China

GENERAL INDEX 647

Maps (cont.) Markets (cont.) Miaoying Temple White Dagoba
Miao villages 409 Sunday Market (Kashgar) 510 (Beijing) 99
Nanchang 251 Temple Street Market (Hong
Nanjing 223 Kong) 317, 330, 331 Mid-Autumn Festival 46, 333
Northeast China 428–9 Tibetan market (Shigatse) 544 Military History Museum
Qingdao 146–7 see also Shopping
Shaanxi province 161 (Beijing) 99
Shamian Island 300–301 Marks & Spencer (Hong Kong) Millennium City (Kaifeng) 151
Shandong and Henan 141 331 Min Jiang 368, 369
Shanghai 184–5 Min people 285
Shenyang 439 Marriott 553 Ming dynasty 52, 60–61
Shigatse 545 Martial arts 32, 606
Sichuan and Chongqing 349 Great Wall of China 61, 106–7
Silk Road 465 festivals 46 literature 28, 29
South China 276–7 Kung Fu 158, 159 Ming Tombs (Beijing) 33,
Southwest China 340–41 Martial Arts School (Wudang 104–5
The Spread of Buddhism 487 Shan) 272 Nanjing 177
Suzhou 205 Martyrs’ Memorial (Nanjing) 231 porcelain 254, 255
Tai Shan 144–5 Martyrs’ Memorial Hall (Heng Xiao Ling Tomb (Nanjing) 230
Tianjin 129 Shan) 261 Ming Palace Ruins (Nanjing) 226
Tibet 518–19 Martyrs’ Park (Changsha) 260 Ming Shan 352
Tiger Leaping Gorge 394–5 Marx, Karl 99, 297 Mingdi emperor 52
Trans Siberian Express 435 Mason, Richard 310 Mingjiao Si (Hefei) 233
Victoria Peak (Hong Kong) Masta 617 Mingsha Shan 494
312–13 Matang 409 Mini Three Gorges 353
Wuhan 266–7 Mati Si (Zhangye) 490 Minority peoples 18–19, 24–5
Wulingyuan 264–5 May 7 Cadre Schools 65 food and drink 577
Wutai Shan 134–5, 136 Mazu Miao (Meizhou Island) 291 River Border 455
Xiamen and Gulang Yu 287 MD Travel Health 617 see also individual peoples
Xi’an 163 Measurements 613 Minsk World (Shenzhen) 296
Xinjiang 503 Medical facilities 617 Mirror Pools 340
Xishuangbanna 385 Medical insurance 611, 617 Mishi Xiang (Lijiang) 391
Yangshuo 419 Medicine Mission Hills 604, 607
Yangzhou 221 Chinese Medicine Museum Mo Yan 29
Yangzi cruise 352–3 (Hangzhou) 240 Mobile phones 622
Yunnan 373 Medicinal Market (Bozhou) 233 Mochou Lake (Nanjing) 227
Zhejiang and Jiangxi 239 Traditional medicine 232 Mogao Caves 461, 495, 497
“Meet in Beijing” Festival 45 Mohammed, Prophet 221
Marble Boat (Summer Palace, Mei Lanfang 75 Mohammed Kashgari
Beijing) 100 Mei Yuan (Taihu) 216 tomb of 511
Meilu Villa (Lu Shan) 253 Mohe 454
Marble Carriageway (Forbidden Meiyuan Xincun (Nanjing) 226 Monasteries
City) 87 Meizhou Island 279, 285, 291 accommodation in 551
Mekong river 373, 382, 527 Dabei Monastery (Tianjin) 129
Marco Polo Bridge 110 Melikawat 515 Drepung Monastery (Lhasa)
Marco Polo Hotels 553 Mencius 141, 143 536
Maritime Museum (Macau) 328 Mengda Tian Chi 499 Ganden Monastery (Lhasa)
Markets 599 Menghai 384 520, 527, 537, 538–9
Menghun 385 Kongtong Shan 486
Bazaar (Turpan) 504 Mengla 384 Labrang Monastery 479, 482,
Beijing 94 Menglun 384 483, 527
Bird and Flower Market Mengzhe 384 Meru Nyingba (Lhasa) 531
(Kunming) 374 Menus Nechung Monastery (Lhasa)
Bird and Flower Markets Beijing and the North 77 536–7
(Hong Kong) 317 Central China 181 Pelkor Chode Monastery
Dai people 383 South China 283 (Gyantse) 543
Hong Kong and Macau 330, Southwest China 347 Po Lin Monastery (Lantau
331 Meridian Gate (Forbidden City) 86 Island) 324–5
Jade Market (Hong Kong) 317, Meru Nyingba (Lhasa) 531 Rongphu Monastery 546
330, 331 Meteorite Shower Museum (Jilin) Sakya Monastery 520, 521, 546
Medicinal Market (Bozhou) 233 447 Samye Monastery 520,
Night Market (Shigatse) 544 Mi Fu 247 540–41
Qingping Market (Guangzhou) Miao people 340, 342–3, 402 Sera Monastery (Lhasa) 521,
298 festivals and crafts 406–7, 409 537
Shanghai 200 Guizhou and Guangxi 397 Shibao Zhai 352
Sheung Wan’s Markets (Hong maps 406, 409 Ta’er Si 500–501
Kong) 315 villages 408–9 Tashilunpo Monastery
Shuijing Xiang Market (Xining) Miao Rebellion 409 (Shigatse) 544–5
498

648 GENERAL INDEX

Monasteries (cont.) Mountains (cont.) Museums (cont.)
10,000 Buddhas Monastery Long March 256–7 Furniture Museum (Pingyao)
(Hong Kong) 320 Lu Shan 252–3 138
Tibetan Buddhism 521, 522 Maiji Shan 480–81 Gansu Provincial Museum
Tsurphu Monastery 542 Ming Shan 352 (Lanzhou) 485
Wudang Zhao 470 Pamir Mountains 491, 503 Great Wall Museum
Putuo Shan 248–9 (Dandong) 441
Money 620–21 Qilian Shan 490 Great Wall Museum
currency exchange 620 Qixia Shan 240 (Jiayuguan) 490
duty-free allowances 611 Southwest China 344 Great Wall Museum
security 616 Tai Shan 72, 73, 141, 144–5 (Shanhaiguan) 128
Tian Shan 503 Hanlinyuan Museum
Mongkok Computer Centre Tiantai Shan 247 (Yangzhou) 220
(Hong Kong) 330, 331 Victoria Peak (Hong Kong) Hebei Provincial Museum
312–13 (Shijiazhuang) 130
Mongol empire 59, 60 Wudang Shan 259, 272 Henan Provincial Museum
Mongol Global Tours 605, 607 Wulingyuan 264–5 (Zhengzhou) 152
Mongolia see Inner Mongolia Wutai Shan 121, 134–6 Heritage Museum (Hong
Monkey Island 305 Wuyi Shan 285, 288–9, 292 Kong) 320
Monument to the People’s Wuzhi Shan 304 Hetian Cultural Museum
Yandang Shan 239, 247 (Khotan) 515
Heroes (Beijing) Yangshuo 418, 419 Hong Kong Museum of Art
Street-by-Street map 83 Yulong Xue Shan 392 316
Monument to the Red Army Zhuque Shan 447 Hong Kong Museum of
Martyrs (Zunyi) 410 History 316–17
Mor Pagoda (Ha Noi) 511 Moxi Xiang 371 Hong Kong Science Museum
Morrison, Robert 326 Mu Fu (Lijiang) 392 316
Moscow 435 Mudan river 452 Hubei Provincial Museum
Mosques 507 Mudanjiang 452 (Wuhan) 266
etiquette 614 Hunan Provincial Museum
Altyn Mosque (Yarkand) 515 hotels 571 (Changsha) 260
Cow Street Mosque (Beijing) 98 Mu’en Tang (Shanghai) 188 Inner Mongolia Museum
Great Mosque (Hohhot) 468 Mui Wo 325 (Hohhot) 468
Great Mosque (Kuqa) 509 Mukden see Shenyang Jiazhou Huayuan (Le Shan) 364
Great Mosque (Xi’an) 163 Murphy, Henry 229 Long March Museum (Zunyi)
Great Mosque (Xining) 498 Murray House (Stanley) 323 410
Huaisheng Mosque Museums and galleries Lu Xun’s Former Residence
(Guangzhou) 299 (Shanghai) 198
Id Kah Mosque (Kashgar) 510 admission charges 612 Luoyang City Museum
Imin Ta (Turpan) 504 Ancient Observatory (Beijing) (Luoyang) 152
Nanguan Mosque (Linxia) 94–5 Macau Museum (Macau) 326
484 Art Museum (Guangzhou) 301 Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall
Nanguan Mosque (Yinchuan) Beijing Natural History (Shao Shan) 260
475 Museum 95 Mao’s Family House (Shao
Qingjing Mosque (Quanzhou) China National Museum Shan) 260
291 (Beijing) 83 Maritime Museum (Macau) 328
Xianhe Mosque (Yangzhou) Chinese Medicine Museum Meiyuan Xincun (Nanjing) 226
221 (Hangzhou) 240 Memorial Hall to the Martyrs
Mosquitos 619 Chinese Military History of the Revolution (Nanchang)
Motorcycle rickshaws 633 Museum (Beijing) 99 250
Motorcycle taxis 633 Chongqing Museum Meteorite Shower Museum
Mountaineering 606, 607 (Chongqing) 350 (Jilin) 447
Mountains City Museum (Kunming) 375 Minorities Museum (Kaili) 408
Cangyan Shan 130 Dali Museum (Dali) 386 Municipal Museum
Changbai Shan 448–9 Dinosaur Museum (Zigong) (Guangzhou) 301
Emei Shan 349, 362–3 355 Museum of the 1895 Sino-
Fenghuang Shan 441 Du Fu’s Thatched Cottage Japanese War (Weihai) 149
Flaming Mountains (Turpan) (Chengdu) 358 Museum of Ceramic History
505 Dunhuang County Museum (Jingdezhen) 255
Helan Shan 476 (Dunhuang) 494 Museum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
Heng Shan 131, 261 18 September Museum (Nanjing) 229, 230
Hua Shan 161, 171 (Shenyang) 438 Museum of Naxi Culture
Huang Shan 203, 236–7 Forest of Stelae Museum (Lijiang) 392
Jinggang Shan 239, 257 (Xi’an) 162 Museum of Opera and Theater
Jiuhua Shan 203, 234 Former Residence of Zhou (Suzhou) 205
Karakoram Highway 514 Enlai (Shanghai) 194
Karakoram Mountains 503 Foshan Folk Art Studio
landscape and wildlife 20 (Foshan) 302
Lao Shan 147

GENERAL INDEX 649

Museums (cont.) Museum (cont.) Mutianyu 108
Museum of Overseas Trade Sun Yat Sen’s Residence Muzong emperor 52
(Quanzhou) 291 (Cuiheng) 302 Myanmar 373, 384–5, 389
Museum to Commemorate Suzhou Museum (Suzhou) 204 Myths and Mountains 605, 607
Aiding Korea & Resisting Suzhou Silk Museum (Suzhou)
America (Dandong) 441 204 N
Museum of Yin Ruins Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
(Anyang) 152 History Museum (Nanjing) 222 Na-Li (Beijing) 112, 113
National Art Museum of China Tea Museum (Hangzhou) 240 Nadam Fair 46
(Beijing) 94 Tianjin Fine Art Museum Nakchu Horse Race Festival 46
Nationality Museum (Tongshi) (Tianjin) 129 Namtso Lake 519, 542–3
304 Tianjixiang Museum (Pingyao) Nan Putuo Si (Xiamen) 286
Ningxia Provincial Museum 139 Nan Yue Palace Gardens
(Yinchuan) 475 Tibet Museum (Lhasa) 529
Overseas Chinese Museum Tujia Museum (Furongzhen) (Guangzhou) 298
(Xiamen) 286 261 Nan Yue Tomb (Guangzhou) 300
Peasant Movement Institute Turpan Museum (Turpan) 504 Nanchan Si (Wutai Shan) 136
(Guangzhou) 298 Wang Shi Xiao Yuan Nanchang 239, 250–51
Porcelain Museum (Yangzhou) 221
(Jingdezhen) 255 Wen Miao (Wuwei) 490 hotels 563
Pottery Exhibition Hall Wenya Museum (Jinzhou) 440 map 251
(Yixing) 218 Wuxi Museum (Wuxi) 216 restaurants 589
Provincial Museum (Fuzhou) Xianyang City Museum Nanchang Uprising (1927) 177
292 (Xianyang) 170 Nanguan Mosque (Linxia) 484
Provincial Museum (Guiyang) Xinjiang Provincial Museum Nanguan Mosque (Yinchuan) 475
398 (Ürümqi) 506 Nanhua Si (Shaoguan) 303
Provincial Museum (Harbin) 450 Yan’an Revolutionary Museum Nanjing 177, 203, 222–31
Provincial Museum (Hefei) 233 (Yan’an) 171 hotels 561
Provincial Museum (Kunming) Yangzhou Museum food and drink 180
374 (Yangzhou) 220 map 223
Provincial Museum Yantai Museum (Yantai) 148 Purple Mountain 228–30
(Nanchang) 251 Yong Ling Museum (Chengdu) restaurants 588
Provincial Museum (Nanjing) 358 Visitors’ Checklist 223
226 Zhenjiang Museum Zhonghua Gate 224–5
Provincial Museum (Nanning) (Zhenjiang) 218 Nanjing, Treaty of 63, 183
423 Zigong Salt Museum (Zigong) Nanjing Lu (Shanghai) 188, 197
Provincial Museum (Wuwei) 490 355 Nanjing Massacre (1937) 227
Qingdao Museum 147 Memorial (Purple Mountain) 231
Qingyun Pu (Nanchang) 251 Music 40 Nanjing Yangzi River Bridge
Red Gate Gallery (Beijing) 95 Beijing Opera 74–5, 113 (Nanjing) 227
Revolutionary Museum discos and karaoke 603 Nanking see Nanjing
(Nanchang) 250 festivals 47 Nanking Road see Nanjing Lu
Rishenchang (Pingyao) 138 Hong Kong 332, 333 Nanning 423
Sanxingdui Museum 360 rock and pop music 603 hotels 569–70
Shaanxi History Museum Shanghai 200, 201 Nanping 234
(Xi’an) 161, 166–7 Sichuan opera 360 Nanshan Si (Wutai Shan) 136
Shandong Provincial Museum traditional music 603 Nanwu Chaoxi Si (Huanglong
(Ji’nan) 142 Xi) 368
Shanghai History Museum 189 Music Room Live (Hong Kong) Nanyan Gong (Wudang Shan) 272
Shanghai Museum 190–91, 332, 333 Nanyue 261
200, 201 Nanyue Damiao (Heng Shan) 261
Shanxi Provincial Museum Muslims and Islam 507 Nanzhao Kingdom 342, 374, 388
(Taiyuan) 137 Aba Khoja Mausoleum Nathan Road (Hong Kong) 316,
Sichuan University Museum (Kashgar) 512–13 330
(Chengdu) 359 Arab traders 278 National Art Museum of China
Site of the First National Cow Street Mosque (Beijing) 98 (Beijing) 94
Congress of the Chinese food and drink 77 National Day 47
Communist Party (Shanghai) Garden Tomb of Puhaddin National Theater (Beijing) 41
194 (Yangzhou) 221 Nationalist Party see Kuomintang
Song Qingling’s Former Great Mosque (Xi’an) 163 (KMT)
Residence (Shanghai) 198 Huaisheng Mosque Nature preserves
Stilwell Museum (Chongqing) (Guangzhou) 299 Changbai Shan Reserve 437,
351 Islamic Cemetery (Guangzhou) 448–9
Sun Yat Sen Memorial 300–301 Chishui 410
Residence (Shanghai) 194 Muslim Quarter (Kunming) 375 Everest Base Camp 546
Muslim Uprising (1856) 342 Hanas Lake Nature Reserve 508
in Xinjiang 503 Jianfeng Ling Nature Reserve
see also Mosques 305

