China Culture
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
The Summer Palace is located in Beijing, China. Within the rather slim 70,000 square meters of space the Summer Palace occupies, there are several variations of different gardens, palaces, and other classically styled architecture. The palace structure suffered two separate attacks in it’s long history. One of these attacks happened during the Anglo-French invasion of 1860; the other happened during the Boxer Rebellion. The Summer Palace is quite the popular destination for tourists. Having a large expanse of land and water in the vicinity allows the palace to also serve as a park for visitors.
Date: October 9th, 2008 |
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Beijing’s Museums
There are more than 100 museums and galleries in Beijing. Among the well known we can mention: the Palace Museum, The National Museum of China, Beijing Art Museum, the Military Museum and the Ancient Coin Museum.
The National Museum of China
The National Museum of China stretches more than 300 m / 984 ft to the north and to the south along the east side of the Tiananmen Square. The predecessors of the museum are the Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of Chinese Revolution, which shared the same building.
Date: May 7th, 2008 |
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Beijing Travel Advice
Following is my email to a friend of a friend regarding travel advice for her Mother and Brother that are coming to Beijing and then going to Lhasa, Tibet:
Date: March 19th, 2007 |
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Terracotta Army
The Terracotta Army is formed by the Terracotta Warriors and Horses located near Xi’an, Shaanxi province. The army belonged to Shi Huang Di the First Emperor of China. The army was discovered by chance in 1974 when several local farmers worked on drilling water well on a field near Xi’an.
What does the terracotta army comprise?
The army is formed by figures which vary in height and are all life-like and life-sized. The tallest of them are the Generals. The army includes warriors, chariots, horses, officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians. Currently it’s estimated that the army comprises over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses most of all still buried in the pits.
History
The emperor buried his army with him with the only purpose to serve him in the after life to rule another empire. It’s estimated that Shi Huang Di’s army was buried in 209-210 BC.
Date: May 8th, 2008 |
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Li Xiao Long
I guess you can choose your own name here, so that is my Chinese name. It means “Little Dragon,” which is the Chinese (real) name of Bruce Lee. That is my joke with the ladies – never fails to get a laugh. I like to ask people their name when I meet them – In Chinese this is “Wo Jiao Shenme Mingzi?” Then they ask me my name and I say, “Wo Jiao Li Xiao Long!” For my first two weeks here I was Zheng Leng (Jackie Chan,) but I think Li Xiao Long is better.
Funny enough – I got that job at MAERSK. I guess there were probably two reasons for this:
Date: April 12th, 2007 |
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Fear and Loathing In Qingdao
What an adventure this last couple days has been! I arrived in Qingdao yesterday morning and made my way to my hotel. They didnt have record of my reservation which, in and of itself is no biggie, but combine that with a very significant language barrier and you have an interesting six hours on your hands. They switched my room a couple times and I was a little bit frustrated, but it all worked out. I walked around the city for a few hours and had a great brunch at a five star hotel (I am …
Date: March 12th, 2007 |
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