Tel: 8610-63959393 63993981 Fax: 8610-63993989
Email: info@pichina.com
www.pichina.com www.chinainvestigation.net
Edited
by China Orient Business Investigation Co., Ltd
News Research International News Industry News Monthly
Holiday
News Research
Tibet receives 391,000 people per day Three problems need resolve
Accord
to Tibet municipality tourism office, since the Tibet railway goes to test
operation from July 1st, up to July 31st, Tibet has received 391,000
people, it grows 50%.
The tourism officer of Tibet said that after
the Tibet railway open to traffic, the tourist has increased. The flight didn’t affect by the railway, it’s about 36 flights fly in and out every day,
moreover the tourist come to Tibet by car has also increased, and there will be
15600 tourists stay in Lhasa and about 5000 to 6000 tourists goes to
Linzhi,shannan and rikeze etc everyday.
At the same time, he also admits that they have
discovered many problems this month.
Firstly, it's very difficult to buy the
ticket ,and cancel the tourism team ticket make a lot of travel agency cancel
the group, its loss is serious.
Secondly, the ticket of Podala palace is very
short; the reflection of the tourist is strong. It’s said that The Podala palace only receive
2300 tourist every day, thereinto, the team ticket is 1600,the scattered ticket
is 700.The supply and demand conflict is extrude. Podala palace is the national
cultural bequest, it’s made of wood and has be many years. Presently,
it’s being maintain, its carrying capacity is
limited, so we must use it at the premise of protection. With the growth of the
tourist, this conflict will become more extrude.
Thirdly, after the Tibet railway be open to
traffic, the tourist grow quickly, many problem appear in the reception work,
service quality, marketing order etc, the adjust way and measure can’t catch up with the need of development.
The
Tibet tourism office presses that they will increase the execution power to the
tourism market, harmonize and deal with tourist’s problem in time, insure the receive work
can goes on in an orderly way.
International News
Google share more than 60% and MSN drop to 11.8% in American internet search market in July
The internet
flux study company Hitwise, announces an investigation report on this July that
the search magnate Google has occupied more than 60% in American internet
search market.
Hitwise shows
that in the investigation on American search market’s internet flux,
Google’s share has achieved 60.2%, this exceeds
Yahoo and MSN. Yahoo is another winner, its market share has increased from
22.0% to 22.5%, Microsoft company’s search
engine MSN, its market share drops from 12.1% to 11.8%.
Hitwise shows that Google,
Yahoo and MSN, these three big engine have occupy more the 94% American
internet search market.
The high temperature
breaks the record in July in Europe
Expert alarm that it will be hotter in August
England,
France, Germany, etc, express that this July is the hottest month these years in
Europe. The Britain expert say that affect by Sahara hot wind, Europe will be
much hotter in August. At the same time, the hot and dry weather afflict
thousands of America and East Asia.
The temperature
in south Britain and Scotland is 7 higher than normal. In Spain and France,
because the river water’s temperature
is too high, the power station has to close. In America, the temperature has be
more than 44 for 11days in some agriculture area. This summer, most part of
American average temperature is 3-7 higher than before. The sizzler had lead
several people to death. The sizzler also appears in Pakistan, Bengal, south
India, China and so on.
The abnormal
weather made meteorologist astounded, they think drought is territorial problem
but not global. They think this is related with the global become warmer and
warmer. One expert says that glasshouse gas let cause this heat wave, until
2040, current high temperature will be the average temperature, but it will be
cooler in 2060.
Monthly Holiday
Double-Seventh
Day-Chinese valentine’s Day (July 30)
The introduction for Double-Seventh Day
In Chinese lunar
calendar, July 7 is Double-Seventh Day, some people also call it“Daughters
Day”,this is the most romantic festival in Chinese
traditional festivals. .
At night, the stars twinkle in the sky, a white galaxy traverse north and south,
there is a twinkling star on both side of the galaxy, and they are Altair and
Vega.
It’s traditional to see Altair and Vega in July 7 (lunar calendar), it’s said
that, Vega and cowboy will meet at that night every year. Vega is a beautiful
and dexterous fairy, so women will impetrate wisdom and article at that night,
and some of them also impetrate nice marriage, so it also called impetrate
skill Day.
It’s said that people can see cowboy and Vega meet in galaxy or hear their
sweet word below the grapevine at Double-Seventh Day’s night.
In this romantic night, girls lay out kinds of fruit, pray the goddess endow
them with intelligent heart and skillful hands, they also pray for happy
marriage.
The tale about Double-Seventh Day ----Love story between the cowboy and sewing
fairy
Double-Seventh Day is a beautiful old tale to sing the true love story between
the cowboy and Vega. And it is one of Chinese traditional love stories.
Long long ago, there is a very clever, honest young man lived in Niujiazhuang
village Nanyang city. His parents had passed away when he is a little boy and
he lives with his brother and sister-in- law. The sister -in- law was a very flagitious
woman who often abused him. One autumn she forced the young man to feed cows
and baffled him to chuck him away. She gave him nine cows but asked him to
bring ten. The cow boy had no choice but left there.
