Blogs: Tangyuan (food)

Lai Tang Yuan (Lai's Glutinous Rice Ball): the nutritious glutinous rice ball made by Lai (Surname of the maker) is soft and sweet. With more branches than McDonald's, Lai Tang Yuan is easy to find in Chengdu. ...

同时中国的传统文化也走出国门。输往国外。比如中国的宗教文化、茶文化、饮食文化、服饰文化也被外国所接受。于是英语中就有了Confucianism、Taoism、teaparty、tea time、silk、china、Chinese food、chopsticks、chopsuey(炒杂碎)、qipao等词汇。 .... 但 中餐中包馅的食品种类太多了，所以干脆把它们分别译为baozi、iiaozi、wonton、tang'yuan；“白酒”先译成alcohol，alcohol含有“酒精”的意思，容易把白酒和工业用酒精混淆起来，所以音译成baijiu；早先把“武术”译为Chinese boxing，但英语boxing的意思 ...