My Cultural Identity Poster Reflection

My first identity is Chinese opera, is a popular form of drama and musical theatre in my culture. It has a very long history. There are numerous regional branches of Chinese opera, Beijing opera is one of the most notable. When I was a little kid, my grandpa listen to it a lot, we always have fight on watching TV, he always choose to watch Chinese opera. Next is tradition Chinese painting, Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. We called “Guo Hua”, meaning 'national' or 'native painting'. Traditional Chinese painting is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink. I start learning to draw when I was 6 years old. I used to study Chinese painting every weekend. Chinese Tea and tea set is another identity for me. In China, people drink tea throughout the day, including during meals, as a substitute for plain water for health or simple pleasure. My family loves all different type of Chinese tea, mostly we drink green tea. At night, we will sit together drinking tea by using tradition Chinese tea set while we are watching TV. Chinese food is the next. I don’t really go out to eat a lot, same as my father, because my mom can cook really tasty Chinese food. So many friends admire us. There is several different types of regional cuisines in China. The Cuisine I used to eat is the Shandong Cuisine, Shandong Cuisine once formed an important part of the imperial cuisine and was widely promoted in North China. It isn't so popular in South China, is featured by a variety of cooking techniques and seafood. The typical dishes on local menu are braised abalone, braised trepang, sweet and sour carp, Jiuzhuan Dachang. Our snacks are also worth trying. Finally my last identity is the Chinese book store in China, called “Hanjing Bookstore”. This bookstore was same age as me, my father opened the year when I was born. Right now, we just open our 5th store. The bookstore sells a lot of Chinese history book. A lot of the book is not for reading but more for people to keep it. We called that the Your collections.