Linqing, a city near the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, has developed a unique food culture combines the characteristics of cuisines from both northern and southern China.
Zhang Xiumei, president of a five-star hotel in Linqing, has been working hard (protect) and explore the food culture of Linqing, and to present that culture in a Lunar New Year's Eve dinner, or family reunion dinner.
"The Chinese style and Chinese flavors that have been integrated in the New Year's Eve dinner will last forever. This is a rich and precious (culture) heritage our ancestors left to us," she says. While (study) the history of the New Year's Eve dinner in Linqing, Zhang realized most important things about the dinner were "virtue," "harmony," and "reunion."
Whether it's a feast a simple dinner, the dishes (be) the carrier of the traditional Chinese "virtue" during the New Year's Eve dinner. The dinner also embodies (体现) "harmony." This particular meal has a great (significant) — people's wishes for family harmony, social harmony, and national prosperity (繁荣).
The New Year's Eve dinner is also a "reunion" dinner, inspiring family (member) from across China, or even the world, to reunite, recall the joys of the past, and enjoy the warmth and happiness of the reunion.
Zhang says, "The family reunion dinner is a lyrical poem, (write) by the Chinese using delicacies (佳肴)."
