2011年8月3日星期三

China Travel Guide of Wuzhen

Late at night, tibet tour but reluctant to bear to sleep, afraid to miss this quiet mood. Gently poke the child window, pouring moonlight streaming into the house a poetic silver, intertwined with the aura of the water, I will embrace and enjoy the comfortable pillow of water and romantic people. Love in this quiet night, the dim light through the light, while products with fragrance fragrance of Wuzhen specific anti-parthenolide tea, my hands resting his chin, he was quiet, elegant piece of heart in the picture slowly wandering Watertown , gradually entering Youyuan reverie ... looking very few distant night sky, children who miss the heart, contemplative life trajectory. The moon is entrusted with any Wuzhen Acacia, soak in the deep soul ... a quiet, moonlit night on the southern Ming Delicate, romantic in this paradise-like town, I began not help but fantasize about the future of these beautiful, hope for a Wuzhen back again soon - this has brought me endless fantasy world.

Landlord ready to be eaten specialty cake  tibet tours wins, go to feel Wuzhen morning. Due to time too early, most people still enjoy Wuzhen dreams. Few pedestrians on the street, less of many noisy. Sun shed a light yellow for the whole town, silhouetted against the white walls, tiles, stone, trees and clear water, and sketched out a distinctive tone, elegant lines of the picture. Gradually more people up, began to transport goods across the Wu Pengchuan, people rush to work and do business in the past, a quiet melody, the town began a busy day ...


I finally read, Wuzhen beauty is not china tibet travel "horse autumn Saibei" the kind of masculine beauty, rich wine like blowing, people can feel a sudden intuition; but "apricot spring southern" type of feminine beauty, as elegant as the tea bit by bit, faint trace strands, penetrate the soul, thought-provoking, taste can be scored only with the heart of her fragrance.

I reluctantly set foot on the way to export the ferry. Ships slowly shuttling in Watertown, boat, surging waves and the waves thrown up my deep love for the town. I could not help but stare back nostalgia, trying to Wuzhen Shoulong into the heart of all the memory. Wuzhen, a rare and memorable trip is not only enriched my travels, but also to open my heart and leave a moving post, so that has been under pressure in fast-paced and busy I am rushing to "steal" to a moment of leisure, and withstood a return to the baptism.

Wuzhen, thank you fulfilled my dream of years on the Yangtze River Delta. Wandering around in your arms, my heart, drunk ... For more information, please shift to China Travel Stories

2011年8月1日星期一

The Delicious Food of Hong Kong

Turn non-stop Hong Kong Food
Came to the vitality of china tour shopping in Hong Kong can not just look at the scenery, meet the eyes and crazy shopping mood to bargain, the stomach should be well cared for Oh.

Hong Kong brings together the world's food, taste what the restaurant has to open all over the streets, the more popular places on the more, such as Mong Kok, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui East and Kowloon City, etc. Some of the streets full of restaurants. Full of Asian style restaurants throughout Hong Kong, spicy Thai soup, fragrant Indian curries, plump Korean barbecue, fresh Vietnamese salad roll, delicious cuisine Japanese sushi, countless. Hong Kong's Chinese food restaurant, offers local specialties Chinese, Cantonese restaurants in particular, many other dishes china tour package including authentic Chiu Chow, Hunan, Sichuan, Beijing cuisine, Shanghai dishes, and stress Eau vegetarian. To traditional Cantonese dim sum for breakfast, tea is also a very good choice.

Hong Kong restaurants customary early morning, washed a pot of tea, called two snacks, which often become the eyes of Westerners, a typical Hong Kong food culture. Under British influence, some people like tea, eat a majority of sandwiches, tarts, tea and coffee. In the melting pot, Hong Kong developed a unique cafe restaurant, it had to sell some sandwiches, coffee and other low-cost western snacks and, later introduction of various types of traditional fried dishes, and homemade fried or remove the previous small, pineapple, lemon seven, duck, etc., and cooked food stalls and ice room was once a very popular restaurant.

