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Have you ever been to China?

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hilon

I am a Chinese studet here,i like English language and l love America,

i just want to make meet somefriends in this forum who can tell me about

America's traditional history American's culture,OK,then welcome to China if

one day:rofl:
 
Welcome, Hilon. American's "traditional" history and "traditional" culture will depend on which part of this country you are in and who you talk to. America is known as the "melting pot" because people from all parts of the world have come here with their own beliefs and traditions. As the new Americans mingled with each other, they also shared the traditions from their native countries. So, we celebrate the western New Year and the Chinese New Year, Christmas, Chanukah, Easter and Passover along with many other holidays.

We celebrate the Fourth of July as our Independence Day but in some parts of the country with large populations of people of Mexican descent, we also celebrate Cinco de Mayo--May 5, the Mexican Independence Day.

In the state of Utah, we celebrate July 24 as Pioneer Day--the day the Mormon pioneers came into the Salt Lake Valley. That wouldn't be celebrated in other states. They each have their own special days.

Hope you enjoy your time in the USA.
 
Nii Hau, Hilon, Welcome! My wife and I have traveled to the famous touristic places in China. Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongquing, Hong Kong, and many other places. Yours is a great and wonderful country.

How did you come across TUG? A little about us. We are a group of people, mostly American, but including people from Canada, and many places in Europe. We mostly own the homes we live in, but what brought us together is sharing vacation or holiday apartments in famous resort places around the world. Up to 50 or so families will share one apartment and arrange to use it separately when we vacation from our regular lives. This we call 'time-sharing'. It's probably a little different than in China, no?

I see there is more than one Taishan China. Is the place you live in Guangdong, near Hong Kong, or in the North, nearer to Jinan?

Tell us more about yourself.

Again. welcome to TUG...

Jim Ricks
 
Rose Pink said:
We celebrate the Fourth of July as our Independence Day but in some parts of the country with large populations of people of Mexican descent, we also celebrate Cinco de Mayo--May 5, the Mexican Independence Day.
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Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexico's Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It is not celebrated very much in Mexico other than in Puebla. It is celebrated much more in the USA, especially in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, etc.

Mexico's Independence day is September 16th. The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence also known as El Grito de la Independencia("Cry of Independence"), uttered on September 16, 1810 by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato. Traditionally, Mexico's Independence day starts with "El Grito" at 12:00 am on September 16th.

Mexico's Independence day is also celebrated in the USA but is not nearly as much as Cinco de Mayo.
 
Thanks for the clarification, John. Just another example of how things get mingled and mixed up over time by our blended culture.:)
 
I will bet you all a Mai Tai, that this is a spammer setting us up. Some time in the next 48 hours, his partner will be along to respond. ;)

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DeniseM said:
I will bet you all a Mai Tai, that this is a spammer setting us up. Some time in the next 48 hours, his partner will be along to respond. ;)
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I'm thinking along those same lines...
 
DeniseM said:
I will bet you all a Mai Tai, that this is a spammer
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I thought that too, but it's harmless to ask for some personalish info. S/he hasn't done anything wrong.

Besides, I like Mai Tai's and Spam.... Jim
 
DeniseM said:
I will bet you all a Mai Tai, that this is a spammer setting us up. Some time in the next 48 hours, his partner will be along to respond. ;)

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I won't take the bet, but can we make it a Blue Hawaiian instead! :D

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don't know if s/he's a spammer -but I was in China when I adopted my daughter. i loved China and want to go back again with her one day.
 
DeniseM said:
I will bet you all a Mai Tai, that this is a spammer setting us up. Some time in the next 48 hours, his partner will be along to respond. ;)
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Passepartout said:
I thought that too, but it's harmless to ask for some personalish info. S/he hasn't done anything wrong.

Jim
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Spammer was my first impression also but, like Jim, I decided it as worth answering. And, in doing so, I learned something about 5/5. And, who knows, maybe this will evolve (devolve?) into one of those multiple page threads full of giddy twists and turns.:D
 
Just as I predicted, our friend here posted spam in another post, today. Was banned, and re-registered under another name, and was banned again... :rolleyes:
 
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DeniseM said:
Just as I predicted, our friend here posted spam in another post, today. Was banned, and re-registered under another name, and was banned again... :rolleyes:
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Oh, the shame, the shame....

Well, since we won't be having any spam for Easter, I guess I'll just have to eat my scrambled eggs without it.
 
No surprise. Guess we'll just have a mai-tai with a side of hard-boiled eggs.

As was said in the OP: 有志者，事竟成 - It means, "There is nothing permanent".

Jim Ricks
 
China Bound in 2012

Zac495 said:
don't know if s/he's a spammer -but I was in China when I adopted my daughter. i loved China and want to go back again with her one day.
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Hi Ellen...we also adopted both of our girls from China. Our girls are now 9 and 7, and we will be taking our girls on a "heritage" visit to give them a glimpse of their native country. Actually found this thread when I was searching for a timeshare to exchange into in China in 2012.
 
I just came back from China by way of Guangzhou. We have a place in Zhuhai; it is right next to Marcu and across the water to Hong Kong. We were there for little over a month. We took two tours. One was in northeast China and the other was in western China. We go to China about once a year.

By the way there was at least 6 babies on board our flight out of Guangzhou. Ellen, you most likely when through Guangzhou since that is the American Consulate that handles adoptions.
 
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