650 GENERAL INDEX

Nature Preserves (cont.) Northeast China (cont.) Otani, Count 495
Longrui Nature Preserve 424 restaurants 595–6 Ou Yuan (Suzhou) 204
Mengda Nature Reserve 499 River Border minorities 455 Our Lady of China (Shanghai) 199
Shennongjia Forest reserve Trans Siberian Express 434–5 Our Lady of Lourdes (Shamian
177, 259, 272 see also Beijing and the North
Wolong Nature Preserve 349, Island) 301
369 Northern Dynasties 53, 55 Overseas Chinese Museum
Wulingyuan Nature Preserve Northern Song dynasty 53, 59
264–5 Northern Wei dynasty 53, 55, 132 (Xiamen) 286
Zhalong Nature Reserve 403, Northwest Airlines 625 Overseas Chinese Tropical Farm
437, 452 Northwest Yunnan Ecotourism
(Xinglong) 304
Naxi people 24, 343, 393 Association 607
Dongba Research Institute Novels 29 P
(Lijiang) 392 Novotel 553
Nowrojee, Dorabjee 315 Pacific Hotel (Shanghai) 188
Nechung Monastery (Lhasa) 536–7 Nu, U 382 Pacific Place (Hong Kong) 330,
Nengren Si (Jiujiang) 252 No. 1 Department Store
Neolithic period 51, 72 331
Nepal border 546, 547 (Shanghai) 200, 201 Padmasambhava 520
Nestorian Christianity 162 Nunneries Pagodas 35, 165
New Territories 321
New Year Ani Tsankhung Nunnery Bai Ta (Hohhot) 469
(Lhasa) 529 Baisikou Shuang Ta 476
Chinese 42, 47 Fulu Buddhist Nunnery Beisi Ta (Suzhou) 204
Tibetan 44 (Sanjiang) 420 Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Western 47 Nuorilang Falls 370 (Xi’an) 161, 164, 487
Newspapers 623 Nuoyu 394 Fan Pagoda (Kaifeng) 151
Night Market (Beijing) 94 Nurhachi 62, 432, 438 Gongtang Pagoda 483
Night Market (Shigatse) 544 tomb of 439 Haibao Ta (Yinchuan) 475
Nightclubs Iron Pagoda (Kaifeng) 150
Beijing 113 O Ligong Pagoda (Hangzhou) 241
Hong Kong 332, 333 Linggu Pagoda (Nanjing) 229,
Shanghai 201 Observatories 230
Nine Dragon Screen (Beijing) 90 Ancient Observatory (Beijing) North Pagoda (Shenyang) 438
Nine Horse Fresco Hill 417 94–5 Qianxun Ta (Dali) 373
Ningbo 239, 246 Purple Mountain Observatory Qiji Futu Pagoda (Harbin) 451
Ningxia province 460, 461, 467 (Nanjing) 228, 230 Riming Shuang Ta (Guilin) 414
hotels 571 Ruigang Pagoda (Suzhou) 213
map 467 Ocean Park (Hong Kong) 322–3, San Ta (Dali) 386–7
restaurants 596 332, 333 Shengjin Ta Pagoda
Ningxia Provincial Museum (Nanchang) 251
(Yinchuan) 475 Old Protestant Cemetery (Macau) Shuang Ta (Suzhou) 210
Ningzong emperor 53 326 Si Men Pagoda (Ji’nan) 142
Ninth Dragon Screen (Forbidden Six Harmonies Pagoda
City) 89 Old Racecourse (Shanghai) 189, (Hangzhou) 241
Nixon, Richard 67, 286 197 Small Goose Pagoda (Xi’an)
No Name Bar (Beijing) 113 161, 164
Nomads 524–5 Old Summer Palace see Songyang Si Pagoda
Mongols of the Steppe 462–3 Yuanming Yuan (Songshan) 158
Tibet 521 Wat Ben Pagoda 382
Noonday Gun (Hong Kong) 311 Old Town (Kashgar) 510 Wenfeng Pagoda (Anyang) 152
Norbulingka (Lhasa) 529 Olympic Games 604, 607 Wu Ta Si (Hohhot) 469
North Korea 437, 440–41 108 Dagobas (Ningxia) 477 Xi Si Ta (Kunming) 375
North Pagoda (Shenyang) 438 Opal (Kashgar) 511 Yan’an Bao Pagoda (Yan’an)
North Tomb (Shenyang) 439 Opening hours 612 171
Northeast China 427–55 Yingxian Pagoda 165
Changbai Shan 448–9 banks 620 Paintballing 606
forests 22 restaurants 576 Paintings see Arts and crafts
fossils 453 shops 598 Pak Tai Temple (Cheung Chau
hotels 570–1 Opera Island) 324
Liaoning, Jilin and Beijing Opera 74–5, 113, 602 Pak Tam Chung Visitor Centre
Heilongjiang 437–55 festivals 46 (Sai Kung Town) 321
Manchu dynasty 432–3 model operas 65 Pakistan 503, 514
maps 428–9 Museum of Opera and Theater Palace Hotel (Shanghai) 187
peoples 25 (Suzhou) 205 Palace Museum (Forbidden City)
Portrait of Northeast China Sichuan opera 360 86–9
430–31 Opium Wars 63, 278, 422 Palaces
Orange Pavilion (Suzhou) 207 Ganden Palace (Lhasa) 536
Orchid Garden (Guangzhou) Imperial Palace (Shenyang)
300–301 432, 438
Oriental Pearl TV Tower
(Pudong) 40
Oriental Pearl TV Tower
(Shanghai) 189
Oroqen people 25, 455

GENERAL INDEX 651

Palaces (cont.) Parks and gardens (cont.) Parks and gardens (cont.)
Jinjiang Prince’s Palace Heilong Tan Gongyuan Wuquan Shan Gongyuan
(Guilin) 415 (Lijiang) 392 (Lanzhou) 485
Ming Palace Ruins (Nanjing) 226 Hong Kong Zoological & Xi Yuan (Suzhou) 211
Palace of Abstinence Botanical Gardens 311 Xiang Shan Park (Beijing) 103
(Forbidden City) 89 Hongkou Park (Shanghai) 198 Xihui Park (Wuxi) 216
Palace of Earthly Tranquillity Hongshan Park (Ürümqi) 506 Xinglong Tropical Botanical
(Forbidden City) 88 Huagang Garden (Hangzhou) Gardens 304
Palace of Eternal Harmony 242 Xu Yuan (Nanjing) 223
(Forbidden City) 88–9 Huanglong Dong Park Xuanwu Lake (Nanjing) 226
Palace of Heavenly Purity (Hangzhou) 240 Yantai Shan Park (Yantai) 148
(Forbidden City) 88 Huangpu Park (Shanghai) 195 Yi Yuan (Suzhou) 210
Palace of Peaceful Longevity Humble Administrator’s Yu Gardens and Bazaar
(Forbidden City) 89 Garden (Suzhou) 206–7 (Shanghai) 192–3
Potala Palace 534–5 Imperial Gardens (Forbidden Yuanming Yuan (Garden of
Puppet Emperor’s Palace City) 88 Perfect Brightness, Beijing)
(Changchun) 431, 446 Jiangxin Park (Wenzhou) 247 103, 433
Summer Palace (Beijing) Jin Shan Park (Zhenjiang) 218 Yuexiu Gongyuan
100–102 Jing Shan Park (Beijing) 90 (Guangzhou) 301
Summer Palace (Lhasa) 529 Jinhua Cha Gardens 423 Yuhuangding Park (Yantai) 148
Lan Shan Gongyuan (Lanzhou) Yuhuatai (Nanjing) 231
Pamir Mountains 461, 503 485 Zhaolin Park (Harbin) 450
The “Great Game” 491 Lianfengshan Park (Beidaihe)
Karakoram Highway 514 128 Passports 610–11
Liu Yuan (Suzhou) 211 security 616
Pan Men Scenic Area (Suzhou) Longting Park (Kaifeng) 151
212–13 Mei Yuan (Taihu) 216 Pavilion of a Thousand Autumns
Nan Yue Palace Gardens (Forbidden City) 88
Panchen Lamas (Guangzhou) 298
Chengde 123 Norbulingka (Lhasa) 529 Peace Hotel (Shanghai) 187
11th Panchen Lama 544 Old Racecourse (Shanghai) Peace Hotel Jazz Bar (Shanghai)
Tashilunpo Monastery 189, 197
(Shigatse) 544, 545 Orchid Garden (Guangzhou) 200, 201
300–301 Peak Tower (Hong Kong) 313
Pandas 361 Ou Yuan (Suzhou) 204 Peak Tram (Hong Kong) 313
Panda Breeding Center 360 Pan Men Scenic Area (Suzhou) Pearl-Beach Falls
Wolong Nature Preserve 369 212–13
People’s Park (Shanghai) 188 Jiuzhai Gou tour 370
Panjiayuan Market (Beijing) 112, Qianling Shan Park (Guiyang) Pearl river 278, 295
113 399
Qixing Gongyuan (Guilin) 414 Mai Po Marshes 321
Panlong 424 Renmin Park (Chengdu) 359 Peasant Movement Institute
Park Hotel (Shanghai) 188 Renmin Park (Nanning) 423
Park Hyatt 553 Shizi Lin (Suzhou) 204 (Guangzhou) 298
Parks and gardens (general) Shou Xi Hu (Yangzhou) 220 Pedder Building (Hong Kong)
Shuzhuang Garden (Gulang
admission charges 612 Yu) 287 331
playing games in 602 Stalin Park (Harbin) 450 Pegasus (Shanghai) 201
traditional Chinese gardens Summer Palace (Beijing) Pei, I.M. 310
178–9 100–102 Peking Man site 111
Parks and gardens (individual) Sun Island Park (Harbin) 450 Pelkor Chode Monastery
Bailuzhou Park (Nanjing) 222 Taibao Shan Park (Baoshan)
Baita Shan Gongyuan 388–9 (Gyantse) 543
(Lanzhou) 484 Tiger Hill (Suzhou) 211 Pelliot, Paul 495, 509
Bayi Park (Nanchang) 250 Tropical Botanical Gardens Peng Dehui 253
Beihai Park (Beijing) 90 (Xishuangbanna) 344 Penglai Pavilion 149
Beijing Botanical Gardens 103 Tropical Flower and Plant Penholder Peak
Botanic Gardens (Menglun) Garden (Jinghong) 382
384 Tuisi Yuan (Tongli) 216 Li river cruise 417
Botanical Gardens (Nanjing) Victoria Park (Hong Kong) 311 Peninsula Hotels 553
230 Victoria Peak Garden (Hong Penjing 179
Canglang Ting (Suzhou) Kong) 312 Peoples of China 24–5
210–11 Wangshi Yuan (Suzhou) 210
Cui Hu Gongyuan (Kunming) Wanshi Botanical Garden see also Ethnic minorities
374 (Xiamen) 286 People’s Hall (Lu Shan) 253
Danxia Shan 303 People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
Di Tan Park (Beijing) 93
Donghai Park (Dalian) 444 Cultural Revolution 64, 65
Fuxing Park (Shanghai) 194 People’s Park and Square
Ge Yuan (Yangzhou) 220
Haigeng Park (Lake Dian) 377 (Shanghai) 188
He Yuan (Yangzhou) 221 Period of Disunity 53
Permits 611
Personal security 616–17
Phagpa 546
Pharmacies 617
Philosophy 30–31