Causeway Bay is a famous shopping area, natural flow is relatively large, and this makes the restaurant industry is well developed here, can be found everywhere in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong's distinctive cuisine. Jardine, Times Square, Percival Street Lee Theatre Plaza and Paterson Street restaurants, there are full of authentic flavor to the food stalls, cafes, herbal tea, congee and noodle shops, siu mei shops, dessert, there are Western-style Restaurant, desktop eateries, sushi shops, fine cafes, lavish. For more information, please shift to China Travel Stories

Traditional Folk Customs of Fujian Tour

Characteristics of traditional folk customs of Fujian

Broom in Xiamen is considered a customize china tours spiritual power, civil things, the taboo on the broom on the particularly high. Disservice to people who are often branded as "Saozhou Xing", no one willing to work in cooperation. Of course, there are a lot of time, referred to as "Sao Zhouxing" who, in fact, only everyone's scapegoat after the failure of nothing.

Broom taboo, the most important thing is to avoid using bamboo broom to clean the living room room 1 Division. General practice, bamboo broom used to sweep the courtyard road, only the funeral home only when it put the coffin in the room symbolically sweep a few. Since it is only used when the funeral, it usually is a very taboo nature sweep function room with a bamboo broom.

Mazu belief originated in the Song Dynasty. The earliest recorded literature Matsu years when pushed Song Shaoxing Scholars, Putian Huang public on the "problem Shunji Temple poetry," "dead wood Zhao Ling sea east, mixed Palace Crafts skies; his life witch tire mix old woman, dead country can still function effectively ; ten thousand sacrifices mash no flood and drought, seasons go dancing children; rumors Lize so far in, the wall a thousand miles masts trade winds. "just eight poems, Syria and Matsu during his lifetime, after the death of deeds and the people were enthusiastic Chongsi of situation. Can be seen in the Song Shaoxing years, have been circulating in Putian Mazu belief. According to the test, Putian temples built in the Song Yuanyou first year (AD 1086), the court declared four years thanks to the temple and the amount of "Shun Ji." Shunji Matsu temple that.

Tea in Xiamen, is a very common lifestyle.china custom tour Many Xiamen morning first thing is to pile cooking water tea, tea drink, have no interest in all day. Even people who do not drink tea, tea house is also essential. As the old saying "cold night off to tea when the wine", Xiamen is a door off the tea. Even many factories, offices, and are all equipped with tea tea, entertain visiting guests, and immediately boiled water, heavy for tea. This practice is sometimes inevitable to have too much time wasted emotion, but also the performance of Xiamen's hospitality.

Originally known as "marionettes" civil commonly known as "Skyline" is a popular Taiwanese drama language areas of the ancient rare species, hundreds of years to form a stable and comprehensive regulation and more than 700 performances out of the traditional repertoire. Various types of puppetry in the country, Quanzhou marionette theater and opera music is the only still own "puppet tune" theatrical types. Quanzhou marionette image, usually tied with 16 or more, even as many as 30 of the thin suspension wire, manipulating complex, with the majority of our traditional puppet show than the highest degree of difficulty performing skills. For more information, please shift to China Travel Stories

2011年7月27日星期三

The Traditional Food Tour of Inner Mongolia

Mongolian Food

Hunger breeds discontent. Mongolian food culture has a long history, it is an important part of national culture, but also the Chinese ancient culture. Mongolia had earlier engaged in hunting, mainly hunting for food materials. After engaging in animal husbandry, hunting things both to eat, eat animal meat and milk. "Marco Polo" reads: "Tatars entirely to meat and dairy products for food, all food sources are the product of their hunting."

For a long time, especially in pastoral areas of traditional Mongolian food is mainly meat, dairy foods and beverages. Meat, Mongolian called "Ulan Freud," which means red meat, the variety is also very rich, mainly hand Grilled meat, sheep back son, roast whole and so on. It is said that in the era of Genghis Khan, Mongol soldiers during the march, with the iron frame, the whole sheep to eat barbecue, roast whole is now perhaps the prototype. Milk and food color white, symbolizing purity, the Mongols to the white-respect, as the noble and auspicious things as milk, said milk food for the parasites. Mongolian for "Tsagaan Freud" o The main categories of butter, Naipi son, cheese, milk, tofu, butter and so on. In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing imperial Chahar Banners milk food processing base, the milk curd is designated tribute to the Qing court's milk food. To the traditional drink of milk produced mainly tea, yogurt, and milk wine. Mongolian like tea, especially the hi drink milk tea, tea is a blend of brick tea and milk products, milk tea, also known as Mongolia.

