Hanwood Home Journals

Photos: Dumpling Banquet in 2011 is underway.

hanwood517_home — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:15:00 GMT

Winter Solstice is actually a solar term around the world,but in China,it means something else.It falls in late winter and when it comes,people are supposed to go home for family reunion and they cook a grand dinner which includes mainly dumplings,then some mouth-watering dishes.You may conclude,OH,it is like the Spring Festival of China.Yes,indeed.Therefore,you can see that it will be quite disappointing and lonely if those working in another city are not able to be back home at that moment. Now,there is no need for the emigrated Xianese to worry about it this year since we are going to holding a grand dumpling banquet for winter solstice on Dec 22nd.Our nice and easy-going staff will act as the teacher to teach you how to make dumplings and you may get a lot of surprises and fun here by joining us in DUMPLING COMPETITON and other wonderful activities on that day~~~ Are you interested in it???Come to us and have fun!!! Date:Dec 22nd Time:19:00-22:00 Tel:029-85516916(Reception) 15102970630(Catherine) Address:Hanwood International Youth Hostel,New 1-6,Taipingbu Village,South Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda,Yanta District,Xi’an,China *Notes: 1.15 CNY to join the banquet for as long time as possible; 2.Don’t worry about being late for the final bus to go back home in case you stay here for too long time since you may sleep over here with ONLY 40 CNY!!!O_O

Grateful Thanksgiving

hanwood517_home — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:21:00 GMT

Usually,Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of the November.This year,according to lunar calendar,it is Nov 24^th.

In U.S.A.,Canada or some other countries,people observe by getting together with family members or friends at home,cooking very grand dinner which includes turkeys,apple pies,biscuits and toasted goose,etc.

However,here in China,things will change a bit.We are not used to eating the toasted turkey;we don’t know how to bake the apple pie…

Therefore,this year,our hostel changed the way to celebrate it---we held a Bazaar.

10 days before the festival, we began to prepare for the Bazaar. We posted the news online,kept in contact with our friends,told everyone that would be here on that day of it,so that a lot of people were at the Bazaar.

Now,I think I need to explain something about the Bazaar: you may buction the things by paying or exchanging your own things.All the income from the activity will be donated to the children in mountainous area.

That night,most of them taking part in brought their own things,such as,precious antiques,favorite CDs,fancy perfume made in America,delicate silk bought in Hangzhou…The most attractive one was the paintings drawn by a talented artist of Xi’an,Chenye(陈烨),directly in front of everyone.Both of them had the profound meanings related with the poor children who couldn’t afford the schooling and their dreams.People there bought almost everything displayed on the table with much higher prices than the thins’ original ones.

At the end of it,we counted the money got---more than 5100RMB,which was all donated to the the children via the help the voluteering website organizing the charity things.

We gave our love to the children on this day and hopefully they would go on with their lives by the help from different persons around the world and share the warmth from the loving atmosphere in the festival!!!

*Related websites:www.xayg.com

www.xianyha.com

Photos: Thanksgiving in 2011

hanwood517_home — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:49:00 GMT

We held a Bazzar for the Thanksgiving Day.

Origin of Our Name

hanwood517_home — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:54:00 GMT

Two years ago,Amly chose a place near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda,and set up a youth hostel.Several months later,this hostel had a guest from Austrilia,who is called Kate,gave it a name:Hanwood.
She said,”I really love this place since its location is really good,just next to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda which is one of the two landmarks in Xi’an.I love her design,her atmosphere,her people,her cute birdies,her turtle,and her blog walls…”

Photos: Three Gorges

hanwood517_home — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:01:00 GMT

Three Gorges used to be an all-eyez-on-me programme.Now it is an awesome scenic spot starting from Chongqing to Yichang.