qi 32–3

652 GENERAL INDEX

Photography 613 Pu Yi, Emperor 53, 63, 66, 446 Qianlong emperor (cont.)
etiquette 614 abdication 89 Puning Si (Chengde) 124
Beijing Botanical Gardens 103 Summer Palace (Beijing) 100,
Pileguo 388 and Manchukuo 431, 437, 446 102
Ping An 420 Puppet Emperor’s Palace and Xiangfei 512
Pingdi emperor 52 (Changchun) 431, 446 Yangzhou 220
Pingliang 486 tomb of 109 Yuanming Yuan (Beijing) 103,
Pingxiang 424–5 433
Pingyao 35, 121, 138–9 Public holidays 47, 552, 612
Public Security Bureau (PSB) Qianming Si (Guiyang) 398
hotels 556 Qiantang river 242
restaurants 584 611, 616 Qianxun Ta (Dali) 373, 386
Pinyin script 27, 612 Public toilets 617 Qiao Guifa 139
Plants 20–3 Pubs Qiao Jia Dayuan 139
bamboo 411 Qidan people 58
ginseng 448 Beijing 113 Qigong 32
plant hunters 345 Hong Kong 332, 333 Qiji Futu Pagoda (Harbin) 451
Southwest China 344–5 Pudong (Shanghai) 183, 187, Qilian Shan 490
see also Parks and gardens 189 Qin dynasty 53, 54
Plum Blossom Hill (Purple Puhaddin Qin Shi Huangdi emperor 53, 54,
Mountain) 230 Garden Tomb of Puhaddin
Plum Monastery (Zhaoqing) 302 (Yangzhou) 221 145, 161
Po Lin Monastery (Lantau Island) Puji Si (Putuo Shan) 248 and Confucius 143
324–5 Pule Si (Chengde) 123, 128 Great Wall of China 106
“Pockmarked Huang” 194, 197 Puning Si (Chengde) 34, 123, Heng Shan 131
Poetry, Tang 28 124–5 Penglai 149
Pok Fu Lam Reservoir (Hong Puntsok Palace 546 Terracotta Army 54, 73, 161,
Kong) 312 Puppet Emperor’s Palace 168–9
Police 616, 617 (Changchun) 431, 446 tomb of 169
Pollution 18, 618 Puppet theater 603 Qing dynasty 53, 62–3
Polo, Marco 60, 243, 465 Purple Mountain (Nanjing) Eastern Qing Tombs 109
and China’s Jews 151 228–30 literature 28, 29
in Fuzhou 292 Pusa Ding (Wutai Shan) 135 porcelain 255
in Hangzhou 240 Putonghua (Chinese language) Manchu dynasty 432–3
Hualin Si (Guangzhou) 298 26, 612 Summer Palace (Beijing) 100
Marco Polo Bridge 110 Putuo Shan 175, 239, 248–9 Taiping Rebellion 222
Yangzi river 176 hotels 563 Qing Teng Shu Wu (Shaoxing)
Pop music 603 restaurants 589 246
Porcelain see Ceramics Putuozongcheng Zhi Miao Qingcheng Shan 368
Port Arthur see Lushun (Chengde) 122 Qingdao 73, 141, 146–7, 604
Portugal Puzhao Si (Tai Shan) 144 hotels 558
food and drink in Macau 329 map 146–7
and Macau 278, 307, 326 Q restaurants 585
Postal services 622 Qingdao International Beer
Poste restante 622–3 Qantas 625 Festival 46
Potala Palace (Lhasa) 521, 534–5 Qi 32–3 Qingdao Museum (Qingdao) 147
Pottery see Ceramics Qinghai Hu 459, 461, 479, 499
Pottery Exhibition Hall (Yixing) traditional medicine 232 Qinghai province 460, 461, 479
218 Qi Fo Si (Wutai Shan) 135 hotels 571
Pousada São Tiago (Macau) 328 Qian Bu Sha (Putuo Shan) 249 map 479
Poyang, Lake 239 Qian Ling (Xi’an) 170 restaurants 596–7
Praia Grande (Macau) 327 Qian Men (Beijing) 84 Qingjing Mosque (Quanzhou) 291
Precious Clouds Pavilion Qingming Festival 45
(Summer Palace, Beijing) 102 Street-by-Street map 82 Qingning Palace (Shenyang) 438
Prescription Cave (Longmen Qian Men Carpet Company Qingping Market (Guangzhou)
Caves) 155 298
Prescription drugs 617 (Beijing) 112, 113 Qingshan (Baotou) 470
Printing 37 Qiang people 371 Qingyang 399
Prosperity 42–3 Qianling Shan Park (Guiyang) Qingyang Gong (Chengdu) 343,
Protestant Church (Qingdao) 146 358
Provincial Museum (Guiyang) 398 399 Qingyin Ge (Emei Shan) 363
Provincial Museum (Kunming) Qianlong emperor 53, 62, 122, Qingyuan 303
374 Qingyuan Shan 291
Provincial Museum (Nanchang) 432, 433 Qingyun Pu (Nanchang) 251
251 Baoguang Si 360 Qingzhen Si (Tianjin) 129
Provincial Museum (Nanjing) 226 Beijing Opera 74 Qinian Dian (Beijing) 97
Pu Songling 147 Chengde 123 Qinzong emperor 53, 59
Eastern Qing Tombs 109
food customs and etiquette
579
Great Bell Temple (Beijing) 103
Mansion of Prince Gong
(Beijing) 90
Marco Polo Bridge 110

GENERAL INDEX 653

Qiongzhong 304 Revolutionary Museum Salt
Qiongzhu Si (Kunming) 376 (Nanchang) 250 mining salt in Sichuan 355
Qiqiha’er 452, 454 Zigong 355
Ricci, Matteo 61
hotels 571 astronomy 94 Salween river 373, 527
Qixia Shan (Hangzhou) 240 and China’s Jews 151 Sami people 378
Qixia Si (Nanjing) 231 South Cathedral (Beijing) 85 Sam’s Tailor (Hong Kong) 331
Qixing Gongyuan (Guilin) 414 Xujiahui Catholic Cathedral Samye Monastery 520, 540–41
Qixing Yan 302 (Shanghai) 199 San Ta (Dali) 386–7
Qu Yuan 45 Zhaoqing 302 Sanchahe Elephant Reserve 382
Quanzhou 285, 291 Sanche river 401
Rice 280–81 Sangke 482
hotels 564 terraces 404–5 Sanjiang 420–21
Qufu 73, 142–3 Sanqing Si (Western Hills) 377
Rice wine 581 Sanshan Island (Taihu) 216
hotels 558 Richtofen, Baron von 464 Sanxingdui 343
restaurants 585 Rickshaws, motorcycle 633 Sanxingdui Museum 360
Qutang Xia 353 Riming Shuang Ta (Guilin) Sanya 305
Sanyang Feng 292
R 414 SARS (severe acute respiratory
Rinpoche, Guru 540, 541
Rabies 619 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! syndrome) 618–19
Radio 623 Sassoon, Sir Victor 187
Radisson 553 Odditorium (Hong Kong) 333 Sayram Lake 508
Railways see Trains Rishenchang (Pingyao) 138 Schall von Bell, Adam 94, 433
Ramada 553 River Border 454 Schistosomiasis 619
Ramoche (Lhasa) 528 Science Museum (Hong Kong)
Red (Shanghai) 201 minority peoples 455
Red Army River cruises 316
Scripts 26–7
cult of Mao 262 Li river cruise 416–17
Long March 66, 256, 371 Yangzi cruise 352–4 calligraphy 27, 219
Nanchang Uprising 177 River Promenade (Shanghai) Naxi script 393
Zunyi Conference 410 186 Secluded Pavilion of Firmiana
Red Basin 349 Road names 633 Simplex and Bamboo
Red Gate Gallery (Beijing) 95 Rock, Joseph 345, 390 (Suzhou) 207
Red Guard 64 Rock and pop music 603 Security 616–17
Red Palace (Lhasa) 534, 535 Rong Hu (Guilin) 414 Sera Monastery (Lhasa) 521, 537
Red Turbans 60 Rongphu Monastery 546 Service charges, in hotels 551
Reform Movement 63 Rongshui river 420 Seventeen-arch Bridge (Summer
Rehai 389 Room With a View (Shanghai) Palace, Beijing) 102
Religion 19, 30–31 200, 201 Sexually transmitted diseases 619
festivals 44 Rua de Felicidade (Macau) 328 Sha Tin Racecourse (Hong
see also Buddhism; Rugby 604, 607 Kong) 332, 333
Christianity; Muslims and Ruifuxiang (Beijing) 85 Shaanxi History Museum (Xi’an)
Islam Ruigang Pagoda (Suzhou) 213 161, 166–7
Renmin Park (Chengdu) 359 Ruijin Guesthouse (Shanghai) 194 Shaanxi province 72, 161–71
Renmin Square (Dalian) 444 Ruili 389 hotels 558–9
Renmin Square (Nanchang) 250 Ruinas de São Paulo (Macau) 326 map 161
Renzong emperor 53 Ruizong emperor 52 restaurants 585
Repulse Bay 323 Russia Shadow plays 603
Resonant Sand Gorge 470 The “Great Game” 491, 543 Shamian Island 298, 300–301
Restaurants 574–97 and Harbin 431, 437, 450 hotels 565
etiquette 614 Russian Orthodox Church 196, map 300–301
air conditioning 618 450 Shan Hu (Guilin) 414
bargaining 615 Ruzhen (Jurchen) people 58 Shandong province 72, 73, 141
customs and etiquette 578–9 Ruzi emperor 52 food and drink 76–7
ethnic food 577 hotels 557–8
fast food 577 S map 141
in hotels 576 restaurants 585
opening hours 576 Sacred Heart Church Shandong Provincial Museum
service charges 615 (Guangzhou) 298 (Ji’nan) 142
smoking in 615 Shang Cai Dong (Wutai Shan)
themed restaurants 577 Safety 616–17 135
tipping in 579 Sai Kung Town and Peninsula Shang City Walls (Zhengzhou)
vegetarian food 577 152
Western restaurants 577 Beaches (Hong Kong) 320–21 Shang dynasty 51, 52, 72
see also Food and drink St. Joseph’s Church (Beijing) 94 oracle bones 26, 152
Retreat in the Qingbian St. Mary’s Church (Beijing) 85 Shangdi emperor 52
Mountain (Wang Meng) 191 St. Michael’s Church (Qingdao)

146
St. Regis 553
Sakya Monastery 520, 521, 546
Sakya Pandita 546
Sakya Yeshe 537

654 GENERAL INDEX

Shangfeng Si (Heng Shan) 261 Shapotou 459, 476 Shou Xi Hu (Yangzhou) 220
Shanghai 16, 176–7, 183–201 Shaw, George Bernard 198 Shu kingdom 53, 343
She Shan (Shanghai) 199 Shuang Ta (Suzhou) 210
air travel 625, 627 Sheli Ta (Baoguang Si) 360 Shuanglin Si 139
banks 620 Shen Nong emperor 293 Shuijing Xiang Market (Xining)
Bund 176, 183, 186–7, 195, 197 Shengjin Ta Pagoda (Nanchang)
climate 49 498
entertainment 200–201 251 Shuilian Dong (Huangguoshu
food and drink 180 Shennong Xi 353, 354
hospitals 617 Shennongjia 177, 259, 272 Falls) 401
hotels 559 Shenyang 430, 432, 437, 438–9 Shuilian Dong (Wuyi Shan)
Huangpu river 195
map 184–5 hotels 571 292
Old Shanghai 197 map 439 Shundi emperor 52
Public Security Bureau (PSB) restaurants 596 Shunzhi emperor 53
611 Shenzhen 295, 296
restaurants 586–8 hotels 565 Eastern Qing Tombs 109
Shanghai Museum 190–91 Shenzong emperor 53 Imperial Palace (Shenyang) 438
shopping 200–201 Sher Ali 491 Shunzong emperor 52
skiing 605 Sheraton 553 Shuzheng Zhai
subway 632 Sheung Wan’s Markets (Hong Jiuzhai Gou tour 370
Yu Gardens and Bazaar 192–3 Kong) 315 Shuzhuang Garden (Gulang Yu)
Shanghai Antique & Curio Shop Shexian 203, 234 287
(Shanghai) 200, 201 Shi De 211 Si Men Pagoda (Ji’nan) 142
Shanghai Center 188, 200, 201 Shi Lin (Stone Forest) 373, Siberia 454, 458, 467
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center 378–9, 412 Sichuan opera 360
200, 201 Shi Tao 220 Sichuan province 343, 349–71
Shanghai Exhibition Center 196 Shiba Pan (Tai Shan) 144 carvings of Dazu 356–7
Shanghai Film Art Center 201 Shibao Zhai 352, 354 Dafo (Le Shan) 364–7
Shanghai Financial Center 189 Shibing 409 Emei Shan 362–3
Shanghai Grand Theater 188, Shidebala 52 food and drink 346
200, 201 Shidong 408 giant pandas 361
Shanghai History Museum 189 Shidu 111 hotels 567–8
Shanghai International Film Shigatse 544–5 map 349
Festival 45 hotels 573 restaurants 593–4
Shanghai Museum 200, 201 map 545 salt mines 355
Shanghai Music Conservatory restaurants 597 Yangzi cruise 352–4
Auditorium 200, 201 Shijiazhuang 130 Sichuan University Museum
Shanghai No. 1 Department hotels 556 (Chengdu) 359
Store 188 restaurants 584 Sidong Gou 410
Shanghai Pearl City (Shanghai) Ship Lifting Tower (Three Sifang Jie (Lijiang) 391
200, 201 Gorges Dam) 269 Silk 208–9
Shanghai Tang (Hong Kong) 331 Shipaotai Gongyuan (Shantou) Hetian Silk Factory (Khotan)
Shangqing Gong (Qingcheng 296 515
Shan) 368 Shishao 400 Silk Embroidery Research
Shangri-La Hotels 553 Shizhang Dong 410 Institute (Suzhou) 210
Shangyong 384 Shizi Lin (Suzhou) 174, 204 Suzhou Silk Museum (Suzhou)
Shanhaiguan 121, 128 Shizi Yan 303 204
hotels 556 Shizong emperor 58 What to Buy in China 601
Shanhua Si (Datong) 131 Shopping 598–601 Silk Roads 54, 60, 342, 464–5
Shanshaan Gan Guild Hall antiques shops 112, 200, 330, Baoshan 388
(Kaifeng) 150 599 Burma Road 377
Shantou 296 bargaining 598, 615 Dunhuang 494
Shanxi province 72, 73, 121 Beijing 112–13 Hexi Corridor 479
hotels 556 department stores and Karakoram Highway 514
map 121 boutiques 112, 330, 599 Kashgar 510
restaurants 584–5 government shops 599 Khotan 515
Shanxi Provincial Museum Hong Kong and Macau Race for the Silk Road Oases
(Taiyuan) 137 330–31 495
Shao Shan 259, 260, 262 how to pay 598 Silk Road 515
Shaoguan 303 opening hours 598 The Spread of Buddhism 487
Shaolin International Martial Arts Shanghai 200–201 Tengchong 389
Festival 46 What to Buy in China Turpan 504
Shaolin Temple 141, 158, 159, 606 600–601 Xi’an 162
Shaoxing 239, 246 see also Markets Xinjiang 503
Shaping 388 Shoton (Yoghurt festival) 46 Yarkand 515
Shou Ning Si (Wutai Shan) 135 Yengisar 514
see also Inner Mongolia and
the Silk Roads

