China Once More

If you ask me, I will choose China holidays once again.

Why? Culturally, it is so rich, with so many world heritages. I love unique architectures and China has so much to offer. From the Forbidden City to the Great Wall, from the Terracotta Army at Xi'an to the bund in Shanghai. It might take me to write a long list to tell how much beauty this country has to offer.

These are at least the ten destinations that I want to see in China: Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Guilin, Yangtze River, Lhasa Tibet, Jiuzhaigou Sichuan, Lijiang Yunnan, Zhangjiajie Hunan, Silk Road in China.

In 2006, I was in Beijing and I made it to the Great Wall. It was an amazing trip as I was there alone climbing the Great Wall of China. Standing on those grounds, I imagined the days when their soldiers were on horses fighting in the snowy wintry days for years. I was also at the Forbidden City seeing the glamour of the Emperor where he was crowned. Next, the Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. It will be great to cover the Ming Tomb, Hutong, Lama Temple, Beihai Park, Yashow Market and the Beijing Captial Museum for the next trip.

I've also been to Harbin which is the capital of Heilongjiang Province in the northeast of China. The main attraction was the Songhua River. During the Winter Festival in February, there were beautiful ice sculptures from ice carved directly from the Songhua River in Heilongjiang, being displayed like a winter wonderland with the art of combining colourful lighting within the ice. 

Choosing Harbin was to experience a real icy cold climate as I was in Singapore my whole life (at that time). And seeing the Russian and European-influenced architecture was very satisfying as there is a so-called 'oriental St. Petersburg' - the Russian Orthodox church known as 'Saint Sophia Cathedral' where funny pop-music is played outside this church. Hard to describe the atmosphere because you got to be there to understand how it feels like.

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