The stadium will host the main track and field competitions form the 2008 Summer Olympics,as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.The stadium can seat as many as 91,000 spectators during the Olympics.The capacity will then be reduced to 80,000 after the Games.It has replaced the original intended venue of the Guangdong Olympic Stadium.the stadium is 330 meters long by 220 meters wide,and is 69.2 meters tall.The stadium uses 258,000 square meters of space and has a usable area of 204,000 square meters.It was built with 36 km of unwrapped steel,with a combined weight of 45,000 tons.The stadium will cost up to 3.5 billion Yuan.

The National Stadium is dubbed the “Bird’s Nest” because ofits innovative grid formation.The twig-like structural elements and the bowl-shaped roof are the masterpiece of the project,yet they pose great challenges to technicians and workers who need to make the building stand on its own feet.The constructors have made decisive efforts to let the “Bird’s Nest” support its own weight without relying on any of the supporting structures.

The large steel skeleton of the project weights 42,000 tons,with the roof and the hanging parts around it accounting for 11,2000 tons.To bear such a heavy load,78 supporting structures were temporarily installed and distributed in different points under stress.Through accurate calculation and careful argumentation,experts came to understand that the unloading process of the supporting frameworks should be divided into seven steps and each step should abide by the sequence of outer circle,middle circle,inner circle,middle circle and innercircle.In other words,35 mini-steps are needed to complete the whole process.

To unload a supporting structure,or to load the insitu steel skeleton,a lifting jack is used.Jacking pads with a height of 100mm to 200mm are placed on the top of the supporting structures.When the lifting jack rises,it replaces the structure to bear the load of the steel skeleton,and a jacking pad is removed.Then the jack descends slowly to give the remaining load again to the column,thus repeating a total of 35 times until the steel skeleton is able to bear its own weight.

Accuracy is required during the process.The maximum descent of the outer circle is limited to  68-286mm,the middle circle 161-178mm and inner circle 208-286mm.If the descent of the steel structure,which relies on its own supporting capability,exceeds the extent,or cracks appear somewhere in the skeleton,then problems might exist in the design,manufacturing or construction stages in the past three years.In a word,the unloading process is a proof of “the Bird’s Nest” Quality.

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games aims to inspire youth around the world to embrace, embody and express the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect. It will create a lasting sports, culture and education legacy for Singapore and youths from around the world, as well as enhance and elevate the sporting culture locally and regionally.

For more information, please visit www.singapore2010.sg

Encompassing the entire building from the courtyard and famed American Bar to the public areas and 268 guestrooms, the responsibility for this extensive restoration is being handled by the renowned designer, Yves Rochon, who has earned special recognition for his work on other landmark hotels such as the George V in Paris and the Hermitage in Monaco.  The programme heralds a number of notable highlights including the addition of a luxurious new two bedroom Royal Suite, the complete remodel of the legendary River Restaurant and the re-launch of the 58 River Suites with their iconic views over the River Thames.

In addition, The Savoy Grill will return again under the operation of Gordon Ramsay Holdings.  New to the hotel will be The Beaufort Bar and Savoy Tea Shop, the first an opulent new venue to enjoy champagne and cocktails and the latter, a bijou teashop selling Savoy branded tea products, patisserie and other goodies.  Within the Thames Foyer, the re-introduction of a stunning winter garden gazebo beneath an ornate glass dome will provide the perfect ambience for afternoon tea.   For those who wish to continue their fitness regime on the road, there will be a contemporary, glass enclosed fitness gallery and rooftop swimming pool – one of only two in the city.

Room rates at The Savoy will start from around GBP 350 per room per night and we will be taking reservations 3 months prior to reopening.  Please visit www.the-savoy.com for further updates on the restoration.

