1. A Tour to Urban China
Tour to urban China
Week 9 Presentation……
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Date : 8Th September 2012

2. A Tour to Agenda China
Urban
Tour to urban China
Geography and Location 9 Presentation……
Week
Facts about china
Urban Culture and Heritage
Tourism in Urban cities
Seasons and Festivals
Travel and Entertainment
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Food and habits

3. Geography & Location
Tour to urban China
Geography
 China is the second largest country in the world
by land area and also the most populated country .
 Longest combined land border in the world from
the mouth of the Yalu river to the gulf of Tonkin.
 Extends across East Asia, Southeast Asia(Vietnam
, Laos & Burma),South Asia (India ,Nepal , Bhutan)
Central Asia (Afghanistan , Tajikistan), a small part
of Inner Asia (Russian Altai and Mangolia ) and
North Korea in Northeast Asia.
Climate Religions & Rituals
 Dry seasons and wet
Urban China •Buddhism , Taoism and
monsoons. During Winter Chinese folk religions.
northern winds come from China has 8 “mega-cities” •Christianity introduced
high latitude areas that and is estimated to have 10 during Tang Dynasty is one
are cold and dry. million people by 2025. of the fastest growing
 During Summer the
southern winds comes. Two-thirds of China’s
religion in China.
•Hinduism , Dongbaism
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 Average temperature population ( around 64%) will , Bon and sects are being
ranges from -6 degree to live in cities by 2025. also followed.
25 degree Celsius

4. Facts about China
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Growing Urbanization
• In 1978 china had 172 million urban residents.
• Between 1990 and 2005 – 103 million Chinese migrated rural to
Urban areas .
• By 2015- urban population is expected to exceed 700 million.
Growing Megacities
Estimated to have 8 “mega cities “ and 23 cities with population of
10 million by 2025.
By 2015, China’s urban population is expected to exceed 700 million
marking the first time China’s urban population to surpass its rural
population.
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5. Urban Culture & Heritage
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Urban Culture
• Chinese culture is highly influence by Confucianism. Chinese in
urban are of mixed culture and still value their traditions and
customs.
• Chinese love their native language. In china business
communication, education and personal communications are
carried mostly in their native languages in urban areas.
• Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest culture. Important
components of Chinese culture
include literature, music, visual arts, martial arts, cuisine, etc.
History & Heritage
• China was ruled by invaders from the north - the Mongols in
the late 13th century and the Manchus in the mid 16th.
• Formation of china is being divided in to two periods :
• Spring and Autumn Period(771 -475BC) & Warring States
Period (475 - 221BC)
• Qin Shi Huang was the first Emperor and the Qin 5
(pronounced “ Chin “ ) was the China’s first unified
empire.

6. Tourism in Urban China
Tour to urban China
Tourism in China
• Great wall ,Forbidden city ,Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven
depicting colorful history of Beijing.
• Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qin Shihuang were
excavated in the city .
• On the Cradle of the Yangtze River on mysterious Quinghai -
there is a holy Potala Palace ,snow – capped Mt .Everest and
heavenly Namtso lake .
• At the lower Sichuan Basin ,there are cute giant pandas and
multicolored water of the Jiuzhaigou valley.
Important Cities Tourist Places
-> Great Wall of china
• Beijing , -> Terracotta Warriors
• Shanghai -> Yangtze River
• Xian. -> Forbidden City
• Jiuzhaigou -> Potala Palace
• Haikou -> Silk road
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Tianjin
Shenzhen
-> Li River 6
-> Tiananmen Square
Two administrative ->Summer Palace
blocks, Hong Kong and Macau ->Bund of Shanghai

7. Urban Festivals & Sports
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Festivals
• Chinese New Years(Lunar new Year)
• National Day( Starts Oct 1)
• Dragon boat festival
• Blue Dragon Festival
• Qixi Festival (The Night of Sevens, Magpie
Festival)
• Dongzhi Festival (Winter Solstice Festival)
• Double Ninth Festival ( Chongyang Festival)
Sports
• Martial Arts ( Kung Fu )
• xiangqi
• qigong and tai chi chuan
• Dragon Boat Race
• Swimming and snooker
• Football,Basket Ball
• Tennis 7
• Badminton
• archery and equestrianism
• Chess

8. Travel & Entertainment
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Travel Facilities:
• Long -distances buses: Compare to rail travel , long
distance buses in china are cheaper and available.
plenty
• Possesses the world’s longest high speed rail
Image of Bullet Train network i n the form of networks of underground
or light rail system.
• Developing its own satellite navigating system for
aviation.
• Shanghai has a high- speed maglev rail line .
• Urban areas are connected by bullet trains.
Shopping Facilities
• Shiny new department stores and malls .
• High –end boutique stores.
• Oriental plaza in Beijing .
• Watsons - Good collection of Asian and Western
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• Mega –foreign stores like Wall –Mart and
Carrefour.

9. Urban Food Habits
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Continental Food
For Chinese's colour,aroma and
taste are the top priorities for a
good food
Traditions in China :
Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Ji
angsu, Shandong, Szechuan and
Zhejiang cuisines
Staple foods
Rice, noodles, wheat, soya
beans, schezwan rice, chicken
hunans, vegetables, soybeans
Other Country Foods available
Urban Foods
• Indian, Spanish, Italian, Malaysian and
German foods are too available at major Rice, dragon rolls, spring rolls, lotus
leafs, turnip
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cities.
cake, Manchurians, moa fang
• Chinese market also cater the need of
, choupseys, broccoli chips,
international tourists.

10. List of References
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 http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/
 http://www.china-mike.com
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
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