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Spring Roll It has been a seasonal ritual in many regions of China to 1) ______ the start of spring, or the solar term of lichun, with a meal of spring rolls. The English name is a(n) 2) ______ translation of the Chinese chunjuan. The first green vegetables, sprouts and maybe some root vegetables stored over winter are 3) ______ and cooked down to a hot stew. These fillings are 4) ______ onto soft flour crepes, wrapped up and eaten as the family gathers around the table. Spring roll wrappers are now easily available in any Chinese supermarket or Asian 5) ______ , but I will never forget how I watched a wizened old woman create a pile of crepes by the roadside in Fujian. She had a hot griddle on coals in front of her, and she was twirling a very soft ball of dough in her right hand. She had to keep 6) ______ it to keep it together. Every two minutes or so, she wiped the dough ball on the griddle, leaving behind a thin layer of batter which 7) ______ formed a white crepe. Using a wooden spatula, she 8) ______ the crepe over to join the growing pile by the griddle, and was already wiping the dough a second time on the hot plate before the first had fully settled on the pile. It was mesmerizing, this one-woman production line. I squatted by her side and 9) ______ questions at her in my terrible Fujianese and she smilingly answered every one, without missing a beat in her crepe-making. It's just salt, flour and water, but that was the best bit of cooking alchemy that I had ever seen. Her crepes were chewy, salty and 10) ______ enough to contain the dripping vegetable stew without breaking. Perfect.
The History of Guangbing Guangbing is a bread product that 1) ______ from Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province, and is popular in Fujian and has spread to other areas including parts of Southeast Asia such as Indonesia and some Malaysian towns, as well as other places where the dominant Chinese community is of Fuzhou and Fuqing 2) ______ (where it is sometimes nicknamed "Foochow bagels"). Guangbing is made with lard, onions, salt, flour and assorted fillings. A ball of dough with or without fillings is flattened with a rolling pin. It is then 3) ______ onto the insides of a traditional home-made Chinese oven in which charcoal is burned and baked for approximately 15 minutes. Guangbing is no bigger than a palm and sells for about 1 yuan on the streets. Locals love it, not only because of the 4) ______ and salty taste, but also because of a legendary story. This food was invented by Qi Jiguang, a military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty. 5) ______ had it that when Qi Jiguang led his troops into Fujian against Japanese pirates, he noticed that the enemies could always 6) ______ where his troops camped because of the smoke that rose up to the sky when the soldiers prepared their meals. However, those pirates were not troubled by the same problem as they brought onigiri with them. So Qi invented a kind of bread with a hole in the center so that they could be 7) ______ together to be conveniently carried along. Later, to 8) ______ Qi Jiguang's victory against the pirate raiders, the bread was named guangbing. East China's Fujian is not a traditional wheat production area, but local residents have a deep-rooted 9) ______ link with guangbing, as it contains not only childhood memories, but also a stream of historical importance, as well as symbolizes the 10) ______ of culture.
Since the 1980s, Chinese architectural design has gradually become more open, and exhibits multiple styles. Throughout the 20th century, Western-trained Chinese architects 1) ______ to incorporate traditional Chinese designs into modern (usually government) buildings, with only limited success. The pressure of rapid urbanization throughout 2) ______ China for speedier construction and a higher floor area ratio, has decreased the demand for traditional Chinese buildings, which are normally less than three levels, in favor of modern architecture. However, the traditional skills of Chinese architecture, including major carpentry, minor carpentry, masonry, and stone masonry, are still 3) ______ to the construction of vernacular architecture in the vast rural areas of China. China’s increasing 4) ______ in the global economy and preparations for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing resulted in the hiring of internationally-known foreign architects to 5) ______ landmark buildings. The National Grand Theater, an enormous titanium and glass dome surrounded entirely by water, was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. The Bird’s Nest Stadium was designed by Swiss architects, and Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas designed the new headquarters for China’s state television network, CCTV, two L-shaped high-rise towers 6) ______ inward and linked at the top and bottom. The government spent $1.5 billion on these buildings and rewrote its engineering codes so that they could be 7) ______. The new Beijing Airport can handle up to 60 million people in one year. The Beijing National Aquatics Center, also known as the “Water Cube”, was designed by PTW Architects from Sydney, Australia in 8) ______ with CSCEC (China State Construction Engineering Corporation) International Design and Arup to host water sports events during the 2008 Olympics. Chongming Dongtan Ecological Town, on Chongming Island in north Shanghai, will be a communications and entertainment center with educational sites, high-technology industries and 9) ______ houses and a population of 50,000. Shanghai World Finance Center, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates from New York, will reach a new world record of 429 meters when 10) ______.
Courtyard houses may be big or small, or 1) ______ in the number of courtyards. In the construction of a courtyard house, its magnitude and design were based not only on the owner’s 2) ______ situation but also on his social status. Ancient China honored strict hierarchical principles which found its expression also in the construction of courtyard houses. During the Qing Dynasty, the 3) ______ of the princes were called wangfu, while those of other royal family members could only be called fu. Wangfu was of great magnitude. Its main house was called dian (hall), its roofs were covered with green glazed tiles and its gates and walls were painted red. Fu was normally smaller in size than wangfu, its main house could not be called dian and it was not roofed with glazed 4) ______. Apart from these there were also rules in 5) ______ with the number of rooms, 6) ______ paintings, the height of the foundations as well as the number of decorative nails on the gate. The residences for commoners were called zhai or di and the roofs and walls were of gray color. The allotment of the houses in a courtyard house also called for 7) ______ of the old from the young and of master from servants. Zhengfang was for the elder generation while xiangfang was for their children. The 8) ______ had no choice but to live in daozuo in the front courtyard. So far, some of the well-preserved model courtyard houses in the urban district have been on the list of preserved cultural 9) ______. Some courtyard houses, like that of Prince Gong’s, have been opened to the public and have 10) ______ numerous tourists.