Day 12

Second lesson for IS module and taught by Ms Grace. Our first lesson was some introduction and history of China, and we learn deeper in detail of China.
"Thoroughfare of nine provinces”
- China’s population of approximately 9,100,000 people, including around 6,100,000 residents in its urban area. It is divided into three parts and commonly called the “three towns of Wuhan” they are WuChang, Hankou, and Han yang.

What we had learn:
1. Administrative units: China consists of 4 metropolitan cities, 5 autonomous areas where the national minorities (55) are in a majority in their respective area, 2 special zones, and 23 normal provinces.
2. Neighboring provinces: “Province of thousand lakes”; Lake Liang Zi, lake Hong Hu, Yangtze river , Han river; Population: about 59.878million;Minorities: Tu Jia, Miao; Nickname:”nine headed bird” which means strong, cunning, smart and clever.
3. Tourist resources: home of the powerful state of Chu (spring and autumn period 770BC-476BC) thathad a splendid and unique culture.
- Wudang mountain (simplified Chinese: 武当山; traditional Chinese: 武當山)
- Three gorges 三峡
- Shennongjia 神农架
- Chibi(red cliff) 赤壁
- Jing Zhou 荆州
4. Climate: Humid subtropical with abundant rainfall and four distinctive seasons, and the best times to travel here is in spring and autumn. That is was why the weather can change drastically at different timing.
5. Transportation:
- Bridges:
First bridge, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge built in 1957.
Second bridge, a cable- stayed bridge, completed in 1995.
Third bridge, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge completed in September 2000.
In total, one Yangtze River tunnel, 6 completed bridges, and one bridge still under construction.
Three railway stations: Hankou, WuChang, Wuhan
6. Tourist sites: East Lake; Hubei provincial museum, Jiqing Street, lute platform (learn about Yu Bo Ya playing over the grave of Zhong Zi Qi for the last time and then smash his lute), yellow crane tower (built during the 3 kingdom period. And as a military tower), Riverside (Han gan)
7. Economy and major industries: About 50 French companies and other major industries are WISCO, DongFeng- Citroen, coke cola, Wal-Mart, metro, Carrefour etc.
8. Popular foods in Wuhan: Hot and dry noodles, Re-gan mian; Duck’s neck or Ya Bozi ; Bean pan or Doupi; Soup dumpling or Tangbao ; Salty doughnut or Mianwo;and Wuchang fish or Wuhang Yu.

this is our IS teacher Ms Grace

she drew the map on how to go to the Hou Bu Xiang

Reflection:

We were curious about the Hou Bu Xiang and so we find our way there based on the map that Ms Grace drew for us. However, after walking for around half an hour we couldn’t find the place and we decided to have our lunch at McDonald’s. In McDonald’s, we saw this boy around 15 years old or slight older, was eating leftover food left by others. My personal opinion was that if he could find a job, he’ll not have to eat these leftovers by others. Although I’m not sure how easy or difficult is it to get a job in China, but I’m sure if there’s a will there’s a way and I also see quite a few teenagers working at road side stores, or shopping malls. So maybe if he is willing to take the initiative to find a job, he will lead a better life.