The winter trip
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005 8 days spent in
Beijing sumer palace is twice bigger then the forbidden city. Of course, the panda house..the cute but dirty panda..seem hav a bad winter at there. One of the world’s wonders, The Great Wall is third day itenary. Shanghai or any big building in
Beijing . (of course it really used by them during the war). Hutong’s (place where Faye wong live before) hightlight is the trishaw riding. We got the chance to have our lunch at local people house. Their houses are just like my living room. This is because they only hav 3 person in a house(Dad, Mum and daughter). Then we spent about 3 hrs driving south to Tian Jin. A place which full of culture and many cuisine. Their special~ “ma hua” and ‘guo bu li Pao” kind of Bun. The next day we spent another 5 hrs trip to north. A place called Cheng De. Cheng de is on top of hill therefore the temperature is even lower. In the old
That day the temperature is –21oC. According to the local newspaper, this is the lowest temperature they ever met. Then we went to the Mind dynasty’s tomb. There are 13 tombs. However only open one for public. this is because they need more high technology to protect everything inside the tomb by dioxide by air. The Silk factory which located under ground is quite fascinating. According to the tour leader, what building on the ground, will also built another one under the ground. The underground can link to
en days, the emperor would spent the summer in this little town. Instead I was visited this place during winter. We went to Summer Villa which 4 times bigger than the forbidden city.
ok lo..luch time ten Pu te la Temple which locate in Cheng De is one of the place to build for celebrated Emperor Birthd
ay. Just coincidence that one of the emperor birthday is during summer.
Thought this trip, I found the ppl they very pantang of Feng Sui (since the dynasty). There are three most famous auspicious mascots- Lion, Qi Lin and Bi Xiu.. You can see everywhere especially entrance of Big company, temple, House. They believe all the luck, fortune, and every thing good will coming along.
I had a very good history class during this trip. At least next time I watch “huan zhu ge ge”. I know the beauty of Garden yu hua and the place where the emperor works is COOL..if u think is a temple visit o olympic stadium visit ..then u got to dissapointed…cos everywhere we went is the historical place…so is a bit boring…but once u notice the art of the architecture , the paint , the miracle of the encore wall and the tian xin stone (which believe can communicate with heaven)..this oso cOOl…
Honsetly, Beijing is a great place to shopping..A place where u spent less, buy more (Xiu Shui market, Ya Xiu market)..But one needs to know how to bargain. So the mandarin that I learn for almost 12 years is not wasted. Sometimes, u got luck and u meet very nice seller. And they can give very good price.. Wang Fu Jin Street (like bukit bintang) is a street where u can see how beijing ppl spent their night life..Too bad, the weather is too cold, that spoilt my mood. That is the lowest temperature that I ever met in my life.
Bicycle (my enemy) is their favourite transport..everywhere, everypath u can see it in Beijing..When the light turn Green, the bicycle will pass by like a swap of bee..but even the light is red. They wont stop too. Therefore, if one can drive in Beijing, he would be very good in driving. There are many reckless driving not giving way to the cycles) and the road is to narrow( I mean theis high way).
They are kind people everyw here ( especially d local tour guide-ms Amanda, Hutong’s host- mrs Hua Yu) . However, I still found irritating that most of them tend to spilt everywhere. It cause everywhere u step, hav to be very careful..
Hygienic of toilets still a problem( although some tourist spots hav been rated four stars) I hope the toilet everywhe
re in China can be upgrade. If u are kind of clean lover, then shall prepare disposable toilet bowl..(heard got sell in Japan)..
One culture they had, is everywhere in Beijing u can see Recycle Bins.. this really attract my tension..at least this we need to practice.
The “Gong An” (our ‘mata’) can see everywhere.. very efficiency.. There was one incident, our plane is delayed due to 3 china women with Korean passport (well the police found their china identity card in one of the rubbish).. The police had check the whole airplane for our safety..thanks their fully responsible.
As a shopping kaki, I still manage to get some souvenior..some accessories (hand making), winter clothes(aiks, I cannot find any summer clothes), food (a lot of local tibits with o without idol look on the package, in China lots of junk food, drinks , n instant mee with jay, handsome Pan , Edison, Nicholas on the packages.), a bags ( hand made with bauble) and d pictures..
Bejing Duck….the cheif hav avery good culinary skill in slicing the duck..
tat’ Y d pic a bit blur…
