英文摘要 |
This article describes family meals observed in Beautiful Jade, a Yongchun County farming village in Fujian Province, China. The villagers are engaged in the commercial planting of mandarin oranges and subsistence farming of rice and vegetables. Family meals reflect the subsistence nature of the people’s farming life as well as the influence of commercializtion. On one hand, food consumption is still largely derived from local production-no McDonald’s or sushi outlets have opened in the nearby township. On the other hand, there is increasing influence of new experiences brought back by workers who have gone to coastal cities to earn a living. This paper describes life in a Chinese village through the lens of family meals. |