We have a couple days off of school the first week in April for Tomb Sweeping Day. Apparently, this national holiday is a really big deal in China. On Tomb Sweeping Day, Chinese people honor family members whom have passed by visiting their grave sites, planting flowers and cleaning up their tomb stones. People travel far to be with their families and visit all the tombs of their loved ones.
Although, I will use the time to remember and honor the loved ones that I have lost, I will be honoring them from Xiamen... another city on the east coast of China just a couple hours south of Shanghai (about the distance from Michigan to the South Carolina). Courtney L. and I began booking out trip today. We are leaving Thursday night after school and coming back home Tuesday morning. We have booked two different hostels for the weekend. The first half, we are going to be staying in a hostel called Bay View Inn and it is actually located on a small island just off the coast of China. Then for the second half we will be staying at the Blue House Inn in downtown Xiamen.
Xiamen is a contemporary, but historical city with a lot of tourist and religious attractions, beaches, parks and gardens. It is supposed to be very beautiful and warm this time of year (average mid 70's). We are really hoping for good weather, but either way, it will be great to get out and see a little bit more of China.
More to come :]
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