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Shanghai Vegetarian Food Restaurant
Dec 30th
Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant
It is a building with three stories. the first floor is the lobby with 140 seats for diners. The second floor is the hall for hire. there you can hold birthday party, wedding ceremony etc.. on the third floor, there is a buddha shrine with the figure of Buddha on the wall where diners can burn incense. As far as the food is concerned, Gongdelin is a marvelous restaurant serving Buddhist Vegetarian dishes. The chefs here use all kinds of natural vegetables to imitate chicken, duck, and fish as well as well as pork and beef. If you love vegetarian food, you should try Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant. It is said to be one of the best vegetarian restaurants in China.
Adress: No. 445, Nanjing xi Road
Bus Route: bus No. 20, 37
Tel: 63270218
Juelin Vegetarian Restaurant
Located on Jinling Dong Road, it is a tow-story local style dwelling house with wooden walls, floor, wooden paneled stairs and windows. the restaurant is characterized by its delicious vegetarian dishes. Almost any kind of chinese dish one can think of is listed on its menu. But what is special is that it is all vegetarian even if the description sounds carnivorous. All dishes here are made from vegetables and bean curd, but they taste like pork or other kind of meat.
Address: No. 250, Jinling Dong Road
Bus Route: Bus No. 126, No. 42 no. 208 No. 831
Tel: 63260115
Tips: No reservation is accepted and the restaurant will close just at 9:00 p.m. without delay.
Chunfeng Songyue Lou Restaurant
It is original built in Qing Dynasty, about 80 years history from now, Chunfeng Songyue Lou is the most well-known vegetarian restaurants in Shanghai, there are one warm notice hanging in the top roof before you step into the restaurant, it says: No Meats, Vegetable Only. It means customers must be respect to the custom and do not bring any meat to the restaurant. All the ingredients of the each dish are carefully selected, and cook by the master who is working for this restaurant for many years. The top recommended dishes in this restaurant are: deep fry bean cure, stir fried mushrooms and the seasonal serve moon cakes.
Address: No 99, Jiuxiaochang Road, Shanghai
Tel: 021-63553630
Public Bus: 932, 64, 11, 66, 126
Longhua Temple Restaurant
Longhua Restaurant is located inside Longhua Temple, the food are well-known from three aspect- color, shape, and taste, the pilgrimage come for workshop the Buddha, and having meals in the temple after praying, noodle with vegetable is the most popular dish in this restaurant, with unique taste and not oily at all. Bean Curd is the main ingredient use to made dishes, and the flavor come out taste like meat, but without any meat on it, it is a great restaurant to try the real vegetarian food with its unique flavor.
Address: No 2853, Longhua Road, Shanghai
Tel: 021-64566085
Public Bus: 41，44，87, 104, 734, 714, 933
Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple Restaurant
The vegetarian food in Jade Buddha Temple Restaurant is base on traditional Buddhist cuisine, and making fusion of modern cooking techniques, it launched a serious of Buddhist temple style dishes, with the flavor of sweet sour and spicy, the restaurant in will be very crowed in every first day and middle of lunar month. The decoration of the restaurant is pure and fresh in an elegant and simple style that embodies the advantages of modern architecture decoration, but also strongly showed the rich flavor of Buddhist culture. The popular dishes are Bamboo Shot, Mushroom-made dish and Cold Bean Curd Dish in Source.
Address: No 999, Jiangning Road, Shanghai
Tel: 021-62663668
Public Bus: 106.112.830.906
Rendao Vegetarian Restaurant
Rendao Vegetarian Restaurant is a buffet restaurant with more than 200 kinds of food, combine with Chinese, Japanese, Tai, and western style of flavor food like Vegetable Salad, Hagen-Daze Ice Cream and Western Style Dessert. The typical dishes in the restaurant are all made of health ingredient, Seaweed, Matsutake soup; polygonum multiflorum tea must be in your order list. Seating in the restaurant fells warm and kind atmosphere stand out against the gentle lighten. Bon Appetite.
