Enjoy your trip to China

On September 8, 2010, in Beijing, Cool Places, Tips&Ideas, Tours, Travel Info, by Xiao Lingyun

 

    When you are thinking about having a trip,where would you like to go ?Have you ever think about having a trip to the country of mysteriousness—-China?If you have not made up your mind for a China Tour,let me show you some interesting places in Beijing,the capital of China.Follow me and start your China travel.

1.Getting closer to Chinese culture in Summer Palace

    The Summer Palace has a history of of more than two hundred years.It is recognized to represent oriental garden culture. In other words,it is full of story.When you stand before the east palace gate,you you can see a plague under the roof with three Chinese characters YiHeYuan.In Chinese,Yi means cultvating the people in good health;He means calm and harmony.Therefore,this plague means making a person calm and giving him a long life.

    When you come across the main hall,you can find a strange animal stands before it.If you have never came to China,I am sure you have not seen it before.It has the head of a dragon,horn of a deer,tail of a lion and hooves of a bull.We call this animal QiLin.Of course it is not a real animal.But it was created by ancient Chinese for the wish of pease and prosterity.

    Why there is a lake shaped like peach? a boat made of marble?if you want to know more about them,pay a visit to the palace.

2. an appreciation of the natural scenery

    In our daily life,we are busy working or studying.What a pity that we can not discover the beautiful scenery of nature in the open air.Where shall we go and take a real rest?

     Do not forget that there is a good place to go in Beijing—-XiangShan.It is a special mountain in most people’s eyes.Why is it special?When it comes to fall,the green leaves almost turn to red over one night!What an impressive view!At the same time,you can enjoy the fresh air and take a deep breath when you are surrended by red leaves.By the way,it may take you several hours to climb the mountain,do not forget to bring some water and snake.

3.drinking tea in traditional Chinese folk house—-SiHeYuan

    People in Beijing used to live in SiHeYuanIn , a kind of quad with a parvis in the middle of it. Most of the time,there are several families in one quad.In traditional Chinese custom,we always drinking tea around the parvis in SiHeYuan,talking with our neighbours and having a good rest.Chinese people like tea best. It is said that tea helps to aid digestion and warm stomach.And it almost develop into a kind of art because it is hard to brew a cup of nice tea. At first,we should choose the tea cup and teapot.They are usually made of pruple clay ,porcelain tea ware is also recommanded.Then,we clean the teapot and cup with hot water,fill the teapot with the right amount of tea leaves and water.After steeping tea leaves in hot water for one minute,we can enjoy the tea’s rich taste and sweet aftertaste. The temperature of water is hard to control and the requirement is different to each kind of tea.But if you can brew a cup of tea for yourself,it must be more unforgettable.

    As the capital of China,Beijing is not only famous for it’s beautiful scenery but also it’s rich culture.As a result,visitors come from all over the world to take a closer look. Most of them have quite different experience during their China Tour.If you want to be more familiar with this special country,what about beginning a journey of Beijing tour?I hope you have a nice time in China.

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