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Perhaps because of that traditional Chinese medicine-inflected marketing copy, however, very few Chinese know that flower dew water isn’t a local invention, but an American import. Read more: https://ow.ly/4G7E50P25Np from the Sixth Tone on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sixthtone/posts/pfbid0e1V6FcREZ9G9FupSv8zPKiQYEaiZ6WDSz3ZnE7uZ17y8MHhEP8DHBP7kvPKmrLypl A Chinese Eau de Cologne, By Way of America It may smell like TCM, but China’s favorite summertime tonic has its roots in a New York pharmacy. Florida DOES kind of sound like flower dew.
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Stored in a basement in Denver for 70 years and never seen until 2021, hundreds of images taken by Harold Medill Sarkisian documented street life in 1930s and 1940s China. from Photography of China on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photographyofchina/posts/6493249050747664 Old China In The Lens Of Sarkisian
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We tried to take the G219 highway from Detian Falls to Pingxiang (where the Friendship Pass is located), but were told it's pretty undriveable. So we stuck with the toll roads through Chongzuo, after visiting Mingshi - a little tourist town where you take a bamboo raft to get to the village. Most people arrived via buses which are there to pick you up at the village exit. We had to hitch a ride with some employees back to the parking lot. This was on a 2013 visit. Google doesn't even show it as G219, but call it 325 Provincial Rd. from Discover Guangxi China on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/102422654663773/posts/296866321886071/ You can see from the map that G219 would have been a fairly tortuous road, although I expect it would have been very scenic.
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from Goldthread - an interesting article, but it doesn't seem like a place you'd want to visit. Inside the Chinese caves where SARS may have originated Preserving a fading culture in Yunnan
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from Goldthread Inside the walled villages of ShenzhenThomas BirdMAR 18, 2019 The New Crane Lake Residence in Shenzhen, China. / Photo: Thomas Bird/SCMP Our visit to Dapeng - The Dapeng Fortress
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The 'Big boy' shop had a ½ price sale today. It's right across from the Yulin Dongkou Dog Meat Market, so we dropped in for a visit. First time I've been there apart from the "Dogmeat festival" I didn't get much of a reaction, except for a few "Hello's" and some "Don't take MY picture!" waves, but Jiaying says they weren't real excited to see me. A policeman did come up after a while, but went right past me without looking. DON'T scroll down much further if you'd rather not see the pictures. Okay NOW is the time to stop!
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Three things you don't see in China very often are rifles, firing ranges, and Republic of China flags. Huang Shaohong was a Kuomintang delegate to the peace talks after the Chinese Civil War in 1949. He helped negotiate the peace treaty which was rejected by the Kuomintang leadership. He later joined the Communist Party, but was labeled a 'rightist' during the Cultural Revolution and ultimately committed suicide in 1966. We visited his home near Rongxian in the Yulin prefecture. See in Wikipedia - Huang Shaohong
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水月岩风景区 Shuiyueyan Scenic Area or Water Moon Rock - I think it's like a Zen version of Rock Scissors Paper. A new area they're developing - 1/2 price since it's still under construction. Jiaying had visited there back in the 1980's. They say I can visit for free once I'm 70.
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A new hotel in Wu Cai Tian Yuan, or 5 Color Fields. I'm not sure what the lettering says - it seems to be Geng du Shan Zhuang 耕读山庄, or something like "Meeting Place', so I figure I'll call it "5 Color Hotel". "Cultivate reading. . . Villa" seems to be the best translation of 耕读山庄 that Google can come up with.
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We seem to visit about once every six years - this is our third one. Some major improvements to the grounds The big guy is still visible from our bathroom window, but just barely From my Bathroom Window . . . and more pictures on my Facebook post from 2010 https://www.facebook.com/randy.walser/media_set?set=a.125738317458276.14007.100000663263693&type=3
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From our trip The hotel was largely vacant, although they did seem to have plenty of activity on the grounds - two weddings, a WaHaHa Guangxi convention, and one other. Only around $30-$35USD per night. Building No. 5 here is where Mao held a big CPC pow-wow back in 1958 Some of the traffic you contend with in Nanning The road to Yangmei. This one bypasses the ferry. but has major truck through traffic. Some of the potholes require evasive techniques, but nothing really undrivable like on our last trip Definitely USDA Choice ribeye . . . traffic on the way home due to an accident about 5 miles ahead. This is on a 2 lane freeway More pictures later
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We took a Sunday afternoon trip to 仙河 北流市 Xiánhe Běiliú, just a few miles up the road from Yulin. No chicken this time. A new ancient banyan tree for future generations
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龟山 Guishan is Turtle Mountain, part of 龟头岭 (Guitouling or Turtle Ridge) Park. The park started as a simple backwoods hiking trail from the road going past the University to the mountaintop. By the time I moved there, it had evolved to a little park, with a road to the base of the mountain, and a paved stairway to the summit. Now it is one of the newest development areas in Yulin. These are some pictures I took in 2010 and 2011. Tremendous views from up there, both to the east and to the west.
