Hungshan is a classic northern China city, I was named by the famous mountain near by the city. We didn’t go to the city because of the safety issue. It is a shame, because the Huangshan mountain is a tourist spot that you can’t miss. I really like the old street of Huangshan, it perfectly shows the culture and architecture of northern China. I spend a lot of time at the old street just relax and enjoy the food there.The other thing I really like is going out for food at night in Huang with Dr. Xinli. He knows his hometown well and he always can find some good food which can only be found in Huangshan. We also visit Dr. Xinli’s hometown which is a village near by the Huangshan city.

By Lichen Zheng

2016/6/1

We visited a cigarette factory in Chongqing, which produce many famous cigarette brands in China. China still has a large population that consume cigarette, so I assume the produce line I see is advanced. In the cigarette factory, I saw a modern fully automatic factory produce line for the first time. I think everyone was shocked by the machines, and amazed by the power and speed of the machines. I also like the city of Chongqing, it was the capital of China once. I can tell the city had a rich modern time history, but it is a shame that we stay there for only two days. If someone wants to travel to Chongqing, DO NOT DRIVE, the roads there are more like maze.

By Lichen Zheng

2016/5/28

I traveled to Dalian when I was 10 years old, and it appeared to be a small city and surrounded by many undeveloped rural area. However, 9 years later, I come here again and found myself can not match it with the Dalian in my memory. It became a full size city, and the rural area started to developed by the city government. Tourism becomes another economic income other than fishing, because Dalian is a city on the coast. I gladly see that the air do not become polluted as the city grow in size, and the traffic is still acceptable. In my opinion this is a city will nice environment and many opportunity for jobs and business.

By Lichen Zheng

2016/5/18

Xian, a small city with rich history, is one of the very first capitals of China. It was the Capital of Qin dynasty, which united China for the first time. The Xian has a well persevered city wall unlike Beijing, where the old city wall was destroyed. Xian has many tourist attraction like the Terracotta army and Huashan. The food in Xian base on wheat rather than rice which is common in other part of China. Xian has relatively rough terrain and weather for agriculture, which make wheat the main crop that grow in Xian. I like noodle better than rice, so I am have no complain about food in Xian.It is also interesting that Xian contain a quite large amount of Muslim population.

By Lichen Zheng

2016/5/26

Beijing is my hometown, and I have a really strong feeling of Beijing. In any aspect, Beijing is one of the best cities in the world. It has a large population and a huge territory, but those are nothing compare with the rich history that Beijing had in the past two thousand years.

Beijing has everything that a big city has, and even more. Beijing was the capital of six dynasties, and sever continuous as the capital of China for four hundred years. The Forbidden City was the palace of the emperor, and summer palace was the garden that built for the emperor. Beijing had the most preserved parts of great wall. You can easily get a huge amount of information about these historical views, but seeing them by your own eye is always different from reading books or watch a video documentary.

However, a simple one-week tour can’t really help people understand and learn about the unique culture of Beijing. People in Beijing are different to any other Chinese, they had their own philosophy of life. I believe that people of Beijing saw too many changes in the past four hundred years, they saw dynasties failed, powerful people dead. They understand that no matter what happened in the Forbidden City or who will rule the empire tomorrow doesn’t matter to them, life goes on and on. People in Beijing simply seek for a peaceful life without seeking for power or luxury. Someone might say that is laziness, but I believe it is wisdom that no one else would understand.

Beijing also have good foods, and many other amazing things that remain unknown to most of the tourist. It is fair to say that Beijing is a city that worth to live for one or a half-year. I live in Beijing for almost 20 years, but it still surprise me sometimes.

By Lichen Zheng

2016/5/20