中國CN＞北京BEIJING

對於北京的認識始於中學歷史書上朱棣遷都北京開始，這也是北京歷史的開端，至今已經800多年的歷史了；但從秦始皇開始建成至今也3000多年了，可說是一座古城了。
I first heard about Beijing was from my high school’s history text book, it stated Emperor Zhu Di moved the city to Beijing and it is the origin of this city. It had been through 800 years; but if you wanna track back from the Emeperor Qing Shi Huang who first built up Beijing, it should be 3000 years history.
*Beijing also known as Peking

倘若你以為北京就是中國傳統的代表，到處可見四合院、老房子，那你就大錯特錯了！經過了2008北京奧運的洗禮，北京已經趕上時代的腳步，變化成為高樓林立的現代化都市。
If you think Beijing is the symbolic city of traditional China which is full of SiHeYuan (central courtyard) or old houses, you are exactly wrong! After 2008 Beijing Olympic, Beijing had catch up the trend and became a modern city which full of high building.

北京政府的規劃蠻完善的，整座城市呈放射性發展，就此分化出新舊城區。舊城區位於一環及二環公路之內；三環至五環公路為新城區；其外便是北京的郊區。這些環狀公路寬闊通暢，沒有交通燈，就算上下班時間也少見交通阻塞。
Beijing government did a great job on urban planning. The whole city owns a system of roads radiates from the city centre to divide the old and new zone. Within the 1st and 2nd ring road is the old zone with ancient building; from 3rd to 5th is the new zone with tall buildings; further is the outskirt. All the ring roads are wide and smooth, no traffic lights, hardly seen serious traffic jam even in peak season.

為了管制交通，北京政府施行車牌尾數管制；而公交車（公共交通）車數多且費用低廉，從而減少交通堵塞的狀況。但每天限制不同車牌尾數車輛上路，每個月後又再輪替，對我這種善忘的人來說，可真是件苦差事。
In order to control the traffic, Beijing government implements the “License Plate Regulation” (I think it’s not the official proper name); besides there are lots of public bus with a low fare. But for forgetful people like me, to remember which day to go on road according different license’s plate last number, and change ever few months, that’s really tough for me.

中國人深信風水，城區、住宅分布也與此息息相關。
Chinese believe in Feng Shui, the division also related to it.

傳統建築四合院是古代富貴人家所住的房子，之所以稱之為四合院是因為三面房子，中間為露天的庭園，多種植石榴、養只肥狗與一缸紅魚。入口處擺放屏風擋煞，面對門的房是主人家住的；兒子住東邊、女兒住西邊。
The oldies structure, SiHeYuan is for riches, it was named because the house was 3 sided surrounded; centre was the courtyard which will normally have Pomegranate, a fat dog and a bowl of red fish. There will be a shield to avoid the evil spirit; the room faced the entrance is the master room; the son will stay in the east while the daughter will stay in west.

一般品民老百姓則住在大雜院，一條巷子住了好幾十戶人家，因人口混雜而得其名。
Normal citizen will stay in DaZaYuan which is a resident area with many families; it was named because there are people from different area or profession.

中國人稱小巷子為胡同，在穿梭其中的人為胡同串子。
Chinese named the alley as HuTong; the people shuttle there was called HuTongChuanZi.

北京的中軸線也稱為「龍脈」，由南至北依序排列著永定門、天安門、紫禁城、景山、鼓樓、鐘樓、鳥巢、水立方、奧林匹克公園。為了體現人文奧運，北京將「龍脈」衍生於北方建立鳥巢與水立方，因此從南至北表現出從古至今的歷史演變。
Beijing ZhongZhou Road, literally meaning "Central Axis", from south to north arrange in order by YongDing Gate, TianAn Gate, Forbidden City, JingShan, Drum Tower, Bell Tower, Bird Nest, Water Cube, Olympic Garden. To present the humanistic Beijing, they expand the ZhongZhou Road and built the Bird Nest and Water Cube in the northern part. From south to north shows the development of China, from antique to modern.

