Nian gao, sometimes translated as year cake or New Year cake or Chinese New Year's cake, is a food prepared from glutinous rice flour and consumed in Chinese cuisine. It is also simply known as "rice cake". While it can be eaten all year round, traditionally it is most popular during the Chinese New Year. It is considered good luck to eat nian gao during this time of the year because nian gao (年糕) is a homonym for "higher year" or "grow every year" (年高), which means "a more prosperous year". The character 年 is literally translated as "year", and the character 糕 (gāo) is literally translated as "cake" and is identical in sound to the character 高, meaning "tall" or "high". In Mandarin, Nian gao (年糕) also is an exact homonym of "sticky cake" (黏糕／粘糕), the character 黏／粘 (nián) meaning "sticky".
Gao Qi (高旗), the lead vocalist and songwriter of the Chinese rock band Overload, was born in a family with generations' classical music background in Beijing on February 26, 1968. His father is a tenor, and his mother is a pianist.
Overload is a Chinese rock band, and considered the first speed and thrash metal band on the Chinese heavy metal scene.
Ko, also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean surname.
Gao Yuanyuan is a Chinese actress and model. She first gained widespread attention for her role in the television series The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2003). Her notable works include the films Shanghai Dreams (2005), City of Life and Death (2009), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011), Caught in the Web (2012), But Always (2014), as well as the television series We Get Married (2013).
Gao is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 17 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as Taiwan, usually romanise this family name into "Kao". In Hong Kong, it is romanized to "Ko". In Macau, it is romanized to "Kou". In English, it is romanized to "Kauh". In 2019 it was the 19th most common surname in Mainland China. The Korean surname, "Ko" or "Koh", is derived from and written with the same Chinese character (高).
Gao Changli is a politician of the People's Republic of China.
Gao Enhong was a Chinese politician in Republic of China in the early 20th century.
Gao Shi was a Chinese military general, poet, and politician of the Tang dynasty, two of whose poems were collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. His courtesy name was Dáfū (達夫).
Godfrey Gao was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor. Described as Asia's first male supermodel, Gao was the first male Asian model to appear in a campaign for Louis Vuitton. As an actor, he was known for his roles as Magnus Bane in the 2013 film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and for his leading role in the Chinese television series Remembering Lichuan (遇見王瀝川).
Gao Jinsong is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Southwest China's Yunnan province. He was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in April 2015. Previously he served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Kunming.
Gao Di, pen name Wen Di (闻迪), was a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the chief editor of People's Daily and as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Jilin province.
Gao Kelin original name Gao Wenmin, was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Chishui Town, Hua County, Shaanxi Province. He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Shanxi Province.
Gao Hongbin is a Chinese politician who spent his entirely career in northeast China's Liaoning province. He was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in December 2018. Previously he served as head of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Liaoning Provincial Committee.
Xilinnayi Gao, professionally known by her stage name Curley G or Curley Gao, is a Chinese singer-songwriter. She first gained attention in 2017 on the Chinese singing competition show Sing! China. In 2020, she participated in the survival show Produce Camp 2020, finishing first and debuting as the center of the girl group BonBon Girls 303. She was elected as the leader of BonBon Girls 303. In July 2022, she released her first EP to mark the beginning of her solo career.
Gao Yunlong is a Chinese politician, who is currently a vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Gao Weidong is a Chinese business executive and politician who served as chairman of the Board of Kweichow Moutai from 2020 to 2021. As of May 2022 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. He is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.
Gao Hongbin, a native of Beijing, was an official of the People's Republic of China.
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