This episode of Trip Tips introduces viewers to Qingpu cuisine. Since Qingpu is a fishing village, seafood dishes are this area's specialty. From "mystery snail" to "bound meat", there are many delicacies to explore. Indulge in the local's favorite alcohol huangjiu and venture out and try Qingpu cuisine on the culture street in Zhujiajiao Village!
Jinze, meaning "golden river" is a small village in Qingpu famous for its bridges. The village is packed with bridges from the Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Check out this episode to learn all the interesting facts about each bridge! Even the village's modern bridge has cool aspects that you'll want to see for yourself!
This exciting episode discusses Qingpu's ancient water village, Zhujiajiao Village. The village has a history over 1700 years with a Qing Dynasty Post Office still intact! At the post office, business is conducted in an old fashion manner and customers are able to send traditional Chinese letters. The post office is home to a small museum consisting of old post cards, stamps, postal uniforms, etc. Also in this little village is the Hanlin Sign Museum filled with wooden calligraphy signs called bian'e with a tea room located upstairs for visitors to gaze at the view of the village. Last but not least is the Buddhist Temple located right across from the museum. A definite must see!
BON recently reported on the case of a young girl in the central Chinese province of Shaanxi who had spent over a month in the hospital with nails in her stomach. The question that no one seemed to be able to answer was “who was feeding the child nails?” The child is now out of the hospital, and the police have been called in. But rather than the case coming to a close, the mystery only seems to have deepened. BON’S MATT SCHRADER has more . . .
In today's net check we get Chinese reaction to the unrest in nearby Thailand. Dozens of people there have been killed in the battles between red shirt protesters and the military.
The bloodshed followed a more than two month stand-off between thousands of protesters and the authorities in Bangkok. The anti-government red shirts have been calling for fresh elections and what they call 'real democracy'.
The military crackdown began on Wednesday morning after weeks of negotiations failed to disperse protesters, many of whom are followers of Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister ousted in a 2006 military coup. Soldiers clashed with militants, some of whom were armed with assault weapons.
A child with a serious medical problem that doctors can't solve and can't explain. It may sound clichéd to say it, but it truly is every parent's worst nightmare. One family in China's central Shaanxi province is dealing with just that, but there may be more to this story than meets the eye.