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The Avenue of Stars takes the history of Hong Kong’s film industry and its achieved accomplishments as it main theme

Tablets of 73 movie celebrities are inscribed on the surface of the avenue and 30 of them have handprints of the very celebrities. At the entrance to the avenue stands a bronze status of Oscar Reward and a small stage for performance and activities. Along the avenue, there are pantry shops and souvenir shops, some movie-relative sculptures and seats for you to have a rest. In addition, some Star Ambassadors come and go on roller skates are ready to provide help.

Travel guide:Located at the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade, it stretches from the Hong Kong Arts Hall to the New World Centre with a length of 440 meters.The area around is clustered with numerous featured restaurants MTR. You can find authentic Canton dishes and Sichuan dishes in the Miramar Shopping Centre on the Kimberley Road. The Knutsford Terrace (MTR: Tsim Sha Tsul B1 Exit) gathers all delicious food and endville international delicacies such as the Spanish food, Italian food and Japanese food.

Strolling on the Avenue of Star, visitors can view leisurely Hong Kong’s famous scenes of Victoria Harbor, featured architectures along Hong Kong Island as well as the brand-new multimedia performance,” A Symphony of Lights”.

Aberdeen Bay maintains the characteristic of a traditional fishing village of the 1800s. The village is still the home for hundreds of fishermen. Fishing boats ranging from the traditional Chinese sailing boats to the luxuriously furnished modern ships fill the bay. Tours of the bay by sampan are available. Many visitors come here only for the seafood, which is authentic and tasty.
hongkong top rated attractions,Travel Guide
It is in the south tip of Hong Kong Island.
First take an underground to the Trading Plaza at ExitA of Central Station and walk to the bus station to take No.7 or No.20 bus to Aberdeen. Visitors can also get Aberdeen Bay by boat at Lamma Island.
You can tour around the bay by a sampan at a cost of HK$ 50-70, which is ready for bargaining if there are many people.

One of the most famous and beautiful parks in Beijing, Beihai is also one of the earliest examples of Asian-style gardening in the world.

The park served as an imperial garden during the Liao Dynasty, over 800 years ago. After rounds of rebuilding and restoration, including a large scale refurbishment during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the park took on its present look.

Until the eve of the Xinhai Revolution and the founding the Republic of China in 1911, it had been an imperial garden exclusively for the royal family. About 39 hectares out of the 69 hectares park area is water, the landmark of the park being the “Baita” or “White Pagoda” that stands on Qinghua Island.

The White Pogoda was first built in the eighth year of emperor Shunzhi in 1651 AD at the request of the Tibetan Lama Naomuhan. It has long been known for its white color, elegant shape, and typical Tibetan style. It is commonly recognized as the most famous Lama pagoda in Beijing. Seen from afar the pagoda looks like a huge white vase.

Emperor Qianlong showed great passion for building the royal garden after his journey to Suzhou and Hangzhou, two beautiful cities in southern China known for outstanding private gardens. He ordered a large-scale construction of gardens within the Beihai Park. The garden once held a large amount of national treasure, which was all looted by the Eight-Power Allied Force as they invaded Beijing and completely destroyed the garden in 1900.
Beijing Attractions,Beihai Park
Since 1925 the garden, formerly used exclusively by the emperor and their family, has been open to ordinary visitors as a public park. The preservation efforts for the beautiful garden have never ceased over past decades.

The whole park is divided into five scenic zones: Qiong Isle, Tuancheng or Tuan City, Dongan, or East Bank, and the Beihai Arboretum, each of these five parts having its own enchanting features. The most important attractions in the park include the Hua Fang Zai, or Chamber of Paining Boat, Jin Xin Zai, or the Chamber of Tranquil Heart the Hall of the Heavenly King, The Hall of Fast Snow, the Screen of Nine Dragons, and the Xiao Xi Tian. The greenness and large variety of architectural styles in the park display the features of gardens in both northern and southern Imperial China.

