[Beijing] The Ruins of Miaojue Temple (妙觉禅寺遗址) is located in the Phoenix Mountain (凤凰岭), to the west of rural Beijing. A remain stele revealed that it...
[Beijing] The Ruins of Miaojue Temple (妙觉禅寺遗址) is located in the Phoenix Mountain (凤凰岭), to the west of rural Beijing. A remain stele revealed that it was built by Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (金章宗), the Jurchen-led Jin Dynasty (金朝), it was part of his imperial gardens which he had built to escape the heat from the capital city during summer.
The Temple was renovated in Ming dynasty and became a place where the eunuchs were ordained as Buddhist monks after their retirement. Although eunuchs were depicted as powerful figures in dramas and novels, but most of them were poor and came from the bottom of the society.
After their service to the imperial family, most of them would become a Taoist priest or Buddhist monk which they will devote their lives religiously till the end. Most eunuchs were despised and outcasted because they were castrated, so they would donate much of their money to monasteries or temples such as the Miaojue Temple.
Most of the buildings withered over time, the remaining ones were said to be torched by the Japanese army in the autumn of 1941, leaving just a ginkgo tree and some stone foundation, oh ya, not forgetting the stele which forms the ruin site of the Temple. 📍Beijing, China. 中国北京。🇨🇳
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jurchen 在 CiCi Li Facebook 的精選貼文
Stewed pork belly with glass noodles is the essence of Northeastern Chinese cuisine. It is one of the region’s four most popular stews. Due to the vast area and large population of Northeastern China, every family has its own recipe, based on individual tastes and preferences.
The recipe I am sharing with you is one that has been passed down for many generations in my family. I have been eating it since as early as I can remember. It’s something I grew up with, and it’s part of who I am.
It also has become my 2-year-old daughter’s favorite. She doesn’t usually eat meat, but when it comes to this stew, she just can’t get enough. “Rou rou mian mian!”—“Meat and noodles!”—she demands, pointing emphatically at the dish.
According to the legend, the origin of stewed pork belly with glass noodles is tied to the nomadic hunting life of the Manchu people of Manchuria and their Jurchen ancestors. They enjoyed eating big pieces of meat and made glass noodles out of potatoes. To endure the cold, they stewed the meat and the noodles together, and the dish gradually became a local signature. Today, Manchus form China’s fourth-largest ethnic minority, with many of them living in the Northeast.
To make their classic dish, pieces of pork belly are caramelized in a sugar syrup and stewed until so soft that they melt in your mouth. The noodles, added to the soup and cooked until al dente, soak up its rich flavors. This is what I call the ultimate comfort food.
https://m.theepochtimes.com/pork-belly-with-glass-noodles-comfort-food-from-northeast-china_2840052.html
jurchen 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的最佳解答
[生活美語] Wuxia Novels
實在太懷念台灣的生活了,竟然又開始看射鵰英雄傳。
看來金庸果然是留學生最好的朋友~
關鍵詞彙:
wuxia novel/martial arts fiction 武俠小說
The Condor Trilogy 射鵰三部曲
The Legend of Condor Heroes 射鵰英雄傳
mistranslation 錯誤的翻譯
native to... ...本地的
the story is set in... 故事的背景是在...(發生)
Song dynasty 宋朝
Jurchen-ruled 女真統治的
revolve around the friendship of 圍繞著友誼
become heroes in their own right 以他們自己的能力成為英雄
the Jin invaders 大金的入侵者
bond between the duo 兩人之間的聯繫
sworn siblings 宣誓的兄弟姐妹
trials and tribulations 試驗和苦難
Guo Jing 郭靖
under the care of 在照顧下
Literature 文學相關的詞彙: https://goo.gl/KkfMIY
★★★★★★★★★★★★
”The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the first part of the Condor Trilogy, but the English title is a mistranslation since both species of the condor, the Andean condor and Californian condor, are not native to China.
The story is set in the Song dynasty and at the beginning of the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty's invasion of northern China. The first part of the novel revolves around the friendship of two men, Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian, who became heroes in their own right as they fought the Jin invaders. The bond between the duo is so strong that they pledge to each other that their unborn children will become either sworn siblings (if both are of the same sex) or a married couple (if they are of opposite sexes).
The plot focuses on the trials and tribulations of their sons after Guo Xiaotian's death and Yang Tiexin's disappearance. Guo Xiaotian's son, Guo Jing, grows up in Mongolia under the care of Genghis Khan."
同學現在嘗試看看可不可以用英文介紹這本名作。
★★★★★★★★★★★★
Sources: https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/射鵰英雄傳; https://goo.gl/4d8fGg