"At 6 o'clock on the Batang Grasslands," "Ngachen Dolma is preparing Yak Butter Tea and Tsampa (flour made of roasted barley) for her family, while her husband and children put the cattle out to pasture." "The plain food is the source of energy, keeping them from hunger and coldness." "That is the breakfast of a Tibetan family." "In China, the habit of having breakfast dates back to the Han Dynasty 2000- odd years ago." "Since then, the majority of Chinese people have had three meals a day, which is beneficial to living and production." "Although having three meals a day has almost become a common diet pattern worldwide, in China, however, this pattern embodies various life experiences in different paces of life." "For dwellers in modern city, the primary requirement of breakfast is simple and fast." "Tianjin natives understand that." "Spreading the paste made of mung bean flour evenly into a beautiful round shape, keeping it thin and intact, then adding an egg onto it to supply enough nutrition," "along with a deep-fried wonton wrapper that is golden brown and crispy, a Tianjin Pancake" "is thus made." "The Pancake tastes savory and delicious, with its wrapper soft and the filling crispy." "To enjoy it, you have to wait for just two minutes." "As to Chinese breakfast, flavor is of great significance." "Running his noodle restaurant painstakingly for 18 years," "Qin Yun grasps the secret." "No. 32" "No. 40" "No. 47 100 grams of spicy Little Noodles" "Chongqing natives eat Little Noodles everyday, the more they eat, the more they want." "We all say, without a bowl of Little Noodles in the morning, it would be an uncomfortable day." "Master, a bowl of Little Noodles." "Less red pepper, more Sichuan pepper, and an fried egg, please." "OK, OK." "Only after having a bowl of savory Little Noodles (i.e. Noodles without Topping) do Chongqing natives become fully awake." "Soda is a key factor in kneading dough." "It helps the gluten contained in the noodles to form a compact network in which the starch particles are locked." "Hence the noodle soup could retain clear, and the noodles become pleasantly springy and elastic." "Large docks in Yangtze River Basin are home to alkaline water noodles." "The taste of Suzhou Noodles comes from the soup, clear yet not oily." "And the essence of Suzhou-style Noodles lies in its slim noodles." "74 00:04:21,590 -- 00:04:22,820 Drain off excess oil and pour no soup when transferring the noodles to a bowl." "As to Pork Noodles popular in summer, its topping is a piece of stewed fat pork, tender and juicy." "The fat meat divides into small particles while the soup is fresh and smooth." "In Wuhan, eating breakfast is called "morning passing" (a literal translation of "Guozao")." "Salty savor is preferred, with Chinese Doughnuts and Seafood Tofu among widely appreciated food for breakfast." "However, only Hot Dry Noodles can best represent the temperament of this city." "Boil the alkaline water noodles in the water, and then dry for a while after mixing them with sesame oil." "Finally, add the sesame paste which must be concocted thick enough so that it can stick evenly on the noodles." "To achieve this effect, a strong wrist with constant patience is required." "Besides operating the noodle restaurant," "Qin Yun also recruits apprentices." "Now he has more than 200 apprentices." "Well, this bowl of noodle is not spicy and salty enough." "To make good noodles, you should do it wholeheartedly." "If you cannot be dedicated, just adding and mixing the seasonings as you like, you absolutely cannot make it." "Moreover, your knowledge of seasonings is far from enough." "The uniqueness of Chongqing Little Noodles (Noodles without Topping) is its diversity of seasonings," "such as Chili, red chili oil, pepper oil and soybean sauces, etc." "There are altogether over 12 kinds of seasonings." "The balance of these different flavors is controlled at the hands of the cook." "The spatula should touch the bottom of the wok." "In Chongqing, most noodle restaurants only serve customers at breakfast time and lunchtime." "The afternoon is spent in preparing seasonings for the next day." "Qin Yun's restaurant is without exception." "Don't use too much strength." "Hot oil is boiling, now it's time for the spices to perform." "Chili emits strong flavor." "It is aromatic and spicy, able to enrich the color of noodles." "This is Qin's understanding of chili with years of experience." "Besides Noodles without Topping," "Beef Noodles is another