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ShenZhen Safari Park
Here, you seem having come to an animal kingdom and can see various rare birds and famous beasts such as tiglon, liger, penguin and any other birds and animals that you can see in the painting of Beasts’ Pageant.
Shenzhen Safari Park, as the first stocking safari park in China...
Here, you seem having come to an animal kingdom and can see various rare birds and famous beasts such as tiglon, liger, penguin and any other birds and animals that you can see in the painting of Beasts’ Pageant.
Shenzhen Safari Park, as the first stocking safari park in China, is built on the bank of the Xili Lake of Shenzhen with picturesque scenery and covers an area of more than 1,200,000m2. It is a miracle place worthy visiting and the rare and various birds and beasts, elegant and calm natural environment and unique garden design are the first in China.
Shenzhen Safari Park has more than 300 species of and approximately 10,000 wild animals, which are from over the world and include many world’s rare birds and famous beasts and China’s Class 1 and Class 2 protected animals, such as giant panda, spun gold, South China tiger, Northeast China tiger, flamingo, Magellanic penguin, giraffe, zebra, Asian elephant, red-crowned crane, rhinoceros etc together with 8 rare tiglons and ligers reproduced by the park. By now, Shenzhen Safari Park is the only one zoon with tiglons and ligers in the world.
The design and construction of Shenzhen Safari Park completely goes beyond of the common cage-breeding mode popular in the domestic city zoos of China and all animals can freely live in the open place and seem living in the natural environment. The whole park is divided into three areas, i.e. the Vegetarian Area, the Wild Animal Area and the Walk Performance area. In the performance area, there is the crocodile pool, the aquarium, the money mountain, the omnivorous animal hall, the American lizard hall, the ape village, the birds’ fairyland, the middle-sized beast hall and the giant panda hall etc. There five performance fields or halls have many wonder animal performances, especially the large animal square song and dance play-Beasts’ Pageant is initial and unique in the world. In addition, the funny animal fishing, animal selling stores and animal story mall are unique in the zoos in the world.
Admission Fee: RMB 120
Opening Hours: 08:30—18:00
Address:East Side, Xili Lake, Shenzhen
BUS: 101 104 237（A/line） 240 361
Crowne Plaza NanShan Shenzhen
Located in the beautiful OCT by the Shenzhen Bay, Shenzhen Crowne Plaza Hotel is the first international-brand five-star hotel business and holiday hotel of China with the Venetian cultural theme. The hotel is funded by the OCT group and managed by continental hotel group. It is a global five-sta...
Located in the beautiful OCT by the Shenzhen Bay, Shenzhen Crowne Plaza Hotel is the first international-brand five-star hotel business and holiday hotel of China with the Venetian cultural theme. The hotel is funded by the OCT group and managed by continental hotel group. It is a global five-star holiday hotel. The hotel opened to the public on 28th Oct, 2001 and became an official international five-star hotel on 21st March, 2003.
Traffic guides:
Located in the southwest of Shenzhen, the hotel is next to theme parks of Window of the World, Splendid China, Folk Culture Village. Traffic transportation is convenient. The hotel is just a few minutes away from the downtown area of Futian District and the science park, 15 minutes from Shekou Port and 20 minutes from Luohu Port and Shenzhen International Airport.
Address: No. 9026, Shennan Avenue, OCT, Nanshan district, Shenzhen city
P. C: 518053
Fax: 0755-26936999
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Ritan Restaurant
Externally, the Inn House is a grand Qing courtyard, with a broad outdoor space for drinking or dining....
Externally, the Inn House is a grand Qing courtyard, with a broad outdoor space for drinking or dining. Indoors are a range of traditionally appointed, Chinese style settings, four Japanese tatami rooms, and two rooms dedicated to the "French-style barbecue," where only a giant hotplate separates the chef from diners. The chef is from Taiwan, the actual home of the "French-style barbecue," where it was conceived as a fusion of French influence and Japanese barbecue.
The Chinese rooms are expensively and expansively designed and furnished. The largest can accommodate up to 30 people, while most seat 8 to 10. The Inn House's location and standards make it an ideal venue for business dining or entertaining.
Ritan Restaurant
ADD: Guanghua Road, CBD, south Gate of Ritan Park
Signature dishes: Cantonese, Japanese, "French-style barbecue", Imperial courses
ADD: Guanghua Road, CBD, south Gate of Ritan Park
Signature dishes: Cantonese, Japanese, "French-style barbecue", Imperial courses
Long-term residents may have fond memories of the old Ritan Restaurant in Beijing, a foreigner-friendly, Sichuan home-style joint snuggled into the southwestern corner of Ritan Park. Now, after more than a year's renovation at a cost of 10 million yuan, the restaurant has been reborn as the Beijing Ritan Inn House, a high-class and eclectic eatery whose new owners hope will occupy a unique place in the CBD dining scene.
Four specialties are on offer: Cantonese, Japanese, "French-style barbecue" and guanfu cai, a style derived from the kitchens of those high officials of Imperial China who set great store by dining and entertaining.
Quick-fried Tripe
When referring Quick-fried Tripe, locals prefer to call “Bao Dur”. In Beijing locals’ eyes, people would do not want to eat this snack are definitely not Beijing locals, while people who are fond of this snack may be not a Beijing local....
When referring Quick-fried Tripe, locals prefer to call “Bao Dur”. In Beijing locals’ eyes, people would do not want to eat this snack are definitely not Beijing locals, while people who are fond of this snack may be not a Beijing local. The new generation shows their love to the delicious things while the old generation expresses their enthusiasm towards this traditional food. So more and more people become the fans of Bao Dur.
Quick-fried Tripe is one of the best examples of old Beijing local snack. It is also a kind of Muslim food. Tripe is from the stomachs of a bull or a lamb.
