Zhong Gang Leather City

Zhong Gang Leather City is one of the largest, most comfortable and modernist for mid and top leather products wholesale markets in Guangzhou. It is located in No. 11-21, Sanyuanli Dadao, which is in the connection of the leather trade center of South and East Asia – Ziyuangang and Sanyuanli Dadao.

In the Zhong Gang Leather City, there are professional A Grade leather offices, and luxury leather shops. The building areas is about 50,000 square meters, there are more than 500 shops in 1^st and 2^nd floors. Besides, there are many business services such as large parking lots, markets, bank center service, restaurants… Further more, there are also many internet and media to offer customers more professional and perfect business service and environment.

The traffic of Zhong Gang Leather City is very convenient. Guangzhou Railway Station, Baiyun AirPort and Metro are near Zhong Gang Leather City. 

Hangzhou West Lake

West Lake (in Chinese is 西湖), which is a famous fresh water lake located in central Hnagzhou City, Zhejiang Province of eastern China.

The lake is divided by three causeways called Su Di (苏堤), Bai Di (白堤), and Yanggong Di (杨公堤).

Actually, the name “West Lake (Xi Hu)” is also used by a large number of lakes in Chinaand surrounding countries (with 800 West Lakes in China according to Lonely Planet). However, the lake in Hangzhou is the most famous of these, and the terms “West Lake” and “Xi Hu” generally refers to this lake.

Do you know why this West Lake so famous, there is some interesting history story about the lake:

One of the major attractions inWest Lake: Thre Pools Mirroring the Moon islandln middle of theTang Dynasty Zhenyuan era (785-804), poet Bai Juyi came toHangzhou as governor. Already an accomplished poet, his deeds atHangzhou made him a great governor. He realized that the farmland nearby depended on the water of West Lake, but due to negligence of former governors, the old dyke had collapsed, the water level of West Lake dried out, and the local farmers suffered severe drought. He ordered the construction of a stronger and taller dyke, with a dam to control the flow of water, and the thus solved the drought problem. The livelihood of local people of Hangzhou improved over the following years. Now that Bai Juji and more leisure time to enjoy the beauty of West Lake, he visited West Lake almost every day. He ordered the construction of a causeway connecting the Broken Bridge with the Solitary Hill, to facilitate walking on foot, instead of depending on boat. Then he planted peach trees and willows trees along the dyke, making it a beautiful landmark of West Lake. This causeway was later named Bai Di Causeway in Bai Juyi’s honors.

After two hundred years later, in the beginning of Song Dynasty’s Yuanyou era (1086-1094), another great poet, Su Shi (Su Dongpo), came to Hangzhou as governor, By that time, the farmers suffered drought again, due to overgrouwth of the weeds at the bottom of the lake clogging the irrigation ducts. He ordered dredging of the lake and piled up all the mud into another causeway, in the style of Bai Causeway, but much wider and nearly three times as long, he also planted willow trees along its banks. This causeway was later named after him as the Su Causeway. There are six bridges along the 2.6 km Su Causeway. “Spring Down on the Su Causeway” is one of the attractions at the West Lake.

View of the West Lake from a row boat. The Ten Scenes of West Lake (西湖十景), each marked by a stela with the name written in the calligraphy of the Emperor Qianlong Emperor, the are below:

Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway (苏堤春晓)

Orioles Singing in the Willows (柳浪闻莺)

Viewing Fish at Flower Pond (花港观鱼)

Winery Yard and Lotus Pool (曲苑风荷) 

Evening Bell Ringing at the Nanping Hill (南屏晚钟) 

Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake (平湖秋月) 

Leifeng Pagoda in Evening Glow (雷峰夕照) 

Three Pools Mirroring the Moon (三潭印月) 

Lingering Snow on Broken Bridge (断桥残雪) 

Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds (双峰插云) - The "Jungfrau of West Lake" 

Further more, when visit West Lake, many people will interested the culture of it:

Classical Chinese buildings inside the West Lake: The West Lake is said to be the incarnation of Xi Shi, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Hence, since ancient times, the West Lake was associated with a large number of romatic poets, profound philosophers, national heroes and heroines.

Eastern Jin Dynasty philosopher Ge Hong practiced Taoism in the Ge Mountain, and wrote his great philosophical work: Bao Pu Zhi (抱朴子).

Tang Dynasty poet Luo Bingwang reclused in Lingyin Temple. ;

Tang Dynasty poet-governor Bai Juyi built the first causeway, which the Bai Causeway.

Song Dynasty poet-governor Su Dongpo, dredged the lake and built up the Su Causeway, made it into another beautiful landmark of West Lake. He also invented a special recipe of preparing pork: the Dongpo Pork. Dongpo Pork is on the menu of every restaurant in Hangzhou;

Song Dynasty national hero Yue Fei was buried near the West Lake.

