Tour Beijing Journal
Field notes from Beijing and beyond: routes, photos, small cautions, and practical ideas for travelers who like to know the road before they go.
The plum blossom, known as the "meihua" (梅花) in Chinese, is on the top of the top 10 list of the most beautiful flowers in China. It is also one of th...
Different from the Gregorian calendar, Chinese New Year ( Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival ) marks the first day of the New Year in t...
Christmas Eve for the West is similar to the New Year’s Eve of Chinese lunar new year for the Chinese, a time for family reunion. This western religio...
UNESCO World Heritage Centre annually selects places of special cultural or physical significance with universal value to humanity by putting them on...
Buddhism is one of the three principal religions around the world. Buddhism first came to China through missionaries from India in the first century o...
Rape flowers (油菜花) , also known as rapeseed flowers, are grown for the production of edible vegetable oil. The plant called “rape” has disturbing conn...
China has a rich eating culture. One important aspect of the eating culture is its networking function. To close a deal, we eat; to negotiate, we eat;...
At 7:30am I get up with a little pleasant surprise at the small snow flakes blanketing the roofs and gardens here and there in our blocks. It has snow...
The city of London is rife with the red double-decker buses, one of the local cultural tradition of London. No wonder on the closing ceremony of the O...
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