One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Dec 8th, 2010
Sometimes the best China travel happens off the tourist circuit. Find the more everyday side of China, and/or Chinese culture, on your trip, with these ideas.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Nov 10th, 2010
Nestled in the sun-kissed hills of central Hunan, there’s an ordinary yellow mud-brick peasant house with a not-so-ordinary neighbor — a permanent People’s Liberation Army guard station. That humble — and now fortified — abode was laojia (老家, home) to one of China’s most commanding (and controversial) figures of the 20th century: Mao Zedong. In [...]
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Oct 13th, 2010
Sanxingdui, the Sichuan mystery that forever shook up Chinese history as we know it, is on display at the Sanxingdui Museum near Chengdu, with some of the spookiest bronzes you’ll ever see in China.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Sep 8th, 2010
The over 2,000-year-old Mawangdui mummy is amazing, but it’s not the only amazing thing on display at this special exhibit at the Hunan Provincial Museum. From ancient leftovers to revealing silk texts and even a story-high coffin, Mawangdui wows the visitor from beginning to end.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Aug 11th, 2010
Beijing’s Yuanmingyuan Park, or the Old Summer Palace, is a a quiet reminder of foreign aggression on China and the country’s past humiliation.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Jul 14th, 2010
Just East of Xi’an, four hours up the railway line to Beijing, is another grand cache of art that stands in the Terracotta Warriors’ shadows, but delivers almost as many “wow” moments. I’m talking Luoyang’s Longmen Grottoes — a string of over 100,000 Buddhist images and statues carved into a hillside during China’s Wei and Tang Dynasties.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Jun 9th, 2010
It’s one thing to see China’s history in a museum, and another to walk on it. Zhengzhou, China offers such an experience at the Shang Dynasty Wall Ruins.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on May 12th, 2010
Are you engaged? Living in or going to China? Consider a visit to Suzhou’s Wedding Gown Street, where bridal beauty of your dreams is a bargain.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Apr 14th, 2010
Po Pagoda, a stumpy gray Northern Song-era pagoda in Kaifeng, China covered in tiles featuring Buddhist images, is unusual for its design, size and even shape.
Posted in Travel China with the Yangxifu on Mar 10th, 2010
In an interview with China Travel 2.0, I talk about my first China impressions, learning Chinese, meeting my Chinese inlaws, and tips on travel around China.
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One Western woman with a Chinese husband writes about love, family and relationships in China 洋媳妇看中国
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