Its beautiful and the palaces are amazing the food is Delicious well i speak the language and my family is from there and the place is very nice the people are really nice the stuff is cheep i shopped alot and bought alot its not like what people say it is like how they eat animals its not like that at all if u go to the more older areas where the old houses are still up the streets are kinda of dirty but its nice to see how they lived umm if u go to Beijing since the Olympics are gunna be there they built really nice hotels and they are 5 star ones for the athletes to stay at and then one i stayed at was really nice if u do go and u go on a tour go with wing on travels they were really good and they took u to basically all the palaces and took u to a lot of wonderful places they took us to get acupuncture and to see other Chinese culture stuff
2007-03-24 12:24:46
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answered by Ivy 4
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I'll agree with the previous posts that there no easy answer to the question "what is it like" but, having been myself, I certainly recommend that you go to find out for yourself.
The country, being so large, is very diverse. Thankfully, a lot of the historical buildings and artefacts were not destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. New structures going up are impressive. The landscapes towards the south and west are magnificient - worth taking a couple of boat trips along some of the rivers and canals. You have the opportunity to see pandas in something closer to their natural habitat than you will get in a zoo. You'll find lovely artwork and wonderful musicians in so many unexpected places. The food is great, as long as you avoid the big tour groups that herd you into endless buffet-style places that serve what they think Westerners want to eat.
So much to do, so much to see...you won't manage it all in one trip.
2007-03-24 18:37:10
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answered by Strudders67 5
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You can not appreciate China unless you penetrate yourself into this Ancient fabulous country .
The western are not going to understand it forever.
There is a lot of misunderstanding between the west and the east.
It is a developing country , the value of people are still developing, they are in the same road as the one which the US have passed 30 to 50 years ago.
There are a lot of people there, which means a lot of oppotunity and competition.
Everybody are working hard to try to build a better life for themselves and their children.
The culture is largely influenced or demaged by western .
The only original chinese culture survives at the remote countryside where there are very few people know.
It is a very diverse and vast country.
People from the north can not understand the Chinese spoken by people from the south. the west also do not understand the east.
the food they eat daily varies from province to province.
there are 56 different ethnic groups. They also speak , wear , behave differently.
Most chinese hate Janpanese and a lot of them , especially eldly people still do not like US .
You have to feel it by yourself.
2007-03-24 17:37:39
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answered by nikki 2
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Have you ever seen a sunset? What's it like?
China is so diverse it defies explanation. It is political. It is rural. It is Dynamic. It is Cultural.
It's Ancient with culture non-Chinese don't understand.
The Chinese word for Cat sounds like Mao. Slightly different than Meow. The word for longevity also sounds like Mao.
In the West we say a cat has nine lives. That's longevity.
The main drive of Chinese is survival of self and family. That probably came about because they had to really concentrate on finding survival in a land with more people than opportunity.
They value education and force it on their children in realization education is opportunity.
It is a wonderful country full of wonderful people trying to make their life better and willing to sacrifice to achieve it.
2007-03-24 17:11:31
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answered by Caretaker 7
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It was awesome, I spent most of my day's shopping, and doing tours.
=)
2007-03-24 16:58:21
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answered by flightpillow 6
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very backward
2007-03-24 20:07:45
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answered by cock0279 2
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