Chinese Currency

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Chinese money is called Renminbi (RMB) means “The People’s Currency”. The popular unit of RMB is yuan” . All prices in China are given in yuan, usually either as ï¿¥ or å…ƒ. The official subdivisions of the yuan are the jiao (è§’), at 10 jiao to the yuan, and the fe...
2011-10-09 / China Guide / 386 views
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Ta’er Monastery

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As the religious activity center of both monks and followers of the Yellow Hat Sect (also named Gelugpa Sect, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism), the Ta’er Monastery (Kumbum Monastery) is located in Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, 25 kilometers (about 16 miles) away from the capit...
2010-05-28 / China Attractions / 688 views
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Forbidden City(gu gong) Introduction

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The Forbidden City , also called Palace Museum or Gugong in Chinese ,is the best preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world.The museum is a real treasures house of Chinese cultural and historical relics, recognized as one of the most impor...
2010-05-28 / China Guide / 723 views
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Ci Qi Kou (Porcelain Village)

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Ci Qi Kou covering an area of some 1.2 square kilometres (291.6 acres) it is 14 kilometres to the west of Chongqing Municipality.Situated on the bank of the Jia Ling River, not far from its confluence with the mighty Yangtze is the ancient village of Ci Qi Kou, formerly known as Long Yi...
2010-05-28 / China Attractions / 644 views
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Hong Kong travel guide

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Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of PRC, has grown from what was a simple fishing village into the world’s fourth largest banking and financial center and eighth largest trading economy. Situated in the southeast corner of China, Hong Kong occupies an area of 1,104 squar...
2010-03-24 / China Guide / 688 views
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Travel hebei guide

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Travel hebei guide: Ji is short for Hebei Province. It lies in the southern part in China. Hebei located in the northern part of Huabei Plain, and in the southeastern part of Nei Menggu Plateau. In the southeastern part of Hebei, there are plains. They occupy 40 percent in area, with pl...
2010-03-24 / China Guide / 888 views
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Beijing’s Hutong and Courtyard

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Beijing’s Hutong and Courtyard People say that the real culture of Beijing is the ‘culture of the Hutong’ and the ‘culture of the courtyard’. How true that is. Often, it is Beijing’s winding Hutongs that attract tourists from home and abroad rather th...
2010-03-24 / China Guide / 770 views
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The Mid-Autumn Day

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August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar is the Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion. Each family will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food is moon ...
2010-03-11 / China Guide / 742 views
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Double Ninth Festival

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The “Chong Yang Festival” is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, and it is as such known as the Double Ninth Festival. Origin: The Double Ninth Festival is based on the theory of Yin and Yang, the two opposing principles in nature. Yin is feminine, negative...
2010-03-11 / China Guide / 799 views
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Beijing Roast Duck

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According to a Chinese saying, no visit to Beijing is complete if you miss seeing the Great Wall or dining on Roast Duck. As a famous and delicious food with very long history, Beijing Roast Duck is an excellent choice if you want to understand more about Chinese cuisine, culture and c...
2010-01-19 / China Guide / 1,062 views
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