Address: No 2782, Longhua Road, Shanghai
Tel: 021-64572299
Public Bus: 41.44.714.864
Xinsudai Vegetarian Restaurant
Xinsudai Restaurant is heritage the elements of the Chinese tradition of exquisite vegetarian cuisine, combined with modern Western cooking techniques, the new vegetarian divided into three categories: Sichuan Flavor Vegetarian Food, unique offerings’ health food and vegetarian banquet from palace, the most popular dishes are Ishinabe Rice, Vegetable Stem Bun, and Meat Flavor Food but Made of Vegetable. The restaurant is full of pleasant and warm atmosphere, attracts so many guests lingering here.
Address: No 168, west of Lujiazui Road, Shanghai, 5th floor of Zhengda Plaza
Tel: 021-50471880
Public Bus: 10,85，or subway line No 2
Jujube Tree Restaurant
You would see the famous monk’s inscriptions before step into the restaurant; it says As Early as Vegetarian. the restaurant Inside decorate as simple and elegant style, with a strong Buddhist culture, plus a small square table and rattan chair which will leave you a sense of peaceful and nature. The menu change often in every season to use the most fresh and seasonal ingredient, and every month have new dishes introduce to the customr, it must be worthwhile trip to try in this restaurant.
Black Pepper prime row, dry Neptune Orient volume, seafood taro pot
Address: No 77, Songshan Road
Tel: 021-63848000
Public Bus: No 42.109.581.911，or subway line No ,1
Chongzheng Natural Vegetarian Food Restaurant
The major raw material for food in the restaurant here is mainly used fungus, and carefully cook it as a wonderful dish, each dish is rich in minerals, for those who want to lose weight and stay in shape is a good choice, the restaurant also provide fresh fruits, vegetables and health tea in every afternoon, for the customers sitting in the hall and enjoy the sun, with the natural health food. The popular foods of this restaurant is name after meat but make of vegetable, they are: Sweet and sour fried fish, shrimp, fry eel, pickled fresh Benedict.
Address: No.450-1, Nanjing Road, Shanghai
Tel: 021-63612059
Public Bus: No 20.307.14，or subway line No .2
Jixiang Cao Restaurant
“Jixiangcao” means lucky grass called auspicious, but also the grass a symbol of vegetarian, when entered the restaurant, brick and wooden chair , the big shelf stand among them in the middle of the hall, it making a sense of grace, the taste of this restaurant never change even move to another place, it still keeping the pure vegetarian culture in the end. The typical dishes in the restaurant are: stir fry Bodhi mushroom and wax guard with black pepper.
Address: No 428, Madang Road, second floor.
Tel: 021-63730288
Public Bus: No 146.109，or subway line No ,1
Wuguantang Vegetarian Restaurant
Wuguantang vegetarian restaurant is mainly serve snack, but not for imitation meat dishes, the feature in the restaurant is serve tea before dining, taste with nice fragrant and good for health care. The restaurant decorates as simple and elegant, with the classical music. The celadon tea cup and plate which is full bloom of fruits and vegetables, coarse grains porridge, snacks and so on. In the way of delightful environment to spread the nature and health vegetarian culture to people. Western-style roasted potatoes, Pumpkin boil with egg, bean curd roll with three kinds of vegetables.
Address: No 349, Xinhua Road
Tel: 021-62813695
Public Bus: No 48.76.121.946
Huangshan Chengkan village
Dec 16th
Chengkan village is the unique well-deserved ancient village in Ming Dynasty. The ancient architecture groups are very valuable for the research about it. The ancient architectures contain elegant pavilions, houses, bridges, wells, ancestral temples, etc. Moreover, there are exquisite stone carvings, brick carvings, and wood carvings on each house. It is really wonderful article excelling nature! Chengkan village is extremely a perfect representative of Anhui architectures.
Chengkan village locates near the famous Mt. Huangshan. It is so mysterious that people who visit Mt.Huangshan must pay a visit to Chengkan village. It is just like the Holy Land – Mekka. In the eyes of most people, Chengkan village becomes sanctity. What is its charm on earth? Why does Chengkan village make people fascinated?
Chengkan Village was formerly named Longxi Village. It was first built in East Han Dynasty. Up to now, it has a history of more than 1800 years. Chengkan village has a great reputation – “the best village in Jiangnan area”. The location and architecture style depend exactly on the theory of “the Eight Diagrams” and “Feng Shui”. Chengkan village has three streets and ninety-nine lanes, just like a maze, with hills and rivers surrounding it. The ancient river – Longxi River is like a jade belt going across Chengkan village. The eight mountains surrounding the village are like eight directions of “the Eight Diagrams”. The exquisite layout of Chengkan village is a wonder among the village architectures in China.
