Experience Chinese Culture from "One Grain of Rice" | Development | Culture
The past and present lives of "a grain of rice" embody the wisdom and sweat of the Chinese people, reflect the diverse atmosphere of Chinese culture, and engrave the magnificent picture of Chinese civilization advancing forward
Rice plays an important role in the development of human civilization. Today, rice remains one of the main foods in the world. The origin of rice farming in our country is very early, and the rice culture has a long and rich history. It not only shapes many living habits of the Chinese people today, but also affects their spiritual temperament. Starting from June 17th, the 2023 key project and large-scale food and cultural exploration program "China Rice Festival" of China Central Television will be broadcasted on the prime time slot of CCTV Finance and Economics Channel. Through "one grain of rice", viewers can experience the depth and length of Chinese culture and offer high-quality cultural meals.
China's rice farming has a long history of development. In November 2000, archaeologists discovered a mountain site in Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province. Subsequently, they successively discovered cultivated rice with clear attributes 10000 years ago, the earliest settlement village ruins to date, and a large number of painted pottery relics, fully proving that this is the origin of the world's rice civilization and an important starting point for the formation process of Chinese civilization based on the southern rice civilization and the northern millet civilization. After a long historical evolution, China has gradually formed a unique rice farming system, including paddy cultivation techniques, solar terms and calendars, grain processing methods and cooking habits, as well as corresponding social structures, ideological concepts, and cultural traditions.
The rice culture, closely related to rice farming, has been passed down to this day and has developed in different regions, nourishing generation after generation of Chinese people. In Zhejiang, from the seafood rice tofu with mountain and sea flavor, to the traditional food Cicheng rice cake, Huzhou Zongzi, Liangnong cake, to the innovative food coffee rice dumpling, which is sweet and bitter, the rice flavor is as always, and the shape is ever-changing; In Guangdong, people not only love the intangible cultural heritage food Hegan Ham Pearl, and the flavor food "Congee with a side stove at the bottom", but also love the Chencun Powder, which is "as thin as cicada wings, as white as snow" and has strong rice flavor; In Hunan, Tujia glutinous rice cake with ethnic minority characteristics is widely popular; In Yunnan, the variety and taste of rice noodles are overwhelming; In Hainan, characteristic foods such as puffy fish porridge, Gangmen sour powder, Shanlan rice wine, pineapple seafood Fried Rice and so on attract countless diners to taste... The rice food culture with a long history is still full of vitality in modern times, becoming a vivid footnote to the creativity of Chinese culture.
Food security is the greatest concern of a country. The mature development of rice farming is of great significance for ensuring food security. There has been a saying in China since ancient times that "Su Lake is ripe, and the world is full.". Half a century ago, hybrid rice was the first to be successfully developed and widely promoted in China, helping to use less than 9% of the world's arable land and solve the food problem for nearly 1/5 of the world's population. It has become the world's largest grain producing country and the third largest grain exporting country. Today's China has taken a series of effective measures to make China's job more secure, from deeply implementing the strategy of "storing grain in the ground and storing grain in technology", improving the comprehensive production capacity of grain, to carrying out the "Clean Your Plate Campaign", creating a strong atmosphere of saving grain and combating waste in the whole society.
The past and present lives of "a grain of rice" embody the wisdom and sweat of the Chinese people, reflect the diverse atmosphere of Chinese culture, and engrave the magnificent picture of Chinese civilization advancing forward. The hardworking and brave Chinese people have created a glorious past on this vast land, and will also create a better future through continuous struggle.
