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The emblem of Chinese Tourism

The emblem of Chinese Tourism, in that they in the heat of appear a horse to galope and a wanderer flight, is inspired by a bronze sculpture of the dynasty Have of the East (25-220), unearthed in 1969 in Wuwei (district of the province of Gansu), that represents a horse to galope with a wanderer underneath one of its helmets. The horse and the wanderer of the emblem are of white color, and their silhouettes stand out on a celestial blue bottom. The Chinese characters that sometimes appear in the emblem mean “Chinese Tourism”.

Chinese names

Segén the Chinese custom, the last name is placed in front of the personal name. If, for example, somebody is called Zhang Wei, “Zhang” is its last name and “Wei” its personal name. In situations informal, the Chinese go to an a others by their last names, putting in front to them the words “lao” (old; p.ej., Lao Zhang) or “xiao” (young; p. ex., Xiao Zhang). Only the very near members of the family and friendly can call to somebody by their personal name.

It avoids the rush hours

In the great cities, like Peking, Shanghai and Guangzhou, to the entrance or exit of the work take place great agglomerations of vehicles in the urban routes. In order to prevent unnecessary delays, it is advised to avoid the displacements in the rush hours (7: 00-8: 00 and 17:00 - 18: 00).

Labor schedule

In China, jomada labor begins to the 8:00 and concludes to 17. 00. Department store usually is open from the 8:30 (or 9:00) to the 20:30 in winter and the 21:00 (or later) in summer. The commerce of Guangzhou closes later and usually is full of people until the 22:00. The small commerce abren early and closes behind schedule. In Tibet, the labor schedule is delayed two or three hours with respect to the one of the rest of China.

Potable water

The water of China is quite hard. Most frequent it is to drink water previously boiled. In view of the custom of the clients, some hotels prepare the boiled water that has cooled off.

Luggage

When traveling in train or airplane, the weight of the luggage cannot exceed 20 kilos by person.

Many foreign tourists, who create, erroneously, that in China will not be able to find certain foods and articles of first necessity or that its quality will let wish, take in their luggage a considerable amount of foods, electrical batteries, photographic material, etc. In fact, in the commercial centers, department store and hotels of the main cities of China, can be foods and produced articles of first necessity in China, all of them of very good quality, and an ample concerned product range. Therefore, it is not necessary to take these articles like part of the luggage, and so in addition it will be saved to have to pay I supplement by excess of weight.

Health

If it needs to consult a doctor, communicates it to the tour guide, who will know how to help him. In the great cities, the hospitals have a part dedicated to the Chinese traditional medicine and another one to the western one. In some cities centers of first aid exist; the one of Peking takes care of the foreigners during the 24 hours (teléf. 120). Peking counts in addition on hospitals established and administered by foreigners.

Circulation in bicycle

In China it is circulated around the right. In many routes there is a track reserved for the bicycles. When pausing before a traffic light in red, it tries not to exceed the final protective line; it does not resume the march until the traffic light is in green. It avoids the rush hours (7: 00-8: 00 a.m. and 4:00 - 6: 00 pa.).