Measuring 440, 000 square meters, Tiananmen Square is the largest open-air square in the world. It can hold about one million people for public celebration or gatherings. In the square tourists can climb the Tiananmen Rostrum, watch the daily national flag raising ceremony eary in the morning (the time varies subject to the sunrise), visit the National Museum of China, and go to the Mausoleum of Chairman Mao in which one will see the body of the great Chinese leader.

The Tiananmen Rostrum, standing to the north of the Tiananmen Square, precisely in the south – north central axis of Beijing, was the main gate to the Forbidden City-Palace museum for emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties. It was initially called Cheng Tian Men or the Gate of Carrying the Heaven, which means to shoulder the edict of the Heaven, and obtain the divine power form the Heaven. In the eighth year of emperor Shunzhi’s administration, the gate was renovated and called Tiananmen. From then on nearly all the important imperial celebrations and events such as the enthronement of a new emperor, the wedding of the emperor, the rite of going to a battle by the emperor himself, the famous “Imperial Edict Issued by Golden Phoenix, worshipping the Heaven and the earth, and worshipping the five sorts of grains were held in this square.

The magnificent gate has five passages. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the passage in the middle leading to the Forbidden City was particularly reserved for the emperor himself. The emperor went through the central passage on the way to the altars for rituals and other religious activities, for instance. The high-ranking government officials and the empresses, concubines, princess and princesses could only enter the Forbidden City through the side passages, while the ordinary subjects were banned from entering the Forbidden City. That’s why the palace complex is called” Forbidden City”..
Beijing Top rated attraction,Tiananmen Square
The 34.7 meters high Tiananmen Rostrum, with glittering yellow glazed tile on the roof and red wall and pillars, is more magnificent in the sunshine. Before the Rostrum are the Golden Water Bridge, the white Huabiao (a pair of ornamental columns made of white marble sculptured with dragon designs. They are also called “slander pillar” for in the ancient time it carried the ordinary people’s slanders and suggestions for the emperor) and a pair of big stone lions.

Simatai Great Wall,top rated attractions In Beijing China.Known for its dangerous, steep, and astonishing position, the 19 kilometers long Simatai

Great Wall has 35 watchtowers. It is recognized as the best preserved portion of Ming Great Wall. Built by the famous general Qi Jiguang, the Simatai Great Wall was confirmed by the UNESCO as the “Primitive Great Wall.”

Simatai Great Wall is separated into two parts by a valley which are known as the east and the west parts. The west part appears gentle with 20 well-preserved watchtowers dotted along the wall. In comparison, the east part is steep and cliff like. 15 watchtowers are scattered on the 1, 000 meters high peaks. The main attractions include the Watching Beijing Tower, Fairy Tower, Heavenly Ladder, and Sky Bridge. From the 986 meters high Watching Beijing Tower, one can view the famous scenic wonder of “White Snow on the Great Wall” in winter as well as the beautiful skyline of the city of Beijing in the south. The wall bricks here carry the date on which they were made and the code of the armies that made them.

Simatai Great Wall Park provides the invisible cable car, the iron rope bridge for viewing the valley scenery, a boating service on the Yuanyang (Mandarin duck, a bird symbolizing love in China) Lake. Furthermore, here is a good place for family gatherings or company meetings. Many international events are held here each year and include the Simatai Great Wall International Gliding Festival in June, the Great Wall Cultural Festival in August, and the Great Wall Climbing Tournament in September.

美国科罗拉多大峡谷是一个举世闻名的自然奇观，位于西部亚利桑那州西北部的凯巴布高原上，总面积2724.7平方公里。由于科罗拉多河穿流其中，故又名科罗拉多大峡谷。他是大自然的杰作，有科罗拉多何冲刷而成。长440公里，宽度在6-29公里之间，最深处1700米.
最好是经美国西海岸之后前往。游客也可从拉斯维加斯自行驾车一小时到亚利桑那州Dolan Springs市，然后享用先停车后转乘服务，前往大峡谷西缘。
开放时间：南岸则全年开放，大峡谷北岸每年的五月到十月中开放，没有公交车，只能租旅游车或自己开车去。
天梯Skywalk门票：25美元。

About Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.

