Foshan Xiqiao Mountain

Foshan Xiqiao Mountain

Xiqiao Mountain is one of the four famous mountains of Guangdong Province. It is endowed with both picturesque scenery and rich cultural resources. It was approved as a national-level scenic area and a national forest park by the State Council. With its graceful peaks, caves, waterfalls, and springs, this mountain in southeast Nanhai County sixty-eight kilometers from Guangzhou is one of the four famous mountains in Guangdong Province. Many rocks on the mountain are inscribed with poems and essays by scholars of various dynasties who were attracted to the place for its scenery. White Cloud Cave (Baiyundong) is said to be where the Ming scholar He Baiyun once studied. On this scenic mountain which has attracted visitors ever since the Ming Dynasty, a nearby waterfall called Feiliuqianchi ("water flies a thousand feet" is a spectacular sight. Visitors will find a stay at the mountain hotels set among green trees pleasant.)

Xiqiao Mountain is located in Nanhai District, Foshan City, in southern Guangdong Province. It has an average altitude of about 300 meters (984 feet). The main peak is only about 340 meters (1,115 feet) high. The mountain is an ancient extinct volcano, but it has created amazing masterpieces: numerous grotesque cliffs, strange hollows, limpid lakes and spectacular waterfalls cover the whole mountain. Xiqiao Mountain is renowned as an emerald in South Guangdong. It has 72 peaks and 36 hollows. The peaks are grotesque, and the hollows are deep and serene. The major scenic spots include White Cloud Hollow Scenic Spot, Jasper Hollow Scenic Spot, Green Rock Scenic Spot, Kwan-yin of South China Sea Cultural Garden, Yellow Immortal Holy Garden and Wushu Hall of Huang Feihong's Lion Skill.

The White Cloud Hollow is the most renowned among the 36 hollows of Xiqiao Mountain. This scenic spot, situated in the western foothills of Xiqiao Mountain, takes up an area of 1.2 sq kilometers (297 acreages). In the hollow, there are numerous temples, monasteries and pavilions. The Cloud Waterfall pours into a brook, which flows outward into three lakes. The waterfall and the lakes illuminate each other. The White Cloud Hollow abounds with cultural relics and historic sites of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties such as Three Lakes Academy, Cloud and Spring Hall, White Cloud Ancient Temple and Inscriptions on Cliffs. Additionally, the Cloud and Waterfall of Xiqiao has been listed as one of 'the eight spectacular scenes of Guanzhou' in the Qing Dynasty. At night the scene at White Cloud Hollow is fantastic. The night scene illuminated with resplendent colored-lights adds a splendor to the charm of this scenic spot.

Kwan-yin of South China Sea Cultural Garden is situated at Daxian Peak, one of the 72 peaks of Xiqiao Mountain. The holy statue of Kwan-yin is grand and gorgeous. The statue is about 61.9 meters (about 203 feet) high, implying that Kwan-yin achieved perfection on June 19th. Kwan-yin sits in her holy seat of lotus flowers, with a merciful light shining in her eyes. To the left of Daxian Peak, an architectural complex of Kwan-yin culture is established, where various statues of Kwan-yin are exhibited.

Jasper Hollow is situated in a canyon stretching from east to west in the northwestern part of Xiqiao Mountain. The waterfall inside the hollow is the largest waterfall in the mountain. Green Rock Scenic Spot lies in the midst of the mountain. Dragon Beard Spring and Half-moon Spring are also worth visiting.

Tips: The Best time to visit Xiqiao Mountain is during Spring Festival, when peach trees blossom vigorously and their fragrance spreads over the whole mountain.

Opening Hours:
07:30-18:00

Scenic Spots:
Xiqiao National Forest Park CNY 40
White Cloud Hollow CNY 15
Yellow Immortal Holy Garden CNY 15
Wushu Hall of Huang Feihong's Lion Skill CNY 10

Reliable and Professional Canton Fair

Reliable and Professional Canton Fair

Canon Fair Organisation is a non-profit organisation that provides convenient service like invitation letter issuing, seller recruiting to Canton Fair and as well as to other fairs held in Canton (also called Guang Dong).

