In the People's Republic of China, cooked rice and cooked side dishes are served in separate bowls and/or on plates, but it's the convention of the table that, before you eat the side dishes, you put it over the cooked rice in your rice bowl.
中華人民共和国では別に配膳されるが、おかずを御飯茶碗に載せながら食べるのが普通の食事作法である。