阅读理解While living in China, I have learned many new things about vegetables. Although lots of vegetables here are not new to me, the way they are cooked is quite different.
I always ate potatoes when I was in Australia, but as soon as I tried the potato cooked in the Chinese way, I felt like I was eating a new kind of vegetable which is much more delicious. Another special thing about Chinese vegetables is the kinds. In China, there are different kinds of green tasty vegetables. What's more, some vegetables have good meanings in Chinese culture. Stepping inside a Chinese person's home, you may find paintings of different vegetables. For example, the gourd(葫芦) has many different cultural meanings, including happiness, health and having a large family, just because of its shape and pronunciation.
You could say that for Chinese people, vegetables stand for much more than just a healthy eating way. They mean delicious food and a good and happy life.
Chinese people don't just love cooking delicious vegetable dishes. They also love planting vegetables. Chinese people have grown vegetables in their houses for centuries. Now, they have also grown them in the Antarctic(南极地区), and even in space! Here is why.
