The ancient Chinese didn’t just invent gunpowder — they created the picnic
A lively exhibition at Hong Kong’s Palace Museum explores the culture of feasting — including a centuries-old predecessor to Deliveroo ...
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The Four Great Inventions
China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole ...
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What Tea Do Chinese Restaurants Use?
Ever wondered what kind of tea Chinese restaurants serve and why it tastes so good? Tea isn’t just a beverage in these places ...
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Eight fizzling facts about fireworks
It is thought that a Chinese cook accidentally invented gunpowder by mixing three common kitchen ingredients! Today, it is estimated that China produces around 90% of the world’s fireworks.
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What's The Difference Between Gunpowder Tea And Green Tea?
Read more: 16 Popular Energy Drinks, Ranked By Customer Reviews Gunpowder tea is a variety of green tea that has origins as ...
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Green tea recipes
It’s widely served in Chinese restaurants to be drunk with the food. Gunpowder – a Chinese green tea with a dry, quite sharp flavour, so-called because the leaves curl up into ‘gunpowder ...
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How Picasso exhibition at Hong Kong’s M+ brings Spanish artist into 21st century
A painting by a mainland Chinese contemporary artist created by exploding gunpowder may seem an unlikely item for a Picasso exhibition, but it is among more than 190 artworks at Hong Kong’s M+ ...