"All services provided during our trip were precisely in line with the program eleborated by you.Guides punctual, efficient, helpful and with reasonable to good knowledge of the English language.Hotels well selected,cars comfortable and clean, drivers reliable.We can recommend your organisation to any interested party
In closing I should like to thank you and your staff once again for having made our Trip such a pleasant and remarkable experience, which has created the desire to see more of your lovely and impreesive country."
Kind regards
Dr. Ulrich Nafe
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Discover China: Chinese Food
Food has a special meaning to the Chinese people. The "waste not, want not" ethos means that a surprising range and variety of plants and animals, and every part of a plant or animal is used. This has given rise to a remarkable diversity in the regional cuisine, but to Westerners it can be overwhelming - surprising, fantastic, delicious, horrifying or disgusting - and above all.
Chinese cooking embodies the dining culture tradition of the Chinese nation. Compared with the cooking of all other nations in the world, it has many distinctive features. read more...
China Highlights Lucky Draw 2009
We want to say thank you for supporting China Highlights during the past year.
China Highlights is always looking for ways to improve our service and to do this we ask our customers to evaluate our service and the tour components during their trip.
A lucky draw will be conducted in our office on the 19th December 2008 to choose the 16 lucky winners from those customers who completed evaluation forms at the end of their China Highlights Tour.read more...
Discover China: Xi'an Part 4: Huajue Xiang & The Great Mosque
Huajue Xiang is a narrow alley located between the Drum Tower and the Great Mosque in the center of the city. The 500-meter-long winding lane is a great place to pick up souvenirs and antiques. Stalls selling a wide variety of imotems, ranging from local art crafts including well-embroidered cloth shoes, elegantly-carved China to these fine handicrafts originated in the far southwest parts of China like some fine arts of Miao and Dong minorities line along the street.
Most of the residents in the Huajue Xiang area are Muslims-the Hui minority group. The Hui people seem to be natural linguists. Most of the touts in the alley can speak several languages so do not be surprised when finding your shop owner fluent in English. read more...
Discover China: Xi'an Part 3: The Big & Small Wild Goose Pagodas
Situated in Da Ci'En (Great Kindness and Grace) Temple, about four kilometers from the urban center, Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the most famous Buddhist pagodas in China. The Pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) for the study of Buddhist scriptures. Although it has been attacked by centuries of weather, war and seismic activity, which destroyed most of the original material of the structure, a pagoda by this name and style still exists on the site.
A pagoda was built on the site in 589 A.D. in the Sui Dynasty. It was called Wu Lou (Five Storey) Temple. It was not until 648 A.D. that Li Zhi, then still a crown prince, sponsored a renovation project on the temple in memory of his mother's her kindness, after she suffered an early death. read more...
Discover China:Xi'an Part 2: The Ancient City Wall
The first landmark visitors will encounter in Xi'an is the ancient city wall, which stretches round the old city. The northern side runs parallel to the railway. Xi'an was originally a walled city, and even today the wall is considered a landmark dividing the city into the inner part and the outer part. The city wall is massive - tall, long and thick. The South Gate and North Gate are the two main entrances to the inner city. The city itself is neatly arranged along the city wall.
Xi'an City Wall was erected in the 14th century Ming Dynasty, under the regime of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. When Zhu Yuanzhang captured Huizhou, long before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he was admonished by a hermit named Zhu Sheng, who told him to "build high walls, store abundant provisions and take your time in proclaiming yourself emperor."read more...
