by  Dave  Hite

18  Days  in

So,  why  China?

Chance  to  study  Asian  business  and  culture

To  explore  somewhere  very  different

See  where  most  of  America  is  made  ;-­‐)

Other  than  air  fare,  trip  was  free  (sponsored  by  a  federal  education  grant)

Where  did  I  go?

Beijing

Shanghai

Hangzhou

X=  sh -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ ann)

ang =    ong like  in  bong   not  like  tang      -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ Shanghai    (Shong hi)

Z  =  j      -­‐-­‐-­‐ Hangzhou    (Hong  Joe)

Other  interesting  facts  about  spelling:

Q  =  Chee (ex.  Qing  dynasty  sounds  like  Ching)C  =  tsU  =  O

Who  went?

Students  and  Professors  from  UVA,  Emory  and  Henry,  and  Virginia  Intermont

Shanghai

Shanghai

Population:  18+  Million  (over  30-­‐million  during  the  day  when  people  from  outside  city  come  to  work).  

Economic  and  transportation  hub  for  China

Largest  Port  in  the  World

Has  two  of  the  largest  buildings  in  the  world

Home  of  300  of  the  Global  Fortune  500  businesses

SISU  Campus   where  we  stayed  while  in  Shanghai

The Bund: Most recognizable symbols of Shanghai. Site of the earliest foreign settlements after the Opium war of 1842.

Did you know?

Smog and Growth go hand in hand in Shanghai

Old Rickshaws used for transportation.

People

per 2-BR apt.

These folks kept staring at me at the

smiletook THEIR picture.

Boat ride on the Haungpau river in the Bund area.

They do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING with a

bike

Ride sharing

Mobile Astronomy

Large outdoor park near SISU Campus where our group stayed.

Places

My penpal Kate Professor teaching HR and English course at her University (SISU)

Cool fact: prounced Dà wèi

Go U.T.

1st Vol on SISU Campus

The campus was very well groomed, had lots of nice

green spaces yet in the middle of the city.

Other students and instructors meeting their pen-pals

Shopping in Yu Gardens during the

day

Things to DO or SEE

Shanghai Museum

The Olympictorch was passing through the next day.

This was the presentation

stage

Garden  Near  

Lhasa  temple

Acrobat Show at night Note: They catch the pole with their legs..no hands.

Shanghai at night

Hangzhou

The Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, built in 1165 during the Song Dynasty.

Tea Plants growing in one of the oldest areas known for Tea in China

Hangzhou is very similar to

East TN, terrain wise. I

either

West Lake a top

10 tourist destination for Chinese

A lady selling funny gag gifts near our boat.

Our group needed a break in the 85-degree heat

Laughing buddha

Temple of the Soul's Retreat: One of the largest

Buddhist temples in China

Laughing buddhas

Cool statues carved in

stone were everywhere

BIG Buddha's!

Real Buddhists

TEA Time. Sorting, shaking, and drying tea leaves

Our group Tea Ceremony

See the teaSmell the teaDrink the tea

After tea, we attended a silk show at a museum at

the heart of Silk Road which was a famous road for silk traders.

Pottery Detailing by hand

@ Ming Tomb

Leaving Hangzhou Ambulances line the streets waiting for Earthquake victims to arrive by train.

Beijing

Tiananmen Square

Forbidden City

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from

the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with over 9,990 rooms.

2000 lb fire fighting bucket

A pagoda is the general term in for a tiered tower with multiple eaves

The GREAT WALL

Built in 6th Century B.C.

How long? 4000+ Miles

It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part of the centuries-long project of building the wall

A local guide said that they were buried in the wall.

They call it the

I hiked 4-6+ miles at different points of the Wall.

In the Badaling section (touristy section) you found many people wanting to sell postcards.

to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from Xiongnu attacks during the rule of successive dynasties

So,

whythis long of a wall?

I visited the

Mutianyu section which a very different section of the wall than Badaling.

Forbidden City

Many times English translations were

interpreted a little bit differently.

Olympic Games will be held.

Bike parking was everywhere. There are even

special lanes just for bikes.

Beijing Opera

I saw a Wal-Mart

Summer Palace

Views of Bejing from Summer Palace

Food

Cicadas and Seaweed on my plate.

Actually those were pork ribs

Duck head

Peking Duck

Hooter Hot-wings..

yumm

Misty Buell at entrance ofHostel in Hutong area

So how much does stuff cost?

Cab ride pretty much any where in the city

Memory Card for Camera

Tommy Bahamas Shirt

Back Massage

Awesome meal (Restaurant like Applebees or Cheddars)

4-star Hotel

$4-5

$5

$7

$6

$8

$40 per night

Train Ride to

View outside my hotel window

My friend Tracy(aka: professor Meowwho teaches English.

Eating stuff on sticks at a Chinese-Muslim restaurant.

Night view outside my hotel window

One of many street vendors selling unique food

Last view outside my hotel window

On this day, they celebrate

Kids Daydisplay in a local mall

Tour of one of the first Neolithic villages (Banpo) which dates back to

5000 B.C. and a local terracotta

pottery factory with my guide Sarah

(dating back to 210 BC)

Terra-Cotta Soldiers

Before unearthing, the warriorsused to be very colorful.

My guide took me to a small town near the warriors where I met one of the four farmers who discovered the Warriors in 1974. This dude

a tour of the 10 mile wall around the city.

40-ft high wall 12 miles around the main city

Freshmen English class where I taught a lesson about our region -- Thanks MSNBC!!!

Train Ride back to Beijing

Sunset from the train ride home on the last night

Beijing Airport

The End