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We had a continuous day-off in the past three days, a combination of the weekends and the traditional Qingming festival. My wife and me dicided to make a trip to Tianjin to relax. This opptunity is rare for us as we are often busy studying or working. However there are no perfic things in the world, so it is with this trip.
I would like to talk about the pleasant part of it at first. This is our first view of Tianjin, though we live in a place only half-an-hour away by train. It impressed us deeply with its well-protected old districts, including numerous European style buildings. Many of these buildings remain the structures when they were first established, but refurbished outside and used as different fuctions. Although these buildings were constructed by foreign invaders and may symbolize the wounds our nation used to suffer, they have become a special scenery of this city, attracting people all over the country to come and have a look. Walking in these districts, it's like wandering in a European city, Rome or London. It's worth complimenting that the foreign style districts are well jointed with the newly built mordern parts of the city. Penetrating from the new to the old, you'll never feel disruption or mismatch. People live here must be proud of this city.
Now I have to come to the unhappy part of this journey: there were too many people. It seems all people were going into the streets. There were people lining in front of restaurants, sitting on every bench, crowding every shops; and, as many people travelled from one city to another at the same time, it became difficult to get a train ticket for a favorite time. These stressed us somewhat, at some point nearly ruined our vocation.
Anyway, this is a worthful trip for us. Back at home now, we gain more power to face the following work days.
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- Reply sunnyv
- Nice of you to tell us about our interesting trip To Tianjin immediately upon your return. After reading your comments, I told myself that I must make a visit there. Every country has it's own pain from wars and invasions in the past. China is graceful and forgiving enough to preserve these buildings and don't sell them off for profit. Finally, today China is able to benefit from opening to the world and is prospering. This is where the history of old buildings becomes interesting. Many countries and cities in Asia have also preserved these western style buildings too. Sometimes, we wonder how the foreigners can build such impressive buildings in those days.
- Reply Steven_J
- I also found houses in Japan were mostly beautiful and carfully-designed when I lived there. Of course some houses in China are also elaborately designed, but I have to say most houses, especially in the rural area, are built crudely. Maybe this is because we are not educated to establish aesthetic feeling, or simply because that we are not rich enough to afford such a elaborate house.
sunnyv: Nice of you to tell us about our interesting trip To Tianjin immediately upon your return. After reading your comments, I told myself that I must make ...
- Reply teadrinking
- Some of its old architectures built in late Qing dynasty and in the modern history left us lots of foreign houses in various kinds of styles. I think that you had experienced many of its magnificence.
When it comes to crowded people, it is the quite normal to meet this phenomenon during holidays at anywhere, people are visiting places of interests and resorts to have fun. This the thing that we can not avoid it since we are living in the country with a large population. But you enjoyed in the visit, so it was deserved yet.
