Food In Ancient China

Author : Rongguang Zhao,Gangliu Wang,Aimee Yiran Wang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781938368288

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A History Of Food Culture In China by Rongguang Zhao,Gangliu Wang,Aimee Yiran Wang Pdf

Since the 1980s, China has developed a broader and deeper connection with the world. One of the most intriguing aspects of Chinese culture is its rich cuisine and fascinating cooking.China is a nation with a long history of food culture, and food has become an essential part of Chinese culture.This book tells in sprightly and straightforward language about the structure of traditional Chinese food, food customs for festivals and celebrations in China, Chinese dining etiquette, traditional food and cooking methods, healthy and medicinal diets, as well as historical exchanges of foods between China and other nations. It can present to the readers a complete and truthful picture of the summarized history and culture of Chinese food.Published by SCPG Publishing Corporation and distributed by World Scientific for all markets except China

Author : Robert N. Spengler
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520379268

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Fruit from the Sands by Robert N. Spengler Pdf

"A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable and cognitive read.”—Nature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America, China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The exchange of goods, ideas, cultural practices, and genes along these ancient routes extends back five thousand years, and organized trade along the Silk Road dates to at least Han Dynasty China in the second century BC. Balancing a broad array of archaeological, botanical, and historical evidence, Fruit from the Sands presents the fascinating story of the origins and spread of agriculture across Inner Asia and into Europe and East Asia. Through the preserved remains of plants found in archaeological sites, Robert N. Spengler III identifies the regions where our most familiar crops were domesticated and follows their routes as people carried them around the world. With vivid examples, Fruit from the Sands explores how the foods we eat have shaped the course of human history and transformed cuisines all over the globe.

Author : Roel Sterckx
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139495448

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Food, Sacrifice, and Sagehood in Early China by Roel Sterckx Pdf

In ancient China, the preparation of food and the offering up of food as a religious sacrifice were intimately connected with models of sagehood and ideas of self-cultivation and morality. Drawing on received and newly excavated written sources, Roel Sterckx's book explores how this vibrant culture influenced the ways in which the early Chinese explained the workings of the human senses, and the role of sensory experience in communicating with the spirit world. The book, which begins with a survey of dietary culture from the Zhou to the Han, offers intriguing insights into the ritual preparation of food - some butchers and cooks were highly regarded and would rise to positions of influence as a result of their culinary skills - and the sacrificial ceremony itself. As a major contribution to the study of early China and to the development of philosophical thought, the book will be essential reading for students of the period, and for anyone interested in ritual and religion in the ancient world.

Author : Fu Chunjiang
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9789812299840

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Origins of Chinese Food Culture (2012 Edition - EPUB) by Fu Chunjiang Pdf

Origins of Chinese Food Culture is the latest addition to Asiapac's collection of books on Chinese culture. This volume brings you through the origins, history, customs, and fascinating tales behind the intricate and perplexing labyrinth of customs and taboos, and the art and science of Chinese food culture. Did you know that: * Tables and chairs did not enter common usage until the Southern Song period? * Female chefs were once the rage in ancient China? * Zhuge Liang defeated his enemy with mantou? * Youtiao was also known as 'deep-fried ghost'? * Chopsticks were once reputed to detect poison? Read about all these and many other enthralling facts in this info-packed book. With this well-illustrated and easy-to-read volume, understanding Chinese culture has never been easier.

Author : Yitzchak Jaffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781009408356

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Food in Ancient China by Yitzchak Jaffe Pdf

This Element provides an overview of food and foodways in Ancient China, from the earliest humans (~500k BP) up to its historical beginnings: the foundation of the Zhou dynasty (at the start of the 1st millennium BCE). While textual data provides insights on food and diet during China's historical periods, archaeological data is the main source for studying the deep past and reconstructing what people ate, how they ate and with whom they ate it. This Element introduces the plants and animals that formed the building blocks of ancient diets and cuisines, as well as how they created localized lifeways and unifying constructs across ancient China. Foodways, how food was grown, prepared and consumed, was central in the development of differing social, economic and political realities, as it shaped ritual and burial practices, differentiated ethnic groups, solidified community ties and deepened or assuaged social inequalities.

Author : Candice Ransom
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512476439

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Tools and Treasures of Ancient China by Candice Ransom Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have you ever worn silk? Eaten Rice? Used a calendar? All these things came from ancient China. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Chinese lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!

Author : Mu-chou Poo,Muzhou Pu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107021174

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Daily Life in Ancient China by Mu-chou Poo,Muzhou Pu Pdf

This book employs textual and archaeological material to reconstruct the various features of daily life in ancient China.

