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China Wetland Museum | “Know-How Food Museum” is calling you to class! Listen to fish stories, become a fish guardian, and enjoy fish cuisine!
Release time:
2019-09-19
Like a fish in water, peace and safety every year.
What was the reason ancient people worshipped fish?
What is the nutritional value of fish?
How can we protect fish through what we eat?
What comes to mind when you think of fish~?
This weekend, the China Wetland Museum, in collaboration with Shihua, is launching the “Knowledgeable Food Museum” series of courses, titled “As Fish in Water, Peaceful Every Year.” Join us as we journey through the long river of Chinese fish culture, uncovering the “old stories of fish” and gaining a deeper understanding of the vital role fish play in both the daily lives and spiritual world of the Chinese people. Learn to enhance awareness about fish conservation, adopt a scientific and sustainable approach to diet, and create “a new story about fish.” As the autumn winds rise and the water grows clear, the fish become plump and delicious—this is the perfect season to enjoy fish dishes. At the end of the class, let’s roll up our sleeves and make a traditional fish-based delicacy together!
Since ancient times, fish have played an important role in the daily diet and spiritual world of the Chinese people:
Fish are caught and eaten, and fish meat is consumed to obtain the nutrients the body needs.
Raising fish, appreciating fish, writing about fish, talking about fish, singing about fish—through fish, we experience the world and express our own outlook on life.
As a mascot, the fish motif is widely used in architecture, utensils, clothing, and more, expressing people’s aspirations for a prosperous and beautiful life, as well as their spirit of forging ahead against the current and striving upward.
Based on the life habits of fish, ancient people revered them as deities who controlled water and rain.
Whenever droughts or floods strike, people pray for rain and clear skies by offering fish.
In addition, the imaginative ancients, driven by an excessive yearning for freedom, even gave fish bird wings.
Later, fish were associated with dragons—“carp leaping over the Dragon Gate”… Fish were transformed into divine creatures that are omnipresent and omnipotent, deeply revered by people.
Event Information
Time:
September 21, 2019, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Location: Science Education Classroom on the Basement Level 1 of the China Wetland Museum
Age: 7–11 years old
Human group: 20 pairs (one large and one small in each pair)
Cost: Free ( Please bring your Second Classroom Card when registering and use it to check in for the event. We encourage everyone to bring an old book when you participate in the event and donate it to the museum’s public reading area, so you can share your favorite books with more people!
Registration Method: Follow the WeChat official account of the China Wetland Museum and click the mini-program code below to register. Spaces are limited; first come, first served.
Registration Notes: If you need to take time off, please leave a message on WeChat at least one business day in advance so that we can reserve the opportunity for others.
Consultation Phone: 0571-88872933
Course Overview
Food Talk, Founded in 2015, it is China’s first innovative platform dedicated to exploring the relationship between people and food. In November 2017, Shihua launched the “China Food Education Advocates Initiative,” adhering to a sustainable approach to food education and defining Chinese food education as: cultivating individuals’ ability to independently choose healthy, enjoyable foods. We are actively implementing initiatives across the country, including public outreach conferences, science-based food education programs in schools, innovative and interactive food education spaces, food education kits designed to engage families in dietary education, and multi-dimensional online dissemination efforts—all aimed at enhancing our own capabilities and cultural confidence while forging a uniquely Chinese path for food education. At the same time, Shihua calls on organizations and individuals both within and outside China to join hands in promoting the healthy development of food education in China.
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