Day trip to Langtou Village and Taoist Temple – Register now!
Day trip，Join us for an unforgettable day trip to the Langtou Ancien Village and Yuanxuan Taoist Temple. We explore the village with a history of more than 600 years, have a delicous local lunch and visit the temple that is the center of Taoist activities in Guangzhou. March 2nd Saturday 09:00 Depart from Zhujiang New Town metro station exit A1 10:00-12:00 Visit Langtou ancient village 12:00-12:30 Drive to lunch restaurant 12:30-13:30 Local lunch 14:00-16:00 Visit Taoist temple 17:30 Arrive back to Zhujiang New Town I’m organizing a day trip together with my friend Sissi who is behind Banana Tour – family friend trips to hidden places in Guangzhou. Join us…
Liede Village banquet of hundreds of tables
900 years ago a group of people moved to Guangzhou from other parts of the province and settled close to the Pearl River. The Liede Village started to form. Fast forwarding 900 years the city of Guangzhou is spreading and being modernized. The old village is demolished and new residential buildings are build. The old villagers got new apartments distributed to them from these new buildings on their land, many even 10 or more apartments. Later shopping malls and business centers were build on the Liede Villagers land as well, a share of this income is distributed to the villagers, more than 50 000 CNY per year. No wonder Liede…
Happy anniversary to us!
I know it’s cheesy, but yes we were married on a Valentine’s Day! No it wasn’t the day of our grand two part wedding party, but the day we officially became husband and wife five years ago. Read more about it here! Later in May 2014 we organized a full day wedding that started with Chinese traditions and a lunch banquet. Read more about the Chinese part of our wedding here! After lunch we switched gears and had a Finnish wedding party at a fancy hotel. As in all Finnish weddings, we danced until midnight! Find out more here! Since we married in 2014, there have been more and more…
Chinese Culture Workshops in Guangzhou
I’m bringing you exciting news for this Spring! We are organizing more Chinese Culture Workshops than ever before here in Guangzhou. Language and culture go hand in hand, learning one promotes learning the other. February 15th we will join the Lin Clan on their yearly Lantern Festival Dinner, more than hundred tables are set outside for this magnificent banquet. This event is full. February 16th we will gather at our Clifford Panyu center to make dumplings and decorate lanterns our self. Enjoy self-made dumplings and Chinese handcrafts. Register by scanning the code on WeChat or by email: sara@sarajaaksola.com February 23rd we partner with Hunter Art Studio to bring our very…