Author : E. N. Anderson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812246384

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Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China by E. N. Anderson Pdf

Chinese food is one of the most recognizable and widely consumed cuisines in the world. Almost no town on earth is without a Chinese restaurant of some kind, and Chinese canned, frozen, and preserved foods are available in shops from Nairobi to Quito. But the particulars of Chinese cuisine vary widely from place to place as its major ingredients and techniques have been adapted to local agriculture and taste profiles. To trace the roots of Chinese foodways, one must look back to traditional food systems before the early days of globalization. Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China traces the development of the food systems that coincided with China's emergence as an empire. Before extensive trade and cultural exchange with Europe was established, Chinese farmers and agriculturalists developed systems that used resources in sustainable and efficient ways, permitting intensive and productive techniques to survive over millennia. Fields, gardens, semiwild lands, managed forests, and specialized agricultural landscapes all became part of an integrated network that produced maximum nutrients with minimal input—though not without some environmental cost. E. N. Anderson examines premodern China's vast, active network of trade and contact, such as the routes from Central Asia to Eurasia and the slow introduction of Western foods and medicines under the Mongol Empire. Bringing together a number of new findings from archaeology, history, and field studies of environmental management, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China provides an updated picture of language relationships, cultural innovations, and intercultural exchanges.

Author : Paul Clarence Challen,Paul Challen
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778720373

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Life in Ancient China by Paul Clarence Challen,Paul Challen Pdf

Along China's Yellow River, a mighty and technologically advanced civilization grew and flourished for thousands of years without any contact from the rest of the world. Life in Ancient China explores the daily lives of early the Chinese people, profiles the great dynasties that ruled China over the centuries, and introduces important religious and philosophical contributions, such as Confucianism, Daosim, and Buddhism. Enduring Chinese innovations, such as writing, papermaking, and The Great Wall are also featured.

Author : E. N. Anderson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0300047398

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The Food of China by E. N. Anderson Pdf

Looks at the role of food in Chinese government policy, religious rituals, and health practices, traces the evolution of Chinese cuisine, and discusses the absence of food taboos

Author : Gu Ban
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1614274959

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Food and Money in Ancient China by Gu Ban Pdf

2013 Reprint of 1950 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. There are four ancient histories of China. The second oldest is the Han Shu, the "Book of Han," which is divided into the Former Han and Later Han dynastic histories. Chapter 24 of the Former Han Shu, dealing with food and money, comprises the bulk of this scholarly work. The value of the "Book of Han" lies in the fact that it was written shortly after the period which it describes (the Former Han Dynasty covers the period from 206 B.C. to A.D. 19). The historian had access to materials which have since been lost and, what is more, was in a position to reproduce faithfully the spirit of the era. The shortcomings are, from an economist's point of view, the lack of systematic specific in- formation on prices and on forms of economic activity. Nevertheless, Han Shu 24 makes interesting reading. The author(s) recorded the then prevalent belief that agriculture is the basis of all endeavor and that trade is a somewhat superfluous, and often wicked, enterprise. Another idea preserved for posterity is that the forces of the market have to be contained. During the Han period a number of emperors instituted complicated price-equalization programs for agricultural commodities, and one of the early Han rulers unequivocally recognized that the demand for agricultural commodities was highly inelastic. The orientation of this probably definitive translation is toward the Chinese language scholar and, in a lesser way, toward the historian. The additional commentaries, of which there are a number in the book, are slanted the same way.

Author : Kwang-chih Chang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : 0300027591

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Food in Chinese Culture by Kwang-chih Chang Pdf

Studies food traditions in each major period of Chinese history, noting the impact of methods of preparing, serving, preserving, and eating foods on Chinese culture

Author : R. Sterckx
Publisher : Springer
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781403979278

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Of Tripod and Palate by R. Sterckx Pdf

Attitudes toward food and commensality constituted a central fiber in the social, religious, and political fabric of ancient Chinese society. The offering of sacrifices, the banqueting of guests, and the ritual preparation, prohibition or consumption of food and drink were central elements in each of China's three main religious traditions: the Classicist (Confucian) tradition, religious Daoism, and Buddhism. What links late Shang and Zhou bronze vessels to Buddhist dietary codes or Daoist recipes for immortality is a poignant testimony that culinary activity - fasting and feasting - governed not only human relationships but also fermented the communication between humans and the spirit world. In Of Tripod and Palate leading scholars examine the relationship between secular and religious food culture in ancient China from various perspectives.

Author : Dale Anderson
Publisher : In the Hands of a Child
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art, Chinese
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Ancient China by Dale Anderson Pdf

Uses art and artifacts to examine the world of ancient China from its political and religious structure to its cultural characteristics.

Author : Ku Pan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0598941185

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Food and Money in Ancient China, the Earliest Economic History of China to A. D. 25 Han Shu 24, with Related Texts, Han Shu 91 and Shih-Chi 129 by Ku Pan Pdf