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Travel to Beijing - Dinning

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:49:37 GMT

As an important ingredient of Beijing tour, dinning is another aspect for you to get to know China.

Famous for its freshness and aliveness, the Beijing cuisine, combining all the characteristics of

Chinese cuisines like delicate shapes and alluring colors in a perfect way, is every foodie��s fortune

 to try. So just plunge in and start twiddling your chopsticks to experience the Chinese catering culture

with us. Remember, some of your best memories can well be table-top ones. Now, Beijing greets you with the

first course: her mouth-watering Peking duck from two house-hold restaurants :Quanjude, which boasts photos

 of George Bush poking a duck with his fingers and Fidel Castro sizing up an imaginary duck with his hands.

And Bianyifang, with a history dating back to the reign of the Qing emperor Xianfeng, it offers delicious ducks

with a midrange price.

Or you can refresh your taste buds in Family Li Imperial dishes ,Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant, or Tanjia dishes,

 all of which enjoy great popularity and reputation for their special tastes. Then you may want to try something special,

 like street foods or Chinese snacks. As you can see, off the main roads and in Beijing��s alleys is a world teeming with

steaming food stalls and eateries buzzing with activity. There you can take an adventure, eating Kao Yang Rou chuan (lamb kebabs)

or Baozi (stuffed steamed bread) like most of the Beijingers do.

Being a paradise for gourmets, Beijing offers not only Chinese foods.  You can also find delicacies from all over the world

 including: Italia, Thailand, India, Japan and etc. It can also be convenient for you to buy a cheeseburger from a western

food chain store like KFC or Subway.

So, after all these ,is your mouth watering? Are you ready to travel to Beijing yet?

Do you know the house in the movie ��John Rabe?��

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:23 GMT

Owing to the heat movie "John Rabe�� more and more Beijing travel agenciesare offering tours to the place. Are you interested in the house where the movie is made?

Let me give you a general description.

Situated in No.1 Xiao fen Bridge of Nanjing,China, the former residence of John H. D. Rabe is inviting more and more attention. Established in 1934, the building occupies an area of nearly 1905 square meters. And it served as Rabe's house as well as his office during 1930 to 1938 since he was transferred to Nanjing Brunch of Siemens from Germany. It is a two-story building .The first commodious floor once performed as his parlor, and the second floor his study and bedroom. There is also an attic which commands a good view of the time-honored city.

Born in 1882 in Hamburg, Germany, Rabe once acted as the head of the International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone, and helped save 200,000 Chinese people from Japanese troops during the Nanjing Massacre of 1937. He was compared to ��the Schindler of China�� due to his brave exploit. He was left in poverty in his later years due to his Nazism background after the Second World War, but the Nanjing citizens sent him food and money spontaneously as a result of his generosity. He died in 1950 but will be remembered by Nanjing locals forever.

In this house, you can witness the great contribution made by this international friend, know that part of history better, as well as feel the noble spirits and glorious humanity of Rabe.

But of course, the best way to know a place is to visit there personally with a China tour operator.

Travelogue of the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:32:45 GMT

Yesterday I went on a package tour with a Beijing tour operatorto Suzhou as a reward for my hard work last month. It turned out to be quite an exciting and educative journey.

We started our trip early in the morning and arrived at the destination -the Humble Administrator's Garden at 9:00.

Travelogue of the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:32:45 GMT

Yesterday I went on a package tour with a Beijing tour operatorto Suzhou as a reward for my hard work last month. It turned out to be quite an exciting and educative journey.

We started our trip early in the morning and arrived at the destination -the Humble Administrator's Garden at 9:00.

Travelogue of the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:32:45 GMT

Yesterday I went on a package tour with a Beijing tour operatorto Suzhou as a reward for my hard work last month. It turned out to be quite an exciting and educative journey.

We started our trip early in the morning and arrived at the destination -the Humble Administrator's Garden at 9:00.

The Humble Administrator's Garden is regarded as one of the four most famous gardens in China, and it also represents the gardening style of the Yangtze River Delta. The garden was inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in December, 1997. After these brief introductions made by the tour guide, we couldn��t wait but to ask ��Why was it named so?�� The tour guide told us since the garden was built by a disappointed official called Wang Xiancheng, who tried to convey his intension to retire from the bureaucratic jungle through the name. He got lots of help from Wen Zhengming, one of the four most talented scholars at that time, when building the garden. All their great efforts made the garden a masterpiece in Chinese classic gardening for its well-spaced building, clear water, elaborate artificial rockwork, and various elegant plants.

Covering an area of 4 hectares, the garden is divided into four sections: the eastern, central, western and the southern parts, of which I love the central section the most. There you can find a winding pond of peaceful water and many ancient cypresses standing near the bank. Opposite is the Hall of Distant Fragrance ("Yuanxiangtang ").Its unique beauty attracted me to linger in it for a really long time.

I also found many couplets on the pillars with impressive calligraphy on in the garden. It��s a nice place to go to know the classic gardening of China. I learnt a lot about both architectural aesthetics and traditional Taoism culture from this trip. It��s really a place worthy of visiting.

After the Humble Administrator��s garden we went to Guanqian Business Zone, and I bought lots of local specialties. It was really a niceChina tour.

Interesting symbolizations of Chinese food

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:55:08 GMT

China, a country with a long and profound history, is also known to the world for its delicate culinary arts. If you ever have a chance to travel to Beijingor any other parts of China, you��ll be impressed with all the delicious food that China has to offer.

Actually, many Beijing tour operators offer special travel route for those who come to taste the delicious Chinese cuisine, like Beijing ducks, spring rolls and Kung Pao Chicken.

But as we all know that China has a long and brilliant history as well as rich and profound culture. Many food has special symbolization.

Take fish for example, because the Chinese word for fish ��Yu�� sounds like the homophonic words both for wish and abundance. So fish is a indispensable dish in Chinese New Year Eve dinner. Another famous Chinese dish is Spring Roll. It looks like a piece of gold when its done after deep-fried in boiled oil, so people like to have them on the table to symbolize the prosperity of the coming year.

Another great chance to see the comprehensive culture behind food is wedding. We all know there must be something special for special occasions. So chickens are very popular in Chinese wedding banquet. Similar to fish, the reason why chickens are popular is also because of its homophonic to ��Ji�� which means auspicious.

Of course, there are some other special occasions like birthdays or important anniversaries which will also require special foods.

If you want to know more about this mysterious country, there is no better way than coming to a China tourpersonally.

Wanna to visit beijing

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:07:16 GMT

The long and exhausting exams were finally over. The exciting Summer vacation is just around the corner. I plan to travel to beijingas rewards to my hard work. I tried to contact a beijing tour operator, and they gave me a brief description of beijing tourism. What attracts me the most is the great chance to see the Great Wall, which is so magnificent that one can even see it from the moon.

As we all know the Great Wall is the symbolization of the Chinese nation. The Great Wall, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahalin India and the Hanging Garden of Babylon, is one of the great wonders of the world.

Isn��t that interesting?

Have anyone been there before?

Please give me some advice on what to eat and where to go ?

I��m so excited to go and have fun there.