CHINA - CHINESE TEA ,JADE, AND MIRAGE SHOW, GUILIN

BY HJ ZULHEIMY MAAMOR

29 MARCH 2024 

From Fuboshan Park, we continued our journey to a Chinese tea processing house, but I don't remember its exact location.

CHINESE TEA

Chinese tea culture is the culture of tea making and drinking in China. China is the hometown of tea, Chinese people discovered and utilised tea, it is said to have begun in the age of Shennong, less than 4.700 years ago. 

Guilin produces several kinds of local special tea. They are monk fruit, Longji tea (planted with Longji Rice Terraces, Longsheng), Guilin Maojian Green Tea, Osmanthus flower tea and Li River needles white tea. The Chinese tea is ideal for a gift to relatives and friends. 

Chinese people really like to drink tea; they will treat guests who come with tea. Tea is a necessity in the daily lives of Chinese people.
There are several types of Chinese tea, including green tea, red tea, olong tea, flower tea, tuo tea (tea that has been compressed into a bowl shape), and others.
Tea in China is beneficial for aiding digestion and preventing several diseases.

After the visit here, we were taken to lunch at Endian Halal Restaurant in Chong Shan Lu, Guilin.

After lunch, we stopped by the jade shop. I forgot to write down the location. Jade was worn by kings and nobles in China and after death placed with them in the tomb.As a result, the material became associated with royalti and high status. It also came to be regarded as powerful in death, protecting the body from decay. 

Even today, jade pendants are ofter worn as lucky charms to ensure good health. 

After the tour, we went back to the hotel to rest because tonight we have another program in Guilin. Tomorrow (14.11.2017), we will leave for Guangzhou.

After a short rest at the hotel, we walked to have our dinner at a Muslim restaurant located not far from our hotel, which is on Zhengyang Pedestrian Street. Tonight, my wish came true, to taste Mee tarik in China. In Kuala Lumpur, I'm used to this mee tarik (Malaysian style),I still want to taste mee tarik from its country of origin which is China.

Mee Tarik is referred to as "beef noodle" in Lanzhou, China. It is sometimes simply called Lamian, which means hand-pulled noodle in Chinese, or "beef lamian" elsewhere in Malaysia, local people called as "Mee Tarik"

ZHENGYANG PEDESTRIAN STREET

After dinner, we continued walking towards Zhengyang Pedestrian Street because tonight there is a Chinese Acrobatics show in this area. Since the Guilin Mirage Show started at 7.30pm, we took the opportunity to wander around Zhengyang Pedestrian Street.

Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is the main pedestrian walk away and has various restaurants, food vendors, shops and the famous clock tower of Guilin. 

MIRAGE GUILIN SHOW

The Mirage Guilin Show is an acrobatic show with music. Acrobatics are really popular in China. Even during my previous visit to China, which included Beijing, Tianmen, Chengde, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Suzhou, watching an acrobatics show was a must.

The most spectacular and terrifying performance is the motorcycle stunt show, where initially only one motorcycle spins in a spherical globe. This is then followed by one motorcycle after another, until finally there are 5 motorcycles spinning around the sphere. Even more impressive, one of the 5 motorcyclists is a woman. Our Tour Guide, Mr. Alex, informed us that the woman was once the greatest stuntwoman in China and had traveled all over the world to perform with her team. Now she only performs at this theater because of her age.

After the performance, we went straight back to our hotel. However, as usual, on the way back to the hotel, we had to pass through Zhengyang Pedestrian street again. It is a common habit for women to stop by there, so I had to wait for my wife and mother-in-law to buy something to bring back to Malaysia.

Back at the hotel, we have to take a rest because tomorrow (14/11/2017) we will be taking the High-Speed Train to Guangzhou. So tonight is our last night in Guilin... even though we only spent a few days in Guilin, it has left a lot of sweet memories for us here... because Guilin is famous for its beautiful scenery... frankly speaking... I have been to several areas in China including Beijing, Tianmen, Chengdu, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Suzhou. But for me, Guilin is still the most beautiful in terms of scenery... that's how beautiful nature is that God created for us to enjoy and learn from what we have seen along the way...

Goodbye Guilin.....

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GUILIN TO GUANGZHOU WITH HIGH SPEED TRAIN

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