by wenhousecrafts.com
1 October 2006, Sunday
 
Exchange Tours in China

Normally during China’s holiday seasons, travel agencies are crowded with college students. But not this time. What’s up? Well, apparently, a new fashion of travel is in the air – exchanging tour rules the day. In campuses, in online chat rooms, the students swap residences in different cities among themselves. Maybe soon they’ll start exchanging tours with young people in other parts of the world. Not good news for travel agencies, suppose.

Golden Week
Timetable and Ticket Price for Shanghai-Lhasa Train
Beijing Tourist Festival
Shanghai Tourist Festival

National Heritage Brands (中华老字号)

China’s Ministry of Commerce unveiled on Friday a list of the first group of 434 national heritage brands. These time-honoured brands include the Hall of Compassion (同仁堂 the herbal medicine store in Beijing), Studio Treasure (荣宝斋 the stationary store in Beijing), Scissors Zhang (张小泉剪刀 the scissor products of Hangzhou), Red Maiden Wine (绍兴女儿红酿酒 the wine of Shaoxing), Dog’s Breakfast (狗不理包子 the snake of Tianjing), Figurine Zhang (泥人张 the crafts of Tianjing), Roast Chicken of Dezhou (德州扒鸡 the dish of Shandong) and Dumpling Soup Lai (赖汤圆 the snake of Sichuan).

The Hall of Compassion (同仁堂)

Figurine Zhang (泥人张)

Strangely, the most famous wine in China, the Maotai (茅台), is not in the list.

Renewed Summer Palace
Chinese Traditional Crafts Expo

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