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China Red Sandalwood Museum
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Going east along the Chang'an Street (cháng ān jiē 长安街), you will see a building complex to the north of the Gaobeidian (gāo bēi diàn 高碑店) exit of the Jingtong Expressway (jīng tōng gāo sù 京通高速). That is the Red Sandalwood Museum (zhōng guó zǐ tán bó wù guǎn 中国紫檀博物馆). It's owned by Ms. Chan Lai Wah, who is CPPCC member, chairlady of Fuwah International Hongkong, honorary humanity doctor and director of the college directorate of the Savannah College of. Art and Design in America. The total investment Going east along the Chang'an Street, you will see a building complex to the north of the Gaobeidian exit of the Jingtong Expressway. That is the Red Sandalwood Museum. It's owned by Ms. Chan Lai Wah, who is CPPCC member, chairlady of Fuwah International Hongkong, honorary humanity doctor and director of the college directorate of the Savannah College of is over 200 million RMB. It's a gift project for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It's the first and largest private museum in China specialized in collecting, researching and displaying red sandalwood works of art and connoisseurship of classical furniture, which fills a vacancy in the field of Chinese museum. 
Last Updated on Monday, 11 May 2009 16:28
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Beijing Snacks— Dou Zhi (豆汁), Zha Jiang Mian (炸酱面)

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If you want to get a feel for the life of a longtime Beijing resident, you could start by walking the city streets until your boogers turn black. Or you could eat some traditional Beijing snacks, foods that have been satisfying the city's populace for centuries.
If you visit early in the morning you'll find yourself surrounded by the city's elderly population drinking their mung bean milk and eating their pea flour cake, and picking their¡­ you know.
 

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Beijing Snacks—Chao Gan (炒肝), Guan Chang (灌肠) and Shao Mai (烧麦)
If you have enough time you may saunter around and drop in small Restaurant, especially when the bigger ones have closed. You will find that it won't cost you much for your dinner, which is really good. You will find steamed bread, steamed dumplings, dumplings, noodles, and family-style dishes, which you probably couldn't see in bigger ones.
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Beijing Snacks—Aiwowo (艾窝窝) and Zhimaqiu (芝麻球)
Beijing has a long history of making mung bean milk. As early as in the Liao (907-1125) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, mung bean milk was very popular. Local people of Beijing love to drink mung bean milk, because it is rich in protein, vitamin C and rough fiber and helps drive away summer heat, invigorate the function of the spleen and whet the appetite.
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Beijing Snacks—Tanghulu (糖葫芦)
Beijing snacks, combining varied flavors from different nationalities like Han, Hui, Meng, Man and court snacks from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), include many kinds and form the characteristic of their own.
Last Updated on Sunday, 14 September 2008 21:24
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