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The Star Ferry to/from Central to Kowloon is about $2.2HK and its pretty fun to see all the Christmas lights on all the tall buildings. Taking the ferry is quite common mode of harbor crossing and quite inexpensive. Try to avoid it when there's a storm or hard rain. It can get really shaky.
This is one of the things that you are not allowed to miss in Shanghai.
Located in the Old Town area of the
city, the Yu Gardens are a wonderful example of classic Chinese
gardens. You can visit it in the spring and in the fall, and each season
brings a new aspect of the gardens so it's like going to a different place everytime.
Close by is a shopping area where you can get good prices on tea and teapots, as well as typical Chinese souvenirs.
The Great Wall extends over 6,000 kilometres in north China. It rises and falls like a magical dragon keeping the spiritual lifeline of their nation.
More than 2,000 years ago, the First Emperor of Qin ordered that the separate walls left over by the principalities be linked up to form a wall thousands of kilometres long.
General Meng Tian commanded 300,000 troops to beat back the attacks of the Huns in the north, take the Great Bend of the Yellow River and build the Great Wall .
When hundreds of thousands of peasants, soldiers and prisoners built the wall in the mountains with their blood and sweat, they began to create a miracle in the world history, one of the greatest masterpieces left by mankind on the globe.
The Chinese made so great efforts to build the wall because they were determined to defend their civilization. The Great Wall was a line of demarcation between the agricultural civilization and the nomadic civilization. Outside the Great Wall were grasslands and deserts. Inside it were fields and cities, a society with a high level of civilization built on the foundation of agriculture.
Built in a period of about a thousand years, the Great Wall shows the firm will of the Chinese nation to defend its peaceful life. Even today, people are singing in the National Anthem: "With our flesh and blood, let us build our new Great Wall."
Of course, the Great Wall was mainly a defensive project at first. During the Han Dynasty, the Great Wall stood on the desolate land like a guard defending the Silk Road, the only route of trade between the east and the west. The Great Wall extended to distant places.
In a multi－national country, the defensive function of the Great Wall gradually disappeared. The Great Wall was rebuilt on a large scale during the Ming Dynasty.
During the Qing Dynasty when Emperor Qianlong crossed the Great Wall on his way to the Mountain Summer Resort, he was glad to find that the people of different ethnic groups inside and outside the Great Wall had become one family. The Great Wall kept apart the farming groups and the nomadic groups, but the separation enhanced their mutual attraction.
The Great Wall prevented disordered plunder and promoted ordered trade. Bartering tea for horses brought prosperity to many cities along the Great Wall. Some strategic passes and fortresses became important cities and towns.
Now the cultural discrepancies between the areas inside and outside the Great Wall have disappeared. The Great Wall has become a symbol of peace for various ethnic groups.
Today the Great Wall has no practical use any longer, but people are coming from everywhere to view its grandeur and express their feelings. "The sky is high； the fleecy clouds are bright. We watch the southbound wild geese out of sight." The Great Wall is encouraging the Chinese nation to march on for ever.
Hainan Island China is very similar in many regards to Hawaii. The southern tip, the most popular locations for tourists, rests on nearly the same latitudinal lines, and they cater mainly towards large tour groups of their fellow countrymen escaping towards the sun. A restful collision of mountains and beaches is the main draw – and the addition of the island to a tour of China is an amazing departure from much of the rest of the country. Even during the winter, the temperature rarely drops below 65 degrees.
On Hainan Island China, most visitors start at one of the main urban areas. Haikou, the capital city, is not that especially popular with tourists, but since most travelers approach the island by ferry (originating in Hai'an), this is usually one's introduction to the island. The island is tourist driven, a resort-centered location, and Haikou, for what it lacks in things to do, definitely has some of the cheapest lodgings available in Hainan. The second biggest city on Hainan Island China is the resort town of Sanya. This is about the furthest south you can go – making it the most popular travel destination on the island. Or at least, the areas surrounding the city. Sanya itself is little more than a glorified fishing village, the largest city nearby what people really come to see, the beaches.