Once going into the Chengkan Village, visitors may fully feel the comfortable atmosphere here. The farmers are so kind to each other. You may relax yourself and hug the nature. Now, there are more than 700 households in Chengkan village, and 75% of the people’s family name is “Luo”.
Chengkan village is an excellent combination of beautiful nature and humanity. On wandering on the narrow paths in the village, visitors may feel that time stops. If you have a chance to Mt. Huangshan, do not leave without visiting Chengkan Village.
Yangshuo River Cruise Mafia
Dec 9th
Seeing the karst formations floating down the Li River on a little boat can be easily done taking a bus from Yangshuo main station, by now everybody will point you where to get the first bus to Yangdi/Xinping. There are several running every few minutes, so it will be definitely easy and fast. However, in this precise moment you will have to be careful who you talk with: many people will offer you boat trip packages, following you to the bus, being insistent even if you firmly and gently refuse their offers. One of these people, the most persistent, will follow you inside the bus, and start offering the same package for a lower price. Even if you still resist, and politely refuse, this person will leave you, probably come back, and then sit somewhere else in the front of the bus. You won’t notice by now, but this is your doom.
Yangshuo. That beautiful little village laid out among some of the most stunning karst rock scenery in East Asia is for many the highlight of any Chinese trip. For this reason and not unexpectedly, also one of the most booming Chinese tourist destinations: in little over two years, I was barely able to recognize some of the roads because of the massive presence of new buildings. Guesthouses, hotels and b&b are everywhere, and the push to exploit the tourism has also generated some bad effects for the solo traveler. I will warn you from a situation that might happen if you attempt to get to the pier at Yangdi to organize your own boat down the Li River….
Arriving at destination after half an hour, you will get off the bus and be met by swarms of other touts offering everything, from fresh fruit to souvenirs and of course, boat cruises. Even if you will surely find some better bargain, at this point you will notice the presence of the very same person who offered you the boat trip in Yangshuo’s bus station… yes, that same person you politely said no at least twenty five times. In his/her presence, any other attempt to reserve a boat, either from one of the touts, or directly from one of the boatmen, will be vain.
Why? Because these people have organized what I would legitimately call a “river cruise mafia” which means that the person who spots you and talk to you first in Guilin , will be the only one entitled to deliver you to the boatman of her choice, and collect her cut from your payment. And there is not much else you can do: whoever you will talk to will pretend he doesn’t have that service you are asking for. This also means that your plans might definitely and easily run amok because of some third party person who lays eyes on you… yeah, that is too bad. But again, nothing to be done: boatmen will stare blankly at the karsts, pretending you are not there asking them questions. Touts will swarm further away from you. This person will, instead, become so insistent to push you to the boat of her interest you will have no choice but take it, or get back on the bus you came from and forget about your river cruise.
There are few things you can do, since this situation is directly created by a mutual agreement between most of the city’s hotel and guesthouse representatives. Best thing is, once you find a person you like and trust, organize your trip directly with them, and make sure they (or the person of their choice) are coming with you to the bus station, clearly showing that yes, they are your guides. This way, people will not be able to claim they “spotted you first” and your experience will be a bit less annoying, being able to decide for yourself, and not let the first peasant coming by claiming rights on your wallet.
Chinese Tibetan Dances
Aug 24th
Tibetan Dances:
Nearly Every Tibetan can sing and dance. Dancing is an integral part of every Tibetan’s life. Tibetan people sing and dance for nearly every event: weddings, funerals, gatherings, and just for fun. There are many different styles of dance. Each area of Tibet has its own distinct style.
The Guoxie (village) dance is a group dance popular in rural Tibet. This dance is usually performed on open ground from sunrise to sunset. It consists of men and women dancing together in a circle.
Guozhuang (singing and dancing) dance is popular in eastern Tibet. It consists of two parts, singing, and dancing. It is an agile and vigorous dance. Men and women stand in two separate circles and sing in rotation while swaying and stamping their feet. The tempo in the beginning is slow and as the song progresses the tempo speeds up. They performers conclude their singing by shouting “Ya!”
Xie (dance) dance is accompanied by a stringed instrument. At festivals and outings men and women dance the Xie face to face in two lines. They are usually directed by one person at the head of their formation who plays a stringed instrument. The participants sing to each other to express their feelings. This dance is graceful and natural characterized by slow steps.
