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Being as Western as I am Chinese,it's pretty challenging
既是西方人又是中國人的我，在別人家里
cooking authentic food for people in their homes, especially
烹飪地道的美食是一種相當的挑戰
in some of the most traditional places outside of the cities.
尤其在一些城市外最傳統的地方
I want to see what people are eating, what are they farming?
我想看看人們吃什么，耕種什么
Just see what ordinary life is, if there's such a thing
看看平凡的生活是什么樣的，如果在中國還有
as ordinary life in China any more because it's so developed.
所謂的平凡生活，因為它發展太快了
In the last 20 years,over 100 million people
在過去的二十年中，超過一億人
have left their villages to find
離開村莊到
work in the mega-cities springing up all over China.
如雨后春筍般成長的大城市打工
It is strange, isn't it,
很奇怪，不是嗎
because you've got deserted towns dotted around.
因為你看到了周圍都是荒棄的小鎮
There's no life.
沒有生機
Like a ghost town.
像一座鬼城
I'm travelling two hours out of Beijing.
我離開北京走了兩小時
90 kilometres to the west is Chuandixia.
向西走90公里是爨底下村
Chuandixia is a 400-year-old village.
爨底下村是一座有400年歷史的村落
It used to be a thriving farming community.
它曾是一個繁榮的農莊
Now, only 100 villagers remain.
現在，僅僅還剩下100個村民
I'm staying with Mr and Mrs Han,whose family have lived here for generations.
我與韓先生韓夫人住在一起，他們已經在這里生活了幾代
I thought it was just three generations,
我想只有三代
but he says 13 generations.
但他說有13代了
The Hans run a homestay.
韓家人經營著一家家庭旅館
These are like B&Bs that offer a taste of rural peasant life
就像B&B旅館，讓人嘗試正在快速消失的
that's fast disappearing.
農民生活的滋味
They're popular with the new,urban middle classes
他們很受新興城市中產階級的歡迎
who want to escape the city and experience a China of the past.
他們想逃離城市去體驗中國的往昔
So this is it.
就是它
It's a courtyard home and it all belongs to his family.
這是個四合院，屬于他的家庭
This is wonderful. I feel like I really have stepped back in time.
很美妙，真的感覺像時光倒轉了數載
Central to the home-stay experience is the home-cooked meal
家庭住宿體驗的中心就是
with home-grown vegetables.
用自家種植的蔬菜烹制的菜肴
I'm hoping to learn some traditional country recipes from Mrs Han.
我希望能從韓夫人那里學做一些傳統鄉村菜