The cowboy is very sad, at that time an old man with white hair and beard
toward to him and asked why he was so sad. The cowboy told it to him, than the
old man said to him with smile: “Don’t worry boy, there is an old cow that is
down with an illness, if you can treat it well you can bring it back home”
The cow boy walked so long to find the illness cow, he skived much grass
to feed it and till the third day the cow was much better than before and said
he was a cow jinnee who offended the rules then fall down and his leg was
injured. He needed to wash with the flower dew one month than can be recovery.
The kind cow boy decided to help the cow jinnee so he stayed with him a month.
After the jinnee cow is healed, the cowboy brought ten cows went home happily.
Unfortunately his sister-in-law is still ruthless to him and wanted to
kill him. At last the cowboy was forced to leave the house only asked the
jinnee cow.
One day Vega and her sisters flied to the people world. They chose a
river to wash there. During that time, the cowboy and the sewing fairy met and
became lovers via the jinnee cow. Later they married and live a happy life
together. They cultivated and sewing. Also teach the neighbor the advanced
sewing skills. But it be heard by the King and Fairy Queen, they forced to
bring the sewing fairy back to heaven. The couple are breaked..
The cowboy is very roily and worried about the Vega, but he is not a jinnee, he
could not fly. At that minute the cow jinnee told the cow boy that he could
wear the shoes made by his skin to look for Vega after he died. The cowboy did
as the cow jinnee said and bring his children to chase Vega. But when he almost
catch her, the Fairy Queen draw out her clasp and it became a surfy river to obstruct
them. They have no idea. But their love moved the pies, millions of pies flied
there and built as a bridge to let the lovers are together. However the Queen allowed them to meet
each other only one time a year---in July 7th.
Later July 7th is called Double-Seventh Day when the cowboy and Vega meet
together. On that day many girls will be out of room to find the Altair and Vega
that aside the galaxy. They also pray for clever and skillful. Then the custom
is become popular festival among people called Double-Seventh Day.
Custom
for Chinese valentine's day---- Double-Seventh Day
Double-Seventh Day is a prevalent festival in China which women pray for much
more skillful and celebrate at the night in July 7th (Chinese lunar calendar).
There are many small games to compete who is the best, just like down-lead,
make some handicraft and so on. It is different in different areas. But it is
very interesting and funny.
In Jinan, Huimin, Gaoqing etc, Shandong province, the celebration is just put
some fruit and nuts on the desk, if there is a lucky spider spin above it, it
means that the girl has got the facility. But in Caoxian, Pingyuan etc, the
custom is very interesting. Seven female close friends bring their material
together to make dumplings. They put one copper cash, one pin and one red
Chinese date in the dumplings, then they sit around and eat the delicious
dumplings together. It said that the copper cash means the fortune and good
luck, the pin means skillful and the red Chinese date means early marriage.
There may be a little competitive among the celebrated games in some place, for
example: to do sewing work, braise steamed bread, flapjack. Also a game to cook
a bud soup, people said they dip some corn in the water to make them pullulate
in July 1st and cook it in 7th.
Like Zhucheng, Tengxian, Zouxian etc called the rain in Double-Seventh Day as “Xiangsi
lei”, it means miss tear. And they think the rain is for the cowboy and sewing
fairy and their love. And a tale said there are rarely pie in Double-Seventh
Day, because all of the pies fly into the sky to built a bridge for the annual
meet for them the cowboy and sewing fairy.
Today lots cities in Zhejiang province still keep the traditional customs. Just
like Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou etc. On that day they will fry some round paste
with different shapes, they called them “Qiaoguo”.
But in Shaoxing country, in the evening the young girls will hide in
flourish pumpkin. People said who can hear the quite words of cowboy and sewing
fairy, she will get her forever love.
To show their wish to the cowboy and sewing fairy, people in Jinhua are used to
kill one chicken. It means they can be together forever if there is not the ululation
to break a day.
In west of Guangxi, a tale said the sewing fairy will wash in the morning of
July 7th and the water can cure disease. They called the water “ Shuangqi water”.
People will get the water after the ululation of cow strive to be first.
In Fujian, People put some fruit and nuts in the desk to satisfy the sewing fairy
and hope her to bless the harvest. Some place often organize “Qijie meeting”.
Women show their needlework and sewing.
The most famous food in Double-Seventh Day is Qiaoguo, also called “Qiqiao
guozi”. It has many patterns, the main material are oil, flour, sugar and bee.
The book “Jing dong meng hu lu” called them “Xiao yan guo” or “Guo shi hua yang”.
The pictures are mainly Naixiang, Fangsheng etc. During Song dynasty there are
many Qiaoguo sold in market. Handy women can mold various shapes related Double-Seventh
Day, they look very beautiful.
Till today Double-Seventh Day is still a traditional romantic festival, but
many traditional customs has been weakened, even disappeared. Only the true
love story between the cowboy and sewing fairy is famous among the people.