specialty in Qin Yun's restaurant." "He sells only 10 kilograms of beef every day." "This marketing strategy is so clever that there is always a long queue of customers waiting hungrily." "How do you think of this bowl of noodles?" "Spicy enough, numbing enough, and fresh enough." "You've done a really good job this time." "If every bowl of noodles you make would taste the same as the one you made for me today, you are ready to graduate." "You have no problems at all." "Who's next?" "I am." "The littleness of Chongqing Little Noodles (Noodles without Toppings) not only suggests its low price, but also reflects a casual and delicate attitude of Chongqing natives towards delicacy." "Today, it has become a name card of breakfast in this mountain city." "Not all breakfast wins out by its fast pace." "In Guangzhou, to have breakfast is to enjoy the process of having it." "It's 7 o'clock in the morning." "At the door of the restaurant in the old town of the city, there stand many people waiting for its opening." "In contrast, pastry chefs have been busy for 3 hours." "Delicate tea pastries have come into being under the hands of the dexterous chefs." "Morning Tea in Guangdong is rich and diverse." ""Tea" is simply a pretext." "What really count are pastries, dishes and congees." "Every regular customer has their favorite seat." "The lasting popularity of Morning Tea is related to the flourishing trade in Guangzhou since modern times." "Chan Xuexia is 56 years old." "She becomes a repeat customer of this restaurant after retirement." "Her son Liang Jingxuan is 29 years old." "He is a lawyer." "Both of them live in Guangzhou, however, the son's breakfast is rather hurried." "I usually have no time to have breakfast." "I will buy some bread and milk on my way to work and then eat them on the way." "I believe that work comes first." "Without work, you cannot survive." "If you cannot survive, it's meaningless to talk about life." "Guagnzhou-style pasties can be divided into two types, dry pastries (e.g. dumplings, steamed buns and bakeries) and liquid pastries (e.g. congees, Bean Curd Pudding, Tortoise Jelly etc.)" "Dry pastries are most exquisite and delicate." "Shrimp dumpling is an icon." "The dumpling wrapper is crystal, and the shrimp wrapped within is fresh and tender." "The flexibility of the wrapper combined with the sweet and crispy shrimp creates a fresh and delicious taste." "Statistics show that in Guangzhou, the average time spending on morning tea is more than one hour." "Guagnzhou is a battlefield for the young to pursue their dreams, at the same time a paradise for the old to live leisurely." "By 2013, the population of people aged over 60 had reached 1.25 million, accounting for 15% of the total population of Guangzhou, which means this metropolis is faced with the age of aging." "Guangzhou is an epitome of China." "This city, one the one hand, accelerates development." "On the other hands, it holds on to the traditions." "The rapidly developing metropolis provides young people with more opportunities of entrepreneurship, which in return occupies their lunchtime." "They are unable to enjoy lunch as their fathers." "After morning tea, the primary task of Chan Xuexia is to prepare dinner." "Light soy sauce, sugar, cooking wine, vinegar and water, these five ingredients are necessary to stew Five-flavor Duck." "As for fresh perch, to steam it in clear soup is most favorable." "Pork Bone with Watercress Soup has detoxifying property and is fit for all seasons." "A well prepared dinner awaits her son who has been working hard all day long." "In comparison with Liang Jingxuan's three meals, those of some other people are monotonous and insipid." "Yang Yuanyuan." "Here." "Quality comes first." "242 Quality comes first." "Keep it in mind." "Keep it in mind." "Hurrah." "Hurrah." "Every morning at half past seven, 160,000 people start to assemble." "The scene of the crowd surging within the factory of less than 3 square kilometers takes place five days a week." "The main workforce of the factory is the post-90s like Yang Yuanyuan, who are newly graduated students." "Repeating monotonous labor for long is a challenge to every person." "Yang Yuanyuan is 21 years old." "She has to finish an operation every 5 seconds and repeat it 5000 times a day." "It takes about 7 hours." "The central kitchen of the factory produces the daily three meals in the same industrialized mode." "The standardized food attaches utmost importance to safety, while balanced