Lotus in the Breeze at the Winding Courtyard, the great Ming Dynasty essayist Zhang Dai, wrote a number great essays about the West Lake in Reminiscence and Dream of Tao’an (陶庵梦忆), and a whole book: Search of West Lake in Dreams (西湖梦寻).

The West Lake has been famous of its exquisite beauty of more than one thousand years. 

Guangzhou wholesale markets

Guangzhou is not only a wonderful city to travel, but also a shopping city with many wholesale markets. Many people go to Guangzhou and want to shop from Guangzhou wholesale markets, do you know which wholesale markets you can go? Below wholesale markets are collected from Learn More China.

Guangzhou jewelry wholesale markets

Guangzhou beauty and cosmetics wholesale markets

Guangzhou clothing wholesale markets

Guangzhou electric products and computers wholesale markets

Guangzhou commodity wholesale markets

Guangzhou foods wholesale markets

Guangzhou garments accessories wholesale markets

Guangzhou gifts wholesale markets

Guangzhou garden wholesale markets

Haizhu Lake Park

After your busy shopping or business, do you want to have a relaxed weekend in Guangzhou? Many local people will go to Haizhu Lake Park (海珠湖公园) for their weekend.

Haizhu Lake Park is located in the south of new axis of Guangzhou City. The Haizhu Lake included the internal lake and outside lake. The outside late comprises six rivers, these six rivers connect into a “ring”, and surround the internal lake. That is why people call Haizhu Lake as “Jin Xiang Yu” (金镶玉 – it means gold with jade).

When you go to Haizhu Lake Park, you will find almost everywhere is covered by green plants, or clear water. So, more and more people will go to Haizhu Lake Park. In the Haizhu Lake Park, you can not only breathe fresh air, see the green plants, but also hire a bike to ride. Further more, Haizhu Lake Park is a perfect place for lovers, because it is very quiet and beautiful. 

It is reported that in near future, a “Haizhu Tower” will be built in the middle of Haizhu Lake, which will be in one line with Canton Tower, and Spots Center. 

Color vocabularies in Chinese

Color vocabularies are widely use in our life, especially in our shopping or business. Do you know color vocabularies in Chinese? Below color vocabularies are very popular:

Black is “黑色”;

White is “白色”;

Transparent is “透明色”;

Red is “红色”;

Green is “绿色”;

Blue is “蓝色”;

Yellow is “红色”;

Grey is “灰色”;

Pink is “粉色”;

Orange is “橙色”;

Purple is “紫色”

…

Above are the base color vocabularies, and if you want to say dark green, then you can “深绿”, while light green is “浅绿”. Yes, you are right, dark in Chinese is mean “深（的）”, and light in Chinese means “浅 （的）”.

Further more, Chinese people will describe what the colors like, for example, if we talk a yellow like lemon, then they will say “柠檬黄”; if a blue like the sky, you can say “天空蓝”.

Zhaoqing Qixingyan

Want to visit a place with lakes, mountains, rivers…? Yes, go to Qixingyan in Zhaoqin City.

Qixingyan is located about 2 kilometers in the north of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province. The scenic spot including Wuhu, Liugang, Qiyan and Bahu, total area is about 8.23 square kilometers. When you go to Qixingyan, you will find there are mountains in the lake, and when you climb to the mountains, you will find caves, further more, in the caves, you will find rivers. Qixingyan is famous of Karst Rock and charming lake. Seven Limestones, which looks like The big Dipper standing on the large lake, and this big lake divide into 5 lakes.

Because its wonderful landscape, people call Qixingyan as “the 1st Linnan Wonder” and “Fairyland of Earth”. It is one of the AAAAA scenic spots in China. 

New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC)

China International Exhibition Center Group Corporation (CIEC) is a subsidiary of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC).  It presides over the China Association for Exhibition Centers and it is also a member of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) and the International Association for Exhibition Management (IAEM).

Founded in 1985, China International Exhibition Center has developed into a comprehensive exhibition enterprise, with business ranging from venue management to show organization, overseas exhibition, stand construction and exhibition related services.

New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC) is located in Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi, Beijing. It neighbors Beijing International Airport and Wenyu River Ecological Corridor with convenient transport and beautiful scenery. NCIEC has highway net nearby, such as Jingmi Road, Five Ring Road, Six Ring Road, Airport Express Way and Jingcheng Road. It is also convenient to reach NCIEC by public transport, such as subway, public vehicle, airport shuttle bus and taxis.

The total planned area of NCIEC is 155.5 hectares with the total aboveground construction area of 660,000 square meters among which the aboveground construction area of exhibition halls and related facilities is 400,000 square meters including 200,000 square meters exhibiting space of 16 separate, single-level, column-free and spacious exhibition halls. The aboveground construction area of comprehensive and related facilities is 260,000 square meters including one comprehensive 100,000 square meters of shopping mall equipped with shopping, fitness, food & beverage as well as entertainment facilities, 85,000 square meters of hotels and 75,000 square meters of office buildings equipped with convention center, business center, seminar rooms and news release center and etc. The aboveground construction area of the first phase of NCIEC is 355,000 square meters, among which the aboveground construction area of exhibition halls and related facilities is 200,000 square meters of and the aboveground construction area of hotels, office building and shopping centers is 155,000 square meters. The exhibiting space will reach 100,000 square meters after the completion of the first phase of NCIEC..

