During the December holidays, I went on a tour trip to China. I’ve visited places in Beijing, Tianjin and chengde. While waiting for the plane to touchdown, I could see that lightings in Beijing buildings are mostly red and blue. My first impression when I got off the plane was; wow, they really weren’t kidding when they said the temperature was -5 degrees Celsius. It was really cold.
One of the must-see locations in Beijing is of course, the Great Wall of China. On the way to the Great Wall of China, the tour guide told us a story. This story is called “烽火戏诸侯”, which we have learnt about in the period, RV Lit. As we make our way up the Great Wall of China, we can see the 烽火台. Of course, we bailed after a small distance. It was quite an ordeal, for we had to go against the strong cold wind in winter.
I think the most interesting thing for me in the whole trip was snow skiing. It was a three-hour trip from Beijing to chengde, where the man-made snow ski place was. At that time, chengde had an average temperature of -15 degrees Celsius. But the weird thing was it didn’t snow there! It was really fun! You can pick up the skill within half an hour’s time. If you get a chance, do try it out!
Since the temperature in china is not what we, Singaporeans are used to, we are quite vulnerable. Hence, the tour guide often tells us tips to take better care of ourselves. She introduced to us a type of tea, 普洱茶. This tea can not only help you to lose weight, but it also helps you to relax and gives you a calming effect.
The nurturing velvety texture of 普洱茶 gives you a warm soothing effect for a peaceful night’s sleep. The tea is well-known for its benefits to the digestive system because it increases the juices released in your body to aid and ease digestion, and also alleviating Constipation.
I found out from the tour guide that china people has long since started to learn healthy living habits from the longest living emperor in china, 乾隆皇帝. Since the number of people dying from illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease has risen in Singapore. We should all start practicing healthy living to prevent ourselves from being prone to getting ill.
Here are some pictures I took in China:
1)this is a picture of the place I went, to ski.
2)look at the frozen river in the picture!
3) although when I went it didn't snow, two days before I went to china, it snowed. This is a picture of the melted snow.
4) the Great Wall of china! How far can you go?
--by Jia Rong
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