nutrition comes next." "Every day the kitchen consumes 2 tons of fish, 3 tons of pork," "15 tons of vegetables, and 15 tons of rice to cater for 80,000 people." "There are 20 canteens of various sizes locating in all directions of the factory." "The largest dining hall can hold 2,000 people at a time." "Every two hours, workers can take 10-minute rest." "They have an hour for lunch." "Just like most workers in labor intensive industries in China, people like Yang Yuanyuan must work hard to keep pace." "Xu Lei, a Hunan native, has been working here for 11 years." "He is now in charge of a team of 200 odd workers, who are responsible for manufacturing mobile phones of international brands." "The core production workshop is inaccessible without permission and strict inspection, which adds a mystical atmosphere to the large and cold factory." "Outside the factory are dense residential buildings." "The home of Xu Lei and his wife Wen Fei is among them." "Preserved fish is the favorite hometown delicacy for both of them." "Soak the fish and boil it in water to remove excess salt and impurities," "and then fry the fish until golden brown on both sides." "Add some chili, ginger and fermented black beans." "Steam the fish over high heat for 20 minutes." "Then the delicacy brings them back to their remote hometown temporarily." "Several hundred kilometers away is Xu Lei's hometown." "His mother-in-law, Zhao Juxiang is digging loess on the mountain in order to make an old-fashioned food." "The cooking method was recorded in Chinese agricultural books over 1400 years ago." "Zhao Juxiang, together with her 1.5-year-old granddaughter, buys some fresh duck eggs." "A lengthy war between chemistry and time is about to start." "To salt 1000 grams of duck eggs, 200 grams of salt are needed." "After the salt solution cools down, mix it with the leoss." "Then immerse the eggs in the mixture." "The salt gradually penetrates through the eggshells." "The duck eggs slumber in the sealed jar, waiting for the moment to be awakened." "Come here and have a look." "I've just received it." "A new video." "Look." "Rock it." "She spends a lot of time playing." "You see." "I cannot image how she would behave in school." "Because we had no time to take care of her, we asked my mother to do us a favor." "We miss her, but we can do nothing." "We call her once a day." "One call a day." "One month later, the salt has permeated into the eggs while water has exuded." "The intrinsic property and taste of the duck eggs have changed." "Rolling the eggs on plant ash helps keep them fresh and prevent them from crush." "The eggs will carry the delicacy as well as the family's affections from home to other places." "The charm of salted duck eggs lies in their yolks." "When preserved with salt, the fat of the eggs is first separated and then gathers into savory yolk oil." "The salted yolk is peculiar in its silky and sandy taste." "What a piece." "The flavor of hometown is magic in that it enables family members living far apart from each other to transcend time and space and stay together." "My ideal is to make my family live happily so that they have nothing to worry about." "See, which one is daddy?" "Say it." "Daddy!" "Speak it loud!" "Daddy." "Look here, mommy." "Which one is mommy?" "Mommy." "I left home when I was 16 or 17." "Now, I'm 28." "Eleven years have passed." "I've devoted all my youth to Foxconn." "Millions of young people in this industrial empire constantly supply the world with globalized products indistinguishable from their nationality and more so from their individual identifications." "Their daily meals are drenched with youth and sweat." "Not only in the labor intensive manufacturing industry, but also in the depth of remote mountains, there are people who cannot but live a simple life." "Xiaoqin, slow down." "It's tough here." "You are a wireman. "" "This is what a wireman does." "You have to walk it out." "Gu Tao works for an electric power company." "With over 20 years' experiences of line patrol, he has been traversing across high mountains all years." "The walking distance of the crew totals to" "25 thousand kilometers a year, equal to 3/4 the length of the equator." "At the feet of electric towers, there live Liangshan Yi people." "The end of July is the time to harvest potatoes." "Local people call potatoes" ""Yangyu"." "Potatoes produced here have large tubers and abound in amylopectin and dry matter, which endow the potatoes an extraordinarily soft taste." "With