STORY: American youth fancies Chinese vegetarian food, culture
DATELINE: June 28, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:26
LOCATION: FUZHOU, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Jacob walking into the hotel
2. STANDUP (Chinese): JACOB, American expat in Fuzhou
3. various of dishes
4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JING WU, Chef, Fuzhou Amitabha Hotel
5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JACOB, American expat in Fuzhou
6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JING WU, Chef, Fuzhou Amitabha Hotel
7. various of Jacob carving food
8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): JACOB, American expat in Fuzhou

STORYLINE:

American youth Jacob has been living in east China's Fuzhou City for more than 10 years.

As a vegetarian, he is impressed by the city's vegetarianism culture.

STANDUP (Chinese): JACOB, American expat in Fuzhou
"Hello everyone. My name is Jacob from the United States. I have been living in Fuzhou for more than 10 years. I am a vegetarian, and today I am going to introduce the vegetarianism culture in Fuzhou to you."

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JING WU, Chef, Fuzhou Amitabha Hotel
"Recently, we have developed several new dishes, which are representative of Fujian cuisine. The first dish is what we called 'Fumantang.' When we make this dish, we adopt the traditional process of making 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall,' a famous dish that represents Fujian cuisine. And we would use nine ingredients including morels, mushrooms, and matsutake from Yunnan."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JACOB, American expat in Fuzhou
"It has a very strong taste, very strong scent of wine. The texture of the mushrooms is chewy and fibrous."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JING WU, Chef, Fuzhou Amitabha Hotel
"The vegetarian dishes we made basically contain natural ingredients, which can be very healthy. The dish 'Fumantang' means good luck to all the guests who come to Fuzhou."

SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): JACOB, American expat in Fuzhou
"When it comes to Fuzhou's traditional architecture, what do we think of? The White Pagoda, the Black Pagoda, Zhenhai Tower, etc.
Today, we will learn how to use vegetarian materials to carve these architectures in Fuzhou.
Now we have finished the work, you can guess which one is made by the chef and which one is made by me. When we do it, we need to be very careful and patient. The masterpiece made by the chef is very thin-carved so that you can see the stripes inside through the layer, which is really fantastic.
I have been living in Fuzhou for more than 10 years, and I am very happy to live here because the city has a good natural environment and I have many old friends here. And there're many cultures and delicious food. I sincerely welcome more people from around the world to come here to experience the culture and vegetarian culture here."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Fuzhou, China.
(XHTV)