Old-brand Bao Dur
This snack was originally made in the old-brand Jinshenglong. The famous cook who was called “Bao Dur Feng” was good at cook the crispy tripe. According to the introduction of the third generation of “Bao Dur Feng”, the thirteen tastes Bao Dur in their restaurants were decided by the different tastes of the imperial officials.
How to cook
One of the most important step is deeply cleaning the tripe. And then, cut them into stripes. Keeping in mind that tripe should be put into the boiling water and cook throughout. By adding cooking oil, sesame sauce, Chinese vinegar, chili oil, bean paste and small pieces of vegetables, the dish is ready to serve. The Quick-fried Tripe is saucy and crispy.
Tips:
1. use the fresh material
2. use lots of boiling water to cook the tripe
3. use high-temperature fire to fry the material
Top China Tours
$238 Per Day
Private Hangzhou Day Trip from Shanghai by Bullet Train
Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
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Take in the highlights of beautiful Hangzhou on a private full-day tour from Shanghai. After hotel pickup and transfer by high-speed train to Hangzhou, your private guide takes you to see some city attractions, such as Faxi temple. Moreover, enjoy a tasty lunch at a local restaurant before heading to Longjing village. There, learn about the process of farming and producing dragonwell tea, the region’s most famous product. Finally, enjoy a scenic boat cruise on UNESCO World Heritage-listed West Lake before returning to Shanghai.
This is a private, full-day trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou. After you are picked up in your hotel lobby in the early morning, you will take a bullet train to Hangzhou. This is the fastest way to Hangzhou and you can experience train speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. Your tour begins at one of Hangzhou's signature sites, the West Lake. Enjoy a lake cruise to see the top ten West Lake scenic views. You will then be taken to experience the wonderful cuisine of Hangzhou at a local restaurant. After lunch, you will visit Faxi temple, a well-known Temple dating back to the Jin Dynasty. See its famous wooden Buddha. Here, you will see fewer tourists and more locals. Finally, enjoy a cup of green tea when you visit the famous Longjing village to see wild fields of Longjing tea bushes where the locals produce the world famous green tea- Longjing Tea. In the village, all locals are tea farmers and you will see the entire procedure of making the famous tea and will get the chance to taste the best quality emperor tea. Afterwards, you will take the bullet train back to Shanghai and you will be returned to your hotel.
$150 Per Day
Guangzhou
Day 1 Arrive in Guangzhou
Arrive in Guangzhou in the morning, you will be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall is a very famous historical scenic spot. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. After that proceed to visit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family. It is a unique site for offering up sacrifices to worship ancestors of 72 Chen families in Guangdong. This ancestral temple is also the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
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Arrive in Guangzhou in the morning, you will be met and transferred to hotel, then visit Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The Memorial Hall is a very famous historical scenic spot. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. After that proceed to visit the Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family. It is a unique site for offering up sacrifices to worship ancestors of 72 Chen families in Guangdong. This ancestral temple is also the largest, best preserved and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
Day 2 Guanzhou Tour
After breakfast, you will go to Yuexiu Park first, the largest and the most famous park in downtown Guangzhou. There are three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. Then you will visit Temple of Six Banyan Trees, which is one of the four best Buddhist temples in Guangzhou and located on the Liurong Road (meaning the Six Banyan Trees Road). The Nanyue King Tomb Museum is a must-see Guangzhou attraction, which dates back to 2,000 years ago, is the earliest large scale painted stone chamber tomb ever found south of the Five Ridges. Buried with the tomb owner in a jade shroud are a gold seal and a lot of exquisite jade adornments. It has become a world famous museum. After the day tour you will be transferred to airport for your next destination.
$53 Per Day
Pingyao Highlights Walking Tour
Pingyao Highlights Walking Day Tour
With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!
Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.
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With our guide to know the Ancient Pingyao better!
Our guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 or 08:30, then show you the ticket office to get the ticket for the museums we will visit later.
First we will visit the 700 years old City wall, We will climb up from south gate and have a walk on the wall. We are not sure how many km we can walk, because of the renovating of the wall. Normally we will walk from south gate to the Yunlu Exit.
Then visit the Confucius temple, there is a old building named Dacheng Hall which is over 840 years old. From outside, we can see the big wood joints to lift the big roof around the building which is named Dougong. Due to this design, there are less columns inside the hall for giving the big space for the statues and the prayer. We have chance to see the Confucius statue and learn the philosophy of Confucius. If you like, you can pray for you and your children to get better study.
There is the Paper Cutting master named Wentao nearby the exit of Confucius temple. She is very smart and create the new style paper cutting with much more details and good wishes on it. Her products are made by hanks. It is worth to visit and buy as a souvenir from Pingyao. From the table standing and wall hangings. Please remember, take the red one because of red is the traditional and happy color. But the white one is the best. It is really difficult to choose, because of all of them are really nice.
Then you can have coffee break or tea break if you need at Chummy coffee, after this, visit the City god temple (ChenghuangMiao) which is most beautiful temple inside the wall. Because of the roof is covered by the colorful glazed tiles. There is not only city god and also the three money gods, Now you know why pingyao was the financial center.
Next we will visit the Ancient government building, to see the pingyao politics center in the ancient time. It is the complete building with officials bed room, kitchen and private garden. Follow the guide to look the official’s life from the 250km far away from the hometown.
Have a stroll in the alley to the Rishengchang exchange bank, which is the first bank all of china.You can not miss it.
After lunch, walk to the Ming and Qing street, this is the shopping street full of the stores on the both side of street. You can find alot things here , from post card to lacquered boxes, and wall panels. One more place to see, it is the Armed escort agency also named security and transport service for the business man before the bank founded.
Inlcusions
1.private english speaking tour guide servcie
2.bottle water for the tour