Traditional delicacy on Daxue solar term: sweet potato

STORY: Traditional delicacy on Daxue solar term: sweet potato SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 4, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student from East China Normal University STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student from East China Normal University "Daxue is here, and it is getting quite cold. If I could have a hot grilled sweet potato right now, that would be very satisfying. Auntie Tao, I come to take some sweet potatoes. Where did you get them? From your vegetable garden beside the house? (Auntie Tao: Yes.) Sweet potatoes can be stored for a very long time and can be used as staple food. So therefore, many families stock up on sweet potatoes during winter. Look how huge these sweet potatoes are. Still covered in mud from the garden. Roasting sweet potatoes around a warm earthen stove is a great pleasure for winter. They cannot be put into the stove immediately after lighting the fire. We must

Traditional delicacy on Lidong solar term: radish

STORY: Traditional delicacy on Lidong solar term: radish SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of radish 2. STANDUP (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student from East China Normal University 3. SOUNDBITE (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student from East China Normal University STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student from East China Normal University "There is a Chinese saying that radish in the winter and ginger in the summer keep the doctors away. Lidong marks the first day of winter, and radish is the perfect food for this season." SOUNDBITE (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student from East China Normal University "You can't just yank them very hard, because they might break off. The first bite, it's a little sweet, but the more you chew, the more it becomes a little spicy. It's a very strong radish flavor. In addition to being eaten raw, radish can also be used for various stews and soups, combined

Traditional delicacy on Hanlu solar term: water bamboo

STORY: Traditional delicacy on Hanlu solar term: water bamboo DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student, East China Normal University 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WAN JUN, Farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student, East China Normal University 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WAN JUN, Farmer 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student, East China Normal University 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student, East China Normal University 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): WAN JUN, Farmer 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student, East China Normal University STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LILE SONG MAHONEY, Student, East China Normal University "It is now time of Hanlu (or Cold Dew), which is traditionally the time to eat the delicious 'eight waterborne vegetables' of south China. Right now, we are in a field of jiaobai, also known as water bamboo, located in Qingpu