Chinese Traditional Culture in the Eyes of Foreigners

Chinese traditional culture, no matter whether it is elegant or vulgar, always arouses the deep curiosity of foreigners who have deep feelings for Chinese culture.

Foreign tourists can often be seen in places with strong Chinese culture. At the Peking Opera Theater, many foreigners, like the locals, lounge around the four-square table, making cups of Longjing, gently tapping on the edge of the table to the beat of the drums, and shouting out their approval when they see something exciting.

"I know China has Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, and even Cantonese Opera, Hebei Opera, and Sichuan Opera, where the oil paint on the face can change." Dennis, who calls himself a "China expert", said, "I also like China's Wuliangye, which tastes even better than my own 15-year-old whiskey, so I'm going to take it back to Ireland and give it to my old man to try."

Zhang Yimou's "A Thousand Miles to Ride a Single Rider" has shown us that foreigners are y attached to and touched by traditional Chinese culture. Foreigners who love Chinese traditional culture, they come to China from far and wide, have their own unique knowledge of Chinese culture, Chinese people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and write books to spread Chinese culture to the world.

"Chinese culture is profound and profound, very much reflecting the state of life of the Chinese people, and it also serves as a bridge of communication between foreigners and China." Bassel, an American who has taught at a Chinese university for many years, knows Chinese culture like the back of his hand, "Laozi's Taoist thought is very poetic; Han Fei's Legalism is very innovative, and the five elements are the universal viewpoints by which the Chinese understand the world." In his spare time, Basel has learned the crowd's pastime: walking idly through the crowds of people, and occasionally stepping into a roadside teahouse for a sip of gaiwancha (tea in a bowl).

As early as 1911, an agriculturalist named King from the University of Wisconsin traveled to China to investigate the food culture of the Chinese people, and King authored a book called "Fifty Centuries of Farmers. King wrote a book, Fifty Centuries of Farming, in which he described Chinese culture from a land-based perspective. He sees the Chinese people as part of a whole ecological balance. The cycle is the cycle of man and "earth". People are born from the earth, food is taken from the earth, food is returned to the earth, and at the end of their lives, they return to the earth. From generation to generation, the cycle continues. Through this natural cycle, human beings have lived on this land for 5,000 years. People have become part of this cycle. Chinese agriculture is not an agriculture in opposition to the land, but an agriculture in harmony. From his deep understanding of Chinese culture, he affectionately called this culture "five grains culture".

"Five grains culture" is the epitome of Chinese food culture. And the "five grains" said first appeared in the Spring and Autumn period, the Warring States period, the "Analects?6?1 Weizi": "four bodies are not hard, five grains are not divided. But the explanation is different, we found the answer in Yibin Wuliangye Winery, five grain formula is: sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat, corn. Sorghum is also known as red grain, so there are said to be red grain, rice, glutinous rice, wheat, corn. The reason for the prevalence of the "five grains" is obviously due to the influence of the five elements. Therefore, in general terms, the five grains refer to several major grain crops.

The king of the people as the day, and the people to food for the day. Food and have five grains as the background, and Wuliangye from the five grains, focusing on the wine culture of strong aroma, sweet, color, pay attention to the quality of the wine culture inherent in the drink, pay attention to the drink after the long aftertaste, which coincides with the traditional Chinese culture embodied in the middle of the harmony of the cultural spirit.