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Tengchongto the Border EDITOR’S Letter NOV/DEC 2017 NOV/DEC 008 SKYInflight Magazine TIMES LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF OLD BEIJING DAY AT THE MUSEUMS American Airlines Tightens Ties with China PRODUCING THE PERFECT POTTERY TengchongTo the Border EDITOR’S Letter Food, Fun and Festivities very autumn, the water level of the Yangtze River in Hubei begins to drop and the nearby lakes become thick bogs covered in webs of detritus. Men come in little boats, paddling their way across the Esinking river in the dim, blue-grey light before sunrise. They are looking for lotus root, the starchy staple that is a highlight of much Chinese cooking, and gives a sweetish solidity to a winter soup. This is the one segment of my favorite documentary TV series A Bite of China, which introduced the history and stories behind food, eating and cooking, and aroused lots of people’s interests in it. Food is always a hot topic, and everyone has something to say about it. Just like United States celebrity cook Rachael Ray said: “Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet — the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers and cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!” In our November/December edition, we are talking food. We bring you a warm and interesting story, focusing on six food lovers and the gourmet dishes of their hometowns. They include pilots, flight attendants, an air traffic controller and a head chef. Even though they come from different places, with diversified cultures, they share the same feelings about food. In their minds, the taste of their hometown is the best memory of their childhood, and those working away from home still crave the flavors of their favorite dishes. (page 14) Going to the border and the seaside are the themes of our travel section. This winter, we bring you to Tengchong, a border town in Southwest China; Photo by Qiu Taijian Xiamen, the most beautiful coastal city in Fujian Province; and Saigon, the “Pearl of the Orient” in Vietnam, to discover the history, culture and stories behind three places. (page 28 & 32 &36 ) When you plan to travel to a metropolis, such as New York, Paris, London or Florence, which places are on your must-see list? My answer is museums. As we always say: “Libraries hold ideas, museums hold the tangible objects of history and of science.” Wandering a museum hall can whisk you off to another era, leave you in awe of an artist or teach you something new about our natural world. So follow us on a museum tour to enjoy eight of the world’s must-see museums. (page 68) With this being the last issue of 2017, we feel there are still a lot of interesting stories we want to offer you, a bunch of places we want to show you and many trendy lifestyles we want to share with you. That is why we are already working on next year’s editions. So, in 2018, let us discover the world together with Sky Times. We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Cao Shenshen CAAC Inflight Magazine Executive Editor with the largest circulation of all inflight publications. 01 SKY TIMES 008 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 Responsible Institution: Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Sponsor: China Civil Aviation Publishing House Now 04 President: Ma Songwei People 55 Publication: Time for Tender Loving Care at Elephant Orphanage China Civil Aviation Publishing House British Library Celebrates 20 Years of Harry Potter Editor-in-Chief: Li Yong Film Props Sold Off at Auction Executive Editor: Cao Shenshen American Airlines Tightens Ties with Slacklining in the City of Prague Editors: Feng Shuangqing, Wang Ruosi China / 56 Editorial Consultant: Paris Hosts Rollerblading Marathon Listening to the Sounds of Old Beijing / 62 Dominic McIver Editor-Visuals & Photographs: Lu Ning Advertising Director: Zong Miaomiao Designed By: Alinea Productions Talk 09 Items 10 Data 12 Lifestyle Advertising: 67 CAAC Magazine Corporation Focus Address: CAAC Journal, Civil Aviation Day at the Museums / 68 Building A, Shilihe, Chaoyang District, Grand Designs in the Heart of Shanghai / 74 Beijing, 100122 13 Puffer Fish: A Life and Death Matter to Printing: Foodies / 78 C&C Joint Printing (Beijing) Co., LTD. TASTES OF HOMETOWN FOOD Chic / 80 Advertise in Sky Times Books & Films / 82 Email: [email protected] The Rainbow Chamber / 84 Tel: (86-10) 87667513 Travel 29 A Sophisticated Stay in the City / 85 Belmond Grand Hotel Europe: The heart of St. Stimulate Your Senses in Petersburg / 86 主管: 中国民用航空局 主办: 中国民航出版社 Scintillating Saigon /30 社长: 马松伟 出版: 中国民航出版社 Living Like a Local in Xiamen / 