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9th Yada Academy Lecture & Talk Successfully Held

Date:2021.07.17


On the afternoon of July 17th, 9th Yada Academy Lecture & Talk was held at the Life Bookstore of Yada Yangxian Xishan. The senior media writer Mr. Zhu Xuedong shared his journey in the search of delicious food and his understanding on diet and lifestyle under the theme of “Real Life in Worldly Ways”.




The Lecture & Talk began with Mr. Zhu’s new book The People’s Diet. He introduced the context of writing this book, the chapters The Taste of Jiangnan and Men’s Kitchen in the book and the content on the seasonal food in Jiangnan area and the daily food in his hometown Wujing, expressing his preference to Jiangnan food, memory on the past food and profound nostalgia. In his opinion, as the social development, many Jiangnan food in old days have disappeared. He expected to share his good memory by his book.




The host Mr. Yang Kui said, Mr. Zhu’s articles on delicious food were beyond food materiel with appreciate the worldly sense. The profound nostalgia in his articles stirred the heart of readers. Such emotion was also the expression of worldly ways.




Referring to the nostalgia, Mr. Zhu talked about the fun of farming life in his childhood. In his opinion, from ancient times, Jiangnan area was rich in natural resources. As the social and economic development, rural food was no longer related to the memory of hunger, but the farming season and simple taste of the food itself. The taste of a city was the taste of cuisine in the childhood memory, such as the taste of his hometown Changzhou was the taste of Chinese cabbage.




Mr. Yang Kui said, Mr. Zhu was a purist in the real life. He wrote much of his thoughts in his words, displaying a true himself in front of the public. According to Mr. Zhu, he was an honest person to everyone. He wrote many pieces of journal account, in which besides “examining himself thrice a day”, he wanted to keep his sensibility to words and express how the world was in his eyes by daily insistence. In virtue of continuous self-building and relatively respectable life, he did not only live a happy life, but also brought happiness to the surroundings.




During the Lecture & Talk, Mr.Zhu told his story of searching delicious food at Dushang of Yixing. He also mentioned Yangxian Xishan. He said, it was rich in the natural resources and owned the scenery and products related to the climate. According to Mr. Yangkui, so did the Town Canteen at Yangxian Xishan. It offered the authentic local seasonal cuisine with neither sea food nor gourmet powder.




Mr. Zhu also answered the questions of the audience in detail, referring to “writing time, how to read, pressure from identity and advices to the younger generation. After the event, he also signed his name on books for his keen readers.




As one of the important cultural facilities at Yada Yangxian Xishan, Yada Academy builds up a platform for people who like reading, sharing and exchanging by varied kinds of activities, such as the Lecture & Talk, the celebrity’s lecture and Reading Leaders Program of Xishan. While enriching the spiritual life at Yangxian Xishan, it devotes itself to the public reading and won wide recognition and good reputation. In 2020, Yada Academy Lecture & Talk was selected as the “Yixing Annual Public Reading Promotion Activity Demonstration Program”. Yada Academy has gradually grown up into a cultural lightspot at Yada Yangxian Xishan as well as in Yixing.