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都峤山森林公园 Duqiaoshan Forest Park is near Rongxian 容县, within the (广西玉林) Yulin prefecture of Guangxi, and an easy day trip for us. We usually go for a 1 or 2 km hike up the mountain, and some excellent chicken. For previous posts, See in From Yulin Rongxian - Another "Climb the Mountain" Scenario Galleries Duqiaoshan - Rongxian - new gallery with some repeats Rongxian 都峤山森林公园 Duqiaoshan Forest Park Address: Rongcen 1st Class Hwy, Rongxian, Yulin Shi, Guangxi Zhuangzuzizhiqu, China Phone: +86 775 511 6590 These are some pictures I think I haven't posted before, along with some new ones (and maybe a couple that I HAVE posted before), dating back to 2010 and 2014. at the summit
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Plus an extra little treat - the Star Ferry I decided to upgrade my cell phone, and that Hong Kong was the place to do it. Hong Kong phones provide access to the Google services, which phones purchased in China do not. I had rooted my previous phone, but was still unable to access Google, unless I was willing to burn it into the ROM (I was not). While I was there, I decided to upgrade my camera. So without a whole lot of shopping around, this is what I found. Prices listed are from the Ocean Center Harbor City mall in Hong Kong, Taobao in China (which I expect to be similar to prices here in Yulin), and Amazon and B&H Photo in the U.S. Amazon seems to be a good point of comparison for just about everything, while B&H Photo seemed to come up often with Google searches. Prices in the left three columns are in the local currency. Prices in the right columns are converted to USD for comparison. The prices I actually paid are in green. China and Hong Kong do not charge sales taxes, which you may have to pay in the U.S. Merchants on Taobao often do not charge shipping. The Hong Kong merchants were extremely pleasant, helpful, and knowledgeable. One even referred me to another shop across the harbor when he didn't have the phone I wanted - Samsung Galaxy S8. Sony A5100 and Samsung S8 The Hong Kong merchants threw in a LOT of little extras, including an external battery pack, carrying pouch, 32 GB SD card, protector filter, and UV filter computer glasses. AND . . . when we left the shopping center, we decided to take the ferry across to Central. I was surprised to see that the ferry was the Star Ferry, which not very long ago was the primary means of crossing between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula at Tsim Sha Tsui http://www.starferry.com.hk/sites/default/files/topbanner.jpg StarFerry.hk The Star Ferry was one of the first scenes in a Hollywood film filmed in Hong Kong in 1960, starring William Holden and Nancy Kwan, and played a key role in their meeting. CFL topic - the World of Suzie Wong See Gwulo: Old Hong Kong for some interesting comparisons between the filming locations and present day Hong Kong. All in all, I think I would just as soon do my shopping in China. Buying the cell phone in Hong Kong was a necessity for this Westerner, however, because of the local (Chinese) regulations in effect. Many English language websites are affected by the restrictions of the Great Firewall. This includes some of the Communist Party's own English-language websites, include the People's Daily, Xinhua, and many others which use Google, Facebook, and/or YouTube functionalities. Cameras do not seem to be affected by Chinese regulation. You can simply choose English or Chinese within the camera's setup.
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My wife and I will often go for a walk through the 龟头岭 (Guitouling or TURTLE Ridge) Park before eating at one of our favorite chicken shacks. This last weekend was a LITTLE on the cold side here in Yulin, so there weren't very many people. In Yulin, "cold" tends to mean anything below 70°F (about 19°C). The park is MUCH more active during warmer weather. Walk this way . . .
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Original 19th century visitors who wished to visit or live on Victoria Peak traveled by sedan chairs - until the Peak Tram was built in 1888. Still in operation today, although it's been through a few changes, we were able to take the tram to the Sky Terrace viewing platform. The viewing platform offers spectacular views of Hong Kong the Harbor, Kowloon, and the surrounding islands. See Wikipedia article Victoria Peak Boarding the tram is via a Disney-esque line which wraps around the entranceway. The line is not too long, but moves fairly slowly, with departures only every 10 to 15 minutes. Only 150 passengers can be carried at a time. One tram leaves the Peak, while the other leaves the Central Tramway station simultaneously. That is, only ONE tram goes up, while the other goes down. The track gradient is between 4 to 27 degrees.
