Posts Tagged mid autumn festival
This year’s holiday schedule "the most chaotic in history"
on August 6, 2010 by admin in Shanghai, Comments (0)
The National Holiday Schedule for 2010 actually came out a while ago, but with September and October holidays approaching, it seems that Chinese citizens are beginning to sit up […]
Christopher Nolan’s Inception coming to China screens
on August 4, 2010 by admin in Shanghai, Comments (0)
Awesome film news! Inception, one of the most highly anticipated (and then most highly rated) movies of the year, will be getting one of the coveted 20 spots reserved […]
NINGBO’S tourism festival features historic attractions, music, a carnival, and nightlife on the Old Bund. Yao Minji pays a visit.
on October 18, 2009 by Eckhard Goessl in City China Ningbo, frontpage, Comments (0)
Tourism festivals are popular around China in the autumn, when the leaves turn gold and the weather is still welcoming. If you’re still in a holiday mood after the October National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, Ningbo is showcasing its tourist attractions.
Through October 28, the Ningbo Tourism Festival features historic attractions, music festivals, carnivals, shopping discounts and forums.
Since the Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened last May, it only takes about two hours to drive from downtown Shanghai to Ningbo City in Zhejiang Province.
The Ningbo area was inhabited 7,000 years ago. Ningbo was one of the first three trading harbors in China, together with Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.
Ningbo is known for four kinds of fragrances — rice, fish, books and ink — for its rich ocean products and cultural resources.
“Ning Bo” means calm wave and the name is based on its geographic location. Water from three rivers converge in Ningbo before flowing into the ocean, making it an ideal port.
The latest tourist attraction is the Ningbo Museum, which opened late last year and tells the history of the ancient port city. The exterior facade is built with bricks and other materials left over from reconstruction of the old city. Tianyi Pavilion Library
Libraries are seldom big tourist attractions, but Tianyi Pavilion Library is a favorite with tourists in Ningbo because of its significance in history and culture.
Established in 1561, it is believed to be the oldest existing library in China and Asia, as well as one of the three oldest family libraries in the world. The first owner Fan Qin, a retired government official, was a zealous book collector who amassed more than 70,000 volumes.
Fan adopted the name “Tianyi” (an obscure expression related to oracle bones) from a line in the “I Ching,” or “Book of Changes.” Following the book’s logic, the line says that “Tianyi sheng shui,” which means water comes from Tianyi. Since fire is the greatest fear of book collectors, Fan adopted the name in hopes that the library would never burn.
Fan not only referred to water in naming the library, but also built an artificial pond in front of it. Through generations, owners of the library added more elements — hills, gardens, bridges, streams, pavilions and so on. Now, it is not only a place filled with books, but also a typical Chinese garden. Many existing old Chinese libraries are built based on the construction of Tianyi Pavilion Library.
The library remained as the Fan family library and reached its peak of fame in the mid-1700s. The emperor at the time planned a cultural project to compile all literature and philosophy works. The owner of th Fan library contributed more than 600 of the 3,503 books compiled, suddenly making the library a magnet for book lovers.
But the library, restricted only to family members until 1673, was only open to very few acclaimed scholars. There were other rules to protect the thousands of volumes in the collection: books could not be removed from the premises, and the library and collection were passed on only to family heads in each generation. This prevented division of the collection over the years. Smoking and drinking were strictly prohibited.
Though books were stolen and damaged during the “cultural revolution” (1966-76), many were replaced and the library today houses around 80,000 books.
It is no longer a functioning library, however, but a museum that also houses a mahjong exhibition hall explaining everything about the popular game. Old Bund
The Bund in Shanghai, with its neoclassical architecture, is famous worldwide. But the oldest bund in China is the Old Bund in Ningbo City
By Yao Minji | 2009-10-17
Tourist Sites Do Roaring Business
on October 6, 2009 by BeijingReview.com in Beijing, news, Comments (0)
More Chinese chose to travel to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival
Oncoming National Day attracts more tourists
on September 20, 2009 by admin in Ningbo, Comments (0)
What’s special with this year’s Chinese National Day is that it is connected with traditional Chinese Mid-autumn Festival, resulting in an eight-day holiday, which will be the longest one since […]
Sales of mooncakes brisk
on by admin in Ningbo, Comments (0)
This year’s Mid-autumn Festival falls on the golden week. It is a great impetus to the sales of mooncakes. It is still half a month away from the Mid-autumn Festival, […]
Mid-Autumn Poem-reading Party
on September 16, 2009 by admin in Ningbo, Comments (0)
It is a month away from Mid-Autumn Festival, but people in some areas can’t wait to celebrate it. Citizens in Beilun district are having a poem-reading party which gives us […]
National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival Specials at Brazilian BBQ
on September 12, 2009 by admin in Ningbo Guide, Comments (0)
China’s 60th National Day Anniversary & Mid-Autumn Festival Specials at Brazilian BBQ Please celebrate with Brazilian BBQ and you will get one free drink plus a 12% discount on […]
Long Golden Week Triggers Craze for Overseas Tour
on August 31, 2009 by Eckhard Goessl in City China Ningbo, frontpage, Comments (0)
The National Day Holiday coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival gives people more time off from Oct. 1-8. Thus overseas tour becomes the first option of the travelers.
Prices of overseas tour are lower, compared with the same period last year. Australian tour is now 11,600 yuan, dropping by 3000 yuan. Southeast Asian tour is cut by over 500 yuan, and Hainan tour is almost 1000 yuan lower than last year. Moreover, the 9-day Egypt tour is shortened to 8 days to suit this year’s golden week. Other itineraries include 8-day Great Barrier Reef, Cairns and Gold Coast tour, and Hong Kong and Taiwan tour. These itineraries will give a great impetus to the slump tourist market.
Learning to Make Moon Cakes
on August 30, 2009 by admin in Miscellaneous, Comments (0)
<!–begin–> The other day, over 30 foreign people working in Ningbo gathered in Nanyuan Hotel for a party for the Mid-autumn Festival. Tags: hotel, mid autumn festival, Nanyuan, Ningbo, party […]
Learning to Make Moon Cakes
on August 24, 2009 by Eckhard Goessl in City China Ningbo, frontpage, Comments (0)
The other day, over 30 foreign people working in Ningbo gathered in Nanyuan Hotel for a party for the Mid-autumn Festival.
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