美国之旅
在美国购物，会发现美国有许多环境优雅的超大型购物中心，它们已经不仅仅是购物场所，而成为美国的一种购物与休闲文化。早晨老人们在购物商场里散着步，孩子们放学后会来商场的游艺房玩耍，年轻的母亲们来到这里以购物的形式度过愉快的周末，此外，商场里还有餐厅、电影院，可以说，美国的购物中心更象功能齐全的休闲地。这种商业模式目前已经在全世界范围内得到推广。
购物时不妨多逛几家店，一般的大商场里，定期总会有降价销售，店家会挂出“on sale”的牌子，在这种时候，只须花上原价格的几分之一就可以买到称心如意的东西。
Shopping In U.S.A
Many tourists visiting the USA on vacation enjoy shopping for bargains. American whiskey, fashion jeans, children’s clothing, plush bath towels and fine bed linens are all popular items for shoppers from other countries. You can find many bargains in the US if you know where to shop and how to take advantage of the competitive sales

到美国旅游。 Travel To U.S.A
自由女神像，作为美国象征，位于美国纽约市曼哈顿以西的一个小岛–自由岛上，她手持火炬，矗立在纽约港入口处，日夜守望着这座大都会，迎来了自19世纪末以来到美国定居的千百万移民。1984年，它被列入世界遗产名录
The Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), officially titled Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La Liberté Éclairant le Monde), dedicated on October 28, 1886, is a monument commemorating the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, given to the United States by the people of France to represent the friendship between the two countries established during the American Revolution[6]. It represents a woman wearing a stola, a radiant crown and sandals, trampling a broken chain, carrying a torch in her raised right hand and a tabula ansata tablet, where the date of the Declaration of Independence JULY IV MDCCLXXVI[7] is inscribed, in her left arm. Standing on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans traveling by ship.[8] Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue[9] and obtained a U.S. patent for its structure.[10] Maurice Koechlin—chief engineer of Gustave Eiffel’s engineering company and designer of the Eiffel Tower—engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue’s construction and adoption of the repoussé technique, where a malleable metal is hammered on the reverse side.[11]
自由女神像是法国人民赠给美国人民的礼物，是自由的象征，女神像高46米，连同底座总高约100米，是那时世界上最高的纪念性建筑，其全称为”自由女神铜像国家纪念碑”，正式名称是”照耀世界的自由女神”，整座铜像以120吨的钢铁为骨架，80吨铜片为外皮，以 30万只柳钉装配固定在支架上，总重量达225吨，铜像内部的钢铁支架是由建筑师维雷勃杜克和以建造巴黎埃菲尔铁塔闻名于世界的法国工程师埃菲尔设计制作的。

Hakka food also called Dongjiang food is a traditional food brought by Hakka who emigrated from the central plains of China.

Its characteristics are salty, oily and fragrant, similar to food in northern area. Hakka food looks simple and the price is relatively cheap.

Recommended dishes: Bean curd stuffed with minced pork, steamed pork belly with preserved greens, Hakka rolled meat pot.

top rated restaurants

Recommended restaurants

Name	Address	Telephone
Chuen Cheung Kui Restaurant	108-120, Perceval Street Causeway Bay	25773833
Hakka Seafood Restaurant	1, Mut Wah Street, Causeway Bay	25069118

Black Tea House , Hong Kong, top rated restaurants In hongkong
With ancient Romanesque sculptures and Chinese antiques, it is of elegant pattern. With black tea as the main stream, the house serves various teas as well as lunch and supper sets.

restaurants Address:

1/F Prudential Assurance Building, 79 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsul

Contact:

Telephone: (852) 23680989