中國在滿清末年遭受歐美日勢力的壓迫，造成很多古老建築被摧殘，歷史文物無法保存真的很可惜。目前可看到很多地方在修復建築，試圖恢復古人的建築；但無論建得多麼雷同，少了時間的洗禮，依然少了幾許味道。
China was oppressed by some countries during late Ching dynasty, that caused a lot of antique building were destroy. It is really pity not to retrain the antique. Now people try to fix the old building to recover the previous scene; but no matter how it works, there’s still something missing…

北京Beijing

經緯度：北纬39度54分　东经116度23分
Coordinates: 39°542’N 116°23’E

時間Time：UTC+8

貨幣：人民幣Chinese Yuan

中國CN＞大同DT＞懸空寺XuanKong Temple

從北京到大同需要約莫6個小時，從大同到懸空寺又需要大概2個小時。雖然一路奔波很疲憊；但當我第一眼看見懸空寺，覺得一切都值得了。
From Beijing to DaTong needs about 6 hours, from DaTong to XuanKong Temple needs nearly 2 hours. When I first saw the XuanKong Temple, I feel that really worth for the long and tiring journey.

一個建立在恆山峭壁上的建築物任誰看了都會讚嘆，更何況早在1400年前就建立，但如今依然堅固無比。
XuanKong Si is also known as Hanging Temple. Anyone will amazed by the structure built on cliff, let alone it was constructed 1400 years ago but still firm and solid.

除了建築本身，其二特色就是懸空寺是中國僅存以佛、道、儒合一的寺廟。
Besides the structure, another feature of XuanKong Temple is it is the only temple that combines 3 religious which are Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian around China.

遠觀整座建築，底下李白所提的字便足以形容。
話說由於「壯觀」二字無法完全表達出李白對懸空寺的讚嘆，所以就隨筆加上一點(、)，做為強調的用意。
The well known poet, Li Bai’s had wrote down "spectacular" on a rock underneath XuaKong Temple, he then added a dot (、) beside intend to emphasis his indescribable emotion. This can fully express my admiration toward this special structure, too.

近看懸空寺，除了有歷史的痕跡；還能看到精緻的雕刻與設計。
狹隘的走廊、陡峭的梯階、中國建築必備的龍與媲貅......
Look at XuanKong Temple, there’s full of historical traces, you can see the exquisite carvings and design. The narrow corridors, steep staircase, and also the MUST in Chinese construction, the dragon and Pi Xiu.

置身於懸空寺感覺很涼爽。第一是因為它是建築於峭壁的木屋；第二是因為山脈環繞，成日接受日照的時間非常短。
Feel cool being in XuanKongs Temple because it is a hut which built on cliff; secondly, it surrounded by mountains and doesn’t much ray of light illuminated.

懸空寺下直立的木條根本沒有支撐作用，主要由建築物底下插入岩石的橫梁支持鄭左懸空寺。經歷了多少的天災卻能夠屹立不到，真是蠻奇妙的，古人的智慧好強呀～
The vertical strips under the building don’t really play a supportive role, the horizontal beams which inserted into the rock were the mainly support of XuanKong Temple. After experiencing so many disasters, it stills the same, without any damage. What a brilliant architect who build this great structure.

很好奇百年之前沒有樓梯，古人如何登上懸空寺呢？難道都如電影中的俠客用輕功飛上去嗎？
I wonder how ancients board XuanKong Temple without any staircase long long time ago. Should they fly as what we saw in “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” (What a funny direct translation, it means: talent who haven’t been discovered)

＊我旅行最愛看到的就是大自然的奧妙、歷史的痕跡。後天的修補、油漆都會讓歷史建築蒙上一層「假假」的感覺。所以看到懸空寺能保留得還算完善，讓我感到很欣慰。
＊ My favorite way of traveling is to see the wonders of nature and history traces. The patch and repaint afterward will make the historic buildings look “fake”. I’m really pleased to see XuanKong Temple to retain the same perfectly.

