2008-12-10 09:07:42 Clicks:113 Comment:0View...
- [Pork Dishes ]Pepper-Salt Spareribs, Shanghai Style
- 3/4 lb (350 g) spareribs 4 cups (1 litre) vegetable oil for deep-frying 1 tbsp rice wine 5...
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- [Others ]Deep-Fried Stuffed Lotus Roots, Shanghai Style
- 9 oz (250 g) lean boneless pork, minced or ground 2 eggs, separated 9 oz or 2 1/4 cup (250 g) flour 1 lb (500 g) fresh lotus roots 1 tsp salt, or to taste 1 tbsp soy sauce 2 cups (500 ml) vegetable oil fir deep-frying; uses about 5 oz (150 ml) ...
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- [Fish & Seafood Dishes ]Braised Prawns, Shanghai Style
- 7 prawns, whole 3 1/2 oz (100 ml) stock 3 1/2 oz (100 ml) vegetable oil or lard 1 1/2 tbsp tomato sauce 1/2 tsp scallions, chopped 1/4 tsp soy sauce 1/2 tsp fresh ginger, chopped 1 tbsp cornstarch (cornflour) dissolved in 1 tbsp water 4 tsp r...
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- [Others ]Stir-Fried Spinach, Shanghai Style
- 1 lb (500 g ) spinach 4 1/2 tsp soy sauce or 2 tsp salt, or to taste 10 tsp (50 ml) vegetable oil 1 1/2 tsp sugar 1. Trim the spinach and wash well to remove all sand. 2. Heat 7 tsp of the oil in a wok until the oil surface ripples....
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- [Custom]Straw Dragon Dance (草龙求雨)
- Straw dragon dance is a recreation of Mulam ethnic minority. As the name suggests, the straw dragon is woven with straw. A long straw curtain is woven first, which is divided into three branches that stick up to signify "dragon tail"...
- By:Published:2008-12-05 14:59:39 Clicks:36 Comment:0View...
- [Folk Arts]Shaoxing Opera (越剧)
- Shaoxing opera (or Yueju - simplified Chinese: 越剧; traditional Chinese: 越劇; pinyin: Yuèjù , Yue opera) is a relatively new local Chinese opera popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. It originated in Shengxian County (pres...
- By:Published:2008-12-05 14:38:22 Clicks:52 Comment:0View...