The Chinese festival of QingMingJie or Tomb Sweeping Day, is exactly as you would expect. It is a day to care for graves and remember the owners. It also allowed us to take advantage of a three day weekend. TianJin TianJin is linked to BeiJing with the world’s fastest intercity train - the 120km is covered in 29min at speeds up 300km/h. Though of course from the futuristic world of high speed travel you get immediately plonked straight into the middle of what is essentially a very typical Chinese city. Tower blocks, traffic, and a bombardment of noise meet your arrival and the standard round of “sights” are a familiar bunch- a drum tower, an “ancient culture street” (i.e. knickknack alley) and a bustling, and a tasty food alley. The one thing that is noticeably different
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