The newly revitalised Fairmont Peace Hotel Shanghai will offer approximately 269 deluxe guestrooms and suites with a selection of eight restaurants and lounges. Included among these is the much-loved Jazz Bar, a Shanghai institution since the 1930s. In addition, a lobby lounge on the ground floor, a mezzanine-level sushi, wine and cigar bar as well as a heritage Chinese restaurant on the 8th floor and the Peace Grill Restaurants on the 9th floor will offer a new level of elegance and comfort befitting of today’s discerning travellers. The 9th floor will also host the famed Peace Hall, where the property’s iconic sprung-wooden dance floor still evokes memories of old Shanghai cabarets and gala parties.

Responsible for the entire renovation of the property formerly referred to as the ‘Premier Hotel of the Far East’ is the internationally acclaimed design firm, Hirsch Bedner Associates. Now in the final design stages, the Fairmont Peace Hotel is being brought back to life and transformed into an ultra-luxurious global icon for the 21st century.

A low-rise extension has been added to the rear of the hotel, housing guestrooms as well as a sky-lit swimming pool and spa. The famous ‘Nine Nations Suites’ will remain a feature of the new hotel; four of these (Indian, English, Chinese and American) will be preserved from the old Peace Hotel, while the French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and German suites will be redesigned in keeping with their original concepts. A presidential suite will occupy the 10th floor penthouse where the hotel’s flamboyant creator and former owner, Victor Sassoon, once lived.

In addition to the renovation of many elements of the building, which remain true to its historical integrity, the hotel will ensure a timeless reinterpretation of its glamorous 1920s and 1930s heyday, enabling it to sit alongside Fairmont’s impressive list of heritage hotels worldwide which include The Savoy, London and The Plaza, New York.

Please visit www.fairmont.com for further updates on the restoration.

Notes for editors:
A leader in the global hospitality industry, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is an extraordinary collection of luxury hotels, which includes iconic landmarks like Fairmont Le Ch?teau Frontenac in Québec City, Fairmont The Norfolk, Nairobi and London’s The Savoy, reopening in 2010. Fairmont hotels are one-of-a-kind properties where sophisticated travellers can discover culturally rich experiences that are authentic to the destination. Situated in some of the most exclusive and pristine areas in the world, Fairmont is committed to responsible tourism and is an industry leader in sustainable hotel management with its award-winning Green Partnership programme.  Fairmont’s portfolio includes 56 distinctive hotels, with plans to develop over 25 new properties in the coming years in destinations as diverse as Shanghai, Morocco and Anguilla.

Fairmont is owned by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, a leading global hotel company with 91 hotels worldwide under the Raffles, Fairmont and Swiss?tel brands. The company also owns Fairmont and Raffles branded Residences, Estates and luxury private residence club properties.

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Its long history endows Luoyang with a profound sense of culture. The city is the cradle of Chinese civilization where many Chinese legends happened, such as Nvwa Patching the Sky, Dayu Controlling Flood and the Chinese Ancestor Huangdi Establishing the Nation. The city is also famed as the ‘Poets Capital’ as poets and literates of ancient China often gathered there and left grand works, including Book of Wisdom (Dao De Jing), Han History (Han History) and Administrative Theory of Admonishing Official (Zi Zhi Tong Jian). Religious culture once thrived here. Taoism originated there and the first Buddhist temple set up by the government was located there. Luoyang is also the hometown of many of the scientific inventions of ancient China, such as the seismograph, armillary sphere, paper making, printing and the compass.

He’s a very good photo shoot.
Last time I saw him, he said he would like to do a web site on tour and  hotel reservation, similar to Ctrip(http://www.ctrip.com/)
The establishment of such a site requires a great deal of work,such as web site development, Hotel information provider, Web site promotion etc. If there are appropriate resources, I suggested that he might try.
Of course, if I have time I will help him, because I like the development of the Internet site.

