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Pidan Textile
Pidan may refer to: *Pi dan or Century egg, a type of preserved egg used in Chinese cuisine *Pidan (textile), a type of silk cloth used as a tapestry in Cambodia *Pidan island, a river island in the Yalu river, North Korea *Pidan Mountain, Primorsky Krai, Russia *Mount Livadiyskaya, also known as "Pidan" or "Pedan", a mountain in Primorsky Krai, Russia {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pi Dan
Century eggs (), also known under a wide variety of names (see infobox), are a Chinese egg-based culinary dish made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing. Through the process, the yolk becomes a dark green to grey color, with a creamy consistency and strong flavor due to the hydrogen sulfide and ammonia present, while the white becomes a dark brown, translucent jelly with a salty flavor. The transforming agent in the century egg is an alkaline salt, which gradually raises the pH of the egg to around 9–12, during the curing process. This chemical process breaks down some of the complex, flavorless proteins and fats, which produces a variety of smaller flavorsome compounds. Some eggs have patterns near the surface of the egg white which are likened to pine branches. These patterned eggs are regarded as having better quality than the normal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pidan (textile)
A pidan is a type of silk cloth used in Cambodian and Khmer people, Khmer weddings, funerals, and Buddhist ceremonies as a canopy (building), canopy or tapestry. Pidan are often decorated with images of wats, nāgas, apsaras, scenes from the life of Gautama Buddha , Buddha, Angkor Wat, animals (especially elephants), and plants. Production Pidan is produced by an experienced weaver. Because of this and it's silken composition, it is fairly expensive. History Khmer textiles are a tradition dating back for over a millennium. As Cambodia had fallen under the governorship of French Indochina, pidan would begin to die. Then, in 1993, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Cambodia) revitalized the art of textile making among low-class artisans. This was to noticeable success. Later, the Artists Association of Cambodia found success funding and keeping some businesses (and by extension the pidan) alive. Further reading *http://iktt.esprit-libre.org/e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pidan Island
Pidansom (, : Chouduan IslandLiu, Yue, et al. "Provenance tracing of indicative minerals in sediments of the Yalu River estuary and its adjacent shallow seas." Journal of Coastal Research 29.5 (2013): 1227-1235.) is a river island in the Yalu river in North Korea. Pidansom was developed by merging of several river islands such as Sindo Island (薪島) and Maando (馬鞍島) in the 1960s. The island is home to a fishing cooperative and is also used for agriculture. See also *Sindo County Sindo County is a ''kun'' (county) in the North P'yŏngan province of North Korea. Most of the county consists of Pidansŏm, an island in the estuary of the Yalu River. Sindo was established as a separate county in 1991; previously, it had been p ... References River islands of North Korea {{NorthKorea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pidan Mountain
Mount Livadiyskaya (russian: гора́ Ливади́йская or ), unofficially known as Mount Pedan () or Mount Pidan () is one of the highest peaks in Shkotovsky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia. Livadiyskaya is a part of the Livadiysky Range of the Sikhote-Alin. The history of the mountain is often mystified, due to the presence of megaliths. These attract adepts of different neopagan Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a term for a religion or family of religions influenced by the various historical pre-Christian beliefs of pre-modern peoples in Europe and adjacent areas of North Afric ... and other faiths. The mountain is a popular hiking spot, which has seen a surge in the number of ascensions in recent years. This has resulted in worsening contamination. Livadiyskaya Livadiyskaya Megalithic monuments {{PrimorskyKrai-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |