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Chinese art captures the natural beauty of this mysterious and diverse country. Famous for traditional ink wash painting, it often features landscapes, mountains, flowers and birds.  We built the online gallery www.artinkbrush.com to present you with traditional and modern Chinese contemporary art that captures the cultural, bold colours and strong forms. Artist - Mr. Dawei Hao Mr. Dawei Hao is a national certified Chinese painting artist based in China, professor of Guangzhou University Arts faculty and a member of The Guangdong Artists Association.  There were many unforgettable paintings in his works. He normally focus on traditional Chinese realistic painting. Following paintings: "Spring in February" , "Red October" and "Champion and Juan Antonio Samaranch" have been awarded in national arts exhibitions and competitions. Below are some sample of his painting. A tiger is looking for food in winter, ink on rice paper. Lotu...

My favour restaurant in Melbourne is - The European   located at the top end of Spring Street and facing the Parliament House. Reminiscent of old world Europe, The European mines the traditions of rural France, Italy and Spain. I highly recommend this restaurant with its high standard service and creative dishes, especially the hot Chocolate tastes very well with good price around $4! Steam Barramundi

ChenPi is sun-dried tangerine (mandarin) peel used as a traditional seasoning in Chinese cooking and traditional medicine. They are aged by storing them dry. The fresh peel has a pungent and bitter taste. The more longer stored ChenPi has better taste and greatly reduced the volatile oil and flavonoids content will be increased which the medicinal value can be reflected. It's used to treat cough, rheum and  stomach pain especially in winter season .The below image is a fifteen years old ChenPi. It smells very nice like French Truffles! It can be used in cooking as well such as soup and slow cooking dishes. Mandarin usually grow up in Middle and South China. You can use IMPERIAL mandarin to make ChenPi in Australia. You need to dry the peel and keep them in dry condition for at least one year. 

Sweet Rice ball (Tangyuan) in Fermented Glutinous Rice Soup is a very traditional popular snack in middle China area. It's cooking rice ball in Fermented Glutinous Rice Soup and then adding a small amount of sweet-scented osmanthus when it's ready. Fermented glutinous rice balls has refreshing fragrance, but not strong alcohol taste and so it's good for both adults and kids.

Stewed Chicken with Three Cups Sauces (Soy sauce, Cooking oil, Chinese rice wine) - is a popular dish in mainland China and Taiwan area. [You will need] : Chicken Breast or middle chicken wing,  Ginger, Spring Onions, Ground Chili, Parsley Light Soy sauce, Sugar, Taiwan Rice Wine, cooking oil [To do this] : 1. Slice Ginger, chop chili and spring onions parsley, slice chicken into 1cm strips and set aside. 2.  Heat the wok，Add cooking oil and heat it for a while，add Ginger and cook it until brown. 3. Add  chop chili (or some garlic). 4. Add chicken and fire, keep the wok with high temperature. 5. Add a grass of Taiwan Rice Wine, a cup of light soy sauce and 2.5 Tablespoon sugar. Continue fire. 6. Turn to medium heat, and then place lid on the wok to cook for a while around 4 to 5 minutes. 7. Remove the lid. Fire a while. Now You should smell the taste of chicken. :) 8. Add spring onions parsley and then cook for 20 secs. Tips : Add " Lao Gan Ma Chili Bla...

Click here to see image in Pinterest.com Lucky money   - The spring festival (Chinese New Year) is the loveliest in China,  especially for some children or teenager is "lucky money". Lucky money means the old generation‘s love to the young and hope them can have a good luck in this new year. The lucky money which is the favour of young generation. Money is placed inside red envelopes or red packet as a monetary gift  given by the Senior / married people and represents luck and wealthy. Red means auspicious in Chinese society. The left side image is a collection of red packets for Chinese New Year.