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| Village banquets in Shunde, Guangdong province were highlighted in A Bite of China. (Photo/China Daily) |
"I feel happy and proud to appear on TV. It's an honor, and satisfies my vanity," he says.
Where people usually plant flowers, Zhang had planted a variety of vegetables - melons, pumpkin, tomato and eggplant.
As a member of the Roof Gardens Association, Zhang says his rooftop vegetable garden has inspired a lot of people in China to cultivate gardens on their rooftops.
Many come to learn from him.
"People want to return to Nature, and they aspire to be urban farmers," he says. "There used to be virtual vegetable planting games on the Internet, but now people prefer the real thing."
A Bite of China also awakened a renewed appreciation of traditional and regional Chinese foods since it aired in May.
People not only got to know many ingredients previously used only locally, and they were warmed by the strong bonds that link Chinese food, family and hometown.
Bian Jiang, secretary-general of the China Cuisine Association, says the documentary is about Chinese food, but goes beyond food in that it also expressed Chinese culture and identity.
"The documentary takes people back to where they feel happiest: To home-cooked food, to mother's cooking.
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