We have been to the 3 major stops of China.
Shanghai - the modern civilization of China. In 1800s, the city went from a sleepy town to the modern trading city ahead of the rest of Asia. In 1920s, Shanghai had been the pearl of asia, leading the trade, fashion, crime of the chinese of Asia. It is interesting to see the contrast between the new and the old. The banking institution buildings built in the early days still stand today. Today, it is still leading the rest of China in term of modernization. Comparing Shanghai to the other places we have visited, I don't think Shanghai is a good representation of China, just like the way London does not represents the rest of it's country.
From Shanghai, the finance capital in china, we crossed over to Xi-an, the ancient capital of China. This was the beginning and end of the Silk Road. It is also here where small kingdoms were unified by Emperor Qin and found China. I believe the common written chinese language were also developed here. Today, what was left was the 600 years old city wall. The rest of the city did not stand still. It is hard to imagine what it was. What brought us here was the 'BinMaYong'. The human size earth-made soldiers buried to accompanied Emperor Qin to the underworld to continue to conquer. Question is if all is created by mind, did emperor Qin conquered the underworld in the end?
Finally, we arrived in Beijing, the capital of china. We got a week here and we have been here many times. Last night, we went to our favorite restaurant, Afunti, a silk road Muslim restaurant that provides food, drink, and
Entertainment. The children really enjoyed it and that begins the last lag of our journey in china.
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