Travelling in China, you will probably face the problem of exchanging money. Below I will give you some tips about this problem.
We had no problems exchanging money in all the big hotels that we stayed in. Some of the travel books will tell you to go to the official banks to get a better rate, but there didn’t seem to be enough of a difference to make us want to 1) find the banks, 2) find out the operating hours, 3) venture in there and hope that we found someone that spoke English (once you get out of the big American hotels it can be very difficult finding someone who speaks English).If you travel to China, take note of the basic problem.
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Compared to many other countries, serious crimes against foreigners who come china for travel is rare. However, crime does occur both in cities and in the countryside. In an apparently random attack, an American man was killed and American woman injured in down town Beijing near the Drum Tower on 9 August 2008.
You should be aware that the theft of British passports, particularly in the larger cities, is on the increase. Major China tour cities attract thieves and pickpockets.
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Chinese Valentines’ Day, also known as Double Sevens Festival or Qixi Festival， falls on the seventh day of the seven lunar month. Qixi – literally the “night of sevens” – is the nearest Chinese equivalent to the Western St Valentine’s Day tradition. This year the festival takes place on August 26th and already bookings for romantic getaways are going off the scale.
The origin of Qixi Festival is about a story.
In late summer, the stars Altair and Vega are high in the night sky, and the Chinese tell the following love story, of which there are many variations:
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