Culture is the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners and scholarly pursuits.
With a profound history of over 4000 years, Chinese tea is regarded as an exquisite art form that requires sampling. Tea has become the national drink and one of the three soft drinks in the world , the first one is coffee, the second one is cocoa and the last one is tea. Also Chinese tea usually related to some food, such as the most popular Chinese breastfast in Australia is call Yum Cha, it is the one related to the tea, when you sit down, and the waiter will come and ask you which tea do you want to drink(In China, they are many type of tea, green tea , red tea, black tea and white tea) the reason why is they think the taste of the tea is similar with the food and if you drink the tea during the meal time , it is perfect .The sets mainly include tea cup, pot and saucer. Their materials differ in porcelain, pottery, lacquer ware, glass, bamboo and wooden fish stone. What's more, tea ceremony is considered to be a good way to cultivate the minds. Through infusing, appreciating and tasting tea, people can nourish their inborn nature and promote friendship among each other (Kingsley) Junhua Fu Student ID: 12988424
Family and kinship is the core of social life in Bangladesh.
A family group residing in a bari (home) functions as the basic unit of
economic endeavor, landholding, and social identity. More than 50% of the
people still living in the villages the social trends tend to be where a man
run the family and leads the social norms however in the urban living the Women
have gain much acknowledgement in recent years.
Social gatherings on various occasions like Eid, Wedding, Pitha
(traditional winter dish) festival, Pohela Boishak (new year) are greatly
anticipated and celebrated. The Friday morning JUMMA prayer followed by a
hefty meal is a tradition in the city. The social groups varies in different parts of the country. The Sundarbans, the north, the central city and hill side, all have intensely rich heritage and their social lives has evolved around them.
Bangladesh has a rich, diverse culture. Its intensely deep-rooted
heritage is thoroughly reflected in its architecture, dance, literature, music,
painting and clothing. Bengali literature settled considerably during the
medieval period with the growth of popular poets such as Chandi Das, Daulat
Kazi an Alaol. The music in Bangladesh can be allocated into three main groups:
classical, modern and folk. Both vocal and instrumental classical music is relished
in Bangladesh. Ustad Ayet Ali Khan and Ustad Alauddin are two legendary
classical instrumental players that are internationally known. The country
takes pride in their nation language Bengali and has fought with bloodshed for
the freedom and independence therefore each year both national language day ,victory
and independence day along with Eid and Pohela Boishak (Bengali New Year) are
celebrated all over the country.
Bangladeshis eat Bhat (boiled rice) as their essential food
and major intake. Unlike other foods, bhat is eaten after mixing it with curry.
Commonly there is Bhaji (fry) and Bharta (mash), mainly made of countless
varieties of vegetables and fishes. Then they take a Jhol (gravy) of different
vegetables, cooked independently or mixed or in addition with fish. They also
take dal which is a soup made of pulses and alongside add various kinds of pickles
to enrich taste. Among some other widely
popular sweetmeats are Sandesh, a milk based dessert, Zarda which is sweetened
rice, Rasgolla and Kalojam-two popular milk-based, Rosh Malai round sweets
floating in thick milk, and the very renowned Pitha.
Pakistan has four provinces. Punjab, Sindh , Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan. People in Punjab speak Punjabi quite similar to
Urdu. People of Punjab are mostly associated with harvesting. The Khewra salt
mine is a tourist attraction. Common festivals of Punjab are Besant and Jashn-e-bahar. Rice Biryani
is the common dish of Punjab. Shalwar Kameez is the common dress .Baluchistan is
located in the south west of Punjab. This region is enriched with natural
resources. Like all the
other provinces of Pakistan the common dress is shalwar kameez with addition of a shawl or
chaddar which people used to cover face and body in hot and cold. Common food
of Baloch is Sajji which is a chicken dish. Cattle show is the unique festivel
of that area. Sindh is located in the south east of Pakistan. Common food is
Sindhi Biryani.Sindhi poetry is very famous in
Pakistan.Nature has gifted Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with rich cultural and
tourism friendly environment. It has the potential of becoming a big tourist
attraction in the world, due to its scenic beauty, geographical location,
climate and natural resources. Kalash festival is one of the known festival of that
region which held in spring.
Chinese culture includes many festival, and it related to the food as well.Different festival have their own food to eat or stand for some food and over the thousand years the Chinese people developed a large number of festival to please the Gods and to celebrate, so most of them are always pay attention at most of the festival, such as the moon-cake, they eat moon-cake in the festival of the mid-moon festival, it mean all the family member should stay together and stay safe for this year and the future.Also Chinese dumpling is a major food for the Chinese peoples and now enjoys worldwide popularity. Dumplings are usually eaten at the midnight. This kind of tradition has meaning of changing of years and changing the bad luck that you met to good luck for the future. Nowadays, dumpling has become a major food on the New Year's even and the first meal on the first day of New Year.
Chinese
cuisine includes styles originating from the diverse regions of China, as well
as the other parts of the Chinese culture countries. The history of the Chinese
food created a thousand years ago. Also different city have their own food
style as well, such as in the south part of China they not usually ate the
spicy food because by the weather and they are beside the sea, that caused
their food simple. In the north part of China,
most of the people like to ate spicy because they have the cold weather
so their cooking is more focusing on spicy. Rice is the main position of the
staple food for people from rice farming areas in southern China. Chinese
noodles come dry and fresh in a variety of sizes, and the northern Chinese
people like to eat noodle as the staple food.