an altitude higher than 2,600 meters, in the high and cold mountainous areas," "Butuo County is home to the best breed of potatoes purple potatoes," "which is demanding to grow and has a low yield." "The peel of purple potatoes is thin while its flesh is tender, containing a big amount of starch." "Fried potato chips are the most common domestic delicacy." "However, a more primitive way of cooking potatoes for Yi people is to roast them over a fire." "The roasted purple potatoes smell fragrant and taste crispy and soft." "In the early August, the annual Torch Festival of Yi ethnic group is coming near." "Pork chunks are made from the piglets of Wujin breed in local Liangshan." "The flesh is tender but not stringy, tasty but not greasy." "The roasted pork is cut into chunks as big as fists." "Cook the chunks over high heat and then scoop them out to add and mix with seasonings for flavor enhancing." "However, all of these have nothing to do with Gu Tao." "Sit down and have a smoke." "Drink some water and have some food." "It's your first time to climb up the mountains." "You shall have more food." "Take it." "And take more if it's not enough." "Here you are." "Abu, you need to eat more." "It costs much energy." "In the rapidly developing China, there are always some people who cannot but trade enjoyment with livelihood, brushing against delicacies in haste." "In the depth of Dabie Mountain, a group of young people are going on an arduous journey." "To take care of her daughter, Gao Xinya," "Li Xin's daily task is to prepare three meals for her." "Every year, the graduation of senior middle school is closely followed by Gaokao, the national college entrance examination in China." "Gaokao is a crucial turning point of fortune for nearly ten millions of young people." "Maotanchang Middle School has 20,000 students." "It is one of the largest sources of students enrolled in colleges and universities in Anhui Province." "It is also a Gaokao factory in the eyes of parents." "The learning schedule is tight, and the breaking time is hence precious." "Parents who can afford it choose to accompany their children studying at school." "Spring comes and flowers blossom." "Lixi is searching for a kind of wild vegetable by the side of the road." "Chinese mugwort is a kind of herb." "Local people call it "Ba Hao"." "Hurry up and pick." "On the third day of lunar March, local people eat mugwort cakes traditionally." "Though the conditions of accompanying are difficult," "Li Xi still follows the customs." "Soak the mugwork and squeeze the sap out." "After that, chop the leaves, which emit whiffs of fragrance." "Grind the rice to powder." "Adding some bacon can enrich the flavor and balance the nutrition of mugwort cakes." "My kid likes the cake." "The seasonal wild vegetable is the best alternative in her daughter's diet, of which each parent who accompanies their kids has their own understanding." "There are 90 Gaokao classes in total." "Each class is crowded with 100 odd students." "The whole campus is permeated with an air of tension and excitement as if involved in a formidable battle." "Students have a break of half an hour at noon." "At the time they have the mugwort cakes, there are no more than two months left before Gaokao" "Yummy?" "Yes." "Gao Xinya and her mother live near the school." "To those students who live faraway, they are not as lucky as she is." "The lunchtime is short." "And there is no fixed dining table." "Parents who accompany their kids studying at school now have another task, delivering meals." "Every day at noon, thousands of students have lunch at the gate of the school." "Chew the ball for three times or so." "It seems not enough?" "Parents devote their time and energy to the younger generation." "In fact, with knowledge changing and updating in a rapid tempo, the only thing most parents can do is take care of their kids' daily life instead of teaching them academic knowledge." "For instance, they can prepare food for their children, because the quality of food has an influence on the exam outcomes and even changes the fate of students." "The small town by the waterside boasts only 10,000 residents." "However, the number is tripled dramatically thanks to Gaokao." "What coexists with the usual peaceful life of the local people and the craft nearly lost to the world is the fast pace of students." "On the old lanes, people in bean curd workshop still use an old-fashioned method to make dried bean curd which is well known far and