Greetings from China

[phoenix3d]

Hello everyone,

Greetings from China, luckily i got this forum through yahoo searching and i really like it so much.

I am working for an architectural 3D Illustration service company and wish to meet more friends here who are like me, be interested in art, design, architectures. Also, if someone wants to know more about china, china culture, china architectures, welcome to communicate with me.

All of my best wishes to everyone here.

[Takayuki]

Welcome to the Forum phoenix3d.
你好!!歓迎!!歓迎!!:)

[phoenix3d]

Welcome to the Forum phoenix3d.
你好!!歓迎!!歓迎!!:)


thank you very much, but you speak chinese too???
:)

[Takayuki]

Suprisingly I do speak chinese. I used to work in a studio where we had a chinese artist, and I used to work together on some projects together.:) Also, the company that I just got hired, has a office in 大連.:)

[phoenix3d]

Suprisingly I do speak chinese. I used to work in a studio where we had a chinese artist, and I used to work together on some projects together.:) Also, the company that I just got hired, has a office in 大連.:)

oh, that is great!!! Our headoffice -- technical department based in dalian (大连) too, you can see our address in our website:

http://www.phoenix3d.cn/lx.asp

[Ben Kessler]

Phoenix, welcome!

[PanToshi]

Hello and Welcome!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Welcome Aboard!!! :)

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When you get settled please read through the threads located here (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=42). They will give you all the info you need on how the forum runs, the rules and regs, and give you some background info on our long running, inside jokes ;)

[Virgo Nightingale]

Welcome aboard phoenix!!

[Tea]

WELCOME....I said that loud so you could hear me from far away!

[Psyco]

Welcome to the forums!!! I went to China last summer it was lots of fun. We traveled around but mostly stayed in Shenzhen.

[budafist]

Welcome! I can't speak Mandarin but I can speak Cantonese. I can't read or write Chinese though.

We went to Beijing in 2006 for 1 week around this time of the year. It was so very hot!

It must be very exciting over there leading up to the Olympics. Is there a lot of graphic design to be done?

[phoenix3d]

Welcome Aboard!!! :)

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When you get settled please read through the threads located here (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=42). They will give you all the info you need on how the forum runs, the rules and regs, and give you some background info on our long running, inside jokes ;)


thank you very much, ihave read these terms and will do following the rules.

[phoenix3d]

WELCOME....I said that loud so you could hear me from far away!

haha i heared your wishes from so far way... thank you, my friend

[phoenix3d]

Welcome to the forums!!! I went to China last summer it was lots of fun. We traveled around but mostly stayed in Shenzhen.

oh, yes!!! Shenzhen is famous for its manufacturing, esp the electronics.

Welcome to Beijing next travel to China. :)

[phoenix3d]

Welcome! I can't speak Mandarin but I can speak Cantonese. I can't read or write Chinese though.

We went to Beijing in 2006 for 1 week around this time of the year. It was so very hot!

It must be very exciting over there leading up to the Olympics. Is there a lot of graphic design to be done?

yea i see! but the climate is so strange this year, it has rained all week, 8 days here, no sun, just raining all day now...

yes, there are much hot programes for the Olympics, the stadium named: Bird nest, i took some photos 2 weeks ago... if you are intersted in it, i can send you.

[Riefnu]

Welcome to the forum!

I have to ask.

What is the bubble on the girl's head in your avatar?

[sierng]

welcome phoenix3d.

I'm sure we would all love to see the photos you took on this forum.

[phoenix3d]

welcome phoenix3d.

I'm sure we would all love to see the photos you took on this forum.

thank you, it is a new hat-- b-day gift friend has sent.

[balou]

Welcome phoenix3d! I do have a bit of a silly question. A common thing with children here is to tease about digging a hole in the ground all the way to China. I've always wondered if Chinese children tease about digging a hole all the way to the U.S.? :)

[phoenix3d]

Welcome phoenix3d! I do have a bit of a silly question. A common thing with children here is to tease about digging a hole in the ground all the way to China. I've always wondered if Chinese children tease about digging a hole all the way to the U.S.? :)


lol, oh my!!!! I don't think it is silly at all... it is a so naive question and of coz i were one of silly kids when a child, haha... yes, there are many kids having this question in China too.

even now, after i watched the hollywood movie: doomsday, cyclone... i always thought about: if i dig a hole from now and ready for everything waiting the doomsday, maybe i can alive one day, just like Noah's Ark...

this seems so silly too right? but it is better than digging a hole to the US haha

[Psyco]

oh, yes!!! Shenzhen is famous for its manufacturing, esp the electronics.