GENERAL INDEX 655

Sima Qian 28 South China Sea 295 Su Dongpo (cont. )
Simatai 108 South Gate (Yinchuan) 475 Liu Rong Si (Guangzhou) 299
Simplified script 27 South Lake Island (Summer Su Causeway (Hangzhou) 243
Sino-Japanese War (1894–5) 63, Wugong Si (Haikou) 304
Palace, Beijing) 102 Yizhou Pavilion (Changzhou)
148 Southeast Corner Watchtower 218
Lushun (Port Arthur) 445
Museum of the 1895 Sino- (Beijing) 95 Su Zimei 210
Japanese War (Weihai) 149 Southern Dynasties 53, 55 Subashi Gucheng 509
Site of the First National Congress Southern Song dynasty 53, 59 Subways
of the Chinese Communist
Party (Shanghai) 194 Hangzhou 240 Beijing 632
Six Harmonies Pagoda Southwest China 339–425 Shanghai 632
(Hangzhou) 241 Sui (court official) 268
Skiing 605 bamboo 411 Sui dynasty 53, 55, 161
Sleeping Buddha Temple Chinese cranes 403 Sui Wendi emperor 217
(Beijing) 103 flora of Southwest China Sui Yandi emperor 217
Small Wild Goose Pagoda (Xi’an) 344–5 Suleiman, Prince 504
161, 164 food and drink 346–7 Summer in China 45–6
Smoking 615 Guizhou and Guangxi 397–425 weather 48, 618
Snake Repository (Wuzhou) 422 hotels 567–70 Summer Palace (Beijing) 72,
Soccer 604, 607 karst 412–13 100–102
Sofitel 553 map 340–41 Visitors’ Checklist 101
Soft drinks 580 peoples 24 Summer Palace (Lhasa) 529
Sogo (Hong Kong) 330, 331 Portrait of Southwest China Sun Asia Ocean World (Dalian)
Sok Kwu Wan 324 342–3 444–5
Song, T.V. 198 restaurants 593–5 Sun Dong’an Plaza (Beijing) 112,
Song Ailing 198 Sichuan and Chongqing 349–71 113
Song dynasty 53, 58, 59 Yunnan 373–95 Sun Island Park (Harbin) 450
Central China 177 Souvenirs 600–601 Sun protection 618
Gongyi 158 Special Economic Zones 67 Sun Yat Sen 63, 198, 297, 304
porcelain 255 Specialist holidays 604–7 at Guilin 415
Song Jiang 199 Spectator sports 602, 604 birthplace 302
Song Meiling 198, 253, 304 Spelunking 607 Hong Kong 314
Song Qingling 297 Splendid China (Shenzhen) 296 Kuomintang 66
Song Qingling’s Former Sports 604–7 Mausoleum (Nanjing) 228,
Residence (Shanghai) 198 Hong Kong 332, 333 229, 230
Sun Yat Sen Memorial spectator sports 602, 604 Museum of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
Residence (Shanghai) 194 Spring in China 44–5 (Nanjing) 229, 230
Wenchang 304 Spring City 604, 607 Nanjing 222, 223
Song Shan 141 Spring Festival (Chin Jie) 42, 44 Purple Mountain (Nanjing) 230
Songhua Lake 447 Stalin, Joseph 99 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
Songhua river 447 Stalin Park (Harbin) 450 (Guangzhou) 301
Songpan 349, 369 Stanley 323 Sun Yat Sen Memorial
Songshan 158 markets 330, 331 Residence (Shanghai) 194
Songtsen Gampo, King 520 Star Ferry (Hong Kong) 315 Wuhan 266
Jokhang Temple (Lhasa) 532–3 Star House (Hong Kong) 330, 331 Xiang Shan Park (Beijing) 103
Potala Palace (Lhasa) 534 Stein, Sir Aurel 495, 496 Sunday Market (Kashgar) 510
Ramoche (Lhasa) 528 Steppes 469 Sunlight Rock (Gulang Yu) 287
Songyang Academy (Songshan) grassland 22 Sunni Muslims 507
158 Mongols of the Steppe 462–3 Suyu Kou 476
Songyang Si Pagoda (Songshan) Steppes East 605, 607 Suzhe cuisine 181
158 Steps of China, landscape 21 Suzhou 177, 203, 204–15
South Cathedral (Beijing) 85 Stilwell, General air travel 627
South China 275–337 Burma Road 377 hotels 561
food and drink 282–3 Stilwell Museum (Chongqing) Humble Administrator’s
Fujian 285–93 351 Garden 206–7
Guangdong and Hainan Stomach upsets 618 map 205
295–305 Stone Forest (Shi Lin) 373, Pan Men Scenic Area (Suzhou)
Hong Kong and Macau 307–37 378–9, 412 212–13
hotels 564 Stone Sutra Valley (Tai Shan) 145 Public Security Bureau (PSB)
map 276–7 Street food 576 611
peoples 25 Studio City (Shanghai) 201 restaurants 588–9
Portrait of the South 278–9 Stupa Forest Temple 110 Visitors’ Checklist 205
restaurants 590–1 Stupas 165 Suzhou Museum (Suzhou) 204
rice 280–1 Su Causeway (Hangzhou) 243 Suzhou Silk Museum 204
Su Dongpo 574 Suzong emperor 52
Forest of Stelae Museum
(Xi’an) 162

656 GENERAL INDEX

Swatow see Chaozhou; Shantou Tao Qian 31 Temples (cont.)
Swimming 604 Tara Chapel (Lhasa) 536 Wutai Shan 134–6
Symbolism Tashi Dor 543 see also individual towns and
Tashilunpo Monastery (Shigatse) cities
dragons 88
Eight Auspicious Symbols 542 544–5 Temur Oljeitu 52
food 575 Tashkurgan 514 Ten Kingdoms 52, 58
Tatars 507 Ten Thousand Buddha Cave
T Taxes, air travel 625
Taxis (Longmen Caves) 155
Tableware 579 10,000 Buddhas Monastery
Ta’er Si 460, 461, 479, 500–501 airport 625, 627
Tai ji quan (Tai Chi) 273 in cities 633 (Hong Kong) 320
Tai Long Wan 320, 321 Tayuan Si (Wutai Shan) 134 Teng Wang Pavilion (Nanchang)
Tai Mo Shan 321 Tea 279, 293
Tai O 324, 325 Guiping 422–3 250–51
Tai Shan 72, 73, 93, 141, 144–5 Longjing Village (Hangzhou) Tengchong 389
240 Tengger Desert 476
map 144–5 Tea Museum (Hangzhou) 240 Terrace for Watching the Sunrise
Tai Shan Miao (Wudang Shan) 272 What to Drink in China 580
Tai’an Teachers’ Day 46 (Heng Shan) 261
Teahouses, Beijing 113 Terracotta Army 54, 73, 161,
hotels 558 Telephones 622
restaurants 585 dialling codes 623 168–9
Tai Shan 144–5 Television 623 Textiles
Tai’an Temple (Qingcheng Shan) Temple Street Market (Hong
368 Kong) 317, 330, 331 Beijing shops 112, 113
Taibao Shan Park (Baoshan) Temples (general) Shanghai shops 200, 201
388–9 admission charges 612 silk 208–9
Taichang emperor 52, 61 etiquette 614 Silk Embroidery Research
Taihu 177, 216 Temples (individual) Institute (Suzhou) 210
Taihua Si (Western Hills) 377 Baoguang Si 360 Suzhou Silk Museum (Suzhou)
Taihuai 134 Confucian Temple (Suzhou) 204
restaurants 584 211 tours 605
Taijiang 408 Confucius Temple (Beijing) 93 What to Buy in China 601
Taiping Rebellion (1851–64) 63, Dong Yue Miao (Beijing) 93 Thangkas 536
259, 342, 422 Eight Immortals Temple Theater 41
Jintian 423 (Xi’an) 161, 164 Beijing 112
Suzhou Museum 204 Fayuan Temple (Beijing) 98 Beijing Opera 74–5, 113, 602
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Great Bell Temple (Beijing) 103 Museum of Opera and Theater
History Museum (Nanjing) 222 Hanging Temple 121, 131 (Suzhou) 205
Taiqing Temple (Lao Shan ) Hanshan Si (Suzhou) 211 shadow plays and puppet
147 Heng Shan 261 theater 603
Taiwan, Nationalist government Jade Buddha Temple Shanghai 200, 201
established in 66–7 (Shanghai) 196 traditional theater 113, 602–3
Taiyuan 137 Jing’an Temple (Shanghai) 196 Theft 616
hotels 556 Jiuhua Shan 234 Theme parks
Taizong emperor 52, 53, 57 Jokhang Temple (Lhasa) 530, Fisherman’s Wharf (Macau) 328
Fayuan Temple (Beijing) 98 532–3 Hong Kong Disneyland 325,
tomb 170 Lama Temple (Beijing) 92–3 332, 333
Taizu emperor 53 Linggu Temple (Nanjing) 229, Ocean Park (Hong Kong)
Tajiks 507 230 322–3
Taklamakan Desert 461, 494, Man Mo Temple (Hong Kong) Shenzhen 296
503, 515 314 Themed restaurants 577
Tan Hao 132 Puning Si (Chengde) 123, Third Moon Fair 45
Tan Kah Kee 286 124–5 Thousand Buddha Caves (Kizil)
Tang An 421 Shaolin Temple 141, 158, 159 509
Tang Bo 250 Shuanglin Si 139 Thousand Buddha Cliffs
Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall Ta’er Si 500–501 (Nanjing) 231
(New Territories) 321 Tai Shan 144–5 Thousand Buddha Mountain
Tang dynasty 52, 56–8, 161 Tanzhe Temple 110 (Ji’nan) 142
Buddhism 487 Temple of Heaven (Beijing) Three Gorges 270–71
poetry 28 70, 96–7 Three Gorges Dam 67, 176,
porcelain 255 White Clouds Temple (Beijing) 259, 268–9, 352–4
Tang Wenzong emperor 162 98–9 Yangzi cruise 352, 353
Tango Martini (Hong Kong) 332, Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Three Pools Reflecting the Moon
333 Kong) 317 (Hangzhou) 242
Tangyue 234 Tian Chi 437, 448, 449, 503, 506
Tanzhe Temple 110 Tian Hau Festival 45
Tian Shan 461, 503
Tian Tan (Temple of Heaven,
Beijing) 70, 96–7

GENERAL INDEX 657

Tian’an Men (Beijing) Tibetan Oracle 536–7 Tongshi (Hainan Island) 304
Street-by-Street map 83 Tickets Tongzhi emperor 53, 101

Tian’an Men Square (Beijing) 67 admission charges 612 Eastern Qing Tombs 109
Street-by-Street map 82–3 advance booking 610 Tourist information 612
air travel 624–5, 627 Tours
Tianchan Yifu Theater buses 631
(Shanghai) 200, 201 trains 629 Choosing a tour 605, 607
Tiger Beach Scenic Area 444 Jiuzhai Gou tour 370
Tianchao Gong (Nanjing) 223 Tiger Hill (Suzhou) 211 Tower of the Fragrance of
Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) 149 Tiger Lair (Longgong Dong) 401 Buddha (Summer Palace,
Tianhou Gong (Shantou) 296 Tiger Leaping Gorge 373, 394–5 Beijing) 102
Tianhou Temple (Tianjin) 129 Tigers Trackers, Yangzi river 354
Tianjin 73, 129 Siberian Tiger Park (Harbin) 450 Trains 628–9
Time zones 613 advance booking 610
food and drink 77 Timetables, trains 628 airport links 626–7
map 129 Timur 491 tours 605
Tianjin Fine Art Museum Tin Hau Temple (Stanley) 323 train spotting 605
(Tianjin) 129 Tingri 547 Trans Siberian Express 434–5
Tianjin province 121 hotels 573 Trams 633
hotels 556–7 Tipping 615 Peak Tram (Hong Kong) 313
map 121 in hotels 553 Trans Siberian Express 434–5
restaurants 584–5 in restaurants 579 Travel 624–33
Tianjixiang Museum (Pingyao) 139 Toba Wei 53, 55 air 624–7
Tianlong Shan Grottoes Toghon Temur 52 Beijing 81
(Taiyuan) 137 Toilets, public 617 Beijing and the North 70
Tianqi emperor 52 Tombs and cemeteries buses 630–31
Tianqiao Happy Teahouse Aba Khoja Mausoleum Central China 174
(Beijing) 113 (Kashgar) 513 ferries and boats 631
Tianshi Dong (Qingcheng Shan) Astana 505 Hong Kong 309
368 Confucius Forest (Qufu) 143 Inner Mongolia and the Silk
Tianshui 461 East Tomb (Shenyang) 439 Roads 458
hotels 572 Eastern Qing Tombs 109 local transport in cities 632–3
restaurants 597 Gongyi 158 Northeast China 429
Tianshun emperor 52 Hunan Provincial Museum Shanghai 184
Tiantai Buddhist sect 247 (Changsha) 260 South China 276
Tiantai Shan 247, 400 Islamic Cemetery (Guangzhou) Southwest China 340
Tiantai Zhengding (Jiuhua Shan) 300–301 Tibet 519
234 King of Borneo’s Tomb trains 628–9
Tianxing 401 (Nanjing) 231 Trans Siberian Express 434–5
Tianya Haijiao 305 Longhua Cemetery of Martyrs Travel insurance 611
Tianye Ge (Ningbo) 246 (Shanghai) 199 Traveler’s checks 621
Tianyou Shan 292 Mahao Cave Tombs (Le Shan) in shops 598
Tianzhu Peak (Wudang Shan) 272 365 Tree-planting Day 44
Tianzi Ge (Wulingyuan) 265 Ming Tombs (Beijing) 104–5 Trekking 607
Tibet 516–47 Nan Yue Tomb (Guangzhou) Trisong Detsen 520, 540, 541
British invasion 543 300 Tromzikhang (Lhasa) 531
customs information 611 North Tomb (Shenyang) 439 Tropical Botanical Gardens
frontier 371, 499 Old Protestant Cemetery (Xishuangbanna) 344
The “Great Game” 491, 543 (Macau) 326 Tropical forests, Southwest China
hotels 573 Stanley Cemetery 323 345
landscape and wildlife 20 Terracotta Army 168–9 Tsepak Lhakhang (Lhasa) 528
Lhasa 528–37 Tomb of Yuan Shikai (Anyang) Tsetang 541
map 518–19 152 hotels 573
nomadic life 524–5 Tomb of Yusup Hazi Hajup Tsim Sha Tsui Waterfront (Hong
Portrait of Tibet 520–21 (Kashgar) 511 Kong) 316
restaurants 597 Xi Xia Wang Ling 476 Tsingtao see Qingdao
Tibetan plateau 479, 527 Xi’an 170 Tsingtao beer 146
visas and passports 610–11 Xiao Ling Tomb (Nanjing) 230 Tsogchen (Lhasa) 536, 537
Zhongdian 395 Yue Fei Mu (Hangzhou) 240 Tsongkhapa 536
Tibet Museum (Lhasa) 529 Tongli 177, 216 Lama Temple (Beijing) 92
Tibetan Buddhism 461, 520, Tongmenghui (United League) 63 Summer Palace (Lhasa) 529
522–3 Tongren 498 Ta’er Si 500
Lukhang (Lhasa) 528 hotels 572 Wutai Shan 134
Samye Monastery 540–41 Tongrentang Pharmacy (Beijing) Yellow Hat Sect 520
Ta’er Si 500–501 85 Tsurphu Monastery 542
thangkas and mandalas 536 Tu Ta (Zhangye) 490
Xilitu Zhao (Hohhot) 468–9
Tibetan New Year 44

