Was Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) the first man to bring soybeans to U.S. and was Henry Ford’s $39,000 soybean suit the costiest? Beancurd, or tofu (doufu 豆腐)…
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Was Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) the first man to bring soybeans to U.S. and was Henry Ford’s $39,000 soybean suit the costiest? Beancurd, or tofu (doufu 豆腐)…
Lao Gan Ma (old godmother) chilli sauce is very popular, inside and outside of China, and for a while it was in my refrigerator too.…
The Chinese: A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants, by Sir John Francis Davis, esq. F.R.S. etc., had two volumes published…
Shenshi (绅士, shen-shih), literati, refers to the class of people in China who were educated therefore accorded with privileges. Aside from dressed differently, they could attend…
My Yeye and Nainai, and the list kinship titles or filial terms: 爷爷 奶奶 – Yeye and Nainai:- paternal grandfather/mother 公公 婆婆 (外公,外婆) – Gonggong and…
Many have questioned my relationship with my Yeye and Nainai. You’re right to wonder because Yeye and Nainai mean paternal grandfather and grandmother in Chinese…
Chinese idiom that when a man attains a high position, even his pets ascend to heaven with him ( 一人得道, 鸡犬升天 ), rings truth, still.…