Starcardigan @ Midi Festival (Shaoxing 2016)
6 november 2016. Shaoxing MIDI Festival. Starcardigan (electronic pop, electro, indietronica, nu-disco, sinthwave)
Shaoxing
Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. It was formerly known as Kuaiji and Shanyin and abbreviated in Chinese as 越 from the area's former inhabitants. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou to the southeast, Jinhua to the southwest, and Hangzhou to the west. The city itself is lined with numerous canals and waterways, giving it a classic Jiangnan style scenery though more mountainous than is typical for Jiangnan. At the 2010 census, its population was 4,912,339 inhabitants whom 1,914,683 lived in the built-up area of Hangzhou-Shaoxing, with 8,156,154 inhabitants.
Shaoxing has long been a hotbed of Chinese cultural activity, producing such luminary figures as Wang Xizhi, Zhou Enlai, Lu Xun, and Cai Yuanpei. It is widely known throughout China for Shaoxing wine, meigan cai, and stinky tofu, and was recently featured on A Bite of China. Its local variety of Chinese opera sung in the local dialect and known as Yue or Shaoxing opera is second in popularity only to Peking opera. In 2010, Shaoxing celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the city.
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RICE COOKER HACKS – Chinese Braised Pork Belly dong po rou Recipe [东坡肉]
Dong po pork (simplified Chinese: 东坡肉; pinyin: dōngpōròu) is a classic Hangzhou dish.The pork belly is cut thick, about 1.8 inches square, and consist equally of fat and lean meat. After a long time simmering, it is so tender that you can literally scoop it with a spoon.
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Back to Song Dynasty, famed poet Su dong Po was working in Hangzhou, he finds out that Hangzhou people don't like to eat pork because it is too fat that they don’t know how to cook it. Su dong po likes to drink, so he decided to use wine instead of water to braise the pork. It was curious trying but turns out amazing. The wine balance out the fat of the pork belly, so no matter how fat the pork is, it doesn’t taste greasy. Then he shared it with local people which is the reason it becomes so famous now.
**INGREDIENTS**
- 1 pound [453grams] of pork belly
- 4 tbsp of light soy sauce [Pearl River Bridge Natural Brewed Light Soy Sauce:
- 2 cups of shao xing wine [Amazon Link:
- 2 tbsp of sugar
- 2 tbsp of red yeast rice (color option) [Amazon Link:
- some spring onion
- 10 slices of ginger
- 8 cloves of garlic
- some water
**HOW TO MAKE DONG PO ROU**
- Blanch the pork belly to remove the bad smell. Put it in cold water and bring it to a boil. Boil it for 2 or 3 minutes.
- Put it under running water to cool down the temperature.
- Cut it into 1.8 inches squares. Use a rope to tie it. This is totally optional. I do this just to keep the square shape and so it's easy to take out later. After simmering for a long time, the pork usually turns into a weird shape and it is so tender that you can barely pick up.
- You can use rice cooker/pressure cooker/regular pot/slow cooker to make this.
- Add a lot of spring onion. Just place it in, try to cover the whole bottom!
- Then put 8-10 slices of ginger and 8 cloves of garlic on top of it.
- Place your pork in, skin down. Then add the sugar and the soy sauce
- And 2 cups of shao xing wine. Don’t freak out with that amount of wine. This is like the soul of dong po rou. It gives the dish its signature aroma and rich taste. By the time it finishes, all the alcohol will evaporate, and you will be left with juicy and tender meat.
- Red yeast rice is the last ingredient. I like to use it as food coloring because it is natural. Soak it with 1/3 cup of water for 10 minutes. Press it down with a spoon you can feel that the rice is soft and you are able to crush it to get more color out of the rice. We use the liquid to add color. If you don’t have it, don’t worry, you can skip it or substitute with 1 tsp of dark soy sauce. It doesn’t affect the taste no matter what you use- just the color will be different. If you use dark soy sauce then the color will be dark brown, if you use Red yeast rice then it will be dark red which i think it looks better.
- Pour the color in and also add some water. We already added 2 cups of shao xing wine, so you don’t need a lot, just a little bit like that. You are free to add more water while it's simmering though. If you use a stovetop or another tool, the water will evaporate differently. You don’t want to burn it, so keep an eye on the liquid level.
- The whole technique behind this dish is to bring it to a boil and let it simmer for hours. As I said before, my rice cooker is really bad. It only has 2 settings - rice and congee. But even this one works. I just put it on the rice setting and let it cook for 2 hours. If you got a nice rice cooker which has fancy options like braising the pork. Pick that one. You can also do this in a regular pot, bring it to a boil and stew it on low heat for 2-3 hours. If you have a pressure cooker, you will only need 30 minutes... I am sure a slow cooker will also be good but I don’t have one so I can’t tell you how long it takes. You gotta figure that out. What ever you use please understand that the goal is to let it simmer until the meat is tender. Different tools require different cooking times. Use my video to help you know what it should look like.
