汉语世界（2020年第1期）总第80期汉语世界（The World of Chinese）

The Ski Issue

Welcome to the world’s fastest growing ski market: We explore China’s flurry of investment in winter sports and realities on the slopes. We sample changing tastes toward MSG, talk to a pioneering female sports champion, and more.


滑雪早在五千多年前就已经存在于中国这片土地，却直到最近二十年才真正流行起来。为迎接2022年北京冬奥会，全国上下正努力打造中国的滑雪文化。

本期主题故事关注中国人的玉情结、人们对味精的警惕以及农村垃圾处理现状。

封面故事：当我们爱上滑雪
主题故事：中国人为何对玉情有独钟？
主题故事：人们为什么对味精如此警惕？
主题故事：农村垃圾分类进行时

 

1/2020
THE JADE RUSH
中国人的玉情结从何而来？
Jade has been prized in China for thousands of years for its durability and clear luster, but its prices today are anything but transparent. As more and more Chinese pick up this investment vehicle, jade aficionados weigh in on what they feel is the true value of the rock

COVER STORY
ALPINE AMBITIONS
当我们爱上滑雪
WELCOME TO THE FASTEST GROWING SKI MARKET IN THE WORLD: WITH THE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS AROUND THE CORNER, CHINA WANTS TO GET AN ASTOUNDING 300 MILLION CITIZENS INVOLVED IN WINTER SPORTS. GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND A CONSTRUCTION FRENZY IN SKI RESORTS ARE GETTING UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ONTO THE SLOPES, BUT IS THIS AVALANCHE OF DEVELOPMENT ENOUGH FOR THE COUNTRY TO TRULY FALL IN LOVE WITH “SKI CULTURE”?

A QUESTION
of Taste
人们为什么对味精如此警惕？
Since becoming mass-produced on the mainland in the 1970s, MSG has been ubiquitous in Chinese cooking—until now. Health fads and food safety scares are pointing diners to alternative condiments and to rethink what makes food “savory”
NO TIME TO WASTE
农村垃圾分类进行时
China’s villages are a forgotten frontier in the nation’s war on trash, which focuses most of its fanfare on urban waste-sorting programs. As landfills overflow and incinerators open up, rural waste education is becoming a race against time—with life-and-death consequences

20 KALEIDOSCOPE  
  KELP WANTED
海带之乡是摄影师的天堂
The picturesque coastline of Fujian’s Xiapu county is beloved by photographers for its colorful mudflats and sunsets, but its star attraction is the early summer kelp harvest. Xiapu native Chen Furong captures the area’s seaweed farmers hard at work in the sun and sand, mixed with joy over the fruits of their labor

12 DRAGON’S DIGEST
  THE EIGHTH PRINCE
短篇小说《八王爷》
In the insular world of the Chinese village, honor and social obligation run paramount—but neighborly affection also permeates every bond. This moving and deceptively simple tale by Jiang Xinlei offers a rare representation of the countryside in literature

64 PIONEER
  ON TOP OF HER GAME
女选手也能在电竞赛场称王
Li Xiaomeng made history by becoming one of the world’s first female esports champions in 2019. Now, the 23-year-old speaks to TWOC about the challenges she has faced in her singular career and the future of esports in China

76 GALLERY  
  100 SHADES OF INK
水墨，不只是水墨
Once the domain of classical literati painting, ink has become a flexible modern medium in works ranging from videos to 3D installations. A biannual exhibition in Wuhan showcases the best of China’s contemporary ink art, while attempting to develop a “theory
of ink”

54 ON THE ROAD  
  CELEBRITY’S SUMMIT
掀开庐山的神秘面纱
“I do not know the real shape of Lushan,” poet Su Dongpo wrote of Jiangxi’s most famous mountains, which have attracted a bewildering number of pilgrims throughout history—from literati and foreign missionaries to Communist leaders and film buffs. All have left their mark on Lushan’s misty peaks, which show a different face to every visitor

68  CHI LE MA
  RED RECIPE
毛血旺的麻辣诱惑
Chongqing’s “raw blood-curd soup,” or mao xie wang, is not a dish for the faint-hearted. Typically made with duck’s blood, tripe, and fiery peppercorns, this exemplar of the Yu culinary tradition is sure to get the blood boiling

84 ZOETROPE
  THE WILD GOOSE LAKE
刁亦男的别样电影世界
Named after the seedy “urban village” where much of its action takes place, director Diao Yinan’s daring film noir intermixes moral ambiguity with aestheticized violence to tell the stories of society’s marginalized