Now there are a lot of Internet hotel reservation sites.You know, looking for an affordable and beautiful hotel is not easy. I have found that a Web site, hotelscombined,  is to provide hotel price comparison service,the URL is  http://www.hotelscombined.com
This site provides us all on the hotel provided by the Web site, there is a price comparison, so that we can make better choices. We can search for hotel we need, and link to relevant sites to do hotel reservations.It can search for hotel from many web sites,such as hotels.com, Booking.com, TotalTourist.com, etc. We can search a specified hotel on the hotel page,for example, China Royal Hotel Macau:

http://www.hotelscombined.com/Hotel/Royal_Hotel_Macau.htm

This model is also worth considering, and this need to establish a good relationship with major travel sites. Therefore, the work needs to be done may be more. To consider what kind of model, we need well-considered. In any case, I hope he can achieve his dream.

Foreign restaurants: American. Australian. French. German. Japanese. Indian. Italian. Korean. Latin American. Muslim. Russian. Southeast Asia. Thai. Turkish. Vegetarian.

Chinese restaurants: Cantonese. Sichuan. Beijing. Seafood.

Please find the restaurants on the below list according to the above order.

Foreign restaurants:

Euramerican Food
Name:Gail’s Place American Food & Bar
Address: 96 Hengfu Lu, by Huanshi Lu, by the Guangdong Second Chinese Medical Hospital
Tel: 0086-20-8359 2080, 0086-20-8359 3878
Business Time: Daily 10.30am-midnight. No cards.

Name:JJ’s American Restaurant & Bar
Address: 28 Taojin Jie
Tel:0086-20-8359 15097
Business Time: Daily 11am-midnight. No cards.

Name:Madison American Food and Drink Specialty
Address: 313-317 Yi An Plaza, 33 Jianshe Liu Ma Lu
Tel: 0086-20-8363 3870
Business Time: Daily 11am-midnight. All cards

French

Name: Celebrities Palace
Address: 26 Tianhe Dong Lu
Tel: 0086-20-8750 3426

Name:Connoisseur
Address: 3/F, Garden Hotel
Tel: 0086-20-8333 8989 ext 3964

Name: Grand Paris
Address: 7 Tian He Jie, Tiyu Xi Lu
Tel: 0086-20-8559 1979
Business Time: Daily 11am-3pm, 5-10pm. No cards.

Name: La Seine
Address: G/F, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island
Tel: 0086-20-8735 2222 ext 888, 8735 2531

Name: Les Trois Gros Bistro
Address: 5 Xin Cheng Nan Jie, Tianhe Dong Lu
Tel: 0086-20-3881 5507, 0086-20-3881 5325
Business Time aily 11 am ¨C 12pm, All Cards,

Name: Normandy
Address: Huacheng Da Dao, Zhujiang New Estate, at the south gate of Zhu Jiang Park
Tel: 0086-20-3885 8332

Name: Saint Germain
Address: No.13-15 , 475 Huanshi Dong Lu, opposite Yue Hai Bldg
Tel: 0086-20-8760 6465

Indian

Name: Alibaba
Address:176 Beijing Lu, Near Li Du Hotel
Tel: 0086-20-8333 3791

Name ream of India
Address: 83 Lu Jing Lu
Tel:0086-20- 8359 7121

Name: Haveli Restaurant & Bar
Address: Overseas Chinese Village, 2 Aiguo Lu, by Huanshi Dong Lu
Tel: 0086-20- 8359 4533

Name: Indian Chef
Address:15 Yushan Lu, Beijing Lu
Tel: 0086-20- 8330 6816

Name: Rice & Curry Indian Restaurant
Address: G/F, 145 Taojin Bei Lu
Tel: 0086-20-83489240

Italian

Name: 63 Cafe
Address: 413 Tianhe Bei Lu
Tel: 0086-20-3880 5863
Business Time: Daily 24 hours. Local cards.

Name: Anti Pasto Bar & Restaurant
Address: 1/F, Guangyi Bldg, 38 Huale Lu, Dongshan District
Tel: 0086-20-8360 1366

Name: Di Matteo Ristorante Italiano
Address: West side, 1/F, Xing Long Garden, 175-181 Tianhe Bei Lu
Tel: 0086-20-8525 1300
Business Time aily 11am-11pm. All cards.