658 GENERAL INDEX

Tugh Temur 52 Vietnam 373, 423, 425 Water Sprinkling Festival 44
Tuisi Yuan (Tongli) 216 Virgin Atlantic 625 Water wheels (Lijiang) 390
Tujia people 25 Visas 610–11 Waterfalls
Tung Chung 325 Volcanoes
Tunxi 234 Baihua Shan (Qiongzhong)
Heshun 389 304
hotels 562 Wu Da Lian Chi 454 Big Dragon Pool Falls
Turpan 461, 503, 504–5 (Yandang Shan) 247
W Changbai Waterfall 448
hotels 573 Detian Falls 397, 425
restaurants 597 W Hotels 553 Diaoshuilou Pubu (Jingpo Hu)
Tushu Dasha (Beijing) 112, 113 Walking 452
24 Bends (Tiger Leaping Gorge) Doupotang Falls 401
394 Changbai Shan 449 Huangguoshu Falls 401
Twin Pagoda Temple (Taiyuan) Jiuzhai Gou tour 370 Maling Canyon 402
137 Tiger Leaping Gorge 394–5 Nuorilang Falls 370
Two International Finance trekking 607 Pearl-Beach Falls 370
Centre (IFC, Hong Kong) 310 in Xishuangbanna 385 Weather 48–9
Walled Villages (New Territories) cold weather 618
U 321 heat and humidity 618
Walls see City walls when to go 610
Uighur 460–61 Walnut Grove (Tiger Leaping Wei Gao 365
food and drink 77 Gorge) 395 Wei Ken 196
Islam 507 Wan Chai (Hong Kong) 310–11 Wei kingdom 53
Khotan 515 Wan Sheng Theater (Beijing) 113 Wei Wei 41
Kuqa 509 The Wanch (Hong Kong) 332, 333 Weidong 385
Turpan 504 Wang, Abbot 495 Weifang International Kite
Yining 508–9 Wang Chongyang 99 Festival 44
Wang Hai Lou Cathedral Weihai 148–9
UK Embassy 617 (Tianjin) 129 hotels 558
UME International Cineplex Wang Hongwen 65 Weining 402
Wang Jian 358 Wen Miao (Anshun) 400
(Shanghai) 201 Wang Mang 54 Wen Miao (Wuwei) 490
Underground City (Beijing) 84 Wang Meng, Retreat in the Wenchang 304
Underground Tunnel (Bozhou) Qingbian Mountain 191 Wenchang Ge (Guiyang) 398
Wang Shi Xiao Yuan (Yangzhou) Wenchang Ge (Yangzhou) 221
233 221 Wencheng, Princess 528, 532, 533
UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Wang Wei 28 Wende, Empress 164
Wang Wenhan 210 Wendi emperor 52, 53
Changbai Shan 448–9 Wang Xian Chen 206 Wenfeng Pagoda (Anyang) 152
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Wang Xizhi 246 Wenshu (Manjusri) 135
Wang Yuanlu 496 Wenshu Yuan (Chengdu) 358
Baoding Shan 357 Wangfeng Ting (Stone Forest) 378 Wenya Museum (Jinzhou) 440
Dafo (Le Shan) 364–7 Wangfujing Street (Beijing) 94 Wenzhou 247
Hongcun 234 Wangjiang Lou Park (Chengdu) hotels 563
Imperial Palace (Shenyang) 438 359 restaurants 590
Lijiang 373, 390–91 Wangjiaping Revolution Wenzong emperor 52
Longmen Caves 73 Headquarters Site (Yan’an) 171 West Lake (Hangzhou) 177,
Peking Man site 111 Wangshi Yuan (Suzhou) 210 242–5
Xidi 234 Wangu Lou (Lijiang) 392 Western Han dynasty 52, 54
United Airlines 625 Wangyue Lou (Beijing) 98 Western Hills (Kunming) 377
United Parcel Service 623 Wanli emperor 52, 61, 302 Western Jin dynasty 53
Universal Theater (Beijing) 113 Ming Tombs (Beijing) 105 Western Liao dynasty 58
University accommodation 550 South Cathedral (Beijing) 85 Western Market (Hong Kong)
Upper and Lower Sengeshong Wannian Si (Emei Shan) 363 330, 331
(Tongren) 498 Wanshi Botanical Garden Western Palaces (Forbidden City)
Ürümqi 461, 503, 506 (Xiamen) 286 89
climate 48 Ward, Frank Kingdon 345 Western restaurants 577
hotels 573 Warner, Langdon 495 Western Xia Empire 52, 58, 59,
restaurants 597 Warring States Period 51, 54 477
US Embassy 617 Warts, health precautions 617 Xi Xia Wang Ling (Helan
Uzbeks 507 Wase 388 Shan) 476
Wat Ben Pagoda 382 Yinchuan 475
V Water, drinking 618, 619 Western Zhou dynasty 51, 53, 161
Water-borne diseases 619 Westin 553
Vaccinations 611, 619 Water Curtain Thousand Buddha Wetlands, landscape & wildlife 23
Vegetarian food 577 Caves (Luomen) 482
Verbiest, Father 94 Water Splashing Festival 383
Victoria Park (Hong Kong) 311
Victoria Peak (Hong Kong)

312–13
Victoria Peak Garden (HK) 312
Victory Monument (Chongqing)

350

GENERAL INDEX 659

Wheelchair access see Disabled Wu Xia 234 Xi’an 72–3, 161, 162–70
travelers Wu Zetian, Empress 52, 57, 58, air travel 627
climate 49
White Clouds Temple (Beijing) 101 hotels 559
98–9 Longmen Caves 154 map 163
Luoyang 152 Public Security Bureau 611
White Dagoba (Beijing) 90 tomb of 170 restaurants 585–6
White Lotus Rebellion Wudang Shan 259, 272, 606 Shaanxi History Museum 161,
Wudang Zhao 470 166–7
(1796–1805) 60, 63 Wudi emperor 52, 464 in Tang dynasty 56
White Pagoda (Lanzhou) 165 Mao Ling (Xi’an) 170 Terracotta Army 54, 73, 161,
White Palace (Lhasa) 534, 535 Songyang Academy 168–9
Whitewater rafting 607 (Songshan) 158
Wife Waiting for Husband (Stone Wuyi Shan 292 Xian Tong Si (Wutai Shan) 135
Wugong Ci (Haikou) 304 Xiandi emperor 52
Forest) 379 Wuhan 176, 259, 266–7 Xianfeng emperor 53, 101
Wild China 605, 607 hotels 563–4
Wild Man 177, 259, 272 map 266–7 Eastern Qing Tombs 109
Wildlife 20–23 restaurants 590 Mansion of Prince Gong
Wuhou Ci (Chengdu) 359 (Beijing) 90
Cao Hai 402 Wuhou Si (Baoshan) 389 Xiang river 257
cranes 403 Wuhu 233 Xiang Shan Park (Beijing) 103
Emei Shan 362 Wulingyuan 177, 259, 264–5 Xiangbi Shan (Guilin) 414
giant pandas 361 hotels 564 Xiangfei 512
Hong Kong Wetland Park 321 Wuquan Shan Gongyuan Xiangfei’s Tomb (Kashgar) 512
Jianfeng Ling Nature Reserve (Lanzhou) 485 Xianglu Shan 409
305 Wusong Fort (Shanghai) 195 Xiangyang Lu Clothes Market
Mai Po Marshes 321 Wusutu Zhao (Hohhot) 469 (Shanghai) 200, 201
Qinghai Hu 499 Wuta Si (Hohhot) 472–3 Xianhe Mosque (Yangzhou) 221
Sanchahe Elephant Reserve 382 Wutai Shan 121, 134–6 Xianren Qiao (Wulingyuan) 264
Shennongjia 272 hotels 557 Xianyang City Museum
Snake Repository (Wuzhou) 422 map 136 (Xianyang) 170
specialist holidays 607 restaurants 584–5 Xianzong emperor 52
Wolong Nature Preserve 369 Visitors’ Checklist 135 Xiao Ling Tomb (Nanjing) 230
Wulingyuan 264 Wuwei 490 Xiao Shi Lin (Stone Forest) 378
Xiamen Seaworld (Gulang Yu) Wuwei Si (Dali) 387 Xiaolong Tan 272
287 Wuxi 216 Xiaoyaijin Park (Hefei) 233
Yingxiong Shan (Gulang Yu) Wuxi Museum (Wuxi) 216 Xiaoying Island (Hangzhou) 242
287 Wuyi Shan 285, 288–9, 292 Xiaozhai 412
Zhalong Nature Reserve 452 hotels 564 Xiaozong emperor 53
see also Zoos Wuyou Hill (Le Shan) 365 Xibo people 509
Wilhelm II, Kaiser 146 Wuzhi Shan 304 Xidi 234
Wilson, Ernest 272, 345 Wuzhou 422 Xiding 384
Window on the World Wuzong emperor 52 Xihui Park (Wuxi) 216
(Shenzhen) 296 Xijiang 340, 408
Wine 506 X Xilinhot 467, 474
Winter in China 47 Xilitu Zhao (Hohhot) 468–9
weather 48, 618 Xanadu 474 Ximao Zhou Island 305
Winter Solstice 47 Xi Jiang 422 Xincun 305
Wolong Nature Preserve 349, 369 Xi Jie (Yangshuo) 418 Xinglong Tropical Botanical
Women travelers 616 Xi Kai Cathedral (Tianjin) 129 Gardens 304
Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Xi Ling, Empress 208 Xingning Lu (Nanning) 423
Kong) 317 Xi Shan (Guiping) 422 Xingping 413
World of Suzie Wong (Beijing) 113 Xi Si Ta (Kunming) 375 Li river cruise 417
World Trade Organisation 67 Xi Xia Wang Ling (Helan Shan) Xingshu calligraphy 27
World War II 66 Xingyi 402
Burma Road 377 476 Xinhai Well (Zigong) 355
Hongyuan Cun (Chongqing) Xi Yuan (Suzhou) 211 Xining 479, 498
351 Xia dynasty 51 hotels 572
Nanjing Massacre (1937) 227 Xia Putao 388 restaurants 597
Writing 26–7 Xiahe 461, 479, 482 Xinjiang province 460, 461,
calligraphy 27, 219 503–15
Naxi script 393 hotels 572 hotels 572
Wu Da Lian Chi 437, 454 Xiamen 285, 286–7 map 503
Wu kingdom 53 restaurants 597
Wu Laiqing 377 hotels 564–5 Xinjiang Provincial Museum
Wu Men Bridge (Suzhou) 212 map 287 (Ürümqi) 506
Wu Sangui, General 376 restaurants 590–1
Wu Ta (Fuzhou) 292 Xiamen Seaworld (Gulang Yu)
Wu Ta Si (Hohhot) 469 287