中國CN＞大同DT＞雲岡石窟 YunGang Grottoes

從中學所唸的歷史得知山西的雲岡石窟與敦煌的莫高窟及洛陽的龍門石窟齊名為中國三大石窟；但維基百科資料中卻多了一個天水的麥積山石窟，形成四大石窟。
From my secondary school’s history lesson, the 3 greatest grottoes from China was known as ShanXi’s YuGang Grottoes, DunHuang’s MoGao Grottoes and LuoYang LongMen Grottoes. But according to wikipedia, there is 4 greatest grottoes in China, which included TianShui’s MaiJiShan Grottoes.

石窟內的雕刻與佛教密不可分，石窟的雕工精細且內容豐富。對宗教有研究的人來到這裡，可能會耗上一整天 ；普羅大眾在沒有導遊的解說之下，多數人都很難知道其中的奧妙。
The grottoes are all about Buddhist, the sculpture is exquisite and fully contented. For those religious savants, they may stay for whole day long; for those who are not, you won’t know much without the tour guide explanation.

這麼壯觀的石窟，當然也被列入世界文化遺產啦～
A Grottoes like this, of course it was selected as one of the UNESCO World Heritage site.

可惜長年累月的風化摧殘下，石窟下半部的雕刻多數都變得模糊。清朝時為了修復石窟，在壁上打入木樁以鞏固泥層；但多年後泥層脫落使得壁上千瘡百孔，不甚雅觀。
As time passes, underneath part of the grottoes was ruined. While at the Qing dynasty, they drilled in the wooden stick to solidify the grouting; but few hundred years later, it came off and shows a lot of hole.

＊今天讓我真正體驗到「天氣晴朗」對攝影起的加分作用。♥開心♥
Today I realize the bonus of “Sunny Day” to photography. ♡HaPpY ♡

中國CN＞北京BJN＞居庸關長城 JuYongGuan Great Wall

居庸關長城位於北京昌平，距離北京市區大概60公里。目前為中國AAAA旅遊景點，受國家保護單位；同時也被聯合國列入《世界遺產》。
JuYong Pass located at Chang Pin country, it's about 60km far from Beijing city. Now is China's AAAA travel spot which protected by the country, meanwhile was selected as United Nation's "World Heritage".

居庸關被譽為「天下第一雄關」，因秦始皇「徙居庸徒」而得其名。
JuY0ng Pass was known as "The greatest pass of the world", it was named as Qing Shi Huang used this to imprison offender.

長城之偉大眾所皆知，據說長城是唯一能在月球透過肉眼看見的地球建築。
The Great Wall is one of the 7 wonders, and was reported to be seen in moon by human eyes.

目前秋高氣爽；但一整片駿勇、綿延的山脈依然翠綠。
相信不同季節來到這裡都會有不同的景觀、不同的體驗。
The autumn is nice and cool; the stretched mountain presents the glorious look and still emerald. I believe there will be different view and experience for four seasons.

上的時候臉紅氣喘腳沒力；下的時候提心吊膽腳顫慄。
長城的每個階梯間距都很大，而且非常陡峭，很難想像古代的兵將如何在長城操練、作戰。
When you up the stairs, you'll pant and legs feel weak; while you down the stairs, you'll nervous and legs shaking terribly. It's uneasy to climb the stair case which is excess normal distance and steep,too. Hard to imagine how's the soldiers marching or battling here.



與許多旅遊景點相同，都有「小孩」到此一遊。
Same as other travel spot, there would be "XXX was here", what a kid's behaviour.

＊八達嶺長城是最靠近居庸關、也是很多遊客必到的景點。
有些人甚至規劃兩天一夜的行程，夜宿長城，夜晚觀看燈光秀。

Another nearest Great Wall spot is BaDaLing which was also quite famous travel spot. Some event plan for 2 days 1 night there to see the lighting show at night.

