2011/06/29

WOW!!! Summer Palace


It takes an hour and half to get to the Summer Palace, you should never take the bus to reach the Summer Palace in the mid noon!
But when you arrive there and walk near the lake, it is totally worth of it!!!!
Guess what?! The last queen of China Cixi is totally crazy!!!! You just can't imagine how she enjoyed her sightseeing there!!! Sometimes, she acted as the female buddha, KwanYin, to travel on the lake. Sometimes, she played as a little young lady to collect the lotus. Wow, totally disgusting!!!!!

It is really gorgeous!!!! But you have to wear several layers of sunblock to prevent over tanned. haha~

And I met an American here who plays poi, see History of Poi. I thought he was playing kung fu. Poi is a tool for you to strengthen your body in New Zealand. Haha~~ Yap, it is also a good place to play Kung Fu here!!! LOL!!


So, finally, I understand why the old true blood would rather go to the Summer Palace than stay in the Forbidden City. 


2011/06/28

On the Hutong again


So what is Hutong?! My colleagues told me that once upon a time, Hutong is a branch of a street which is really complicated, just like a labyrinth. It plays an important role to protect the residence. Because the attackers are hard to escape from it. But now, they become a kind of old residential area=]

2011/06/22

How Beijing people feel about the Outsider?

I have to say, the people not originally from Beijing are called outsiders here, (except the white people), not foreigners.

Here is the different, "outsiders" is negative while "foreigners" is moderate.

One of my local friend said" Because it is Beijing! The capital since long time ago, since the Ming Dynasty. So we feel ourselves superior. People from other provinces rush into Beijing. We hate them ( yes! hate! )!! They totally destroy the peace here.!"

Yes, I really think that the pure Beijing people really look down on the outsiders. Only they dissatisfy with our pronunciation. Yap my mandarin suck! But neither do i understand your Beijing accent. Sorry!!

And, my friend mention another point, that is the people from different origins have their own characters. He elaborated" the north one is hypocritical; people from shanghai haggles over every ounce" Wow, they really look down on people..... 


What I feel is that, all in all, this is Beijing.

But if they keep having this kind of feeling, hardly can it keep roaring. 

2011/06/18

On the HuTong

Beijing people are quite nice.
Just hang out on the street, you will find how the people live here.
Old people chit chat on the street. Bright smile in the afternoon.
I guess I am going to fall in love with this city.
Even though the air, the network are suck.
But in the end, it's Beijing and it's China. =]=]