China Discover Blog » Guilin http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog We are one family Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:20:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Warehouse of Sanhuajiu in Guilin http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/warehouse-of-sanhuajiu-in-guilin/ http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/warehouse-of-sanhuajiu-in-guilin/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:36:06 +0000 billybear http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog/?p=636 It comes the time for the annual factory-outlet sales of Sanhuajiu! I went with my grandpa to the Elephant Hill, there is an ancient bodega at the foot of the hill, a warehouse for the storage of rice wine. The bodega opens once a year, sells some real good liquor before Chinese New Year. Grandpa has waited for this for months!

As usual, you need to take your own container for Sanhuajiu. We took a big barrel, and we were only allow to buy 5kg per person. People were shivering or trembling in the cold wind, for their favorite drinks for Chinese New Year…
San Hua jiu
San Hua jiu (in Chinese it means “three flowers wine”) is a hot liquor made in Guilin with allegedly over a thousand year history. It is famous for the fragrant herbal addition, and the use of spring water from Elephant Hill in the region. Alcohol content by volume: 55–57%. Though it is called rice wine, it is really a strong liquor.

San Hua jiu
Sanhuajiu is a type of white liquor (baijiu), which means “hot liquor” or “burned liquor”, because of the burning sensation in the mouth during consumption

]]> http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/warehouse-of-sanhuajiu-in-guilin/feed/ 0 Preparing for Christmas in Church of Guilin http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog/index.php/2009/12/preparing-for-christmas-in-church-of-guilin/ http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog/index.php/2009/12/preparing-for-christmas-in-church-of-guilin/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:57:40 +0000 billybear http://www.chinadiscover.net/blog/?p=536 Billy is a memeber of the choir serving for his church in Guilin.  The Christmas is around the corner, it is also the first time for Billy to sing in his Church on Christmas Eve, he practise in home, way to work, lunch time, tea break…While he is singing, you can see his smiling all the time!

Church in Guilin
People are everywhere in and around the church, some are cleaning the windows, floor, chairs, etc, some are practising their songs and dances which will be performed on the Christmas day and Christmas eve. 

No matter during the day or at night, people are gathering around the Church, some comes after a full day of work, they are so pround that you could a part of the team to celebrate Lord’s birthday, in the coldest season in Guilin…

The ceremony in the church will be the top event on Christmas eve, and many people will celebrate at their homes, the most happy time of the year is coming…

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