The China Import and Export Fair ---- Canton Fair is the largest biannual China trade fairs, canton trade fairs, China trade shows of any kind and held in Guangzhou. Canton Fair is the most effective way to develop the business relationships you need to succeed in China.It's no wonder that the Canton Trade Fair has already become a must see for all those looking for business success in China.
Welcome to the 105th session of China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair)

The daily opening time of Canton Fair has been extended for 1 hour till 7pm each day (last day might close out early)!! Official Fair opening hours are below:

Phase 1:

15th-19th April 2009 9:30-18:00

Phase 2:

24th-28th April 2009 9:30-18:00

Phase 3:

3rd- 7th May 2009 9:30-18:00

105th Canton Fair-15-19 & 24-28 April and 3-7 May --Guangzhou

There will be a significant reform of the Canton Fair since 105th Session in April 2009, with Pazhou Complex 2nd stand construction put into use, the total exhibition space will be 3 times larger than last year. The Liuhua Complex will be no longer in use, all fairs will be in Pazhou only from October!

CISMEF-15th to 18th September 2009 --Guangzhou
The 6th China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF) which recorded 210,000 visitors and over USD 2 billions contracts last year is now recruiting international sellers. For just $850 USD, you get a 9m2 standard exhibition booth, 4 nights at 4-star hotel and free airport pick-up.

CIFF-18th to 21st March 2009--Guangzhou

The 23rd China International Furniture Fair (CIFF) is held twice a year in March and August at Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou China. CIFF is becoming the biggest event in the furniture industry and it's the largest in Asia.

Exihibition

Chinaplas 2009 – Guangzhou
The 23rd International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries will be held at Pazhou Complex Guangzhou on 18th to 21st May 2009

International Beauty, Hairdressing & Cosmetics Expo - Beijing
The 14th China Beijing International Beauty, Hairdressing & Cosmetics Expo will be held in Beijing on 22nd to 24th April 2009.

China International Solar PV Exhibition - Shanghai
The 6th China International Solar PV Exhibition will be held in Shanghai on 13rd to 15th April 2009.

Lighting Fair/Electronics Fair/ - Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Lighting Fair 2009 and Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2009 (Spring Edition) will be held together in Hong Kong at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wancai on 13rd to 16th April 2009.

China International Textile & Apparel Trade Fair - Shanghai
The 6th China International textile & Apparel Trade Fair will be held at Shanghai ShanghaiMart on 22nd to 24th April 2009.

Chinese Arts ( Cantonese Opera)

Cantonese Opera (also known as "Guangdong Drama") is the main drama class in the Guangdong area. Cantonese Opera was prevalent in Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau. Cantonese Opera has included other Chinese drama like Yick Yeung Pitch and Kwan Pitch etc. At the end of Qing Dynasty, the Guangzhou dialect was used in Cantonese Opera because the cultured people wanted to make use of Cantonese Opera as propaganda for voicing revolution . In order to make Guangzhau people understand more easily, lots of Cantonese was used. In the early stage, performances were mostly arranged in the opera bamboo-sheds where God statues and altars were placed for worship. Hong Kong opera bamboo-sheds mostly have Ritual Performances to celebrate birthdays of deities and Buddha. These performances allow devotees to worship and thank them. Cantonese Opera are extremely attractive,you need to take a look if you're stay in Hong Kong.Thanks.

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Martial Arts(Wushu) Master :Wong Fei-Hung

Wong Fei-Hung

Claimed to be the only known photograph in existence of Master Wong Fei-Hung - Some dispute this




The statue sitting in the Wong Fei Hung Museum in the Fu Shan district of China

Jet Li playing the role of Wong Fei-Hung in Tsui Hark's "Once Upon a Time in China II"