- when it is done, there should be about a half cup of sauce left. Spoon out all the fat. Pour the sauce over the pork. You are done.
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Fujian | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:24 1 History
00:02:33 1.1 Prehistoric Fujian
00:05:10 1.2 Minyue kingdom
00:06:04 1.3 Han dynasty
00:08:02 1.4 Jin era
00:09:29 1.5 Sui and Tang dynasties
00:10:09 1.6 Min kingdom
00:11:08 1.7 Song dynasty
00:13:45 1.8 Ming dynasty
00:14:30 1.9 Qing dynasty
00:15:56 1.10 Republic of China
00:16:26 1.11 People's Republic of China
00:17:24 2 Geography
00:20:07 3 Transportation
00:20:16 3.1 Roads
00:21:08 3.2 Railways
00:22:57 3.3 Air
00:23:46 4 Administrative divisions
00:25:33 4.1 Urban areas
00:25:42 5 Politics
00:29:25 6 Economy
00:32:35 6.1 Economic and Technological Development Zones
00:33:14 7 Demographics
00:34:46 7.1 Religion
00:35:35 8 Culture
00:39:02 9 Tourism
00:42:33 10 Notable individuals
00:46:13 11 Sports
00:47:11 12 Education
00:47:20 12.1 High schools
00:47:50 12.2 Colleges and universities
00:48:00 12.2.1 National
00:48:25 12.2.2 Provincial
00:49:36 12.2.3 Private
00:49:46 13 See also
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SUMMARY
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Fujian (福建; alternately romanized as Fukien) is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou, while its largest city by population is Xiamen, both located near the coast of the Taiwan Strait in the east of the province. The name Fujian came from the combination of Fuzhou and Jianzhou (present Nanping), a city in Fujian, during the Tang dynasty.
While its population is chiefly of Han origin, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China. Historically the dialects of the language group Min Chinese were most commonly spoken within the province, including the Hokkien dialects of southeastern Fujian. This is reflected in the abbreviation of the province's name (閩). Hakka Chinese is also spoken, by the Hakka people in Fujian. Min and Hakka Chinese are unintelligible with Mandarin Chinese. Due to emigration, a sizable amount of the ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines speak Hokkien.
As a result of the Chinese Civil War, Historical Fujian is now divided between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) based in Taiwan, and both territories are named the Fujian province in their respective administration divisions. The majority of the territory of historical Fujian (the mainland territory and a few islands) currently make up the Fujian province of the PRC. The Fujian province of the ROC is made up of the Matsu Islands, the Wuqiu Islands and the Kinmen Islands, the two latter archipelagos constituting Kinmen County.
With a population of 39 million, Fujian ranks 17th in population among Chinese provinces. Its GDP is CN¥ 3.58 trillion, ranking 10th in GDP. Along with its coastal neighbours Zhejiang and Guangdong, Fujian's GDP per capita is above the national average, at CN¥ 92,830. It has benefited from its geographical proximity with Taiwan.
Hangzhou | Wikipedia audio article
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Hangzhou
00:01:30 1 History
00:01:38 1.1 Early history
00:02:22 1.2 Tang dynasty
00:04:39 1.3 Song dynasty
00:10:00 1.4 Yuan–Qing
00:11:46 1.5 Republican and Communist China
00:12:27 2 Geography
00:13:02 2.1 Climate
00:14:50 3 Administrative divisions
00:16:19 4 Demographics
00:17:26 5 Economy
00:18:37 5.1 Economic and Technological Development Zones
00:20:44 6 Tourism
00:24:05 7 Religion
00:24:14 7.1 Scenic places near West Lake
00:25:06 7.2 Other religious buildings
00:25:59 7.3 Islam
00:26:38 7.4 Judaism
00:27:08 7.5 Christianity
00:27:26 8 Culture
00:27:35 8.1 Language
00:28:06 8.2 Museum
00:28:50 8.3 Food
00:30:06 8.4 Arts
00:30:46 8.5 Specialty
00:31:24 9 Transportation
00:31:34 9.1 Port
00:31:49 9.2 Air
00:33:11 9.3 Rail
00:35:10 9.4 Bus
00:35:33 9.5 Public transportation
00:35:53 9.6 Metro
00:37:28 9.7 Taxis
00:38:18 10 Education
00:38:27 10.1 Universities
00:40:12 10.2 Primary and secondary schools
00:41:21 11 Twin towns – sister cities
00:41:41 12 Chinese sayings
00:43:05 13 See also
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Hangzhou (Mandarin: [xǎŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen); local dialect: /ɦɑŋ tseɪ/) formerly romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in East China. It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for much of the last millennium. The city's West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site immediately west of the city, is among its best-known attractions. Hangzhou is also considered a World City with a Beta+ classification according to GaWC..
Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area, the fourth-largest in China. During the 2010 Chinese census, the metropolitan area held 21.102 million people over an area of 34,585 km2 (13,353 sq mi). Hangzhou prefecture had a registered population of 9,018,000 in 2015.In September 2015, Hangzhou was awarded the 2022 Asian Games. It will be the third Chinese city to play host to the Asian Games after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. Hangzhou, an emerging technology hub and home to the e-commerce giant Alibaba, also hosted the eleventh G20 summit in 2016.
Nanjing | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:37 1 Names
00:04:35 2 History
00:04:43 2.1 Early history and foundation
00:06:15 2.2 Capital of the Six Dynasties
00:08:27 2.3 Destruction and revival
00:09:32 2.4 Southern capital of Ming dynasty
00:15:49 2.5 Qing dynasty and Taiping Rebellion
00:17:41 2.6 Capital of the republic and Nanking Massacre
00:20:37 2.7 Chinese Civil War and People's Republic
00:21:37 3 Geography
00:23:46 3.1 Climate and environment
00:27:06 3.2 Cityscape
00:27:14 3.3 Environmental issues
00:27:23 3.3.1 Air pollution in 2013
00:29:08 4 Government
00:29:34 4.1 Administrative divisions
00:29:47 5 Demographics
00:31:09 6 Economy
00:31:17 6.1 Earlier development
00:33:02 6.2 Modern times
00:34:44 6.3 Today
00:37:12 7 Transportation
00:37:48 7.1 Rail
00:39:15 7.2 Road
00:41:51 7.3 Public transportation
00:42:47 7.4 Air
00:43:57 7.5 Water
00:44:58 7.6 Yangtze River crossings
00:46:09 8 Culture and art
00:46:54 8.1 Art
00:47:47 8.2 Festivals
00:48:37 8.3 Libraries
00:49:15 8.4 Museums
00:50:18 8.5 Theater
00:50:44 8.6 Night life
00:51:51 8.7 Food and symbolism
00:52:45 9 Sports and stadiums
00:55:13 10 Architecture
00:55:31 10.1 Imperial period
00:55:40 10.1.1 Inside the walled city
00:56:36 10.1.2 Outside the walled city
00:57:12 10.2 Republic of China period
00:57:28 10.2.1 Inside the walled city
00:59:38 10.2.2 Outside the walled city
01:00:15 10.3 People's Republic of China period
01:00:46 11 Education
01:02:20 12 Sister cities
01:02:40 13 Notable people
01:02:51 14 See also
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SUMMARY
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Nanjing (listen), alternately romanized as Nanking and Nankin, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China and the second largest city in the East China region, with an administrative area of 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi) and a total population of 8,270,500 as of 2016. The inner area of Nanjing enclosed by the city wall is Nanjing City (南京城), with an area of 55 km2 (21 sq mi), while the Nanjing Metropolitan Region includes surrounding cities and areas, covering over 60,000 km2 (23,000 sq mi), with a population of over 30 million.
Situated in the Yangtze River Delta region, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having served as the capital of various Chinese dynasties, kingdoms and republican governments dating from the 3rd century to 1949, and has thus long been a major center of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism, being the home to one of the world's largest inland ports. The city is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure, enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that of a province. Nanjing has been ranked seventh in the evaluation of Cities with Strongest Comprehensive Strength issued by the National Statistics Bureau, and second in the evaluation of cities with most sustainable development potential in the Yangtze River Delta. It has also been awarded the title of 2008 Habitat Scroll of Honor of China, Special UN Habitat Scroll of Honor Award and National Civilized City.Nanjing has many high-quality universities and research institutes, with the number of universities listed in 100 National Key Universities ranking third, including Nanjing University which has a long history and is among the world top 10 universities ranked by Nature Index. The ratio of college students to total population ranks No.1 among large cities nationwide. Nanjing is one of the top three Chinese scientific research centers, according to the Nature Index, especially strong in the chemical sciences.
Nanjing, one of the nation's most important cities for over a thousand years, is recognized as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. It has been one of the w ...
