I took a picture of the flower when it was in the door handle, please enjoy together. Is it beautiful?

Haiyang Village is located in Lingchuan County of Guilin. It is also called Village of Ginkgo Tree, some trees are more than one hundred years old. You can see all the ginkgo tree in golden from middle of November to beginning of December every year, you may enjou the splendid scenery deeply. 600,000 Ginkgo trees covers in the village with 4 sq.km.. Haiyang becomes the No. 1 ginkgo tree village in China.

Ginkgo may have undesirable effects, especially for individuals with blood circulation disorders and those taking anticoagulants such as ibuprofen, aspirin, or warfarin, although recent studies have found that ginkgo has little or no effect on the anticoagulant properties or pharmacodynamics of warfarin. So, of course, the famous and delicious food there is duck boiled with gingko nuts.

Every year, many people go to the village for photograph, travelling and eating. We all went to the village in December last year, and we are going to there this year. Look forward to the delicious food and the beautiful golden scenery!

Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important festival to the Spring Festival to Chinese people. Every year, when the festival comes people go home from every corner of the world to meet their family and have dinner with them. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties. We don’t buy the mooncakes from markets, we make them by ourselves. It sounds interesting, right? Actually, it is very easy to make.  This year, I made the mooncakes together with my mother and my elder sister, but I forgot to take a picture of them, I will do it next time. We also went to the fruit market to buy some delicious fruits, a little busy to prepare, but all of us felt very happy.

I worked in Guilin, but my hometown is Nanning, because of the working time, I only go home when the big festival coming, so every gethering makes me happy, I also treasure every get-together. I love my falimy very much.

We started from Zhuzhou city by morning train. Zhuzhou is a time-honored city, and in a way, the largest traffic hinge in southern China situated in the east part of Hunan Province. A local farmer seated opposite, we talked with him and learnt a lot about Fenghuang, as well as the mountain, villages on the way. When we arrived at Fenghuang, time was 11:00a.m.

Upon entering the town of Fenghuang, visitors will be impressed by its air of mystery, elegance and primitive simplicity. The mountain slopes are covered with green foliage, the fields are green and even the Tuo Jiang River reflects the greenery. The bridges over the water and unique houses built on stilts display a harmony that is so often portrayed in traditional Chinese paintings. Stretching diagonally from the northwest to southeast of the town, Tuo Jiang River is a life force of the local people.

A large array of hand made items of silver ornaments for sale can be found in the local shops. Home made tie-dyes, printed and batik cloths are other local specialities that make wonderful souvenirs. The Miao are friendly and hospitable and like nothing more than to interact with visitors with a variety of traditional entertainments and activities.

The town was too big to walk around, so we just chose the main road to walk, and we needed to catch the bus back to Huaihua city in the late afternoon. Actually, our trip was short, but We enjoyed the beautiful view deeply. Hope to visit you again, Fenghuang!

We started in the afternoon, and stayed one night in Yangshuo. Dinner was the familiar dish–Yangshuo beer fish, very delicious! We didn’t do too activities to miss tomorrow’s importance program–cycling.

Get up in the early morning, after breakfast, we started our cycling from West street. Most of us rode bicycle, some took the motorcycle. Our route was Yangshuo–Jima–Chaoyang village-Yangshuo, one classical cycling route. We enjoyed the nice view on the way while we laughed and talked, and time past very quickly. We finished our Yangshuo cycling in the afternoon, and drive back to Guilin. All of us enjoyed the cycling very much.

Bike ride in Yangshuo

The cycling happened in March, but the memory was new, just like happened in yesterday. I thought because it was too happy to forget. I expected the next time for going outside together……

More cycling route in Yangshuo, please read on: http://www.sinowaytravel.com/Guilin-Attractions/Bike-ride-in-Yangshuo.2589.aspx

Boat ride on Ling Canal

But unfortunatly, the festival finished on August 12th. It was a pity. The only compensation was visiting famous attractions in Xing’an. I heard of the Ling Canal before, but no time to visit, I could visit it this time.

Ling Canal is 34 km long. It is the oldest canal in the world and is one of the three ancient Chinese Grand Irrigation Works. It is the embodiment of the Chinese people. The canal was once an important means of transports serving the region before railways and roads were constructed. This canal still serves a purposes by irrigating about 2700 hectare of agricultural land.

The water is clean and clear, I walked across the embankment to fell the good water. Though Ling Canal is famous, but it has not been a tourism site, so less people go there for visiting, it is quiet there. Luckly, I saw two Germany people visiting there, I felt a little surprise, I asked them how to know the Ling Canal, they showed me a book called “Lonely Planet”. Ha, a perfect guid book. I admire their independency and own exploring ability. I should study from them.

After my happy visiting, time was at 3:00p.m, I needed to say goodbye to Xing’an, I still wanted to visit Cat Mountain and Merryland, but not enough time. I would be back.