Name: La Casa Italian Restaurant
Address: 3/F, Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu
Tel: 0086-20-8333 8989 ext 3970
Business Time aily noon-2.30pm, 6.30-10.30pm.

Name: Milano
Address: G/F, East Plaza, World Trade Centre, 371 Huanshi Dong Lu
Tel: 0086-20-8730 2177
Business Time: Daily 10am-1.30am. No cards.

Muslim

Name: 1001 Arabian Nights
Address: 899 Jiefang Bei Lu
Tel :0086-20-3618 2280

Name: Delicious Muslim Food
Address: 65 Dongdu Da Shi Jie, 475 Huanshi Dong Lu
Tel: 0086-20- 8762 6466

Name: Qinghai Muslim Restaurant
Address: 71 Guanghua Da Dao, San Yuan Li
Tel: 0086-20- 8657 0920

Name: Banxi restaurant
Address: No151 Longjin Xi Lu
Tel: 86-20- 8181 5718

Name: Guangzhou Restaurant
Address: No.2 Wenchang Nan Lu
Tel:86-20-8138 0388

Name: East Ocean Seafood Restaurant
Address: 3/F, Dongshan Plaza, 65 Xianlie Dong Lu
Tel: 0086-20-87320428

Chaozhou
Imperial Palace
1)3/F, Guangzhou Foreign Business Hotel, No.293 Guangzhou Da Dao Zhong
Tel: 86-20-8739 8922

Sichuan
Ba Shu Xuan
5/F, Zhong Lu Commercial City, Zhongshan Wu Lu
Tel:86-20-8336 2650

Hunan
Hunan Home
6/F, Times Square, No.28 Tianhe Bei Lu
Tel:86-20-3882 1850

Northeast
Dongbei Ren
1-2/F, Lan Bao Shi Building, Renming Bei Lu
Tel:86-20-8136 14

One tagged place of Guangzhou history is Chen Clan temple. The ancestral temple for the whole clan of the Chen in Guangdong Province, also called Chen Clan Academy, was designed by Li Julin and built from 1890 to 1894, Qing Dynasty when Emperor Guangxu reigned over the country. The whole structure faces the south and covers 15,000 square meters with 6,400 square meters as principal section.

Chen Clan Temple is known for its superb art of decoration for it epitomizes the folk decoration art of Guangdong. It is also famous for “three kinds of carving, three kinds of sculpture and one kind of iron casting”, including Stone carving, wood carving, Brick carving, Pottery Sculpture, plaster sculpture, painted sculpture and iron casting.

There is a vast rang of restaurants, from street stalls serving noodles to revolving restaurants top hotels and converted courtyards where the imperial family once dined.

China’s vast territory and long history have give birth to distinct regional cuisines over the centuries. The precise number of regional cuisines in China is till under dispute, but experts agree on at least eight: Sichuan, Shangdong, Guangdong(Cantonese), Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Huan and Anhui, the eight provinces in China.

Eight Distinct Regional Cuisines in China

Guangdong Cuisine

One of the eight major schools of China’s culinary art, Guangdong Cuisine is perhaps the most

popular. Guangdong Cuisine, known as Cantonese Cuisine in the West, was developed in Guangzhou, Huizhou and Chaozhou, and Hainan Island. As the climate of Guangdong is hot, these dishes are fresh, tender, and lightly seasoned. The raw material for Guangdong Cuisine is very rich, which includes snake, cat and pangolin. Cooked snake is considered a delicacy. The most famous snake dish is the Dragon and Tiger Locked in Battle, in which cobra, leopard cat, and over twenty spices are used.

Roast snake with Chrysanthemum Blooms is provided in autumn. The dish is creamy in colour and is garnished with beautiful petals of chrysanthemum, mushrooms, and various flavorings. Other delicacies in Guangdong Cuisine include Roast Suckling Pig, Duck Web in Oyster Sauce, and Braised Chicken Feet with Wild Herbs.