Qamo (sorcerer’s) dance is a religious dance. It came to Tibet along with the introduction of Buddhism. It is used to subdue evil spirits in monasteries. Originally the Qamo dance was a mime dance where participants wore ceremonial masks. A traditional livestock sacrificing ceremony was held. Since the killing of livestock goes against Buddhist doctrine, livestock are no longer killed. Drawings are now substituted. At the end of the dance the performers take an effigy of Duoma (the leading demon), made of butter and tsampa into the wilderness to burn it, which will drive away evil and bring good fortune in the coming year.
Nanjing History and Nanjing Tour
Aug 22nd
Nanjing, literally “the southern capital”, was an ancient metropolis of six different dynasties in China. The first dynasty to choose Nanjing as its capital was Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period and named the city “Jian’ye”. In the latter years of the Western Jin Dynasty, Nanjing was called “Jian’kang” and it was a name used from beginning of the 3rd century to the end of the 6th century.
The city was formally called Nanjing for the first time in the early Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644 AD). “The city is in a perfect location with majestic scenes of high hills, deep rivers and a big plain. These are the works of the Nature. There is no other city in the world has such a beautiful landscape Nanjing has unlimited development potentials.” said Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of modern China. Nowadays, because of the eagerness for urbanization has negatively affected Nanjing’s natural scenery and its valuable heritage.
Nanjing is also a heroic city with a sad history. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing and during the following six weeks they exerted a bloody massacre. Some 300,000 Chinese people and soldiers were killed by these utmost barbaric forces. Nanjing people are still commemorating this day of tragedy and humiliation. No one will forget the incident here and it is a heroic symbol for not only the Chinese but all people in the world : pursuing peace and be unite together against brutality. If a taxi driver knows that you are a person from outside the city, he may recommend you to visit the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall to the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre.
Xian nightlife
Aug 18th
One of the great delights of Xian is the way in which our ancient culture blends with the new in order to give the visitor a memorable experience of life in Xian both as it was long ago and as it is today.
A good place to start your exploration is The Bell Tower as it stands in the historical center of the city and is adjacent to the flourishing modern commercial district. In the evening both the Bell Tower and Drum Tower are illuminated and provided a striking setting for the myriad of traditional Chinese restaurants and bright modern shopping malls where with a riot of color and movement the neon lights together with the street lighting present a veritable magical picture. As the bell tolls in the Bell Tower you can imagine yourself standing in the city as it was centuries ago.
North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda
As you stroll on The Bell & Drum Tower Square you will encounter many fellow pedestrians, who like you will be enjoying the spectacle of light and color against the dark broad dome of the night sky. Pass through the gate of the Drum Tower and the appetizing aroma of food will tempt your senses. Here you will find The Muslim Snack Street a location famous for its many and varied restaurants, each with its own specialty dishes. Here you will be sure to find something that will appeal to your taste buds from the many novel and captivating dishes on offer.
North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is another place deserving of some of your time. Covering an area of some 110,000 sq. m and with an investment cost of 500 million Yuan, this is the largest music fountain square in Asia. The large-scale musical fountain is quite amazing. Here also you can see eight groups of magnificent sculptures and forty delightfully landscaped areas. This is not only one of the most impressive squares in China but is also becoming an important national monument to Tang Culture.
Movie Cinema
Close to the Drum Tower is Pang Gong Cinema, located at No. 61 Zhubashi Jie Street. In addition there is another cinema at No.323 Dong Dajie Street. This is Northwest Film City and is some 500 meters to the east of the Bell Tower. Cinema tickets in Xian are inexpensive. Generally speaking, it will cost you between 20 and 30 Yuan to see a film. It is a great pity that films are seldom shown in English and are dubbed into Chinese. Never the less, if you are interested in improving your command of Chinese, what better way can there be to learn more of our language!
Xian Disco Bar
Disco Bar
Your destination of first choice will be is 1+1 Disco Bar here you are guaranteed unlimited fun entertainment. About a kilometer from the Bell Tower at No. 285 Dong Dajie Street, the bar is decorated in a trendy style with a hint of “heavy metal” which is rare in similar bars in Xian. The lighting and acoustics at the 1+1 Disco Bar are up to top class international standards and the venue offers a variety of shows as well as the opportunity to dance and hang out with your friends.
