The Mid-Autumn Festival, 仲秋节 , is the second biggest traditional Chinese festival and is celebrated on the 15th August of the lunar calendar. On this holiday usually families gather, enjoy the full moon, light some lanterns, eat some moon cakes, drink tea. The festival was originally a harvest festival. The mythological story can be read here . In the evening when the darkness falls, people light lanterns making the environment very cosy and beautiful. I spent the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 first joining a hike to a nearby hill organized by a ”Bitcoin and Coding” student organization here at the university. On the hill we had some snacks and played some games. All the others were Chinese, except for Weronika and me, and we got to practice our Chinese a lot. We were kinda, just by mistake, taken into this hike event since we just passed their stand a few days ago and they asked us to join. So we jumped to the chance and took it as an interesting experience. My ...
We, Elena, Weronika, Bill and I, got up really early this morning to leave off towards Xiamen. The railway station 杭州东站 was really full since this was the beginning of the Golden Week, where nearly all Chinese have a week of holidays, starting from the National Day on October 1st. The train to Xiamen took 7 hours. Well arrived in Xiamen, we took the metro and a bus towards our hostel. The hostel was really nice. We had a room for four and even a bathroom with a proper shower. So luxurious! In the evening we went out for dinner and to explore the neighborhood next to our hostel. The neighborhood has lots of cats living on the street and the district around our hostel was kind of hipster with lots of colors and cat decorations. For dinner I tried something typical for Xiamen, 厦门海蛎煎 Xiamen oyster fry. I didn't really understand what I ordered because on the picture it looked like a Pizza. In fact it was an omelette with lots of oysters. Interesting combo... ...
En söndag morgon åkte Elena och jag till Wuzhen för att träffa några kinesiska kompisar vi lärde känna kort på en klubb förra helgen. De bjöd in oss för lite Sightseeing till deras hemstad, Wuzhen 乌镇 . Det var bra övning för att lära sig mera om den lokala kollektiva trafiken. Först åkte vi med buss till Hangzhou West tågstation 杭州东站 , därifrån vi sedan åkte vidare med snabbtåg till Tongxiang 桐乡 . I Tongxiang, mötte ett par av våra kompisar oss och sedan åkte vi med bil till Wuzhen. I Wuzhen väntade ännu ett par kompisar på oss och sedan åkte vi på tur i gamla delen av staden. De hade till och med fixat en engelskatalande privat guide för oss. Först åkte med en vagn och gick på lunch. Det var inte vilken som helst lunch. Vi fick en massa olika små rätter och det hämtades hela tiden mera. Vi fick smaka på allt möjligt spännande och gott. Mätta och belåtna började vi en tur i staden med guiden. Wuzhen är som Kinas lilla...
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