Mongolian Costumes Tour

Mongolian costumes

Mongolians are China's major national north-east, is one of Mongolia's main ethnic groups. In addition to foreign Mongolia, the Mongolian population, mainly concentrated in Xinjiang and China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and neighboring provinces, and the Russian Federation. Mongolian people around the world about 10 million, for the Mongolian language. Among them, more than half live in China. Located in south-west of Russia is a Kalmyk people. "Mongolia" was originally just a Mongol tribes in the tribal name. Early 13th century to the Ministry of Genghis Khan led the Mongol tribes of Mongolia region, and gradually formed a new national community. "Mongolia" will become the name from the original tribe name for the nation.

Mongolian costumes including robes, belts, boots, jewelry and so on. Different regions but differ in style. To women's robes, for example, Mongolian, Manchu Harqin region affected by the Mongols, many wearing robes large straight to the heel, sides split, multi-colored collar and sleeve cuffs to spend welt; Xilin Gol grassland Mongols are hypertrophy does not wear tight sleeves trimmed split Mongolian gowns; Buryat women wear waist skirt style gown from shoulder; Ordos women robe three parts, first as a personal clothing, sleeve to the wrist, the second pieces for the coat sleeve to the elbow, the third piece of collarless breasted waistcoat, nailed a straight row of flashing buttons; and Qinghai regions of the Mongols and Tibetans wearing robes robes are more similar. In addition to Qinghai outside, around the man's clothing is not very different. Spring clip to wear gowns, summer gown with a single winter of Gua or Pipao. Mongolian likes to wear fabric clothes, holidays or festive wear ordinary clothes and silk brocade trim. Men are mostly blue, brown, women like to use red, pink, green, sky blue.

Belt is an important part of Mongolian costumes, with 34 meters long made of silk or cotton. Men's belt hung a knife and more, Huolian, snuff-boxes and other accessories. Mongolian boots and cloth boots boots points two, Mongolian boots work fine, boots to help, etc. are fine patterns. Features a jewelry, wearing a hat is a Mongolian custom. Hat in all regions have local characteristics. Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and other places of the Mongolian high-side flat top hat, white felt lining is made outside the blanket decorated with leather dyed purple or green for decoration, winter and summer thickness thin. Crowns decorated with tassel, silk hat band, men and women can wear. Hulunbeier barag, Buryat Mongolia, with a shawl hat male and female with the apex turned brimmed hat. Agate, jade, coral, pearl, silver and other precious materials to make jewelry Mongolian Furama expensive. Men more than the color blue, dark brown, and some with silk Chantou. More women with red, blue veil Chantou, winter and men wearing a conical hat. Mongolian man wearing a robe and apron, sleeves and embroidered lace patterns women, high collar shirt, it seems like with the family. Women like to wear three different lengths of clothes, first as a personal clothing, sleeve to the wrist, the second coat, Sleeve to elbow, the third piece of collarless breasted waistcoat, nailed a vertical flash buttons, eye-catching .

The Customs and Taboos Tour of Inner Mongolia

Mongolian customs and taboosMongolian customs
 
Xinjiang, the Mongolian New Year is the biggest festival, followed by Maide'er Festival, Take En Festival, lighting section. "New Year", the Mongolian is called "check dry" or "White Festival" meaning that white is the beginning of something and the source of ancient reverence white, use it as a symbol of beauty and good fortune; "Maide'er Festival", Maide'er the Buddha, this festival is offering the first Buddha, later evolved into festivals. With strong religious overtones "Take En" section, is the meaning of sacrifice obo. The moon festival is the world Mongols worship festival of nature. As the "Take En" has changed the nature of the section, now called "Naadam" The General Assembly, "Naadam" means "entertainment" was intended.
 
ancestral music that according to Seoul, the "lighting festival" in Italy, festivals in the lunar October 25. Is a small religious festivals.
 
Recreational activities in Xinjiang Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, archery, singing, dancing, etc., followed by sheep also pull, hit Huolian and so on. "Horse racing, wrestling, archery" These three activities are not only entertainment, but also "man three art" is a Mongolian man without the ability to measure the sign.
 
