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Thursday, July 7, 2011

2 Days' Yangzhou Tour

If we could have more days, we would better enjoy ourselves in Yangzhou, while we can only spend our weekends here, so there are still some scenic spots we didn't touch upon. There are quite a lot famous tourist attractions in Yangzhou, including Slender West Lake, Da Ming temple, Flat Hills (Ping Shan) Hall, Pavilion of Flourishing Culture, Stone Pagoda, Tomb of Puhaddin, Ge Garden, He Garden, Yechun Garden, Yangzhou Museum & Yangzhou Block Printing Museum, Jiangdu Hydro Project, Yangzhou's three knives. Due to our limited time, we choose three most famous ones: Slender West Lake, He Garden and Ge Garden.

Yangzhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the southwest, 318 km away from Suzhou and 589 km away from Hangzhou, transportation to these cities is quite convenient.

Compared to some bold cities in North China, like Beijing, Tianjin, Yangzhou is more a gentle girl, not occupying quite a large area, but it is clean, moist, warm and fine all the year round. Yangzhou architecture preserves traditional Jiangnan style: built in white wall and black roof, somewhat similar to the gardens in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

We arrived Yangzhou the Friday night, we have dinner at a small restaurant, by the way, Huaiyang cuisine is somewhat different from other 7 major Chinese cuisines. It applies more vinegar, and taste a little bit sweeter and almost never spicy, different from Sichuan or Hunan food, and also bearing less "brash" eating styles of northern China.

After dinner, we went to 1912, a street of bars, the sign of "1912" is interesting and particular. We stood on the plaza to enjoy the open-door performance rather entering any bars. The lights around the Jing-Hang Canal is also beautiful. He Garden is situated not far from "1912", we planned to go there the next morning, and Ge Garden the next after, the Slender West Lake is much bigger, so the day after the next day was left to the lake.

He Garden, I didn't clear up these photos immediately, so I don't know whether I remember correctly, I indefinitely recognize it is the front yard of He Garden

He Garden was built by He Zhidao, a Qing government official in the 19th century. He Garden is famous for a 430 m. (1,377 ft) two storied winding corridor, the walls of which are lined with stone tablets carved with lines of classical poetry, In the garden is also an open air theater set on an island in the middle of a fish pond.

one of the rooms in the garden, though it was still under the reign of the Qing government, it can be clearly found that western culture has already permeated in this house, the bed, the curtain, and the table near the window are all not in the traditional Chinese style.

our journey make you so happy?

Ge Garden: actually, it is a high rockery, while due to my poor skills in photography, it is not so obvious to notice its height.

finally, we arrived at the Slendar West Lake,though it is much smaller than the West Lake in Hangzhou, it preserves its own peculiarities. To see those colourful boats through dense willow leaves is interesting.

Hiring a boat and tour around the lake is certainly a good idea, but we are in a group of more than 20 members, and we want to see the beautiful scenery together, there is no boat can take all of us in, so we decided to visit the lake on foot.

sweeping willows are too common here, esp, around the lake

White Pagoda and Lotus Flower Pagoda

Guess what it is? It is the roof of the Lotus Flower, red-crowned crane is a symbol of longevity in China

Only when we stand at the foot of the pagoda, can we truely find how high it is. According to a guard standing nearby, the tower is a little bit leaning, but we cannot see by our naked eyes

"24 bridge", it is famous for its appearance in Du Mu's poem(Du Mu, a famous Chinese poet in the Tang Dynasty). But it remains a mystery that whether it is the name of only one bridge or a collection name of 24 bridges as the original bridge(s) is already damaged.

Mao Zedong's calligraphy of Tang dynasty poet Du Mu poem

have a rest among so many beautiful and verdant flowers is so enjoyable

where is the road heading for? so unwillingly to leave

Thursday, June 9, 2011

China Hot Springs

Occupying a vast area, China is rich in resources of hot spring, whatever provinces you visit, you can find natural hot spring or at least hot spring resorts. It is commonly agreed that hot spring water is rich in mineral substance, which is good for skin and physical health, like removing fatigue, relaxing muscles and tendons, improving metabolism and accelerating metabolism, etc. Now I brifly intruduce some hot springs for you. More information can be seen at Onlinechinatours.

1.Huaqing Pool Hot Spring:

Huaqing Hot Spring has been the site of a famous imperial bathing pool and various palace complexes over its 3,000 year history. It is situated around 35 kilometers east of the city of Xi'an, at the foot of Li Mountain.

a statue of Yang Kwei Fei in the Hot Spring Pool

looks like a royal garden

2.Mt. Huangshan Hot Spring:

Situated six hundred and thirty meters above the sea level, the Hot Spring has a large tourist comples, including Mountain Guest house, Taoyuan Hotel, villas and tourist shops. It is straddles the Peach Blossom Brook that flows between Purple Cloud Peak and Peach Blossom Peak.

I am afraid it is not hot as you thought

She is So Hot, Right,man??

3.Tanggangzi Hot Spring in Anshan, Liaoning Province:

It is situated 7.5 km south of Anshan as one of China Four Hot Spring Rehabilitation Center.

It looks like a lake, rather than a hot spring

4.Anning Hot Spring, Yunnan Province:

It is also named Jade Spring for its clean water, and the water temperature is around 42C-45℃ all the year round.

want to swim?

5.Xifeng Hot Spring, Guizhou Province:

It is listed as one of Chinese 8 most famous hot springs.

anybody under the steam?

6.Lushan Hot Spring, Taiwan:

The water temperature is around 58-98℃ the whole year.

7.Tangshan Hot Spring in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province:

It is situated 28 km east of Zhongshan Gate, the water temperature is about 60-65℃ all the year round.

8.Meixian Tangyu Hot Spring, Shanxi Province:

It is about 100 km from Xi'an, and the water temperature keeps 60℃ the whole year.

want to play with these beauties??

see the baboosh beside the bank?

9.Didu Hot Spring, Guangdong Province:

The highest water temperature here can reach 73℃, and the water is both clean and rich in mineral substance.

cool hot spring cruise

hot spring waterfall

10.Conghua Hot Spring, Guangdong Province:

It is situated 75 km north of Guangzhou

become intoxicated with herself...Shh, silence....

11.Chaohu Hot Spring, Anhui Province

There are mainly three most famous hot springs in Chaohu, namely, Bantang Hot Spring, Tangchi Hot Spring and Xiangquan Hot Spring. The Bantang Hot Spring is famous for its limpid, the water temperature is around 55℃. Xiangquan Hot Spring, literally means fregrant spring, the daily temperature is about 45℃～47℃. The water in Tangchi Hot Spring can even reach 63℃.

Is it a hot spring?

It's Wonderful! Better with your girl......

12.Gaoshan Hot Spring, Guangxi Province

playing water polo??

13.Lugu Lake Hot Spring, Yunnan Province:

The water is around 38℃ all the year round.

God! What a Vast expanse of hot spring....

Top 10 China Universities

With the ending of China college entrance examination, the list of China universities again becomes catching, and more and more students tend to have a look at their longing universities. As the approching of summer break, want to bring your children to China to experience typical and complete Chinese style education? Grasp this chance to fulfill your dreams. Here listed top 10 China universities for you. More information can be got from Onlinechinatours.

1.Beijing University