http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Beijing , Shunyi en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:02:37 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:02:37 UTC Mr Zhao especially arranged for us to visit the Niu Lan Shan Distillery. The first thing that stimulated the senses when I alighted from the bus was the smell of fermented grains. The Niu Lan Shan Er Guo Tou 292752663923665201083814922836 is famed here. The distillery has a long history which is briefly described in the website httpwww.niulanshan.com.cn. The original dist http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/Niu-Lan-Shan/blog-101898.html The students had half a day of lessons in the morning and we went visiting to a nearby distillery. The group photo was taken by Henry from UK who was joining us for the afternoon tour. Henry is teaching English to the junior high students at the branch school where we were staying. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/Niu-Lan-Shan/blog-101743.html Niu Lan Shan Yi Zhong 1229829275266392366531532199682001312299 started school in the temple known as Yuan Sheng Gong 1229820803223072346712299. The following website provides and interactive view of the temple httpwww.nlsyz.com.cnquanjingtuyuanshenggong.htm. We learnt that the Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty once rested in the temple in his trave http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/Niu-Lan-Shan/blog-100804.html We stood facing the field feeling the sunlight on our faces on a cool morning. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/Niu-Lan-Shan/blog-100794.html This is the first day of our arrival at NLS. Right after dinner the school arranged for an interaction session with the year 1 students in what appears to be a lecture theatre. The NLS students were very enthusiastic and asked a great many questions. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/blog-100052.html HELLO FROM BEIJING Shall I say ldquoNI HAO MArdquo Hello how are you Irsquom going to have to pour my guts out here because there are so many things I have to write about which you might want to know in terms of what I been seeing and doing and work overall first impressions about China. MSN and phones just donrsquot explicitly detail things like they do with written down words w http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/blog-88794.html Visitors to Beijing will quite understandably hightail their way to the major sites of interests as soon as they get off the plane. The Forbidden City Tiananmen Square Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall and so on. These places whilst spectacular and popular will only give you a certain perspective on this immense and complex city. In the meantime like in any metropolis life carries on unaba http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/Baixinzhang/blog-68051.html I have been taking photographs since the early 1970's but have always been a little lazy when it comes to technical knowhow. Last year though i began using a Nikon D70 as my work camera. After a while I began to play with the shutter speed and aperture settings just to see what happened. Now I have bought my own Digital SLR and intend to use it as a tool to help me get to know China a little be http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Beijing/Shunyi/blog-68031.html