The Imperial Exam is over Emerges the scholars who triumphed Lavish meal of meat and fish on the round lacquer table Accompanied by the sound of pipa and erhu   Read More …

Gather the people, enter the feast, all are invited, the greatest and least.   The banquet is ready, now to be shared, join in the communal feast, that the servants Read More …

This poem was written in the historical backdrop of the Mongol Empire (1206-1368). During this era, there was a pertinent need to a myriad of meat products to both their Read More …

Brenda Lo (U1831780A) (Written by a duke in the Qin dynasty in the 223 BC, drinking with his comrades before the conquest of the Chu dynasty after the Qins has Read More …

  Colin De Souza U1631038E HH2031 History of Food in China Writing Assignment 1 Perspective: Soldier from the Qin state during the Warring state periods Drink: Alcohol Poem Title: A Read More …

This is a poem written by a monk in the Tang Dynasty, where tea-drinking had evolved into an art form and had become popular. In this poem, however, I emphasize Read More …

Echoes of the evening rain Resonates on the bedroom window Like the sky, my tears fall too Alone in my room once more Lanterns surround me They cast my sombre Read More …

《迎谷雨》 Arrival of Grain Rain By Ngm Hui Ting Vivian (U1631103F) 谷雨*将来临， 牡丹花盛开。 茶叶人人讨， 无人不去摘。 今年不像往， 难和家聚彩。 今日饮春茶， 盼夫早归来。 — English Translation: Grain Rain* arriving, peonies blossoming. Everyone’s asking for Read More …

Walking through these war-trodden lands,  the blood of many on my hands. Shoulder to shoulder with my few men, losses we cannot comprehend.    The place we once called home,  Read More …

In the midst of chaos and infighting, Early April has arrived once again. Emperor Daizong has received From different locations, his tribute tea: Persia, India, Lingwu, Changshan…   Some are Read More …