Chinese Language and Culture Festival: A Splendid Cultural Feast

饺子摊

Dumpling stall

饺子，是中国传统食物，以面皮包馅、形如半月或元宝形，包好的饺子可以拿来制作成蒸饺、煎饺或汤饺。王老师和陈老师的“王姐水饺”，味道鲜美，同学们纷纷前来品尝。

Shaped like a half moon or a gold ingot, Jiaozi, a traditional Chinese food, is a dumpling wrapped with dough and filled with stuffings. The ready-made dumplings can be steamed, fried or boiled with soup. Ms. Wang Ling and Mr. Chen Bin worked together to make and boil delicious dumplings and attracted crowds of students and teachers to queue up in front of their stall.

冰糖葫芦

A stall selling sugar-coated haws

冰糖葫芦是中国传统小吃，起源于南宋，一般用山楂串成，涂上糖稀，再等糖稀冻硬，吃起来又酸又甜。手工制作的冰糖葫芦还原了这份传统小吃的灵魂，很快就被一抢而空。

Originated in the Southern Song Dynasty, Sugar-coated haws, or Tanghulu, are a traditional Chinese snack generally made of haw string, coated with sugar, and then frozen hard. It tastes sweet and sour. Handmade sugar-coated haws revived the essence of the traditional snack and thus they were quickly sold out.

茶&糕点

A stall selling Tea & Cakes

在这里，同学们能够亲眼观赏中式茶道、品味一杯清茶，并品尝传统的中式糕点（桃酥、青团、椰丝球、绿豆糕）。

Here, students could watch the Chinese tea ceremony, taste a cup of tea, and take a bite of traditional Chinese cakes (peach cake, green ball, coconut ball, Mung bean cake).

春卷

A Stall selling Spring Rolls

春卷，又称春饼、春盘、薄饼。是中国民间节日的传统食品，流行于中国各地，在江南等地尤盛。现炸春卷保留了春卷的酥脆，令人垂涎欲滴。

Spring rolls, also known as spring pancakes, spring plates, or pancake, are a traditional Chinese folk food served during festivals, and is popular all over China, especially in regions south of the Yangtze River and other places. Being a mouth-watering snack, fried spring rolls taste crisp and delicious.

酒酿圆子

A stall selling fermented glutinous rice balls

酒酿在北方被称为“米酒”或“甜酒”。它的酿制工艺简单，口味香甜醇美，深受人们喜爱。同学们在摊前品尝着酒酿圆子，感受丝丝甘甜在味蕾中舞蹈。

Fermented glutinous rice is called "rice wine" or "sweet wine" in the northern China. Its brewing process is simple. Tasting sweet and mellow, it is widely popular with people. Students ate rice balls in front of the stall and enjoyed its sweetness very much.

投壶

A stall where arrows were thrown into a bamboo tube

投壶是中国古代士大夫宴饮时做的一种投掷游戏，也是一种礼仪。在战国时期较为盛行，尤其是在唐朝，得到了发扬光大。将箭向壶里投，以投中多者为胜。看起来规则简单，但投中十分困难，同学们跃跃欲试，感受古代游戏的快乐。

It is a kind of throwing game played by ancient Chinese officials' while they were attending banquets. It was also an etiquette popular in the Warring States period, further developed in the Tang Dynasty, and was carried forward. The one who throws the most arrows into the tube wins the game. The rules seem simple, but it’s very difficult to throw the arrows exactly into the tube. Students couldn’t wait to try playing the game and have fun.

毽子

A stall where the game of shuttlecock kicking is played

毽子，又称毽球，古称抛足戏具，用鸡毛插在圆形的底座上制成的游戏器具。作为一种古老的传统民俗体育活动之一，距今已有两千多年的历史了。作为简便易行的健身活动，更是深受青少年儿童的喜爱。同学们在摊前进行“踢毽子”比赛，仿佛回到了愉快童年时光。

Shuttlecock, also known as shuttlecock ball, is a game device made by fixing chicken feathers onto a round base. As one of the ancient traditional folk sports events, it could date back to more than 2,000 years ago. As a simple and easy kind of workout, it is widely popular with teenagers and kids. Students had a shuttlecock kicking competition, and they enjoyed themselves so much as if they were brought back to their happy childhood.

陀螺

A stall where the game of spinning top was played

陀螺是中国民间最早的娱乐工具之一。陀螺的上半部分为圆形，下方尖锐，从前多用木头制成，现代多为塑料或铁制。玩时用绳子缠绕，用力抽绳，使其直立旋转，之后通过鞭子不断抽打，让其保持旋转。同学们两人一组进行比赛游戏，围观者还可进行“下注”，赌赢便可获取输者的铜板。现场气氛高涨，非常热闹。

Spinning top is one of the earliest folk entertainment tools in China. The top half of the top is round, and the bottom is sharp. it used to be made of wood, but now it is made mostly of plastic or iron. While playing, one winds the whip around the top and suddenly unwind the whip so that the top rotates upright, and then by striking it repeatedly with a whip, one keeps it spinning. Students competed in pairs, and audience could "bet" on the winners and get coins from the losers. It was an exciting and fun game.

文试

A stall where a quiz show was going on

在摊前，同学们将从竹筒里抽取“飞花令”和“猜灯谜”题目，进行解答。这不仅需要熟知汉字的结构，更需要大量的古诗词储备。

In front of the stall, students drew questions such as "Fei Hua Ling" and "guessing lantern riddles" from bamboo tubes and then tried to answer the questions. This quiz required not only much knowledge of the structure of Chinese characters, but also a large reserve of ancient poetry.

皮影

A stall where Shadow plays were made

皮影，又称“影子戏”或“灯影戏”，是一种以兽皮或纸板做成的人物剪影以表演故事的民间戏剧。在皮影摊位，同学们能够体验刻画和裁剪皮影戏故事中的人物，亲手雕刻出属于自己的人物造型。

Shadow puppets, also known as "shadow play" or "lantern play", is a kind of folk drama in which characters are silhouetted in animal skins or cardboard so as to tell stories. At the stall, students could try painting and carving of characters in shadow play stories and carve out their own characters with their own hands.

制衣

A stall where various Han Costumes were made

制衣摊位提供了各种汉服的原版模型（2D），并提供布料和双面胶，让同学们有机会自己动手制作独特的汉服模型。希望同学们在制作的过程中与文化符号获得真实的交互，对汉服的制式更加了解。

This stall provided various original models of Han Costumes (2D), as well as fabric and double-sided tape, giving students the opportunity to make their own unique costume models. We hope that students will have real interaction with cultural symbols while making their costumes and have a better understanding of how the costumes look like.