Wong Fei-Hung was born in 1847 in the Fushan district of China. He died in 1924 of natural causes. His contributions to modern day Hung-Gar are unmatched, and can be considered one of the forefathers of modern day martial arts. He was renowned for protecting the weak and helping the poor. Wong Kay-Ying was his father, who was a physician and great martial arts master also..
Wong Fei-Hung's father ran a famous medical clinic called Po Chi Lam, and Wong Fei-Hung grew up there, assisting his father. He learned traditional Chinese medicine, and also learned many important values such as generosity and compassion. Wong Kay-Ying always treated a patient, even if he or she couldn't afford any treatment.
The Ch'ing Dynasty consisted of Manchu emperors, who had conquered China from there home in Manchuria. They were foreign invaders to the southern Chinese. The southern Shaolin Temple in Fukien was a place where the resistance would go to train to fight against the Ch'ing. The temple was first burned down in 1734, but the few monks and students who survived traveled across China teaching their skills to others worthy enough along the way. Variations on the Southern Shaolin styles soon emerged such as Wing Chun (Bruce Lee's original style) and Hung Gar Kung Fu (Wong Fei-Hung's style). The father of modern day Hung-Gar was Hung Hei-Kwun (another martial arts master that was portrayed by Jet Li in New Legend of Shaolin).
At first Wong Fei-Hung's father was reluctant to teach him Hung-Gar, but his martial arts training soon began by his father's teacher, Luk Ah Choi. Luk Ah Choi taught Wong Fei-Hung the basics of Hung Gar. After, Wong Kay-Ying took over his son's training. By his early 20's, Wong Fei-Hung had made a name for himself as a dedicated physician and a martial arts prodigy. In addition to becoming a master of Hung-Gar, he created the tiger-crane style and added fighting combinations now known as the "Ten Forms Fist / Sup Ying Kuen", which consisted of the set of 10 individual fighting stances of: Dragon, Tiger, Crane, Snake, Leopard, Wood, Metal, Earth, Fire, and Water. Wong Fei-Hung was also skilled with many weapons, especially the long wooden staff and the southern tiger fork. On one occasion where he utilized his skill with the staff was when he defeated a thirty-man gang on the docks of Canton (Similar scene is Once Upon A Time in China I). He also protected the weak and poor from both criminal gangs and government forces. Wong Fei-Hung, like his father before him was know as one of the TEN TIGERS of CANTON. A title bestowed on the best of the best martial artists of the time.
Wong Fei-Hung's son, Wong Hawn-Sum, followed his father's ways of defending the weak. Unfortunately, he was killed in the 1890's after being gunned down by the gang Dai Fin Yee. After this tragedy, Wong Fei-Hung vowed never to teach his remaining 9 sons martial arts to protect them from challengers seeking fame.
If ever there really existed a true hero of martial arts, a person worthy of that title would definitely be Wong Fei-Hung. This website and online community is a tribute to that great hero Wong Fei-Hung.

the stores I dislike and like

I have not been to Guanqian Jie for a long time. I don't like it because it is too far away from our school for me. And it is crowded always. So in contrast, I like Shiquan Jie most.

In my memory of Guanqian Jie, there are several KFCs. I don't like the store like KFC.It is always crowded. There are no seats available when I get to KFC with my friends. The most important thing is that the greasy taste makes me sick.

I also dislike the stores which treat me rude. I remember last winter,I went to the shower room to take a bath,which is outside my dormitory.On the back way to my dormitory,my slippers were broken. Then I went to a store nearby to buy a pair of new slippers to put on.The shopkeeper showed me the slippers he had,but I found the slippers were so ugly ,so I left and went to anther store.I were so sorry to find that the store had more ugly slippers than the first one. Helpless,I went back to the first store and said:" I want to buy a pair of new slippers."The shopkeeper renmembered what I just did and said angrily :"Do you really want to buy slippers!?If not,just out!"Oh!I was very very very angry at that moment.Since then,I rarely went to that store.

Opposite situation, in Shiquan Jie , there is a store selling earrings. I like it. It is quiet and bright. Each earrings are collocated with shelves.In addition,the wall is decorated with so many pictures in which there are Korean female stars wearing the earrings they sell. Those pictures satisfy our visual enjoyment. The services are thoughtful,too. It has mirrors around on the wall. Not the same as other store selling small jewelry which only have one or two mirrors.That store give us convenient when we try the earrings.We don't need to move to the mirror to watch the effect.That is the reason that I like that store.