Welcome to Beijing next travel to China. :)

Ya we tried to go to Beijing getting a train ticket was impossible and didn't have enough money to also fly there. :( I can not wait to return though I love it there and plus the food is AWESOME!

[tuliptree]

Welcome! I cannot speak or read Chinese, but I wish I could. I think it is so beautiful, both spoken and written. Please share all that you want! Photos and stories. That's just another reason why I love GDF, it connects so many of us from around the world.

[phoenix3d]

Ya we tried to go to Beijing getting a train ticket was impossible and didn't have enough money to also fly there. :( I can not wait to return though I love it there and plus the food is AWESOME!

hehe, yes you are right, many people love chinese traditional food. If your next travel on beijing is possible, i will treat you more chinese food lol

[phoenix3d]

Welcome! I cannot speak or read Chinese, but I wish I could. I think it is so beautiful, both spoken and written. Please share all that you want! Photos and stories. That's just another reason why I love GDF, it connects so many of us from around the world.

GDF make all of us are so close, make the worlds is so small. we can communiate what we want, and share everything here, i love it too.

[budafist]

I had the most amazing meal in Beijing at a Chinese restaurant. I wish I knew the name of the restaurant. We had our own private dining room with our own bathroom and waiters. Our host said that President Nixon ate in the same private dining room we ate in. We had drunken shrimp and lots of other delicacies.

We also went to a fantastic Japanese restaurant in Beijing too. You walked in and the entire restaurant floor space was filled with water (and fish) and there were wooden bridges and paths built so you could get to the tables. Fish swimming under you while you ate more fish! Stunning.

Oh and of course we had Peking Duck the first night we got there!

You might have noticed I like to eat :D

[phoenix3d]

I had the most amazing meal in Beijing at a Chinese restaurant. I wish I knew the name of the restaurant. We had our own private dining room with our own bathroom and waiters. Our host said that President Nixon ate in the same private dining room we ate in. We had drunken shrimp and lots of other delicacies.

We also went to a fantastic Japanese restaurant in Beijing too. You walked in and the entire restaurant floor space was filled with water (and fish) and there were wooden bridges and paths built so you could get to the tables. Fish swimming under you while you ate more fish! Stunning.

Oh and of course we had Peking Duck the first night we got there!

You might have noticed I like to eat :D

:D :D ，yes i have noticed that. well, did you try to taste some traditional food? such as: sichuan food. hunan, xiang'e etc... tianjin's mahua, Goubuli Baozi and Peking's Zhajiangmian (one kind of noodels)... wow, too much!!! my mouth water is almost running down when i described for you :p

[budafist]

No, my fiance is a baby when it comes to spicy food so we didn't go to any sichuan restaurants (we heard they are spicy).

We went to 1 noodle house and it was a lot of fun ordering when we couldn't speak the language but the people were very friendly and helped us.

My parents will be in Beijing later this year. Any recommendations?

[phoenix3d]

No, my fiance is a baby when it comes to spicy food so we didn't go to any sichuan restaurants (we heard they are spicy).

We went to 1 noodle house and it was a lot of fun ordering when we couldn't speak the language but the people were very friendly and helped us.

My parents will be in Beijing later this year. Any recommendations?

oh i see! But wehn your parents will be in beijing this year?

I suggest that they avoid the period of Olympic... or maybe they are here just for watching the Olympic? There will be so much strict terms so keep it safe during that time and it would be not so convenient.

[Psyco]

One night me and my friends went to an all you can eat (which means all you can and will eat lol) and ordered a big meal for the 3 of us and we couldnt finish it... We tried to pay like 3 times but they wouldn't let us until we had the whole thing down. In the end we went back to the house and I died. lol

I do not remember evrything we ate down there but we had a lot of spicy and really good food. Drunk lots of beer and some kind of whiskey lol and had fun at a Karaoke. We stayed with a family that didn't speak English for a couple of days and took us to a karaoke bar. We had our own private room with a big screen TV and more wine and beer... I do think it was her Family's Karaoke bar. I realized with all the bus rides and everything Karaoke is very popular down there.

[Takayuki]

:D :D ，yes i have noticed that. well, did you try to taste some traditional food? such as: sichuan food. hunan, xiang'e etc... tianjin's mahua, Goubuli Baozi and Peking's Zhajiangmian (one kind of noodels)... wow, too much!!! my mouth water is almost running down when i described for you :p

Zhajiangmian!! I love it. I've had a taiwanese teacher make it for me.:)
Oh! and I had chou doufu (shanghai's) when I visited shanghai, but I heard that beijing's chou doufu has a worse smell than the one's in shanghai?
:D

[PanToshi]

Zhajiangmian!! I love it.
YUM! Me too!! It is like Spaghetti with Meat sauce Chinese-style! So delicious... drooling...

