Li Ziqi Turns Corn Into a Chinese Feast

This is the second episode of our three-part collaboration with Li Ziqi, a Chinese internet celebrity whose videos about rural life have attracted a global following of over 50 million fans.

In this exclusive video first released to Goldthread, Li shows us how to make a myriad of traditional Chinese dishes—from scratch—using corn.

Corn is originally from the Americas, but it was introduced to China in the 1500s and quickly became a staple crop, particularly in northern parts of the country.

Although corn is mostly used in China today as animal feed, at its height in the 1940s, about two-thirds of China’s corn was consumed by people.

Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with Li Ziqi next week!

If you liked this video, we have more stories about rural life, including:

How to Make Green and Black Tea From Scratch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4suI4UWSvg

The Gold Rush for Mushrooms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFo0A_qOLo

Li Ziqi’s Official Channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/cnliziqi

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Producers: Daisy Qian and Venus Wu
Video Provided by: Li Ziqi
Editor and Mastering: Victor Peña

Music: Audio Network