wide." "The bean curd with a thickness of about 2 centimeters tastes tender, smooth, silky and springy." "It's sure that she cannot sleep well." "The way of teaching here doesn't allow her to take enough time to rest." "As to her daily life anyway, undoubtedly I try my best to make sure that she eats well enough to absorb sufficient and balanced nutrition." "One more day," "Gao Xinya is leaving to attend Gaokao held in urban districts." "Li Xi exerts more efforts to prepare the last meal for her daughter before she leaves." "Smells good." "Stewed Dried Bean Curd with Pork is made by cooking white and tender bean curds with greasy pork belly." "With heavy oil and brown sauce, the dish is fresh and delicate." "Feel nervous?" "A little bit." "Well, a little bit." "Were you nervous when you took an exam?" "We are different." "For you, studying is suffering, whereas for me studying was a blessing at the then time." "Not that bad." "I have spent about 10 months accompanying my daughter." "It's probably the happiest and best time in my life." "The slippers with images of horses on them symbolizing victory are finally finished." "The unforgettable days when the mother and the daughter spent together are also about to end." "To pursue dreams in our heart, each one of us travels from all directions of the province to this school," "Maotanchang Middle School, a school in the depth of mountains." "Why did we travel along the winding mountain paths to come here?" "We came for studying, for learning knowledge, for settling our mind at ease." "Now it's time to display our capabilities." "Leading a simple life is not necessarily resulted from having no other choice." "Sometimes it can be a choice of the heart." "In Shanghai, vegetarians are seeking for health and even the meaning of life from ordinary vegetables." "There are more than 50 million vegetarians in China now." "Purifying the heart and limiting the desires have always been a prerequisite of spiritual practice for the wise since ancient China." "Nowadays, plain vegetarian diet is considered healthy to both body and mind by an increasing population of people." "It even has become a strategy of attracting customers for catering providers." "A piece of paper, please." "I think delicacy is an invisible yet invincible weapon." "It is able to conquer every person." "Wang Aihua searches every corner of streets to continuously enrich her list of delicacies." "To prepare for the mid-autumn festival vegetarian feast for the community," "Wang Aihua works day and night." "She even has to make several key ingredients in person." "A mixture of red bean powder, dried tangerine peel and brown sugar comes to be the filling, which is also her secret weapon." "In the 1960s, 70% of vegetables in Hong Kong grew locally." "However, the number reduces to lower than 2% now." "Fenling is a piece of land not yet devoured by the real estate industry." "Adhering to the traditional way of farming, farmers here use only organic fertilizer and cultivate only seasonal vegetables." "Although the yield is low," "Aihua trusts such agricultural produce." "Snow Skin Mooncake is a highlight of the mid-autumn festival vegetarian feast that Aihua has been preparing." "In China, mooncakes are varied from place to place." "In the 1980s, in order to overthrow the traditional way of making mooncakes , people in Hong Kong created Snow Skin Mooncake." "The crust is made of glutinous rice flour mixed with non-glutinous flour in proper proportion." "The filling is sweetened red bean paste." "The cake tastes tender, smooth, fragrant and sticky." "It does not need to be baked;" "rather, it has a more favorable taste if refrigerated." "Do you know what Happy Kitchen is?" "Why do we call it Happy Kitchen?" "In modern life, people simplify foods as consumer goods with price tags." "The food in Happy Kitchen nevertheless provokes one to reflect on the relationship between food, nature and producers." "Things are changing, so are human desires." "The longer we stay in concrete jungles, the more we yearn to return to country life." "The rapid changes of the society stir the heart of every person." "Hong Kong is as bustling as usual." "However, skyscrapers are no longer regarded as the most luxurious and fashionable trend, but rather the plainest country life is." "How to be in conformity with nature and traditions?" "Perhaps more ecological samples could be found in mainland China." "Every morning, 72-year-old Long Xiangui catches fish in Gulin River." "It