660 GENERAL INDEX

Xishuangbanna 343, 344, 373, Yangshao culture 51 Yellow River (cont.)
382, 384–5 Yangshuo 343, 397, 418–19 Shandong and Henan 141
Dai people 383, 384 Shanxi province 121
hotels 570 at Zhongwei 476
Xiuqing, Prince 223 Li river cruise 417
Xiuyang (Haikou) 304 restaurants 595 Yellow River Park (Zhengzhou)
Xixiang Chi (Emei Shan) 363 rock climbing 606 152
Xizhou 388 Yangshuo Gongyuan 418
Xizong emperor 52 Yangzhou 176, 203, 220–21 Yellow Sea 431
map 221 Yengisar 514
Baoguang Si 360 Yangzhou Museum 220 Yesun Temur 52
Xu Da, General 222 Yangzi Bridge (Wuhan) 266 Yi, Marquis of 266
Xu Guangqi 199 Yangzi river 174, 176 Yi De, Prince
Xu Wei 246 at Nanjing 222, 227
Xu Yuan (Nanjing) 223 at Shanghai 195 tomb of 170
Xuan Jian 377 at Chongqing 350 Yi people 378, 402
Xuanbi Changcheng 490 delta 220 Yi Yin 574
Xuancheng 233 Grand Canal 217 Yi Yuan (Suzhou) 210
Xuande emperor 52, 61 in Hunan and Hubei 259 Yichang 259, 268
Xuandi emperor 52 in Jiangsu 203 Yijing (Book of Changes) 33
Xuandu Si (Heng Shan) 261 Three Gorges 270–71 Yin and Yang
Xuanmiao Guan (Suzhou) 205 Three Gorges Dam 176,
Xuanwu Lake (Nanjing) 226 268–9, 352–4 food and drink 574–5
Xuanzang in Tibet 527 Forbidden City 87
Yangzi cruise 352–4 traditional medicine 232
Big Wild Goose Pagoda at Yueyang 261 Yin Tan (Silver Beach) 425
(Xi’an) 164, 487 in Yunnan 373 Yinchang Canyon 369
Flaming Mountains (Turpan) Yanqing Guan (Kaifeng) 150 Yinchuan 467, 475
505 Yantai 148 hotels 571
Kuqa 509 hotels 558 Ying, Prince of Chu 54
Lingu Temple (Purple Yantai Museum (Yantai) 148 Yingxian Pagoda 165
Mountain) 230 Yantai Shan Park (Yantai) 148 Yingxiong Canyon 369
Mor Pagoda (Kashgar) 511 Yao people 384, 420 Yingxiong Shan (Gulang Yu) 287
pilgrimage to India 29 Yao Wenyuan 65 Yingzong emperor 53
Xuanzong emperor 52, 57 Yaoqu 384 Yining 508–9
Xue Tao 359 Yarkand 515 hotels 573
Xujiahui Catholic Cathedral Yarlung Tsangpo river 527 Yixian 203, 234
(Shanghai) 199 Yaxiu Clothing Market (Beijing) Yixing County 218
Xumi Shan Caves 467, 476 112, 113 Yizhou Pavilion (Changzhou) 218
Xumifushou Zhi Miao (Chengde) Yehenala 439 Yizong emperor 52
123 Yellow Cloth Shoal Yong Ling Museum (Chengdu)
Xun river 422 Li river cruise 417 358
Xunyang Lou (Jiujiang) 252 Yellow Crane Pavilion (Wuhan) Yong river 246
34, 266 Yongan Si (Beijing) 90
Y Yellow Emperor 162 Yongding 285
Yellow Hat (Gelugpa) Sect 520, earthen dwellings of Yongding
Yabuli 604, 607 522 290
Yakub Beg 508, 510 Drepung Monastery (Lhasa) 536 Yongding river 110
Labrang Monastery 482, 483 Yongle emperor 52, 61, 73
tomb of 513 Lama Temple (Beijing) 92 Drum Tower (Beijing) 92
Yalong Bay 305 Longwu Si (Tongren) 498 Jing Shan Park (Beijing) 90
Yalu Jiang Duan Qiao (Yalu Sera Monastery (Lhasa) 537 Ming Tombs (Beijing) 104, 105
Ta’er Si 500 Nanjing 223
River Bridge) 440–41 Wudang Zhao 470 Yongzheng emperor 53, 62, 109,
Yan Yanzhi 415 Wutai Shan 134 122
Yan’an 171 Yellow River 72, 153, 171 Forbidden City 89
at Baotou 470 Youguo Si (Wutai Shan) 136
hotels 559 at Ji’nan 142 Youmin Si (Nanchang) 250
Long March 256 at Kaifeng 150 Younghusband, Colonel Francis
Yan’an Bao Pagoda (Yan’an) 171 at Lanzhou 484 491, 543
Yan’an Revolutionary Museum at Yinchuan 475 Youth Day 45, 47
(Yan’an) 171 Grand Canal 217 Youth hostels 550
Yandang Shan 177, 239, 247 in Inner Mongolia 459, 461 Youyi Guan 425
Yang Can Mu 410 in Lanzhou 479 Yu Gardens and Bazaar
Yang Guan 494 Mengda Tian Chi 499 (Shanghai) 192–3, 200
Yang Guifei 57 Shaanxi province 161 Yu the Great 246
Yang Jian 55 Yu Ling (Shaoxing) 246
Yang Zengxin 506 Yu Men Guan 494
Yangdi Yu river 422
Li river cruise 417
Yangdi emperor 53, 55
Yangpu Bridge (Shanghai) 195

GENERAL INDEX 661

Yuan Douguang 375 Zhang Xiumei 409 Zhongyue Miao (Songshan) 158
Yuan Empire 52, 60 Zhang Yimou 41, 139, 603 Zhongzhou Island 292
Zhangdi emperor 52 Zhongzong emperor 52
horse-riding skills 462 Zhangmu 547 Zhou dynasty 51, 53, 58
porcelain 255 Zhangye 490 Zhou Enlai 67, 250
Yuan Shikai, General 63, 297 Zhangyiyuan Chazhuang
Tomb of Yuan Shikai (Anyang) Former Residence of Zhou
152 (Beijing) 85 Enlai (Shanghai) 194
Yuandi emperor 52 Zhanqiao Pier (Qingdao) 146 Hongyuan Cun (Chongqing)
Yuanlong Silk Corporation Zhao Kuangyin 58 351
(Beijing) 112, 113 Zhao Ling (Xi’an) 170 Jinghong 382
Yuanming Yuan (Garden of Zhao Mo Lingyin Si (Hangzhou) 241
Perfect Brightness, Beijing) Long March 257
103, 433 Nan Yue Tomb (Guangzhou) Monument to the People’s
Yuantong Si (Kunming) 374 300 Heroes (Beijing) 83
Yuantou Zhu (Taihu) 216 Zhao Tuo 298, 300 Nanchang 250, 251
Yue Fei Mu (Hangzhou) 240 Zhao Zhifeng 357 Nanjing 226
Yue people 285 Zhaodi emperor 52 Peasant Movement Institute
Yueliang Shan (Yangshuo) 419 Zhaolin Park (Harbin) 450 (Guangzhou) 298
Yuexiu Gongyuan (Guangzhou) Zhaoqing 302 Zunyi Conference 410
301 Zhaoxing 397, 421 Zhou Shouqian 415
Yueya Quan (Dunhuang) 494 Zhaozhou Bridge 130 Zhoucheng 388
Yueyang 261 Zhaozong emperor 52 Zhouzhuang 216
Yueyang Tower (Yueyang) 261 Zharu Temple Zhu Da 251
Yufeng Si 392 Jiuzhai Gou tour 370 Zhu De 66
Yufo Si (Baoshan) 389 Zhe Pagoda (Wuhu) 233 Long March 257
Yuhuang Ge (Yinchuan) 475 Zhejiang province 239 Zhu De’s Former Residence
Yuhuang Miao (Tai Shan) 144 hotels 562 (Nanchang) 250
Yuhuang Pavilion (Baoshan) 388 map 239 Zhu Jiang
Yuhuangding Park (Yantai) 148 restaurants 589–90 Li river cruise 416
Yuhuatai (Nanjing) 231 Zhen Wu emperor 272 Zhu Yuanzhang, General see
Yulong Xue Shan 392 Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) Hongwu emperor
Yung Shue Wan 324 286, 287 Zhuang people 424
Yungang Caves 121, 131, 132–3 Zheng He, Admiral 61, 278 Dongson drums 423
Yunnan province 342, 343, Zhengde emperor 52, 53 Guizhou and Guangxi 397
373–95 Zhengding 130 Longsheng 420
Dai people 383 Zhengtong emperor 52 Zhuang Qiao 342
flowers 344 Zhengyang Men (Beijing) 79, 84 Zhuang Song Festival 47
food and drink 347 Street-by-Street map 82 Zhuanshu calligraphy 27
hotels 568–9 Zhengyici Theater (Beijing) 113 Zhuge Liang 359, 389
maps 373 Zhengzhou 152 Zhuhai 295
Naxi people 393 air travel 627 Zhuque Shan 447
restaurants 594 hotels 558 Zhurong Gong (Heng Shan) 261
Stone Forest 378–9 Zhenhai Si (Wutai Shan) 136 Zhusheng Si (Heng Shan) 261
Tiger Leaping Gorge 373, Zhenjiang 218 Zigong 355
394–5 Zhenjiang Si (Huanglong Xi) 368 hotels 568
Yunshan 400 Zhenjue Si (Tiantai Shan) 247 Zixiao Gong (Wudang Shan) 272
Yupi Feng (Wulingyuan) 265 Zhenning County 400 Zoos
Yusup Hazi Hajup 511 Zhenshan 399 Beijing Zoo 99
Zhenyuan 408, 409 Harbin Northern Forest Zoo
Z Zhenzong emperor 53 (Harbin) 451
Tai Shan 145 Hong Kong Zoological &
Zen Buddhism see Chan Zhepuo river 371 Botanical Gardens 311
Buddhism Zhezong emperor 53 Panda Breeding Center
Zhidi emperor 52 (Chengdu) 360
Zhalong Nature Reserve 403, Zhijin Dong 401 see also Wildlife
437, 452 Zhiyi 247 Zoucheng 143
Zhiyuan Si (Jiuhua Shan) 234 Zuci Miao (Foshan) 302
Zhan Qian 54 Zhong Qiu (Mid-Autumn Zunyi 410
Zhan Wang Festival) 46 Long March 256
Zhongdian 395 Zuo Jiang 424
Torso 40 Zhonghe Si (Dali) 387
Zhang Chunqiao 65 Zhonghua Gate (Nanjing) 224–5
Zhang Daolin 368 Zhongshan Square (Dalian) 444
Zhang Fei Miao 353, 354 Zhongwei 458, 461, 476
Zhang Guotao 256 Zhongyuan (Hungry Ghost
Zhang Huai, Prince 170 Festival) 46
Zhang Ji 211
Zhang Qian, General 54, 464
Zhang Sanfeng 272, 273

662 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Acknowledgments ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Max Alexander, Geoff Brightling, Andy
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666 GLOSSARY

Glossary

ARCHITECTURE sanxian three-stringed lute Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
sheng modern instrument based on areas, such as Shenzhen, set
cheng city; also means city wall aside in the 1980s for a capitalist
chorten or stupa, a Buddhist the lusheng with 17 to 37 pipes test of a freer economy and to
suona double-reeded wind attract foreign investment
tower containing sacred objects
dian pavilion instrument, similar to an oboe triad a secret society, especially
dougong elaborate bracket taotie pattern on Shang bronze; one involved in organized crime

attaching column to beam possibly representing a mythical NATURAL FEATURES
ge storied pavilion man-eating beast
gompa Tibetan monastery xiao bamboo flute chi lake or pool
gong palace; usually denotes a xun rounded clay wind instrument dao island
zheng many-stringed zither dong cave
Daoist temple feng peak
gulou drum tower HISTORY & POLITICS gongyuan park
hutong alleyway gou gully
ling tomb cadre Communist party bureaucrat hai sea
lou storied building canton a small territory where for- haitan beach
men city gate he river
miao temple, usually Confucian eign traders were required to re- hu lake
mu tomb side during 18th and 19th century jiang river
nanmu cedar with much-valued Communist Party ruling party in karst limestone landscape with
China since 1949
straight trunk used for columns concession an area of land ceded irregular peaks, underground
paifang ornamental gateway to a foreign government streams, caves, and sinkholes
pailou ornamental gateway Cultural Revolution radical (see pp412–13)
qiao bridge attempt to socialize China’s pubu waterfall
si temple, usually Buddhist culture, 1966–76 (see pp64–5) shan mountain
siheyuan courtyard house Gang of Four high-profile group shui water
Spirit Tower pavilion at entrance responsible for some of the shuiku reservoir
Cultural Revolution’s worst tan pool
to an imperial tomb excesses (see p65) xi stream
Spirit Way straight road leading to Great Leap Forward Mao’s xia gorge
disastrous policy to force the
an imperial tomb and lined with collectivism of agriculture RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY
guardian statues (1958–60), resulting in wide-
stele free-standing stone slab or spread famine A-Ma Macau’s Goddess of the Sea;
pillar engraved with text Kuomintang (KMT) founded by see Tianhou
stupa a Buddhist tower containing Sun Yat Sen; fought the Commun-
sacred objects ists for 25 years under Chiang Amitabha Buddha Buddha of
ta pagoda Kai Shek; moved to Taiwan boundless light
tang hall where it is still a major party
yuan garden Legalism fascistic political philo- Analects (Lunyu) major work
zhanglou bell tower sophy dominant during the Qin compiled by Confucius’s
dynasty based on the idea that followers of his sayings
CULTURE man is undisciplined and must
be controlled through fear arhat or luohan; one of the
celadon pottery with greenish glaze Little Red Book Mao’s sayings Buddha’s 18 disciples
cloisonné enamelling, in which compiled by Lin Biao, head of
the PLA, in 1966 as a treatise for Avalokitesvara bodhisattva of
the enamel is raised and sepa- Red Guards and the PLA compassion
rated by fine pieces of wire Long March Epic tactical retreat of
erhu two-stringed fiddle the Communist Party from Nation- bagua eight trigrams ranged
huaju spoken theater alist forces in 1935 (see p256) around a yin-yang symbol; a
jingju Beijing Opera Nationalist Party the Kuomintang codification of qi (see pp30–31)
lacquer wood glazed with sap People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
from the lac tree which is carved Communist military forces Bodhidarma Indian monk who
before completely dry (see p292) Red Guard unruly movement traveled to China in the 6th
lusheng bamboo instrument with approved by Mao during the century and started the Chan
numerous pipes Cultural Revolution to weed out (Zen) sect of Buddhism
model opera operas based on a counter-revolutionaries and
proletarian heroic model, pro- destroy evidence of the past bodhisattva Buddhist deities who
moted by Mao’s wife Jiang Qing soviet regional Communist base, have postponed nirvana to help
during the Cultural Revolution e.g. Jiangxi Soviet others
pipa lute-like instrument Special Administrative Region
porcelain translucent ceramic ware (SAR) Regions, such as Hong Bon indigenous animistic faith of
made from clay containing kaolin Kong and Macau, provided with Tibet (see p522)
and feldspar, and fired at high a high degree of autonomy and
temperatures (see p254) a capitalist economy Buddha the awakened one,
sancai tri-glazed pottery, usually originally the Indian Gautama
yellow, green, and white, Buddha; in Chinese and Tibetan
prevalent during Tang dynasty schools the Buddha has numer-
ous forms (see pp30, 487, 522–3)

