Yue fei is the mighty general in Southern Song dynasty, he is the most talented defender against 12th century Jvrchen hordes.

This famed patriot was stripped of his post and murdered in prison, people in order to remember him and criticize those bad person, nearby his tomb, there are four iron statues of his tormentors kneeling in shame, visitors used to spit at these statues though we are not doing these anymore.

I like to go to Foreign Languages Bookstore every month, it has many imported books, from German, States, France, Spain, Japan etc. even though the price is pretty high, but i will select one i want to buy the most, and then i will spend a lot time for just sitting down there reading other good books. Another good reason is there wont have many people here normally,quiet and nice.

All i want to say is Old Town, Lijiang is a fantastic place to me, the culture and history is attractive and people here are really nice and simple, you can go to talk to them every time anything and they will talk to you , and most of them can speak English some even can speak over 5 kinds of languages, i am not kidding!

Before we have Hong Kong Disneyland, Ocean Park was the hottest theme park in Hong-Kong, every kids will ask their parents to take them to Ocean Park, they like to see the Dolphin show, get close to the animals, but after  Hong Kong Disneyland built up, man, you will see all the kids will say to their parents"Mum, i wanna go to Disneyland", they just totally forgot of Ocean Park. Haha so funny.
Bet to be honest, when i know Disneyland will come to Hong Kong, i was so excited, and the second day when it`s open to public, i was there even though that cost a lot, but i had a wonderful time there. But Ocean Park is still important to Every Hong Kong people.

Nono.

I visit Gu Lang Yu last 2 week and traveled around Xia Men with 8 days.

Gu Lang Yu is a landmark of Xia Men, with nice sea and views, if you can get up early and hit Sunlight Rock, plus you need a nice day too, then you probably can see the beautiful Sun rise.  I missed it because i can not get up early after traveling all around, got so tired everyday.

I had a good time when i was traveling around. Hope more people can speak English though, that will make my trip more easier since i can speak zero English.

I heard it has Temple Fair every Chinese New Year,but i never got chance to join it.

Senado Square was well designed and a landmark of Macau.

When we went there, it was full of people, and special western designed buildings became the photographer favorite.  The big fountain in the center of square, you can have a rest around it and enjoy the old buildings and walking people.

Planning this trip to Xi`an for almost 3 months, and today we finally made it, when we got off the flight and drop off our luggage at hotel, we just cant wait to start our trip no matter the jet leg we have.

The first place we went is Xi`an City Wall, a great and amazing building standing in front of us, it was standing there for almost 700 years, can you believe that? When you up to the wall, you can see part of  the city views, the lovely Chinese red lanterns hanging up, so historical, i feel so excited of seeing everything here, i like it so so much.

And in coming days, we are going to Terra-Cotta Warriors, Tomb of Qin Shi Huang, E Pang Gong, Ban Po Museum, Qing Long Temple, Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan etc. can`t wait !!!

Philipa

2009-11-29

Tian`anmen Square is the spiritual heart of the world`s most populous country.

Most days Tian`anmen Square is filled with sightseers and kite-flyers. During national holidays, it`s usually festooned with banners and floral decorations. Many Chinses visit at dawn or dusk to see elite People`s Liberation Army troops conduct flag raising or lowering ceremonies.

Metro is a big supermarket with many imported food and goods, as a foreign family in Xian, we like to go there shopping every week, to get food like steak, re-fried beans, taco shells, salmon fish, corn flaks, and other imported food for daily life. Also  the local vegetables and fruit are nice and fresh, some of them we never try before but have a good flavor.

Metro also sells many other daily essential goods, they are easy to use too, so Metro become one of my favorite supermarket in Xi`an.

I only went there once and it`s like 10 years gao, but everything still clear in my mind. The Three kindoms, The water Margin City, The Tang City.  It`s really interesting and also a review of history of China is more attracted me. Hope i will go back to see it again.

Happy birthday China, we love you.