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Experience Rural Life, Savor Sweet Potatoes and Taros

2012-12-03 | Working at VisitOurChina | Comments(0) |   Views:(1198)

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.

A Bite of China – Raised Fields and Taros

2012-10-31 | China Food | Comments(1) |   Views:(1011)

Ancient geological movement created the world’s largest estuary alluvial island and at the same time gave birth to a fertile river plain - Yangtze River Delta. Today it is the most flourishing and populated region in China. In the course of urbanization, in the Xinghua City of Jiangsu Province, there is a distinctive land seemingly forgotten by time. In summer peasants water a sort of lyophilic vegetable - the taro. The land under their feet is called Raised Field (Duo Tian), a unique landscape in the world.

Let's reap them again next year!

2011-12-14 | Working at VisitOurChina | Comments(2) |   Views:(1073)

Sweet Potatoes and Taro: Company Trip to Lipu

2010-12-23 | Life in Guilin | Comments(2) |   Views:(1431)

With the weather slowly cooling down as December approaches, our travel agency VisitOurChina organised a company trip to the small county of Lipu that is located to the south-west of Yangshuo, Guilin; Lipu is a county famed for its agriculture, in particular its Taro roots which are widely sought-after throughout Guangxi Province. As is so happened, the travel agency owned a large plot of land right at the heart of Lipu. We are another group of VisitOurChina to experience the rural life of Guilin this weekend.