34 主编: 李永 WOW Xiamen / 37 执行主编: 曹慎慎 编辑: 冯霜晴、王若思 Tengchong: To the Border / 38 语言顾问: 多米尼克 · 麦基弗 视觉编辑: 路泞 广告总监: 宗妙妙 Flying 87 设计: 利雅法盛 Build Consensus, Innovate Development / 88 广告独家代理: 中国民航杂志社 Culture 地址: 北京市朝阳区十里河民航空管楼A座 43 How to Stay Looking Fresh 中国民航报社 印刷: 北京华联印刷有限公司 Producing the Perfect While Flying / 92 Pottery / 44 Ask the Captain / 94 ISSUE 8 The Art of Light Painting / 50 November/December 2017 News / 96 国际标准刊号: ISSN2096-1375 国内统一刊号: CN10-1381/G1 02 03 SKY TIMES | Now Time for Tender Loving Care British Library Celebrates 20 Years of at Elephant Orphanage Harry Potter A worker feeds a baby elephant at an orphanage near Nairobi in Kenya. The orphanage An exhibition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter looks after young elephants from different natural reserves around the country, whose book opened in late October at the British Library. It features material parents have been killed by poachers for their ivory. The young elephants receive intensive from JK Rowling’s archives, a range of books on wizardry and information care at the orphanage, and are sent back to the natural reserves when they grow up. about the origin of the Philosopher’s Stone. Harry Potter is as popular as ever nearly 20 years down the line. The curator said the aim was to “inspire fans with the magic of our own British Library collections”. 04 05 SKY TIMES | Now Film Props in the City of Prague Sold Off at Auction Slacklining An auction for film props washeld at the end of September in Paris. Thousands A thrillseeker slacklines in Prague in late September to raise funds for diabetics. Slacklining of props that had been used in French movies were auctioned off. In total, nearly bears many similarities to tightrope walking and slack-rope walking. If the wire is slackened, it 600 unique props from the greatest movies of the past 40 years appeared at the creates a bouncy, almost trampoline like, feeling for the person walking across. The extreme auction. A Nike boot that Michael J. Fox wore in Back to the Future Part , which sport is said to have been started by bored mountain climbers in the 1980s on their rest days. was released in 1989, were sold for nearly 30,000 euros (US$35,500). 06 07 SKY TIMES | Now SKY TIMES | Talk What’s your best What’s your biggest achievement in 2017? regret in 2017 that you plan to make up for in the coming future? I fail to meet the weight-loss goal I set for myself, and haven’t gotten It should be ensuring the flight safety into the best shape I can. Pilots must throughout the year and transferring be physically strong to cope with passengers to where they are going. the fatigue brought by high-intensity work and irregular sleep. I wish I could Liu Quande(Pilot) spend more time in working out in the coming months, and turn the regret into an achievement. 2017 is a year full of challenging for me, which has forever engraved in my memory. Recalling the past days and nights, writing dissertation almost constitutes all of my life, with I have planned a trip with my parents the feeling of struggling, despairing, for a long time, but I don’t have exciting… Anyway, I never give up, enough money. I hope I can get a job and now I have finished it. Such per- as soon as possible, so travelling with sistence itself is the best achievement my parents will come true in the near for me in 2017, no matter what the Xia Lu future. result would be. “Life was like a box (Doctoral Candidate) of chocolates, you never know what you are gonna get.” My best achievement in 2017 goes to the collaboration with Air China. The standard for inflight meal is very com- To be honest, I have no regrets in plicated and has a lot of restrictions. this year. Usually when I decide to In the end we have done a great job do something, I always bring it to the to create the menu, and I’m really bottom with passion. In the coming proud of this. Besides, I have made new year I have some projects that Amedeo(Chef) Ferri a lot of promotion with different will be very interesting to follow. Michelin chefs throughout the year. I’ve been trying to bring the kitchen close to the art. Paris Hosts Rollerblading Marathon The biggest achievement of the year The biggest regret that I want to Paris held its first rollerblading marathon on Oct. 15. Skating fans were able to take in one of for me is to try different business and make up for is to save more time for the world’s most beautiful cities on skates, enjoying attractions such as the Arc de Triomphe explore new possibility in work. It is family time and get back home as and Champs Elysees, the Eiffel Tower, Le Louvre, Moulin Rouge and others.
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