(7) The
Food Street/The Hotel Street
In the very centre of the city castel-style twin
structures stand side by side: one of them is
the Food Street, the other the Hotel Street. The
so-called "Food Street" is one square
block with a gate on each side. No matter which
gate you take, you will inevitably be overwhelmed
by the dazzling, delicious food.
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The restaurants here represent both new and traditional
names in Tianjin, serving all of China's eight major
cuisines including Sichuan, Guangdong (Cantonese), hunan,
Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing, Shanxi and Muslim food.
Spend a few days in the street and you can sample a
taste of everything: imperial food, seafood, local snacks,
Western food--you just name it. Wherever you come from
you are bound to savour the variety that is the ancient
Chinese food culture.
After a nice meal you walk west out of the Xingge
(Singing) Gate and into the Hotel Street, which is
ready to provide you with luxurious rooms and hospitality.
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(8)
The Panshan Mountain
The Panshan Mountain has long been known as
the No.1 Mountain in the area east of Beijing.
Its deep ravines, strangely shaped rocks, pine
trees, clean streams, temples and pagodas are
well known throughout China.
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The undulating mountain range, topped with piercing
peaks, can be divided into three parts. The upper
part is famous for pine trees, the central part for
rocks and the lower part for streams.
In olden days, people, enchanted by the quietness
and magnificense of the Panshan Mountain, built temples,
pavilions and pagodas there. During the Han Dynasty,
the Xianglin Temple was erected, followed by the construction
of many similar temples in the ensuing dynasties.
Among these is the Tiancheng Temple with its elegant
architecture. The 13-storey, octagonal Sheli Stupa,
yellow in colour, stands 22.63 metres high. The Woyun
Pavilion is considered an ideal place to enjoy the
weather and at Guayue Peak visitors may watch the
rising sun. When the first streak of sunlight dawns
on the mountain grass and tress, people are filled
with a new and unforgettable vitality.
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