Today is September 23, one day after Mid-Autumn Festival ( or Moon Day ). There is a Chinese saying goes that the 16th day’s moon is rounder and brighter than the 15th’s of the eighth month according to Chinese lunar year. It is said that this phenomenon is scientifically reaffirmed. As uaual, I walked home after day’s office work….
What a happy day today! Azure sky, comfy weather, and sweet mooncakes, all just on a single day – Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival September 22, 2010. The name of Mid-Autumn Festival is a little bit too official, I’d like call it moon festival or mooncake day. It is the second most important festival in China,…
East, west, home is best. At last, back home after 9-day absence from Beijing! The first thing I’d like to do is to check the pile of email after my business trip, during which, I had only intermittent access to internet. One email catching my eyes today is about a positive feedback from a…
As foreigners, while traveling China, some prefer travelling independently; some would like to book a tour; others go in between – partially independent and partially relying on a tour operator. If you are going to book a tour or a part of the tour, now you are facing two choices – using your tour…
I often search Tripadvisor.com with regard to the real travelers’ review about our tour company. I have read some mixed reviews. Of course, I’m happy with the positive reviews and worried about some negative ones. But I still appreciate those who have written some unpleasant words of our tour company, which teaches us how to…
Today, a traveler named László sent me an email inquirying about some “sily” questions about the travel in Beijing, Xian and Guilin. I find these funny questions may be also useful to the potential tourists traveling to Beijing, Xian and Guilin. So I decide to have them posted here. He says that…
Every later July is the beginning time for students summer vacation here in Beijing and other parts of China. The summer semester lasts about 45 days. September 1 is usually the beginning day for a new semester. In China, July and August are the small tourist peak season mainly due to the student summer vacation…
Heat wave started to hit Beijing from July 02. Yesterday the temperature reached over 40.03 degrees Celsius, the highest and the unprecedented in the past. Today is 39 degree Celsius. Beijing meteorological center has issued this year’s first orange-coded heat alert for today at 16:30. The high temperature will continue for a week. If you happen to…