Many travelers from abroad are confuses and frightened by Chinese customs. This handy reference tool make it easy for newcomers to Beijing to fit right in.
So come along, my alien friend! Welcome to Beijing!
The order of Chinese name is family name frist, then given name. Among some 440 family names, the 100 most common ones account for 90% of the total population. Brides in China do not adopt their husband's surnames. Among Chinese, a popular way to address each other, regradless of gender, is to add an age-related term of honor before the family name. These include: lao (honorable old one), xiao (honor young one) or occasionally da (honorable middle-aged one).
Unlike the Japanese, Chinese do not commonly bow as a form of greeting. Instead, a brief handshake is usual. While meeting elders or senior officals, your handshake should be even more gnetle and accompanied by a slight nod. Sometimes, as an expression of warmth, a Chinese will cover the normal handshake with his left hand. As a sign of respect, Chinese usually lower their eyes slightly when they meet others.
Morever, embtacing or kissing when greeting or sayung good-bye is highly unusually. Generally, Chinese do not show their emotions and feelings in public. Consequently, it is better not to behave in too carefree a manner in public. Too, it is advisable to be fairly cautious in political discussions.
Chinese do not usually accept a gift, invitation or favor when it is first presented. Politely refusing two or three times is thought to reflect modesty and humility. Accepting something is haste makes a person loos aggressive and greedy, as does opening it in front of the giver. Traditionally the monetary value of a gift indicated the importance if a relationship, but due to increasing contact with foreighners in recent years, the symbolic nature of gifts has taken foot.
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Fayfay's Hometown--Amazing Inner Mongolia
Hi, everybody! I'm Fayfay, come from Inner Mongolia.
A classmate of my BBA 102 course called me Mongolian girl once he knew where am I come from, but, actually, I'm not a real Mongolian even I was born there.
Even though, I still love and be proud of it really much ,and I think after you guys realise what an amazing place Inner Mongolia is, you will also fall in love with it!
Now, let's go deeper to explore why I say that.
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region in China which is located in the northern part of China like the picture shows below.
Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the country of Mongolia (alternatively known as Outer Mongolia) and the Russian Federation. Its capital is Hohhotand the largest city is Baotou. My hometown is called Chifeng, locates in the northeast in Inner Mongolia, a city combines the culture of Mogolian and Han Chinese.
It is the third-largest subdivision of China spanning about 1,200,000 km² (463,000 sq mi) or 12% of China's total land area. It has a population of about 24 million as of 2004. The autonomous region was established in 1947. The majority of the population in the region are Han Chinese, with a substantial Mongol minority. Just like me, all my families are Han Chinese, but our native places are all belong to Inner Mongolia.
The official languages are Chinese and Southern Mongolian.
This is the original language in Inner Mongolia, in my opinion, it seems like Latin words，but much easier than latins for learning and understanding. Once I joked with my father, I said, if some one whose first language is Mongolian, that guy's Math would be really excellent! My dad asked me why, I explained, " you see, Mongolian words' written method just like you draw a vertical line and depending on different meanings, the amount of horizontal lines will be differ, if some one who learn it, he must firstly can count numbers for remembering the words!" ^_^ Sounds funny, right?!
The specific geographicial environment and climate decide the unique sceneries of Inner Mongolia.
Due to its size, Inner Mongolia has a wide variety of temperatures but the following climactic characteristics apply provincial-wide: four-season monsoon-influenced climate, with long, cold, very dry winters, quick and dry springtime and autumnal transitions (the former of which is prone to sandstorms), and very warm to hot summers. Generally, cold arid r steppe climatic regimes dominate, but there are some areas classified as humid continental, located primarily in higher elevations and in the northeast, and subarctic, located in the far north.