[Psyco]

I have not tried that :( I did try chickens feet that was interesting lol

[budafist]

My parent's dates haven't been finalised yet for Beijing. They were supposed to go in November but the airline called and told them that flight wasn't going to be going anymore so they can change their dates to suit them for free. I've told them to avoid the Olympics and to go afterwards but let's see if they will listen to me!

Chou Doufu! I've never had it before, but my pet rabbit is calld Tofu (Doufu) and I call him Chou Doufu all the time. BTW for those that don't know, Chou Doufu translates directly as "Stinky Tofu". :D

[tuliptree]

LOL, that's actually a really cute nickname for a rabbit. So, do they do something special to the tofu to make it stinky for this dish?

[budafist]

They sure do!

Stinky tofu is a form of fermented tofu, which, as the name suggests, has a strong odor. It is a popular snack in East and Southeast Asia, particularly Taiwan, Indonesia, and China, where it is usually found at night markets or roadside stands, or as a side dish in lunch bars.
It is perhaps interesting to note that the Mandarin term chou doufu is a direct translation of the words "stinky tofu". However, the Mandarin word chou does not have the same negative connotation as the English word "stinky". Chou therefore serves mainly as a factual descriptor and not a judgment on the virtues of the odor. Occasionally chou is translated as "fragrant", but this too imposes a "pleasant" or "flowery" judgment on the term, which does not accurately represent the food either.

[phoenix3d]

lol:D :D o, my god! Do you know i was a bit down mood before arriving at the office, BUT WHEN i am here and reading your dicussions... lol, haha

o,my!!! I could not help laughing out loudly... It is out of my expection that Chinese food is a so hot topic here. And Choudoufu is so hot here? haha

you guys are not afraid that choudoufu make all of your away? lol

well, i did love eating choudoufu so much when i was a kid, but i don't eat it now... the smell... i can not bear up it... it is so stinky... ewwwwwwww, but it do has very good taste... you have to brush your teeth after eatting it... or nobody dare to talk to you...

One of my uncles made the choudoufu. First, cut the doufu into small pieces.

Second, when you cook the rice porridge, take out the stiff water and keep them to be cool down. ( the porriage without rice, just stiff water)

Third, find a Jar, the best is chinaware jar, please note it must be airproof.
put one layer of doufu, salt and watered them with the stiff water;
then the second doufu, salt and watered them with the stiff water;

then please airproof the jar and dig a hole in the ground and put the jar into the hole... waiting for 15-20days... yeah!!! you got choudoufu

haha

well, choudoufu was invented by a poor people in old china, there is the legend passed down from generation to another generation... but my english is not so good enough to tell it here...

[budafist]

Hmmm...that process sounds a bit like what we call fu yu? I've eaten that before.

[tuliptree]

lol:D :D o, my god! Do you know i was a bit down mood before arriving at the office, BUT WHEN i am here and reading your dicussions... lol, haha

o,my!!! I could not help laughing out loudly... It is out of my expection that Chinese food is a so hot topic here. And Choudoufu is so hot here? haha


:)

I'd never heard of it before. Thanks phoenix and buda, I now know about Choudoufu! It sounds like it is sort of like pickled tofu then? I can only imagine what it would smell like!

[Takayuki]

:)

I'd never heard of it before. Thanks phoenix and buda, I now know about Choudoufu! It sounds like it is sort of like pickled tofu then? I can only imagine what it would smell like!

Yea!! it's like picled's but the smell is totally different from picled. I don't know if it's ok to say it but.... oh!! I'll tell you.:D It smell's like dogs p**p.:eek:

[morea]

Sorry that I am late. Welcome to GDF! :)

[tuliptree]

Yea!! it's like picled's but the smell is totally different from picled. I don't know if it's ok to say it but.... oh!! I'll tell you.:D It smell's like dogs p**p.:eek:

That's definitely different than a pickle! :eek: :)

[Typically]

i think i'll pass on the choudoufu but welcome!

[budafist]

I ended up asking my dad if Chou Doufu is the same as FuYu and no, they're totally different. But apparently he said I would love Chou Doufu. I love FuYu cooked with other stuff.

[phoenix3d]

Yea!! it's like picled's but the smell is totally different from picled. I don't know if it's ok to say it but.... oh!! I'll tell you.:D It smell's like dogs p**p.:eek:


hehe do u mean dogs poopoo? haha