is his morning exercise." "Gulin County is the most remote county in Sichuan Province." "Chishui River runs across it." "In terms of their scales of development, cities in China can be categorized into three classes." "Gulin is a county smaller than third class cities." "Gulin Handmade Noodles are tough yet taste smooth and delicate, good at absorbing soup." "It is a top choice for breakfast." "Master, 100 grams of noodles." "Got it." "Wait a minute." "Stew the peas until well cooked." "Then add the noodles." "One can enjoy the taste of strong freshness with a pleasant aroma." "Gulin County is a small county, close to the countryside." "In rural areas, there are more fresh vegetables." "Transportation is convenient." "Vendors carry vegetables on a motorcycle and sell them here." "When they are all sold out, vendors leave." "In this sense, those vegetables are better." "As a small county by the side of Chishui River, life in Guili remains self-sufficient as in the pre-industrialization era." "Food ingredients come from places no more than 30 kilometers away." "Choose a rooster that is 3 years old or above." "Use a claw to prod the meat so that the chicken would not burst when cooked." "The cooking base contains more than 30 seasonings." "The master stock that is repeatedly used can preserve and enhance constantly the flavor of the chicken." "This pot of master stock is made by Long Xiangui the year before last." "The pleasantly aromatic soup sided with the red pepper dipping oil represents the most outstanding gustatory characteristic of Gulin Spicy Chicken." "Spicy Chicken is the favorite of his great-granddaughter Long Meiqi." "Long Xiangui is eager to give his great-granddaughter a surprise." "Hello?" "Available?" "Grandpa." "I've been looking for you for a long time." "What a naughty girl." "I've been long waited for you." "You are really naughty." "Stop crying." "Have you bought candies?" "Yes." "Have you?" "Yes." "Then what are you crying for?" "I bought them myself." "Don't get mad at your great-grandpa." "You shouldn't do that." "No cry then." "OK." "We have four generations living under the same roof." "My parents are still alive." "And of course, our kids take good care of us." "Yellow-head catfish, whose scientific name is tachysurus fulvidraco, can be found in most parts of China." "These wild fish were rewarded for Mr. Long's efforts in the early morning." "The cooking style of yellow-head catfish varies from place to place." "As to the Gulin-style, the common way is to cook it with pickled vegetable and pickled chili, which not only help to remove the unpleasant odor of fish, but also enhance the freshness and tenderness of the fish." "Cool." "It's done." "Having been stewed in the stock for nearly an hour, the Spicy Chicken is ready to serve." "Dipping the flesh fully in the red chili oil, it tastes fittingly spicy and numbing." "The flesh is delicate and tender with a strong relish." "In the past decades, at almost every weekend, the family members gather together and enjoy a splendid feast." "Come on, to good health of our parents." "To good health of each of us." "Cheers." "Cheers." "Cheers." "I prefer living in this small county." "To live in big city," "I'm afraid I cannot make it." "The air (in small counties) and hygiene, among other aspects of the environment are improving." "A clean and clear environment, low cost of living, a simple and slow life, along with the pleasure out of ordinary times, all of these make small counties like Gulin brim with a strong sense of life." "It was used to be our tradition, however, in the present days, it becomes rare and precious." "Having lived in hustling and bustling cities for a long time, some people choose to run away to pursue their ideal simplicity and happiness." "Here we go." "Dali is the place where Shi Xuxia and Wang Chong from Beijing have been for many times." "Every time they travel here, both of them always feel that the journey is too short." "From West Fourth Ring Road, Beijing to Erhaimen, Dali, there are 3000 kilometers away." "Dali gives them a down-to-earth feel with the earth under their feet and a blue sky over their head." "A greater change takes place after they were acquainted with their neighbor, Granny Li." "This is a neighborhood that Shi Xuxia experienced only when she was a child." "This is raw rapeseed oil." "Fresh crucian carp from Erhai Lake has sweet and luscious flesh." "Cook it until 70% cooked." "60% or 70% cooked." "Granny Li is an excellent