Farming of crops such as wheat takes precedence along the river valleys. In the more arid grasslands, herding of goats, sheep and so on is a traditional method of subsistence. Forestry and hunting are somewhat important in the Greater Khingan ranges in the east. Reindeer herding is carried out by Evenks in the Evenk Autonomous Banner. More recently, growing grapes and winemaking have become an economic factor in the Wuhai area.
Inner Mongolia has abundance of resources especially coal, cashmere, natural gas, rare earth element, and has more deposits of naturally occurring niobium, zirconium and beryllium than any other province-level region in China.
The sheep in Inner Mongolia is also as famous as Australia in China. If you want to buy a real wool product, exactly the first choice is the products produced in Mongolia. We also have a lots of delicious foods in lamb, such as roasted whole lamb.
Just like everyone knows Beijing, they may know roasted dark , once some one who mentions Inner Mongolia, he must knows roasted whole lamb as well!
Ok, this is the first part of my introduction of Inner Mongolia. I will update another post about it later! see you ~
A classmate of my BBA 102 course called me Mongolian girl once he knew where am I come from, but, actually, I'm not a real Mongolian even I was born there.
Even though, I still love and be proud of it really much ,and I think after you guys realise what an amazing place Inner Mongolia is, you will also fall in love with it!
Now, let's go deeper to explore why I say that.
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region in China which is located in the northern part of China like the picture shows below.
Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the country of Mongolia (alternatively known as Outer Mongolia) and the Russian Federation. Its capital is Hohhotand the largest city is Baotou. My hometown is called Chifeng, locates in the northeast in Inner Mongolia, a city combines the culture of Mogolian and Han Chinese.
It is the third-largest subdivision of China spanning about 1,200,000 km² (463,000 sq mi) or 12% of China's total land area. It has a population of about 24 million as of 2004. The autonomous region was established in 1947. The majority of the population in the region are Han Chinese, with a substantial Mongol minority. Just like me, all my families are Han Chinese, but our native places are all belong to Inner Mongolia.
The official languages are Chinese and Southern Mongolian.
This is the original language in Inner Mongolia, in my opinion, it seems like Latin words，but much easier than latins for learning and understanding. Once I joked with my father, I said, if some one whose first language is Mongolian, that guy's Math would be really excellent! My dad asked me why, I explained, " you see, Mongolian words' written method just like you draw a vertical line and depending on different meanings, the amount of horizontal lines will be differ, if some one who learn it, he must firstly can count numbers for remembering the words!" ^_^ Sounds funny, right?!The specific geographicial environment and climate decide the unique sceneries of Inner Mongolia.
Due to its size, Inner Mongolia has a wide variety of temperatures but the following climactic characteristics apply provincial-wide: four-season monsoon-influenced climate, with long, cold, very dry winters, quick and dry springtime and autumnal transitions (the former of which is prone to sandstorms), and very warm to hot summers. Generally, cold arid r steppe climatic regimes dominate, but there are some areas classified as humid continental, located primarily in higher elevations and in the northeast, and subarctic, located in the far north.
Farming of crops such as wheat takes precedence along the river valleys. In the more arid grasslands, herding of goats, sheep and so on is a traditional method of subsistence. Forestry and hunting are somewhat important in the Greater Khingan ranges in the east. Reindeer herding is carried out by Evenks in the Evenk Autonomous Banner. More recently, growing grapes and winemaking have become an economic factor in the Wuhai area.
Inner Mongolia has abundance of resources especially coal, cashmere, natural gas, rare earth element, and has more deposits of naturally occurring niobium, zirconium and beryllium than any other province-level region in China.
The sheep in Inner Mongolia is also as famous as Australia in China. If you want to buy a real wool product, exactly the first choice is the products produced in Mongolia. We also have a lots of delicious foods in lamb, such as roasted whole lamb.
Just like everyone knows Beijing, they may know roasted dark , once some one who mentions Inner Mongolia, he must knows roasted whole lamb as well!
Ok, this is the first part of my introduction of Inner Mongolia. I will update another post about it later! see you ~
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