Buddhism religion based on the
teachings of the 6th-century BC
Indian teacher Gautama Buddha

GLOSSARY 667

Chan School of Buddhism spread Mahayana, Greater Vehicle, MISCELLANEOUS
by Bodhidarma; popular in dominant form of Buddhism in
Japan as Zen Buddhism China and Japan with ritual and bei north
devotional practices, and binguan tourist hotel
Chenresig Tibetan name for worship of bodhisattvas bowuguan museum
bodhisattva Avalokitesvara CAAC Civil Aviation
Maitreya the future Buddha; the
Confucius or Kong Fuzi (551– Buddha that has yet to come Administration Authority
479 BC); developed the philoso- canting restaurant
phy of Confucianism, which was mandala an esoteric diagram of Cantonese dialect of Chinese
then spread by his followers circles and squares around a
central focal point used as a spoken in the south
Confucianism dominant philo- meditation aid and forming an cheongsam a tight-fitting dress
sophy prescribing a structured important part of Tibetan
society based on filial relation- Buddhist iconography with a high collar and slit skirt
ships (see p30) CITS China International Travel
Manjusri bodhisattva of wisdom
Dafo Great Buddha Marmedze the past or Gautama Service; organization for interna-
Damo Chinese name for tional tourists, whose main inter-
Buddha est is selling tours and tickets
Bodhidarma Mazu Goddess of the Sea; see CTS China Travel Service;
Dao in Daoism the way that perme- organization similar to CITS
Tianhou cun village
ates reality; a single cosmic force Milefo the future or Maitreya da big
Daode Jing Daoist The Way and dadao wide street or boulevard
Buddha represented as the dajie avenue (literally “big road”)
Power Classic attributed to Laozi plump Laughing Buddha dong east
Daoism philosophy expounding nirvana in Buddhism, having bro- fandian hotel or restaurant
ken from the cycle of rebirth; at- fen smallest denomination; there
non-action and living in harmony tained via the extinction of desire are 100 fen to a yuan
with the Dao or Way; became a and individual consciousness ger round tent used by nomads of
pantheistic religion (see p31) Nyingma oldest Tibetan Buddhist the steppe; a yurt
dharmapala protector deities of sect founded by Guru Rinpoche jiao there are 10 fen to one jiao;
Tibetan Buddhism Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche and 10 jiao to one yuan; also
Dipamkara in Tibetan Buddhism, Puxian bodhisattva of universal called mao
the past Buddha benevolence; rides an elephant jie street
Eight Immortals Daoist adepts qi concept of vital force and jinguan hotel
each with a superhuman power cosmic energy (see pp32–3) kuai colloquial word for yuan
feng shui a form of geomancy that Sakyamuni the past Buddha; laowai foreigner
determines the flow of qi through Gautama Buddha lokbar traditional heavy wool
a physical place (see p31) sutra sacred Buddhist writing; a Tibetan robe
fo a Buddha in Putonghua discourse of the Buddha lu road
Gelugpa Most powerful Tibetan thangka Buddhist painting on silk, mahjong popular rummy-like
Buddhist sect, headed by the originally used as objects of medi- game played with small tiles
Dalai Lama; also called the tation and portable teaching tools mao colloquial term for jiao
Yellow Hat sect Theravada (Hinayana, Lesser nan south
Guanyin bodhisattva of compas- Vehicle) school of Buddhism Pinyin a standardized system for
sion in Chinese Buddhism practiced in Southeast Asia and transliterating Chinese characters
Guardian Kings four protective India emphasizing the importance into the roman alphabet
deities of the cardinal directions; of an ascetic way of life PSB Public Security Bureau;
often stationed at the entrance Tianhou Daoist Empress of Heaven branch of the police force that
of a temple and Goddess of the Sea, equal deals with foreigners
Guru Rinpoche spreader of to Buddhist Guanyin (see p149) PRC People’s Republic of China
Buddhism through Tibet Tinhau Tianhou in Hong Kong; Putonghua Mandarin; the form of
Jampa the future or Maitreya see Tianhou Chinese that is the official
Buddha in the Tibetan pantheon trigram one of the eight sets of language of China
Jampalyang bodhisattva of three broken (yin) and unbroken qigong martial art concentrating
wisdom in Tibetan Buddhism (yang) lines combined in pairs on the control of breath and qi
Jowo Sakyamuni in Tibetan to make hexagrams for divina- renminbi currency; literally “the
Buddhism, the present Buddha tion using the Yijing people’s money”
karma in Buddhism, the merit Wenshu bodhisattva of wisdom sheng province
accrued by a person’s actions, yang masculine, sun, positive; shi city or municipality
determining their destiny interacts with the complementary tai ji quan (supreme ultimate fist)
kora circuits of holy sites made by opposing force of yin martial art made up of slow,
Tibetan Buddhists to accrue merit Yijing classic ancient text, The flowing movements (see p273)
Laozi first Daoist who may have Book of Changes, made up of xi west
lived during the 6th century BC oracles consulted for divination; yuan China’s currency; divided
and produced the Daode Jing source of Daoist and Confucian into 10 jiao and 100 fen; also
Laughing Buddha Milefo, the philosophies (see p33) called kuai
future Buddha yin feminine, moon, negative; zhong middle
luohan or arhat; one of the interacts with the complementary
Buddha’s 18 disciples opposing force of yang
Lunyu Confucian writings, the
Analects

668 PHRASE BOOK

Phrase Book

THE CHINESE LANGUAGE belongs to the written in vertical columns from top right
Sino-Tibetan family of languages and to bottom left, however the Western style is
uses characters which are ideographic – widely used. There are several romanization
a symbol is used to represent an idea or systems; the Pinyin system used here is
an object. Mandarin Chinese, known as the official system in mainland China.
Putonghua in mainland China, is fairly This phrase book gives the English word
straightforward as each character is or phrase, followed by the Chinese script,
monosyllabic. Traditionally, Chinese is then the Pinyin for pronunciation.

GUIDELINES FOR PRONUNCIATION IN AN EMERGENCY Qing bangmang
Ting zhu
Pronounce vowels as in these English Help! Jiao yisheng
words: Stop! Jiao jiuhuche
Call a doctor! Jiao jiingcha
a as in “father” Call an ambulance! Huo
e as in “lurch” Call the police! Yiyuan/jingcha
i as in “see” Fire!
o as in “solid” Where is the fenju zai nali ?
u as in “pooh”
ü as the French u or German ü hospital/police
station?
(place your lips to say oo and try
to say ee) COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS

Most of the consonants are pronounced Hello Nihao
as in English. As a rough guide, Goodbye Zaijian
pronounce the following consonants as Yes/no shi/bushi
in these English words: … not … bushi
I’m from… Wo shi ... ren
c as ts in “hats” I understand Wo mingbai
q as ch in “cheat” I don’t know Wo bu zhidao
x as sh in “sheet” Thank you Xiexie ni
z as ds in “heads” Thank you very Duo xie
zh as j in “Joe”
much Xiexie
Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language with Thanks (casual) Bu yong xie
You’re welcome Bu, xiexie ni
four tones, represented in Pinyin by one of No, thank you Qing
Please (offering) Qing wen
¯ ´ ˘ `the following marks above Please (asking) Wo Bu mingbai
I don’t understand Ni hui jiang
each vowel – the symbol shows whether Do you speak
yingyu ma?
the tone is flat, rising, falling and rising, English? Wo buhui jiang
I can’t speak
or falling. The Chinese characters do not hanyu
Chinese Qing jiang man
convey this information: tones are learnt Please speak more
yidian
when the character is learnt. Teaching tones slowly Baoqian/duibuqi
Sorry/Excuse me! Ni neng bang zhu
is beyond the scope of this small Could you help
wo ma?
phrasebook, but a language course book me please? (not
emergency)
with a cassette or CD will help those who

wish to take the language further. USEFUL PHRASES

DIALECTS My name is …. Wo jiao ...
There are many Chinese dialects in use. How do you do, Ni hao, hen
It is hard to guess exactly how many,
but they can be roughly classified into pleased to meet gaoxing jiandao
one of seven large groups (Mandarin, you ni
Cantonese, Hakka, Hui etc.), each group How are you? Ni hao ma?
containing a large number of more minor Good morning Zaoshang hao
dialects. Although all these dialects are Good afternoon/ Xiawu hao/
quite different – Cantonese uses six good day Ni hao
tones instead of four – Mandarin or Good evening Wanshang hao
Putonghua, which is mainly based Good night Wan an
on the Beijing dialect, is the official Goodbye Zaijian
language. Despite these differences all Take care Bao zhong
Chinese people are more or less able to Keep well (casual) Zhuyi shenti
use the same formal written language so The same to you Ni yeshi
they can understand each other’s writing, What is (this)? (zhe) shi shenme?
if not each other’s speech. How do you Ni zenyang yong
use this? zhege dongxi?
Could I possibly Neng buneng qing
have ...? (very ni gei wo ...
polite)
Is there … here? Zhe’r you ... ma?

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Where can I get ...? Wo zai na li keyi cash xianjin
de dao ...? credit card xinyongka
How much is it? currency waihui
Ta yao duoshao exchange office duihuanchu
What time is …? qian? dollars meiyuan
Cheers! (toast) pounds yingbang
Where is the ... shenme shijian yuan yuan
Ganbei
restroom/toilet? Weishengjian/ KEEPING IN TOUCH Dianhua zai nali?

Here’s my Xishoujian zai Where is a Wo keyi yong nide
business card. nali? dianhua ma?
Zhe shi wo de telephone?
USEFUL WORDS mingpian. shouji
May I use your sim ka
I wo Nihao, wo shi
woman nüren phone? Wo xiang da ge
man nanren
wife qizi Mobile phone guoji changtu
husband zhangfu dianhua.
daughter nü’er sim card sim Wo keyi zai nali
son er’zi shangwang?
child xiaohai Hello, this is ... hangkong
children er’tong dianzi youjian
businessman/ shangren/ I’d like to make an chuanzhen
hulianwang
woman nüshangren international call mingxinpian
student xuesheng youju
Mr./Mrs./Ms. … xiansheng/taitai/ Where can I get youpiao
online? dianhua ting
big/small nüshi dianhua ka
hot/cold da/xiao airmail
cold (to touch) re/liang e-mail Wo keyi zai nali
warm leng fax maidao ...?
good/not good/ nuan internet
hao/buhao/ postcard Zhe yao duoshao
bad post office qian?
enough huai stamp
free (no charge) goule telephone booth Tai gui le!
here mianfei telephone card Wo zhishi kankan.
there zheli Ni you …… ma?
this nali SHOPPING Wo keyi shi chuan
that (nearby) zhege
that (far away) na Where can I ma?
what? nage buy ...? Wo de chicun?
when? Shenme? Qing gei wo
why? Shenme shihou? How much does
where? Wei shenme? this cost? kankan na ge.
who? Zai nali? You meiyou qita
which way? Shui? Too much!
Nage fangxiang? I’m just looking yanse?
SIGNS Do you have …? heise
kai May I try this on? lanse
open guan zongse
closed rukou My size? lüse
entrance chukou Please show me zise
exit weixian hongse
danger anquanmen that. baise
emergency exit xinxi Does it come in huangse
information Weishengjian/ pianyi/gui
restroom/toilet other colors? yinxiang shebei
Xishoujian black shudian
(men) (women) (nanshi) (nüshi) blue shizhuangshang–
zhanyong brown dian
occupied kongxian green yifu
free (vacant) nanshi purple baihuo shangdian
men nüshi red dianqi shangdian
women white yu shi
Qing ni ba ta yellow minjian gongyipin
MONEY huancheng ... cheap/expensive nüshi fuzhuang
hao ma? audio equipment difang techan
Could you change bookstore shichang
this into? please. Wo xiang ba boutique nanshi fuzhuang
lüxing zhipiao baotan
I’d like to cash huancheng clothes yaojishi
these travelers’ xianjjin. department store tupian mingxinpian
checks. electrical store lianjiachushou
Ni shou xinyongka/ fish market jinianpin dian
Do you take credit lüxing zhipiao folk crafts chaoshi
cards/travelers’ ma? ladies’ wear lüxing she
checks? local specialty
yinhang market
bank men’s wear
newsstand
pharmacist
picture postcard
sale
souvenir shop
supermarket
travel agent