cook." "Shi Xuxia, a lover of delicacy, won't miss any chance to learn cooking." "Sichuan pepper powder." "Yunnan Papaya (different from Carica papaya), also called "Sour Papaya" in Dali, is the gustatory identification code of this dish." "Don't cook it with its seeds." "The sourness of Yunnan papaya has a unique fruit flavor and a strong taste, which endows the flesh of crucian carp with an endless relish." "The fish is tender, juicy and silky, while the broth is fresh, spicy and rich." "It's sour." "Erhai Lake" "is the seventh largest freshwater lake in China." "With good quality of water," "Erhai Lake is abundant in aquatic products." "Fishermen of Bai ethnic group have lived by fishing here for generations." "Mount Cang has an average altitude of 3,500 meters." "It's rainy season in July, a season to pick lurid bolete." "Fungus pickers go up the mountain in the early morning to harvest fresh fungi and sell them immediately after they go down." "The local people describe this as "morning fungi consumed at noon" (i.e. fungi are picked in the morning and cooked at noon)." "Lurid bolete is a common name for boletus luridus." "Its color changes when sliced, which signifies its toxicity." "It is easy to be poisoned if one eats it improperly." "High temperature is the key to detoxification." "Cook it twice." "First saute the lurid bolete in oil." "After that, stir fry it over high heat." "By this way one can be sure that the fungi are thoroughly cooked." "I have no idea of its taste." "Fresh lurid bolete tastes crispy and refreshing with an extraordinary fragrance." "That is the reason why it is so appealing even though it's slightly toxic." "It's really tasty." "Right." "Sure." "Extremely fresh." "Did you see its thorns?" "Yes." "The counter-urbanization life is characteristic of a peaceful life, fresh air, harmonious neighborhood and meals made of natural ingredients." "Their life experience in Dali led Shi Xuxia and her husband to make an serious decision." "Come on, Cao'er." "In the early 2013, they quit their jobs in Beijing and moved to Dali." "Both of us are not the kind of people who tries their best to surpass others, to climb up the social ladder with a high aim." "Perhaps for those who struggle and work hard in big cities, they want to succeed in their career, to stand out." "But as to both of us, it seems that we don't go after that." "We go after a leisurely life." "To free oneself from the low-brow theory of success and escape from metropolis," "Dali is an ideal place to settle down for those who make a living outside their hometown." "New comers come from the four corners of China." "When they enjoy the rustic beauty, there are moments of surprise to discover themselves." "So cool." ""Pain food and simple life are not necessarily dull and hard." "The empty life for others is the most cherished time for me."" "Shi Xuxia wrote in her daily." "On June 5th, 10,000 odd students from Maotanchang Middle School are transported by 70 buses in 140 times." "To Li Xi, the laborious yet happy time of accompanying her daughter studying is precious for the rare intimacy." "When children grow up, they will be further and further away from home." "Every morning when Liang Jingxuan sets out, he seems to go on an arduous journey." "Only when he returns home from work at night, he can have an actual rest." "A bowl of hot soup carries the warmth and affections of a Guangzhou family." "Finishing the heavy work," "Yang Yuanyuan walks out of the factory and embraces her own life." "No matter how dissatisfied she is towards her work, she still enjoys her youth time." "The celebration of Torch Festival in Daliang Mountain has reached its climax." "With the work of line patrol ending temporarily ," "Gu Tao also sits down and have a taste of delicacies." "The desire for delicacies is an instinct of human beings." "However, the choice of delicacies varies from person to person, sometimes may be completely opposite." "Some prefer meat dishes while some others favor vegetarian diets." "Some eat fast while some others eat slowly." "No matter how they act, there is always a reason." "Today, the unprecedented abundance of food coexists with unprecedented want of resources." "If we look for answers perhaps in the wisdom of our ancestors, they would remind all of us who have a limited time of life the following insight:" "there are thousands of houses, but you only need a 2-meter place to sleep;" "even if you have millions of fortune, you only have three meals a day."