Characterized by marvelous seaside scenery and full-bodied ethical customs, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is blessed with colorful resources
and is an imposing region for sightseeing.
Guangxi, called "Gui" for short, is situated in the southern part of China and is adjacent to the provinces of Yunnan to the west, Guizhou to the north, Hunan to the northeast and Guangdong to the southeast. Bordering Vietnam, Guangxi is convenient for tourists crossing overland into Vietnam or vice-versa. With an area of about 230,000 square kilometers (88,780 square miles), topography of Guangxi is basin-like and the limestone distribution occupies half of the total area. Unique topography forms natural sights. You can breathe fresh air and relax yourself by enjoying wonderful landscape everywhere.
Tianjin is on China's North-Eastern coast just east of Beijing
and is one of China's most important port cities, servicing the
North and West of China. Dating back some 600 years as a strategic
port, it also more recently had a significant German presence, and
evidence of it's previous Bavarian connections can still be seen
today. With a population of 6 million, Tianjin's Tanggu is the fourth
busiest Port in China (after Shanghai, Shenzhen & Qingdao) while
it's Development Zone, TEDA, has a deserved reputation as being
one of China's best managed. Goods for the North and Far West of
China are typically handled by Tianjin - so for those Western and
Northern regions this is a city you need to get to know.
China is a country with great diversity of religions, with over 100 million followers of the various faiths. The main religions are Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, China’s indigenous Taoism, along with Shamanism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Naxi people’s Dongba religion. The Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tatar, Ozbek, Tajik, Dongxiang, Salar and Bonan peoples adhere to Islam; the Tibetan, Mongolian, Lhoba, Moinba, Tu and Yugur, to Tibetan Buddhism, and the Dai, Blang and Deang to Theravada Buddhism. Quite a few Miao, Yao and Yi are Christians. Religious Han Chinese tend to practice Buddhism, Christianity or Taoism.
Buddhism was introduced to China from India approximately in the first century A.D., becoming increasingly popular after the fourth century. Tibetan Buddhism, or Lamaism as it is sometimes called, is found primarily in Tibet and Inner Mongolia. Now China has more than 13,000 Buddhist temples, with about 200,000 monks and nuns.
Islam probably first reached China in the mid-seventh century. During the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, Arab and Persian merchants of the Islamic faith came overland through Central Asia to northwest China and by sea to the coastal cities in southeastern China, bringing with them the Islamic faith. The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) witnessed the zenith of prosperity of Islam. Now China has more than 30,000 mosques and more than 40,000 imams and ahungs.
Christianity reached China several times after the seventh century, and was introduced to the country on a large scale after the Opium War of 1840. Now there are about four million Catholic believers, 4,000 clergy and more than 4,600 churches and meeting places in China.
Protestantism was introduced to China in the early 19th century, and spread widely after the Opium War. Now China has about 10 million Protestant believers, 18,000 clergy, and more than 12,000 churches and 25,000 other centers of worship.
This elegant museum, opened in 1996, features eleven state-of-the-art galleries housing China’s international-standard exhibits of bronzes, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, jade and Ming and Qing dynasty furniture. You don't want to miss this if you travel to Shangai, you can have a virtual tour in www.shangaimuseum.net enjoy the pictures unless you speak chinesse lol
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Located in Jilin Province of Northeast China in a region once
known as Manchuria. The city of Jilin is situated on the banks of the Song Hau River which provides
food, recreation, transportation and hydro-electric power for the citizens.
Due to its location in Northeast China, near the Korean border, Jilin City has been influenced by many cultures.
The people are predominantly Chinese but during this century the region has been under the control of Russia and Japan as well as China, I think of it as the baby with joint custody *roflol*.
Jilin City also has a large ethnic Korean population which celebrates an annual Korean festival. Activities in modern Jilin City focus on the river where boating and fishing are popular.
In winter the people of Jilin City participate in Ice skating and other winter sports.
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