Mongol Taboo
 
Avoid fire
 
Mongolian worship fire, Vulcan and Vesta, that fire, Vulcan, or the Kitchen God is a holy thing drive evil demon. So into the yurt, the taboo on the stove roasted leg, but not allowed to bake in the fireplace wet boots and shoes. Does not cross a stove, stoves, or pedal, not the knock on the stove pipe, breaking things, throwing dirt. Can not pick the fire with a knife, the knife into the fire, or take the meat from the pan with a knife.
 
Avoid water
 
That the water is pure Mongolian gods. Taboo in the hands or bathing in the river, but not allowed to wash the woman's dirty clothes, or things will not be put into a clean river. Prairie drought and water shortage, plants by grazing, water can not survive. So herdsmen used to conserve water, keep the water clean, and depending on water as the source of life.
 
Avoid disease
 
Herdsmen families with seriously ill or dying person, usually a rope hanging in a yurt on the left, and buried in the east end of the rope, indicating the family to heavy patients, not hospitality.
 
Avoid products
 
Mongolian women to have children when the taboo. Local customs are similar. Mongolian women to have children let outsiders into the delivery room. Generally hanging under the eaves is a clear sign.Health boy hanging bow and arrow, a girl is hanging red cloth.Guests see the signs that are no longer into the delivery room.
 
Avoid kicking the threshold
 
To the pastoralists came to visit, out of yurts, the promise never step on pedal threshold. Agricultural areas and semi-pastoral areas of the Mongols also have this taboo. In ancient times, if someone mistakenly stepping off the threshold of the Mongolian Khan Palace, he incurs death. This Taboos, has continued to the present.

The Custom Tour of Inner Mongolia

Mongolians have married two kinds of marriage by capture and engage the institution of marriage. Marriage by capture is a form of marriage slave society. In the 13th century, most of the Mongolian social system of marriage by capture.
In the 13th century, Mongolian enter the feudal society, marriage is generally employed to implement the system. Qiuqin, young men and women before the engagement, the man to the woman Qiuqin, if the woman's family agrees, you can engagement.
Bride price, young men and women sent the man home after the betrothal the woman's gift, also known as bride price. How much dowry the man home based on economic conditions. Pastoral areas, often cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock as dowry. Dowry, the married woman escort his daughter a gift. Mongolians are very particular about such practices as dowry, the man sent the number of dowry, the woman will escort the appropriate number of dowry.
Married when the groom in an atmosphere of joy, wearing colorful Mongolian robes, ribbon waist tie, wearing a hat dome HY, pedal Gaotong boots, wearing bow. To the woman's home and the groom and best man holding Hada, wine, the bride's parents, one by one pro-long toast, the line bow ceremony. Libi, who married seated dining. The next morning, leave those who get married, the bride's uncle by the father or hold on floats. The bride and groom to ride around the three were riding floats. Then, get married and leave loved ones with leave.
Thanks to the fire, an important Mongolian wedding ceremony. Although the worship of fire around the Mongolian form of different, but the wedding is an indispensable element. The bride and groom both from among the piles stir through, to accept baptism of fire, so that they love more pure, steadfast, living happy life together. Despite the different regions, forms vary, but are very grand fun. Marriage is generally pastoral: When the man returned home and married, the groom, the bride no less than traveling, first clockwise three times around the yurt, and then the bride and groom both through the piles of stir, Vulcan's welcome home to accept that the purity of love , a new life of prosperity. The bride and groom into the yurt, the first Buddha Jizao, then Meet the Parents, relatives and friends. Libi, the amount of Kyrgyzstan to the bride by the hair comb. Grooming dress up, wait for the wedding began. Wedding decorations are usually sub-or full-sheep sheep back seats, all kinds of milk food, candy everything. Wedding dinner, the groom mention Yin Hu, bride holding Bowl, to the elders, relatives and friends one by one hada, King wedding. Boys hold high silver cup, drink it; girls aloud along with the dances
 Singing. Wedding often extend two to three days family and friends began leaving. The woman sent to loved ones but also to stay stay by the bride to live one to three days. Sometimes, the bride's mother sent to parents, to live more than ten days. Usually held the third day after the wedding, the bride's family to come to visit the bride and the groom's family Meet the relatives. To give more to my aunt, sister and others, they all came with gifts or food pro-recognition ceremony at the groom's family. The groom's family hosted a dinner for both men and women know each other, greet each other toast, filled with warm scene.