Sichuan Cuisine

Sichuan Cuisine is well-known for its hot and pungent at flavoring. Yet the highly distinctive pungency is not its only characteristic. In fact, Sichuan cuisine boasts a variety of flavors and different methods of cooking. A Sichuan dish can be hot, sweet, sour, salty, or tongue-numbing. Typical dishes of Sichuan are Twice cooked pork Slices, Spicy Diced Chicken with peanuts, Dry-fried Shark Fin, and Fish-flavored Pork Shreds. One of the popular dishes is Pockmarked Women’s Bean Curd which was invented by a Chengdu Chef’s pockmarked wife decades ago. Te cubed bean curd is cooked over a low flamed in a sauce which contains ground beef, chili, and pepper. When served, the bean curd is tender, spicy and appetizing.

Shandong Cuisine

Shandong Cuisine includes many well-known seafood dishes. The dishes are usually fresh, tasty, but not greasy. Some of the famous dishes are Deep-fried Red-scale Fish.
Shandong Cuisine has been influenced by the “Confucius Family Dishes”, which are renowned for their taste, aroma, colors and shape. Most famous ones are Jadeite Shark Fin, Agate Sea Cucumber, Shrimps Wearing Jade Belts, and Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea.

Jiangsu Cuisine

Developed from the local food of the four cities, Suzhou, Yanghzou, Nanjing and Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Cuisine is popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is characteristically sweet. Sweet-sour Fish, Sweet-sour pork and Sweet-sour soup are common dishes at the table of the ordinary families. The most popular dishes are Sweet-sour Boneless Fried Fish, Watermelon Chicken, Salted Duck and Creamed Abalone Soup.

Zhejiang Cuisine

Developed from the local food of the four cities in zhejiang province: Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Wenzhou. Zhejiang Cuisine makes crisp, tender, light and fresh dishes. The ways of the cutting and the temperature of cooking are closely observed, which is the key to the success of Zhejiang Cuisine.

Fujian Cuisine

Fujian Cuisine is developed from the local food of the three cities of Fujian Province: Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Xiamen. This region is very close to the sea and sea food making is, of course, the chef’s culinary art. They are good at steaming, frying, braising the food, particularly good at pickling 7 the ingredients before cooking. The popular dishes are Wined Chicken, Wined Sliced Fish, Deep-fried Prawns, Wined Sea Cucumber with Brown Sauce, and Braised Abalone with OysterSauce, Flavor, color and appearance are important in Fujian Cuisine.

Hunan Cuisine

Hunan Cuisine is developed from the local food of the Xiangjiang Valley, Dongting Lake Area, and Western Mountainous Hunan Province. Its characteristics are: a great variety of ingredients, shiny and strong colors, hot and spicy tastes, smoked and pickled flavors. Cooking techniques are pickling, smoking, spicing, simmering, steaming, braising and frying. The noted dishes are Hot and Spicy Chicken, Simmered Shark’s Fin in Brown Sauce, Gold-Coir Fish, and Sweet Lotus Seeds Soup.

Anhui Cuisine

Anhui Cuisine is developed from the local food at the Yangtze banks In Anhui Province, the Huai River Valley, and Huizhou region. Is characteristics are natural ingredients selected; original color and flavor preserved. Deep-frying, roasting, simmering and steaming are the usual cooking techniques applied. The noted dishes are Fuli Stewed Chicken, Salted Mandarin Fish, milky Fish King, Ham Simmered with Bamboo Shoots and Ham Simmered with Softy-shelled Turtles.

As the famous saying goes, “Eating in Guangzhou”, Catering has been the relatively active industry of the economy of Guangzhou and also the sensitive industry to the society. Judging from the history, as long as the society is stable, the economy develops, the restaurants must be flourishing. Therefore, people regard catering industry as the weather glass of the politics and economy of the society.

The “morning tea”, which becomes popular all of China, has delicate and tasty dim sum.The most famouse one you can’t miss is Guangdong Dim-sums!!It’s the best way for you to join Chinese Guangdong Food culture.