A blog about love, family and relationships in China, including interracial and intercultural love. 洋媳妇谈中国
Travel China’s offbeat and unusual destinations, with one Western woman married to a Chinese man.
“Travel to China: Everything You Need to Know Before You Go” by Josh Summers is chock full of all the practical tips you’d need to know from an insider.
Read moreSometimes 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.
Read moreNestled in the sun-kissed hills of central Hunan, there’s an ordinary yellow mud-brick peasant house with a not-so-ordinary neighbor —
Read moreSanxingdui, 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.
Read moreThe 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Read moreAre 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.
Read morePo 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.
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