Peoples Daily | 19-Jul-2020 | By Kou Jie
It is rare to find a city with thousands of years of history coexist with modern life and advanced technologies.
Countless recreation parks and cultural centers have been built in the past few decades, and through using advanced technologies, people can now enjoy the ancient capital’s former glories, as well as the hustle and bustle of a modern city. In the city center, a business street featuring ancient architecture and art, as well as traditional cuisine, has sparked an online frenzy.
Xi’an cuisine is best known for its noodles and mutton dishes. Making heavy use of strong and complex flavors, it places an emphasis on savory and spicy flavors. Some of the dishes have been passed on from generation to generation for centuries, with Biangbiang noodles being one of the most famous and popular. The dish is touted as one of the “eight strange wonders of Shaanxi Province”, as they are thick and long like a belt, and usually topped with red hot oil pepper. The Chinese character for Biang is one of the most complex Chinese characters in modern usage, and is made up of 58 strokes in its traditional form. Even today, the character is not included in Unicode.
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