670 PHRASE BOOK

SIGHTSEEING ... zai nali? taxi chuzuche
Wo zenme dao ...? ticket piao
Where is …? Yuan bu yuan? ticket office shoupiao chu
How do I get to …? meishu guan timetable shikebiao
Is it far? dingpiao tai
art gallery qiao TRAINS Qu ... de piaojia
reservations desk chengshi shi duoshao?
bridge shi zhongxin What is the fare
city mianfei ruchang to …? Qu ... de huoche
city center huayuan shenme shihou
free entry wen quan When does the kai?
gardens lüyou xinxi chu train for … leave?
hot spring Qu ... yao duoshao
tourist information dao How long does it shijian?
siyuan take to get to …?
office shan Mai yizhang qu ...
island bowuguan A ticket to …, de piao
monastery gongdian please
mountain gongyuan Wo yao buyao
museum gangkou Do I have to huanche?
palace jiang, he change?
park feixu Wo xiang yuding
port gouwu qu I’d like to reserve yige zuowei
river shendian a seat, please
ruins jie Qu ... de huoche
shopping area si/miao Which platform zai nage zhantai?
shrine lüxing for the train to …?
street zhen Zhe shi shenme
temple cun Which station is chezhan?
tour, travel sheng/xian this?
town dongwuyuan Zhe huoche shi
village bei Is this the right bushi qu ...?
province/county nan train for …?
zoo dong huoche zhan
north xi train station zhida kuaiche
south zuo/you express train kuai che
east yizhi xiangqian fast train putong lieche
west zai ... zhijian ordinary train xianlu
left/right jin/yuan line difang lieche
straight ahead shang/xia local train zhantai
between xin platform yuding zuowei
near/far jiu reserved seat ditie
up/down genggao/gengdi subway huoche
new zhongjian train wei yuding de
old/former zai ... li unreserved seat
upper/lower zai ... qianmian zuowei
middle/inner hard seat yingzuo
in jichang soft seat ruanzuo
in front of zixingche hard sleeper yingwo
renliche soft sleeper ruanwo
GETTING AROUND Wo xiang zu upgrade ticket shengji chepiao

airport yiliang zixingche. ACCOMMODATIONS Nimen you meiyou
bicycle gonggong qiche kong fang jian?
rickshaw tekuai gonggong Do you have any
I want to rent vacancies? Wo you yuding de
qiche fangjian
a bicycle mianbaoche I have a
Ordinary bus gonggong qiche reservation Wo xiang yao yige
Express bus you weishengjian
zong zhan I’d like a room de taojian
Minibus Nayilu gonggong with a bathroom
Main bus station Mei wan de shoufei
qiche dao ... qu? What is the charge shi duoshao?
Which bus goes Xiayiliang gonggong per night?
to …? Jiage you meiyou
qiche shi Are the taxes baokuo shui?
When is the shenme shihou? included in the
next bus? Qing gaosu wo zai price? Wo keyi ba xingli
nali xia che. fang zai zheli
Please tell me xiaoqiche Can I leave my yihui ’er ma?
where to get off? duchuan luggage here for
du kou a little while? Wo keyi kan yi
car xingli shi kan fangjian ma?
ferry motuoche Can I have a look
ferry dock dancheng piao at the room? Kongtiao
baggage room wangfan piao xizao
motorcycle air-conditioning tui fang
one-way ticket bath dingjin
return ticket check-out shuangren chuang
deposit chuifeng ji
double bed re (kai) shui
hair drier fangdian
hot (boiled) water lüguan
hotel (upscale) zhaodaisuo
hotel (downscale) fangjian
hostel jingji fang
room yaoshi
economy room qiantai
key
front desk

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single/twin room danren/shuangren beef niurou
fang beer pijiu
single beds bread mianbao
shower danren chuang butter huangyou
standard room linyu cabbage juanxincai
deluxe suite biaozhun fangjian cake dangao
haohua taofang chicken ji
EATING OUT candies tangguo
Qing gei wo yi/ crab xie
A table for liang/san ge ren duck ya
one/two/three, de zhuozi eel man
please egg dan
Qing gei wo eggplant qiezi
May I see the kankan caidan fermented jiang
menu?
You meiyou soybean paste yu
Is there a set taocan? fish chao dan
menu? fried egg you doufu
Wo xiang yao ... fried tofu shuiguo
I’d like …. Qing gei wo fruit guo zhi
May I have one of fruit juice jiang
zhege ginger huotui
those? Wo shi sushizhe. ham hanbaobao
I am a vegetarian Fuwuyuan! hamburger meiwei jiayao
Waiter/waitress! Ni tuijian na jige? haute cuisine leng pen
What would you hors d’oeuvres bingqilin
Zhege zenme chi? ice cream guojiang
recommend? jam longxia
How do you eat Qing gei wo yiba lobster qingyu
cha/dao/tangshi mackerel gan ju
this? mandarin orange rou
May I have a Qing ba zhangdan meat gua
kaigei women melon shandi shucai
fork/knife/spoon mountain
May we have the Qing zai gei mian
women yixie ... vegetables jidan mian
check please. noodles mianfen mian
May we have Fancai hen hao egg noodles
chi, xiexie wheat flour mifen mian
some more …
The meal was very hunhe can noodles zhangyu
hezhuang wucan rice flour jiandanbing
good, thank you zaocan yangcong
assortment zizhucan noodles muli
packed lunch kuaizi octopus taozi
breakfast haochi omelet hujiaofen, lajiao
buffet wancan onion paocai
chopsticks he oyster zhurou
delicious yibei yinliao peach tudou
dinner chi pepper mifan
to drink shipin pickles baomihua bing’gan
a drink bao pork mi jiu
to eat re/leng potato kao niurou
food e rice sela
full (stomach) wucan rice crackers lücai sela
hot/cold taocan rice wine hunban sela
hungry suan la roast beef guiyu, damahayu
lunch la salad
set menu tian green salad yan
spicy dan mixed salad sanmingzhi
hot (spicy) xi can salmon xiangchang
sweet jiucong
mild zizhucanguan/ salt haidai
Western food canting sandwich xia
sausage didiao
PLACES TO EAT kafei dian scallion tang
wang ba seaweed jiangyou
cafeteria/canteen dangdi jiuba shrimp youyu
mianpu snapper (fish) niupai
coffee shop canguan soup tang
Internet café fangdian soy sauce kao mianbao
local bar chashi squid zunyu
noodle stall sucai guan steak shucai
restaurant sugar xigua
restaurant (upscale) pingguo toast suannai
tea garden xianrou trout
vegetarian sun vegetables
doufu watermelon
restaurant dou ya yoghurt
dou
FOOD

apple
bacon
bamboo shoots
beancurd
bean sprouts
beans

672 PHRASE BOOK

DRINKS pijiu 21 ershi yi
hong cha 22 ershi er
beer (re) kafei 30 sanshi
black tea 40 sishi
coffee (hot) bu jia niunai 100 yi bai
jia niunai 101 yi bai ling yi
black guolü 200 er bai
coffee with milk kapuqinuo kafei 300 san bai
kele 400 si bai
filter lü cha 500 wu bai
cappuccino bing kafei 600 liu bai
cola ningmeng cha 700 qi bai
green tea niunai 800 ba bai
iced coffee kuang quanshui 900 jiu bai
lemon tea cheng zhi 1,000 yi qian
milk dou jiang 1,001 yi qian ling yi
mineral water cha (xi shi) 2,000 liang qian
orange juice jia niunai de cha 10,000 yi wan
soya drink (milk) shui 20,000 liang wan
tea (Western-style) weishiji 100,000 shi wan
tea with milk putaojiu 1,000,000 yi bai wan
water suannai yinliao 123,456 shier wan san qian
whiskey
wine Wo ganjue bu TIME si bai wushi liu
yoghurt drink shufu
Monday xingqiyi
HEALTH Wo ... teng. Tuesday xingqi’er
Wo dui ... guomin Wednesday xingqisan
I don’t feel well purexitong Thursday xingqisi
Friday xingqiwu
I have a pain in … asipilin Saturday xingqiliu
I’m allergic to … xiaochuan Sunday xingqitian
acetaminophen ganmao January yiyue
biyuntao February eryue
(paracetamol) kesou March sanyue
aspirin yayi April siyue
asthma tangniaobing May wuyue
cold fuxie June liuyue
condom yisheng July qiyue
cough fashao August bayue
dentist liugan September jiuyue
diabetes touteng October shiyue
diarrhea yiyuan November shiyiyue
doctor yaopin December shi’eryue
fever wenxiang Spring chun
flu wenzhang Summer xia
headache chuantong fall/autumn qiu
hospital winter dong
medicine zhongyi noon zhongwu
mosquito coil yaodian midnight wuye
mosquito netting chufang today jintian
traditional weishengjin yesterday zuotian
Chinese medicine weitong tomorrow mingtian
pharmacy zhijin this morning jintian shangwu
prescription yateng this afternoon jintian xiawu
sanitary pads this evening jintian wanshang
stomach ache ling for the whole day yi zheng tian
tissues yi
toothache er (continuous) mei tian
san every day yue
NUMBERS si month xiaoshi
wu hour shijian
0 liu time/hour
1 qi fenzhong
2 ba (duration) jin nian
3 jiu minute qu nian
4 shi this year ming nian
5 shiyi last year yi nian
6 shier next year wan
7 ershi one year zao
8 late henkuai
9 early xianzai
10 soon
11 now
12
20

BEIJING SUBWAY

Dong Zhi Men Taiping Zhuang Bei Xizhi Men

Zhichun Lu Hepingli Bei Jie Guangxi Men
Dazhong Si Liufang
Gulou Yonghe Gong Dong Zhi Men
Xizhi Men Dajie

Jishuitan Anding
Men

Beixinqiao

Chegong Zhangzi Dong Si
Zhuang Zhong Lu Shi Tiao

Fucheng Dong Chaoyang
Men Si Men

Muxidi Nanlishi Lu Dengshikou

Pingguo Xidan Tian'an Men Dongdan Jianguo Guomao Sihui Sihuidong
Yuan Dong Men

Junshi Fuxing Tian'an Men Xi Wangfujing Yongan Li Dawang Tuqiao
Bowuguan Men Xuanwu Men Qian Men Beijing Zhan Qiao

Changchun Jie Heping Men Chongwen
Men

Ciqikou

KEY Tian Tan Dong Men GETTING AROUND
Puhuangyu
Line 1 Liujiayao The central sections of Lines 1 and 2
Line 2 cover the central part of Beijing.
Line 5 Songjia Zhuang Semi-circular Line 13 runs overground
Line 13 (Loop) for much of its route. The section of
Batong Line Line 5 shown here is currently under
construction, and the northern section
of the line will open by 2008.

HONG KONG MTR & KCR

The MTR subway system covers Kowloon, northern Hong Kong Island, and the
east end of Lantau Island, and has interchanges to the KCR train system. The KCR
serves the New Territories, with the East Rail running north to mainland China.

Lo Wu

Lok Ma Sheung Shui
Chau

Long Yuen Fanling k
Ping Long Airport
Yam O
Kam Sheung Rd Tai Wo Tung
Tai Po Market Chung Penny's
Tin Shui Wai Wu Kai Sha Bay
Siu Hong University
Ma On Shan
Heng On

Fo Tan Race- Tai Shui Hang

Tuen Mun Sha Tin course Shek Mun

HONG KONG KCR Tsuen Wan City One
Sha Tin Wai
East Rail West Tai Wai
West Rail
Ma On Shan Rail Che Kung

Mei q Temple
Foo
Kowloon Tong q

Nam Mong Kok
Cheong Hung Hom

q

Lok Ma Chau Spur Line East Tsim Sha Tsui

q Interchange to MTR

SHANGHAI SUBWAY

Zhenping Lu Zhong Tan Lu Gongfu Zhongshan Jiangwan
Caoyang Lu Wusong Xincun Bei Lu Zhen

Jinshajiang Lu Shanghai Baoshan Hongkou
Huoche Lu Zuqiu Chang
Zhan
Dong Baoxing Lu

Han Zhong Lu

Huangpu

Xinzha Lu Henan
Zhong Lu
Gubei Lu Zhongshan Lujiazui
Gong Yuan Dongchang Lu
Dongfang Lu
Hongqiao Jiangsu Jingan Shimen Renmin
Airport Lu Si Yi Lu Guangchang

k Yan'an
Xi Lu
Shanghai
Hongqiao Lu Heng Huangpi Pudong Keji Guan
Shan Lu Nan Lu Central Park
Chang Shanxi Long
Shu Lu Nan Lu Yang Lu

Yishan Lu Xujiahui

Caoxi Lu Shanghai Tiyuguan Huangpu Zhangjiang
Longcao Lu
Cao Bao Lu Shilong Lu KEY Pudong k
Airport
Shanghai GETTING AROUND
Nan Zhan
Jinjiang Leyuan Shanghai’s modern subway system is Line 1
Lianhua Lu quick and efficient, and is undergoing Line 2
Waihuan Lu expansion. Lines 1 and 2 cover the
Xinzhuang
Tianxing Lu center of the city and Pudong. Line Line 3
3 is largely overground and skirts the Line 5 (LRT)
western edges of the city. Line 5

heads to the southern suburbs. Maglev (High Speed)

Tseun Tai Wo Hau HONG KONG MTR Penny’s Bay Line
Wan Kwai Hing Tseung Kwan O Line
Tseun Wan Line Airport Express
Tsing Yi Kwun Tong Line £ Interchange to KCR
Island Line
Tung Chung Line

Kwai Fong

Lai King £ Wong
Tai Sin
Mei £ Cheung Kowloon Diamond Hill
Foo Sha Wan Tong Lok Fu Choi Hung

Lai Chi Kowloon Bay
Ngau Tau Kok
Kok Sham Shek Kip Mei Po Lam

Nam Cheong Shui Po

£ Prince Edward

Mong Kok Kwun Tong Hang Hau

Olympic Tiu Keng
Leng
Yau Ma Tei Victoria Lam Tin
Harbour
Kowloon Jordan
Fortress North
Tsim Hill Point Yau Tseung
Sha Tsui Tong Kwan O

Sheung Wan Hong Wan Tin Hau Quarry Sai Tseung Kwan
Kong Chai Wan Ho O South

Causeway Bay Tai Koo Shau Kei
Wan
Central Admiralty Bay

Heng Fa
Chuen

Chai Wan

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KEY TO MAIN SYMBOLS

E *Museum, gallery Population # Open

P Historical building, k International ¢ Closed
street, area airport
§ Telephone
t Temple, ~ Domestic airport number
monastery ª Taxi
n Tourist
p Pagoda information

U Mosque £ Train station/ & Admission
5 Church service charge
M Tomb
T Cave c Long distance 6 Photography
bus allowed

@ Bus station/ ^ Photography not
service allowed

q Subway station 8 Guided tours
available
+ Fort v Streetcar
9 Audio tours
Y Park, garden g Ferry port/ available
service
O Wildlife preserve, e Elevator
zoo 4 River boat/ d Coat check
jetty or pier
} Area of natural 7 Wheelchair access
beauty 0 Restaurant (phone to check details)
- Café
F Theater, opera ∑ Website
house = Shop
g Theme park i Men’s restroom
( Market l Women’s restroom
_ Festival

ADDITIONAL SYMBOLS FOR
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS

y Price category ÷ Health/fitness S Swimming pool
(Chinese renminbi) facilities
$ Internet access
) Bar s Spa, beauty
treatments © Serves vegetarian
¤ Credit cards not food
accepted ˚ Wine list
Æ Serves non-Chinese
å Business facilities ∫ 24-hour room food
service

ADDITIONAL SYMBOLS FOR MAPS

n Tourist N Post office 5 Church, cathedral
information q Subway/ U Mosque
a Cable car
b Police station MTR station

a Hospital t Temple,
monastery

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