JIA's Dream Tours China Blog

Hello China Tour Dreamers, Today’s blog is about the fascinating discovery in 1977 of the tomb of the Marquis Yi, ruler of the small state of Zeng, in modern Hubei Province. The Marquis died in 433 BC, during what is known as the Warring States Period. This completely preserved 4-chamber tomb has yielded over 15,000 [...]

Hello China Tour Dreamers! My parents are returning to Beijing for a visit and it made me start thinking about how much I love my old hometown. This is the place where my dreams always started and landed – Beijing! There are so many memories there on every corner, every street and every sunset! So [...]

Hi China Tour Dreamers! This entry is dedicated to understanding high altitude sickness, a concern for a lot of people planning to visit Tibet on their Dream Tour to China. Also known as Acute Mountain Sickness (or AMS), it is estimated that 75% of people will experience mild symptoms of it. As Lhasa sits at 3,490 [...]

Giant Panda Cubs – The Tree Wars! Hi China Tour Dreamers! I shot this video when we visited the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province. These Giant Panda Cubs were playing King-of-the-Tree at the center and it was a hoot!. It was a panda-style ultimate fighting smack-down, a [...]

Hi China Tour Dreamers! Last time we were in Tibet we stayed at the Brahmaputra Grand Hotel, and it was a fantastic experience! The hotel was literally built as a hotel and museum. Classic Tibetan artwork and ancient relics adorn every wall, table and shelf  in every public room and hallway. Musicians and singers roam [...]

Hello China Tour Dreamers! This blog delves deeply into the hidden meaning of the magnificent architecture you will see in Beijing. Nothing in China is by chance. Everything you see there was created specifically that way to satisfy cultural and philosophical rules that are thousands of years old. philosophies such as Feng Shui, Yin/Yang and [...]

Hello China Tour Dreamers, The Impressions of Liu Sanjie is a sensational night show performed in the largest natural theater in the world. It is a double delight in that the show itself is visually stunning, and the natural theater is so integrated into the natural scenery that it is a living, breathing part of [...]

Hi China Tour Dreamers, Better start making your plans now for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. You can be sure it will be a once in lifetime event. Remember how China presented the Olympics! It will be a fabulous extravaganza! They are projecting participation from 200 countries and 70 million visitors! You can check [...]

Sichuan Opera Show in Chengdu, China – Shadow Puppets Hi Gang! This guy is amazing! This Sichuan Opera company performs in Chengdu, which is the capital of Sichaun Province in China (home of very spicy food and Giant Pandas!). This show is a must-see when you are in China and a bit hit with my [...]

Hello China Tour Dreamers! A fascinating yet little known fact is that Shanghai was a sanctuary for Jewish refugees fleeing the persecution of Hitler’s Germany. In fact Shanghai was the only place in the world that would take them in unconditionally. That is because Shanghai was the only place in the world that did not [...]