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Our Travel Blog is the place to share our real life, travel experiences in China with you. Besides, we will provide information related to Chinese culture and China travel guide. "A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near." Traveling makes us to be closer, let's discover China together!

Reconstruction of Water Conservancy

2013-01-10 | Cultures | Comments(0) | Views:(753)

If you travel the suburb and counties of Guilin, you may see there are many reservoirs around, big and small. They remained there quietly. Some of them people still use it, others are abandoned. Because farmers are not growing many rice as they used to be.

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Haiyang Village in Autumn

2012-12-12 | Life in Guilin | Comments(0) | Views:(1356)

In autumn, it is getting cold after a shower of rain. Guilin’s temperature fall precipitously recently due to continuous rainfall, making people better enjoy the autumn. On 2rd December, it at last cleared up, and luckily the sun came out. In such a fine weather, nothing was better than be outdoors. So I, together with other travelers, went to appreciate the autumnal leaves in Haiyang village in Lingchuan county of Guilin.

Tags: Guilin Haiyang gingko chrysanthemum autumn

Experience Rural Life, Savor Sweet Potatoes and Taros

2012-12-03 | Working at VisitOurChina | Comments(0) | Views:(1109)

Working at VisitOurChina is really enjoyable, which means friendly fellows, good working atmosphere, and opportunities to get in touch with nature. As before as November rushes to the end, it is the time for harvesting sweet potatoes and taros, as well as for our travel agency’s annual trip to Lipu which is famed for taro and has the typical picturesque rural landscapes of Guilin.

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A Tough Woman I Know

2012-11-27 | Cultures | Comments(0) | Views:(889)

People call her Xiangtama, it means Xiang’s mother. Xiang is her second son. Xiangtama is from the same village where I started as a Zhiqing (Educated Youth) during the time of Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). She is about 5 or 6 years younger than me. She was just a little girl when I was there. Her parents have only two daughters, she and her young sister.

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What a glamorous autumn landscape painting of Guilin!

2012-11-21 | Life in Guilin | Comments(1) | Views:(1021)

October marks the harvest time of paddy rice in Guilin; it is also the golden season for our hiking lovers. Recently, I joined a hiking trip organized by a Hiking Club and had the opportunity to admire the idyllic scenery of Huixian County (会仙乡) in Lingui (临桂), a part of Guilin. Azure sky, golden waves of rice paddies, and simple folk customs, left us very good memories.

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A Tale of the Elephant Trunk Hill: Combination of Hi-tech and Natural Scenery

2012-11-12 | China travel Guide | Comments(0) | Views:(872)

As a reliable travel agency in Guilin, VisitOurChina is frequently invited to visit pilot programmes. This time is with no exception; we were asked to enjoy the show called A Tale of the Elephant Trunk Hill organized by the Elephant Trunk Hill Scenic Area at 08:00 pm on 9^th November this year.

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Marvel at Wonders of Guinness World Records: Company Trip to Chuanshan Park

2012-10-25 | China travel Guide | Comments(0) | Views:(736)

Yesterday our company was invited to visit the Chuanshan Park which I’ve long heard of yet never been to. As a member of VisitOurChina, I had the opportunity to have an intimate contact with its intoxicating scenery and marvel at its natural and cultural wonders.

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One bygone of my ZhiQing life in the countryside- My room-mate in the People’s Commune: Part II

2012-09-25 | Cultures | Comments(0) | Views:(955)

Normally we could enjoy a little bit of leisure after harvesting of the second crop of rice. But the winter of 1973 was busy, especially in our ZhiQing spot. Because a big group of high school graduates were sent to our commune. That day, we were happy to welcome ten more new ZhiQing to our spot. Yes life was boring here. We always hoped something new would happen to us. The old house seemed too small for us. So the Commune decided to build another one- a new ZhiQing spot to us. Of course, the commune had no money for that, everything was paid by the central government. For this campaign was considered as a very important part of the Culture Revolution, a strategy of anti-capitalism.

Tags: Zhiqing Guilin People's Commune Li River