Peking Roast Duck--World Gourmet

Beijing Roast duck is a local flavor of Beijing. It has a high reputation all over the world! Tasting the roast duck is a must thing for Visitors who come to Beijing. Beijing Roast Duck, a wolrd Gourmet. Climbing the Great Wall, enjoying Beijing Opera and savoring Beijing Duck are the three "musts" for those who visit Beijing for the first time.

The history

The history of the Roast Duck can be traced back to Yuan Dynasty(1206-1368)when it was listed among the imperial dishes in the Complete Recipes for Dishes and Beverages, written in 1330 by Hu Sihui, an inspector of the imperial kitchen. In the early 15th century, when the Ming Dynasty capital was shifted from Nanjing to Beijing, roast duck remained one of the famous dishes on imperial court menus. Then, Beijing Roast Duck comes up. During the Qianlong period (1736-1796), The roast duck is more and more popular. To satisfy the growing demand for roast duck, and also with an eye on the profits,many roast duck restaurants opened. So it also become people's favorite dish.

Cooking

Making Beijing duck needs special high skills. Crispy Beijing duck turns out brilliantly glossy after it is well roasted. The ripe duck is lacquered with  molasses, pumped wity air, filled with boiling water, dried and then roasted over a boiling fruitwood fire. The result, force-fed or not is delicious.The duck is served in stages. First comes boneless meat and crispy skin with a side dish of shallots, plum sauce and crepes, then duck soup made of bones and all the other parts except the quack.


How to eat

The unique delicacy of Beijing roast duck comes from the way it being roasted and the way it being eaten. Sit in the restaurant, seeing the cook chopping the whole duck into small pieces; one can't wait to taste this famous dish in China. The cuisine would come to your table with thin and small slices well-placed in the plate, together with condiments like sauce, pancake and so on. So, never miss the Beijing roast duck when tours in Beijing China.

There are three ways to eat Beijing Roast Duck:

1 Use the chopsticks to get some sweet sauce on the lotus leaf-made cake, then place several slice of roast duck on it, covered with green onions, cucumber or carrot, roll the leaf and one can eat directly. This is the most common way of eating roast duck.

2 Mashed Garlic, soy sauce, radish and other condiments. Garlic can cut the grease ; dip the roast duck piece into garlic, soy sauce, with a trace of spicy flavor offered.

3 Some people don't like the flavor of garlic or onions. They prefer the crispy duck skin by dipping the slice into sugar. This method is suitable for lady and children.

 It is said that the roast duck has a  high nutritious value. Many proffesional people acknowledge it. Beijing Roast Duck, a China traditional dish, a world gourmet! When you make a tour to China,remember to have a try!

Four Wonders of Mt. Huangshan--China Mountain Wonder

Huangshan,also called Yellow Mountain is one of the ten most important scenic spot and history sites in China. Its scenery amazes most of the tourists. As an old saying said” There is no need to visit any other mountains after tour Huangshan”. Legendary pines, oddly-shaped rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs are four wonders of Huangshan.

Legendary Pines

The Yellow Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles .The legendary pines can be seen everywhere on Mt. Huangshan. It is a wonder of Yellow Mountain. People will be amazed by their vitality and strength. It takes root in the crevices and grows with great vigor.  Many pines grow branches on one side only. The pines grow very slowly due to the poor soil and climatic conditions. A tree less than 3 meters (9.84feet) high may have grown for over one hundred years or even several hundred years.  Every pine is unique. Guest-Greeting Pine (in front of the stone lion of the Jade Screen Pavilion in the Jade Screen Scenic Area), Guest-Goodbye Pine (to the right of the Jade Screen Pavilion), Phoenix Pine at the Sky Sea, Chessboard Pine at Pingtian Stone Bridge, Cushion Pine at Lotus Valley, Kylin Pine between Bei Hai Hotel and the Refreshing Terrace, Black Tiger Pine and Sea Exploring Pine are among the most famous ones.

Oddly-shaped Rocks

The rocks of Huangshan are famous for its odd shapes. It looks like a man or animal?  Spectacular stony peaks will inspire people’s imagination. Some look like human beings, birds, animals or many other objects. Something that makes the stones even more fascinating is that they assume varied shapes when seen from different angles. Each of stone has its own fantastic legend.

Sea of Clouds

Mt. Huangshan is regarded as the hometown of the cloud and mist since the ancient time. It is a cloud fairy land in every seasons, but the Winter is the best season for this spectacle. The seas of clouds are divided into East Sea, South Sea, West Sea, North Sea and Sky Sea according to their different locations. If you climb up the Lotus Peak, the Heaven Capital Peak and the Bright Peak, you will find yourself above the level of the clouds and they appear as a sea beneath you. Peaks, large and small, hide and reappear in the boundless waves of clouds. The Bright Peak and the Heavenly Capital Peak looks like isolated islands engulfed the sea.
 The sunrise in Huangshan is a must-see. The cloud sea seems more vivid and colorful in the sunshine. They are changing forever, from being like a mirror when all is calm to rolling waves when the wind is strong. At sunrise or sunset, the glistening clouds assume every hue from red to purple. People cannot help marveling at this gift from the God! They will be struck by the beauty when the clouds gush between the peaks like a raging river while the red leaves flutter delicately in the breeze in autumn, when all the red leaves are floating on the white clouds.

Hot springs

Hot springs on Yellow Mountain is also very popular. It must be a good way for you to bathe, enjoy, relax and refresh in the hot springs. Running out of the Purple Peak of 850 meters (2, 789 feet), the hot spring in Mt. Huangshan is the first stop following the entrance. Legend has it that Huang Di, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, bathed here 49 days before he ascended to heaven and became immortal. Apart from the spectacles we have mentioned, there are still three large waterfalls that are well worth a visit.

Skiing enthusiasts make a wedding ceremony on ic

Harbin is a fabulous ice and snow city in winter China. Many tourists from around the world come to Harbin to enjoy the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival every year. Harbin is a wonderful place where people can enjoy the most recreational winter activities and experience the most forms of entertainment, such as winter swimming, ice hockey, soccer match on snow land, alpine skiing invitational tournament, ice sculpture competition, International ice sculpture competition, speed skating, poetry competition, photograph exhibition, wedding ceremony on ice…

One of the most popular and unique winter activities is the wedding ceremony on ice. Here are the new couples'wedding on the ice.