KTV
In Xian many working people and students alike enjoy going to KTV in their spare time to sing along with their friends. Not only is this a popular recreation in Xian but also in most other large cities in the country. Real Love is one of the best-known and most popular luxury KTVs in Xian. Situated in Nan Erhuan Road (South 2nd Ring Road), it is opposite the Province Library. Another venue where young people like to party is the XiaRoaddi KTV. This is on the 4th Floor of No. 23 Yanta Bei Road.
Tang Dynasty Dinner Show
Traditional Chinese Show
The Tang Dynasty Theatre Restaurant is located at No. 75 Chang’an Road and an evening here is sure to be a memorable highlight of your tour. Tang Dynasty Dinner Show each performance there are over 100 artists who entertain with a colorful spectacle of dance and music. Here you will enjoy music played on ancient Chinese instruments such as the Pi Pa, a hand string instrument, the Rang, Gu Zheng, Erhu, Yanquin, Dizi, Sheng, Pai Xiao, 24 tone Bronze bell chimes, Suo Na and a group of percussion instruments. Do not let these names daunt you, you are sure to enjoy their rich and varied sounds and the wonderful music they provide. The musicians also play the more easily recognized western style instruments, of course. To complete your Tang Dynasty experience, don’t forget to enjoy a Dumpling Dinner!
Beijing Muslim Food Restaurants
Aug 4th
The Islam started to spread in China since 651 AD in Tang Emperor Gaozong and the Islam has greatly developed and many Muslim mosques & sites were built in China, especially in Beijing. As the capital of China, Beijing holds many famous Muslim mosques, such as the Niujie Mosque, the largest and oldest mosque in Beijing; Nan Dou Ya mosque, which has a unique Chinese courtyard style with hundreds years of history. Beijing also has many muslim restaurants, for example, Donglaishun hotpot restaurant. If you are a muslim, you will need the information below about the Beijing muslim food restaurants
Baikui Laohao Restaurant (Jiaodaokou Branch)
Address: No.158, Jiaodaokou Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Tel: 010-64040967
Jinghua Feiniu Restaurant (Jinsong Branch)
Address: Building 907, Jinsong Jiuqu, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Tel: 010-67734939
Yongfenglou Restaurant
Address: No.31, Qianmen Street, Chongwen District, Beijing
Tel: 010-63037895
Ruizhenhou Restaurant
Address: No.1, Dongsi South Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Tel: 010-65245976
Xinjiang Urumqi Islamic Restaurant
Address: No.14, Guangnei Street, Chongwen District, Beijing
Tel: 010-67113002
Kuerxin Restaurant
Address: No.188, Zhaodengyu Road, Xicheng District, Beijing
Tel: 010-66114328
Xilaiheng Restaurant
Address: No.184, Fuchengmennei Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
Tel: 010-66014810
Hongyuan Muslim Restaurant
Address: East side of Bus101 Station, Waihongmiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Cycling in Beijing
Aug 3rd
The best way to experience Beijing is biking. There are more than nine million bicycles in Beijing, the best way is a fun way too, Beijing has the most complete bicycle lane system in the world. More and more people choose Beijing Bicycle Tours for their travel in Beijing. Beijing is flat like pancake, bicycle lanes are there at each side of every street. Follow the Emperors’ traces to the ourtskirt, you will have a life time experience riding bike to the Great Walls, Imperial Summer Resorts, the Ming Tombs and the Qing Tombs which could be a month tour by horse or foot at the ancient time.
Beijing Easy Tour is a trusted tour agency for your Beijing trip, we are looking for you at any time. Do not hesitate to join us for a Beijing Bike tour. We believe our service and travel routes will make your Beijing holidays a memorable one. Welcome to join us and go on a short stop in Beijing.
What better way to visit Beijing than on a bike? Cycling might be the perfect way to travel. It is cheap, pollution-free, convenient, safe, and healthy, brings you closer to the locals, and offers a chance to see more, more naturally.
Biking is also a kind of life style for the people in China. People at all ages love biking.
There are many bicycle paths in Beijing, which will provide a safe and comfortable tour so let’s go cycling together to explore the imperial city, discover its hidden treasures, off-the-beaten-track charms and get closer to local Hutong people.
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