Day 1 trip to China: Beijing
Finally, after a tiring 16 hour flight, we're here, in the famous Beijing, capital of China. It was very hot, humid, and rather dry here since we arrived in the summer. The first thing we did was go to a restaurant to satisfy are hungry stomach's. The menu was very diffrent and unique, and we had trouble choosing our meals. They served the Beijing Roast Duck which was a thin, crisp, and smokey flavoured meat, served with a Chinese salad. Shanxi noodles, which is noodles with cilantro, with a side dish of thin sliced chicken. Last of all there was the frog legs. Kyle and I decided to try it, and I immediately fell in love with the creatures delicious legs, despite where they came from. It was quite the experience! We complimented the chef, and told him we were tourists from Canada. He told us the next place we should go is the Ming tombs.
Fried Frog legs
After our long taxi ride, we went to a tourist attraction, Ming tombs. The Ming Tombs was built in 1409 by Zhu Di the fist emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Its at the base of Tianshou Mountains where the mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty lay. There was meant to be a tomb for each Emperor and king of the Ming Dynasty. We walked around one of tombs and it was fairly large, and shaped like a small round mountain. While we were exploring we ran into fellow Canadians Arnav and Aidan. We walked around together for a bit, but soon enough we all got bored and ditched eachother to find ourselves a hotel to stay in for the night, if that makes any sense.
Ming Tombs
We ran to the road in front of the Tombs and hitched a ride with a taxi. We told him to bring us to the highest quality five star hotel. He brought us to the Hotel Eclat Beijing, and WOW, what a luxury hotel it was! Even though the cost was $371 a person, it was all worth it. There was a pool, TV, two beds, and a awesome styled bathroom. After Kyle and I took a quick shower we realized how dirty are clothes were, and we wanted to be adventurous so we decided to go and get some new Chinese styled clothes. We went down stairs where the lobby got us a taxi ride, we told him to bring us to the nearest clothing store, Stanlitun.
Hotel Eclat Beijing
In Beijing they wore much different clothes than in Canada. They wore a lot of red, white, and black clothes. Some women and men were wearing Tang suits. Tang suits were traditional costumes worn by men. It is a short tunic with high and round collars and lapels, which are fastened down the front. Compared with the ancient styled tang suit, the sleeves have become longer and wider, patched pockets were added, and the number of frog buttons have been increased. By the 1940s, the tang suit was used in all classes. While we were walking we met a guy named Shang Wu. We asked him what he was wearing and were it came from he said, "This is a Shanghai Tang's design concept and is inspired by Chinese culture and has bright colours." So then we got on the subway and rode back. The subway station opened September 28, 2009. The station on average has 135,000 customers per day. Its under ground with one platform and two side tracks so people can walk on. When we got back to the hotel, we slept, woke up, and got on the train for our ride to Shaanxi on first class.
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Ming Tombs
We ran to the road in front of the Tombs and hitched a ride with a taxi. We told him to bring us to the highest quality five star hotel. He brought us to the Hotel Eclat Beijing, and WOW, what a luxury hotel it was! Even though the cost was $371 a person, it was all worth it. There was a pool, TV, two beds, and a awesome styled bathroom. After Kyle and I took a quick shower we realized how dirty are clothes were, and we wanted to be adventurous so we decided to go and get some new Chinese styled clothes. We went down stairs where the lobby got us a taxi ride, we told him to bring us to the nearest clothing store, Stanlitun.
In Beijing they wore much different clothes than in Canada. They wore a lot of red, white, and black clothes. Some women and men were wearing Tang suits. Tang suits were traditional costumes worn by men. It is a short tunic with high and round collars and lapels, which are fastened down the front. Compared with the ancient styled tang suit, the sleeves have become longer and wider, patched pockets were added, and the number of frog buttons have been increased. By the 1940s, the tang suit was used in all classes. While we were walking we met a guy named Shang Wu. We asked him what he was wearing and were it came from he said, "This is a Shanghai Tang's design concept and is inspired by Chinese culture and has bright colours." So then we got on the subway and rode back. The subway station opened September 28, 2009. The station on average has 135,000 customers per day. Its under ground with one platform and two side tracks so people can walk on. When we got back to the hotel, we slept, woke up, and got on the train for our ride to Shaanxi on first class.
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