Lion Dance

The lion dance performance almost had me dropping the Canon EOS 50D so that I can use both my hands to clutch my throat.

This is not just martial arts. This is some form of rare Chinese acrobatic that only those with 100% pure China-Chinese blood are able to practice.

Guangdong lion dances, it can be said that expression of different dance scene in state. "Roar with the symbol and voice of wind and thunder of drums, thick gongs, cymbals ring, with the music ups and downs, put the Lions from a sound sleep to the exciting air of behavior, emotions demonstrated most vividly" Modeling a lot of lion dance routines: starting potential, normal, rose up, the suspect into scratching, Yingbin, salute, shock jump, look, sound sleep. On the New Year 's Day ,the lion will give our door-to-door a happy new year!

Also,as per the Chinese belief, businesses invite lion dancers to usher good luck in the New Year and chase away evil spirits. Fresh vegetables and fruits are offered to the lion. This is called as choi chang.The dancer who has adorned the lion's head tests if the produce is real or disguised crackers by performing few feline like steps and then deftly picks it up as if the lion is devouring the food.

GuangDong Regional Cuisine

Easily the most well-known of the Chinese regional cuisines, Cantonese cuisine comes from the region around Canton in Southern China. Simple spices and a wide variety of foods used in cooking characterize Cantonese cuisine. Of all the Chinese regions, Canton (Guangdong province) has the most available food resources. Its proximity to the sea offers a veritable marine cornucopia to be added to its dishes, making possible such delicate matings as Seven Happiness, a dish that includes shrimp, scallops, fish and lobster along with chicken, beef and pork. The light, delicate sauce, quick cooking and subtle spicing allows the natural flavors to shine through rather than being overwhelmed and blending together.
The spices used in Cantonese cooking tend to be light and simple: ginger, salt, soy sauce, white pepper, spring onion and rice wine. For many who are used to the more rich, spicy and complex flavors of Hunan and Szechwan cooking, Cantonese cooking may seem bland – but the subtle blends of flavor and aroma are created by the hand of a master chef.
All Chinese cuisine takes far more into account than the flavor of a dish. Chinese cooking is a presentation of texture, color, shape and aroma with even the name of the dish contributing to its overall presentation. In true Oriental fashion, a meal is poetry, with every part of it contributing to the overall effect. Chinese courtesy demands that a guest be treated with honor, and to present a guest with anything less than perfection is the height of rudeness.
As an honor to guests, freshness is one of the ultimate ‘ingredients’ in Cantonese regional cooking. In many restaurants, guests can choose their meal from a seafood tank in the dining room. It’s not unusual for a patron to be brought a live fish or crab at the table as proof of the freshness of the meal about to be prepared. Vegetables are likewise fresh, crisp and sweet, and the quick cooking methods preserve each flavor separately to play against the others.
Light sauces with subtle seasonings bring out the natural sweetness of seafood – but the Cantonese chef will only use the very freshest seafood in those dishes. For ‘stale’ seafood, Cantonese cuisine offers thick, spicy sauces meant to mask the characteristic odor of fish. Pungent/sweet dishes like sweet and sour butterfly shrimp might be served this way.
There are few Cantonese desserts that are indigenous to the region, though many restaurants serve a mango based pudding or tapioca. Most meals are served with plain boiled rice, and accompanied by either tea or rice wine.
Wherever in the world you are, you’re likely to find restaurants that serve Cantonese cuisine. It has been carried across the world by emigrants from the Quangdong province, and its light, delicate flavors are easy on the Western palate. To truly appreciate it though, takes more than the taste buds. Cantonese cuisine is a treat for the eyes and the nose as much as for the mouth. Appreciate it.
About the author:Kirsten Hawkins is a food and nutrition expert specializing the Mexican, Chinese, and Italian food. Visit http://www.food-and-nutrition.com/for more information on cooking delicious and healthy meals.