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On another night, we took a short walk on Queens Road Central to the Hong Kong Central - Mid-Level Escalator, which we took up to Mosque Rd. and the XOCO Mexican Cantina and Bar. On Facebook, they're at https://www.facebook.com/xocosoho/ A guy selling (and making) wooden watches. A nice arts & crafts idea, but I don't think so. The view at the entrance to the Escalator looking up along Shelly Rd. The elevated portion there is the Escalator. The escalator is a one-way escalator going UP, except in the morning when it goes DOWN (I guess for people heading to work). It was built in 1994 and is the longest outdoor escalator in the world, at 2,600 feet. It was built in sections, and is very easy to get on or off at different levels. After my wife was told several times that we had come too far - to go back down to where we wanted to go, I asked someone myself and was told that yes, it was just one more level up and on the right. Found it, no problem. Hong Kong seems to be a VERY helpful place as far as strangers offering directions. Looking down from the top
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Yes, the sign really does say what you think it does. In Mandarin, that's 口利幅 Kou Li Fu, or "Good Fortune for the Mouth". But in Hong Kong, they speak Cantonese - for them (and us English-speakers), it really DOES say Ho Lee Fook. It is branded as Chinese, Japanese, Asian fusion - the main chef is Taiwanese. But "fusion" seems to refer to VERY loud, American music from the 70's and 80's, English-only menus, and a Taiwanese-Canadian chef with dishes which are different from what our friends from the Mainland (in particular, my wife) seem to expect. She wasn't impressed. I was somewhat over-whelmed at having to select Asian/Chinese food from a menu with no pictures, and no Chinese to help HER, but I was very satisfied with my choices. An excellent restaurant, just make sure your Chinese significant-other is "open to the experience" This is the entire first floor of the restaurant - the stairs lead down to the eating area, We were one of the first tables seated - there was a pretty good crowd not long afterward.
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There IS a little bit of history behind Shenzhen. One of our day trips (about 55 km by subway and bus) while we were there was to see a piece of it. We went to the Dapeng Fortress, an ancient fortified village along the coast. It was originally established in 1394 (during the Ming Dynasty) to protect the area from (Japanese) pirates during the Ming dynasty. One of the first battles of the Opium Wars was fought in 1839, by maritime forces of the Dapeng Fortress. While it's been largely restored to tourist conditions, it is still well worth a visit and a stroll through the grounds. See Dapeng Fortress, SZ’s only historical site under State protection (Shenzhen Daily archive) The subway ride was typical - and about two hours long. The cellphones are a way to pass the time, and also to avoid eye contact. The smudges you see in the sky are actually dust which is drawn in as the lens extends. For a small, fixed-lens pocket camera, you need to disassemble the camera to clean the dust off the CCD array. That's one reason I bought a new, interchangeable lens camera while in Hong Kong. A nice place to stroll and do a little shopping. This boy told us he didn't know the prices of anything, and no one else was there. Shops in China are sometimes left completely unattended. We came back later. This is an all THEY can eat fish spa. You place your feet in the tanks and they nibble off callouses and rough skin and other things that you probably never would have thought to have nibbled off.
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Dafen Artist Colony in Shenzhen is China's largest artist's village. It was our SHORTEST trip at only four subway stops from the hotel, but we had a train to catch that afternoon at 3. There were several artists at work. Maybe next time we go we'll know where to explore and maybe can actually BUY something. As it was, I contented myself with wandering through the village and taking a few pictures. We stopped by on our last day in Shenzhen, and didn't know what to expect. A very pleasant surprise, indeed. More information may be found at DafenVillageOnline.com
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Darya Boyi is a village that is so remote that there are no roads to it for several hundred kilometers. Many of its residents have never left the village. It is China's largest village at 2,000 square kilometers. The village is approximately 400 years old. It may be cheaper - and easier - to relocate the remaining residents rather than to try to connect them to the modern world. It does not show on maps. "Rivers" in the area tend to run dry, except during the rainy season. Information and photographs for this post came from East Tour China, CGTN.com, and Google and Mapcarta maps. Mapcarta is the only source I saw that identified its location. CGTN is China Global Television Network - China’s new international media organization, formerly known as CCTV News. Map and satellite images from Google and Mapcarta, with added annotations to show Darya Boyi The video is from CGTN America Read more at Explore Xinjiang’s 400 Years Old Hidden Village Darya Boyi (Easy Tours China), or The case of the disappearing village in Xinjiang (CGTN.com) -
Opened in 2013, we visited there in 2014 while applying for my new passport. The American Consulate is within a VERY short walking distance in Guangzhou's Zhujiang New City district. It holds approximately 3.5 million books in 100,000 sq. meters. It is located in Guangzhou's largest city square: 花城广场 (Huāchéng Guǎngchǎng) Huangcheng Square, or Flower City Square I took most of these pictures with the camera in panoramic mode to take in the full effect.About the above picture: Huangcheng Square, or Flower City Square, with the Guangzhou Tower in the background (between the flags and the library). The overhang on the left is the library.
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On our way to dinner in Soho at the Ho Lee Fuk Restaurant in Soho, we paid a visit to the Man Mo Temple 文武R on Hollywood Rd. This was a short walk from our hotel, just a couple of blocks headed up Victoria Peak. It was a VERY short walk up Aberdeen St. to Hollywood Rd., and then West to the temple, or East to the restaurant. It is one of Hong Kong's oldest temples, built in 1847.From Wikipedia Man Mo Temple