Hangzhou | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:30 1 History
00:02:39 1.1 Early history
00:03:30 1.2 Medieval history
00:13:59 1.3 Modern history
00:15:14 2 Geography
00:15:54 2.1 Climate
00:18:01 3 Administrative divisions
00:19:43 4 Demographics
00:20:59 5 Economy
00:22:35 5.1 Economic and Technological Development Zones
00:25:04 6 Tourism
00:28:59 7 Religion
00:29:08 7.1 Scenic places near West Lake
00:30:09 7.2 Other religious buildings
00:31:10 7.3 Islam
00:31:56 7.4 Judaism
00:32:31 7.5 Christianity
00:32:51 8 Culture
00:35:22 9 Cuisine
00:37:25 10 Transportation
00:37:35 10.1 Port
00:37:52 10.2 Air
00:39:29 10.3 Rail
00:41:50 10.4 Bus
00:42:16 10.5 Public transportation
00:43:05 10.6 Metro
00:44:40 10.7 Taxis
00:45:38 11 Education
00:45:47 11.1 Universities
00:47:49 11.2 Primary and secondary schools
00:49:19 12 Twin towns – sister cities
00:49:32 13 Chinese sayings
00:51:09 14 Notable residents
00:51:50 15 See also
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Hangzhou (Mandarin: [xǎŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen); local dialect: /ɦɑ̃.tse/), formerly romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in East China. It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of the most renowned and prosperous cities in China for much of the last millennium. The city's West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site immediately west of the city, is among its best-known attractions. A study conducted by PwC and China Development Research Foundation saw Hangzhou ranked first among Chinese Cities of Opportunity. Hangzhou is also considered a World City with a Beta+ classification according to GaWC.Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area, the fourth-largest in China. During the 2010 Chinese census, the metropolitan area held 21.102 million people over an area of 34,585 km2 (13,353 sq mi). Hangzhou prefecture had a registered population of 9,018,000 in 2015.Hangzhou was repeatedly rated as the best commercial city in the mainland of China by Forbes. As the headquarters of Internet industry enterprises such as Alibaba, Hangzhou has strongly attracted people those work in Internet industry. Therefore, in the new growing cities that became popular in the 2010's, Hangzhou is one of the main representative cities. Since 2014, the rapid growth of population has caused the rapid growth of local housing prices.
In September 2015, Hangzhou was awarded the 2022 Asian Games. It will be the third city in China to host the Asian Games after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. Hangzhou, an emerging technology hub and home to the e-commerce giant Alibaba, also hosted the eleventh G20 summit in 2016.
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Fujian (福建; formerly romanised as Fukien or Hokkien), is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. The name Fujian came from the combination of Fuzhou and Jianzhou (present Nanping), two cities in Fujian, during the Tang dynasty. While its population is chiefly of Han origin, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China.
As a result of the Chinese Civil War, Historical Fujian is now divided between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) based in Taiwan, and both territories are named the Fujian province in their respective administration divisions. The majority of the territory of historical Fujian (the mainland territory and a few islands) currently make up the Fujian province of the PRC. The Fujian province of the ROC is made up of the Matsu Islands, the Wuqiu Islands and the Kinmen Islands, the two latter archipelagos constituting Kinmen County.
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The Yangtze River Delta or YRD is a triangle-shaped metropolitan region generally comprising the Wu Chinese-speaking areas of Shanghai, southern Jiangsu province and northern Zhejiang province. The area lies in the heart of the Jiangnan region (literally, south of the River), where Yangtze River drains into the East China Sea. The urban build-up in the area has given rise to what may be the largest concentration of adjacent metropolitan areas in the world. It covers an area of 99,600 square kilometres (38,500 sq mi) and is home to over 115 million people as of 2013, of which an estimated 83 million is urban. If based on the greater Yangtze River Delta zone, it has over 140 million people in this region. Having a fertile soil, the Yangtze River Delta abundantly produces grain, cotton, hemp and tea.. As of 2017 Yangtze River Delta had GDP of approximate US$1.5 trillion( or US$3.0 trillion in PPP), about the same size as Russia.
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The Yangtze River Delta or YRD is a triangle-shaped metropolitan region generally comprising the Wu Chinese-speaking areas of Shanghai, southern Jiangsu province and northern Zhejiang province. The area lies in the heart of the Jiangnan region (literally, south of the River), where Yangtze River drains into the East China Sea. The urban build-up in the area has given rise to what may be the largest concentration of adjacent metropolitan areas in the world. It covers an area of 99,600 square kilometres (38,500 sq mi) and is home to over 115 million people as of 2013, of which an estimated 83 million is urban. If based on the greater Yangtze River Delta zone, it has over 140 million people in this region. Having a fertile soil, the Yangtze River Delta abundantly produces grain, cotton, hemp and tea.. As of 2017 Yangtze River Delta had GDP of approximate US$1.5 trillion( or US$3.0 trillion in PPP), about the same size as Russia.