＊隨著中國的崛起，很多大品牌隨之進入並以中國傳統特色為包裝，

其中還有以中國長城為背景的大型秀場。
According to China's growth these years, a lots of big brand came into China market which feature the chinese traditional. This is one of them who take The Great Wall as the grand runway

(照片摘自網路 Picture From Internet)

前言 Introduction

一般看人們出書才會有前言；但我寫旅遊部落格也要來寫前言。
Normally we will see an introduction in a book; but I wish to have an introduction for my travel blog, too.

首先我得承認自己慵懶，寫旅遊部落格是我的理想，跟大家分享旅遊經驗與照片；但卻因為工作或奇莫子的關係遲遲沒有開始。如今藉著這趟北京之旅要開始將收藏已久的照片及心得公諸於世了，好期待。
First of all, I should admit I am a lazy bug. Writing a travel blog which can share my travel experiences and photo is always my dream; but due to my job or swing mood, keep postponing the task. Now I'm taking this chance to public all the pictures in my album.


先來說說這個旅遊部落格的特色：
Let’s talk about some features of this blog:

1. 景點分類 Sort by spot
我覺得個人的行程未必適用於每個人，所以依據景點分類可以介紹更多資訊，也能讓大家觀賞我自以為拍得還不錯的照片。不過先聲明，早期所用的普通數位相機或者傻瓜相機的畫質不盡理想，個人對攝影的認識與興趣也不太深厚，大家就勉為其難看看吧。
My itinerary may not suitable for all, so sort by spot to introduce more information and present the photo I taken. But, for those previous trips, I photographed using the normal digital camera; initially I was that into photography and didn’t know much about it, so please take it as reference.

2. 著重人文景色多於時尚購物
Emphasis more on cultural or historical spot than shopping spot
雖是女兒身；但卻對逛街購物興趣普普，總覺得旅行就是要走進當地的人文、地理、文化、歷史才能更深入了解一個國家，也是我個人其中一個旅行重要的意義。不過旅行中遇到購物的好地點，當然也會跟大家分享。
Although I am a gal; but I’m not fond into shopping. Always think that travel should be photographed the local humanities, geography, culture, history in mind to understand more about the country, this is one of the main purpose of my journey. But if I met any great shopping spot, of cause I’ll share with you guys, too.

3. 中英並用 Bilingual
請千萬不要誤以為本人的英文很好。就因為個人從小就在中文環境下長大，所以英文也只稱得上夠混吃用，所以就很「假會」也很大膽地運用中英寫作，希望可以藉此增進英文詞彙與應用，任何人看到錯誤請多多指教。當然，內文也非全數翻譯，要學中文或英文的朋友，我建議你還是找個老師吧。
Please do not misunderstand, my English is not excellent. I was educated in Chinese since I was born, so English is just a basic communication language for me. The purpose of using bilingual here in my blog is to improve my vocabulary and grammar, so if anyone find any mistake, please let me know, too. The content is not totally translated, of if anyone who wanna learn English or Chinese, I advised you to find yourself a tutor.

4. 圖多字少 More pictures, less wording.
本人不擅言詞，也沒有太好的文采，對於旅行的描述多為翻查資料、導遊簡介、自行觀察為主等。目前對於攝影也開始有研究，所以就讓我的鏡頭為你介紹當地的風土民情吧。不過放心，絕對不放自戀照與閃光照殘害眾生。
I’m neither good at speech; nor literary grace, all the travel description is the combination of info sourced, travel guide’s intro and my own observation. I start to learn how to photograph recently, so let me show you the world through my pictures. But don’t worry, I won’t upload my own photo much.

我是誰？這就是我～

Who am I? This is ME~

請大家對我多多指教吧～
Welcome for any advice~