NCIEC is tailor-made for the exhibition industry. Every single hall can be separated or merged for different sized exhibitions. It is the top-level exhibition center with international, integrated and modern facilities with major functions of holding international fairs and professional exhibitions and also the ideal place for business service, offices, logistics, advertising, seminars, conventions, catering and lodging, entertainment and etc.

Below are the calendars we collected from internet for the exhibitions held in 2013 at the NCIEC for your reference

(If you are intend to come, it is better to contact with NCIEC for more details， their website is http://www.ciec-expo.com )

Feb. 2013
The 23rd China International fishing supplies Trade Fair	2013-02-23
Mar. 2013
The 16th China Auto Supplies and Car Exhibition	2013-03-01
2013 the 20th China (Beijing) International Door Hardware and Building Decoration Exhibition	2013-03-07
2013 15th International House Decoration and Cloth Crafts Exhibition	2013-03-07
2013 12th China International Door Exhibition	2013-03-13
2013 China (Beijing) Maritime Technology and Equipment Exhibition	2013-03-19
The 13th China (Beijing) International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition	2013-03-19
2013 21st China International Clothing and Accessories Exhibition	2013-03-26
Apr.
2013 59th  The National Automobile Maintenance Equipment (Spring) Fair Exhibition	2013-04-01
China (Beijing) International Heating Ventilation and Air conditioning, Sanitary Ware , Construction Equipment and Technology Exhibition	2013-04-08
The 17th Jingzheng Beijing Gravida & Baby $ Children Supplies Exhibition	2013-04-13
2013 13th China International Machine Tools Exhibition	2013-04-22
May
The 24th China International Glass Industry Technology Exhibition	2013-05-24
2013 31st China International Sport Goods Exhibition	2013-05-31
Jun.
The 22nd China International Professional Audio, Lighting, Musical Instrument and Technology Exhibition	2013-06-07
Sep.
2013 the 13th China Guangfu Meeting and Beijing International Guangfu Exhibition	2013-09-05
2013 China International Energy Industry Expo & Battery Technology Exhibition & The Super Capacitor Exhibition	2013-09-05
2013 1ST China International New Energy Automotive Industry Exhibition	2013-09-05
China International Composite Material Technology	2013-09-11
The 24th China International Hardware Expo (2012 Autumn) National Hardware Trade Fair	2013-09-11
2013 China International Automobile Manufacturing Industry Expo & The 2013 China International Auto Testing and Quality Control Exhibition	2013-09-18
2013 China International Application Technology of Automotive Tooling and Manufacturing Equipment Exhibition	2013-09-18
Oct.
2013 the 7th Beijing International Equestrian and Horse Industry	2013-10-17

Shahe Clothing Wholesale Market

Shahe Clothing Wholesale Market (沙河服装批发市场) is one of the largest clothing wholesale markets in Guangzhou. The market is also very famous in South of China. Because the cheap price garments, many clothing buyers from Middle East, Africa and other areas in China come to the market to get garments.

Shahe Clothing Wholesale Market is located in No.1 Shahe Lianquan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. The market mainly wholesale clothing, Western-style clothes, sports wears, underclothes, handbags…

Usually, the Shahe Clothing Wholesale Market open very early everyday, and close also very early. For busy seasons, you can buy the clothing until 13-14 clock; while for off seasons, most of the suppliers will close about 11-12 clock. Therefore, if you want to get clothing from Shahe Clothing Wholesale Market, it is better to go to there earlier.

Most of the clothing are made by the suppliers themselves, so they usually they will see how many clothing sell every day, then they will make it. That is why many buyers once see what styles they like, they will buy without delay. Because if you do not buy when the styles in selling, other people buy it, you have to come tomorrow or wait for next order for those styles.

When you go to the Shahe Clothing Wholesale Market, you may buy clothing from different shops, it is a trouble that take so many clothing you had bought to look for other styles clothing. Don’t worry that. You can leave the clothing you had bought at the shops, and ask the shopper for the ticket, then after you finish your shopping, ask the carriers to take all your clothing. (If you hire carriers, then you can ask the shoppers to provide you two tickets, then you can give the carrier one ticket to take your clothing)

Besides the Shahe Clothing Wholesale Market, there are other wholesale markets you can go at that place. These markets are very near, such as Wanjia Wholesale Market, Shahe 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd Ready Made Garments Wholesale Market, Shadong Youli International Clothing Wholesale Market, Xintiandi Clothing Wholesale Market, Yimin Clothing Wholesale Market, Changyun Clothing Wholesale Street…