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During the Chinese New Year anything goes. We visited a small village outside of Nanning in Guangxi Province for a short homestay with Albert, one...

In the South of China, one can easily find the everpresent water buffalo helping to till just about any rice field. Barney, the water buffalo, is ...

On the morning after New Year's it's tradition for Chinese families to set off firecrakers in order to welcome in the New Year. These firecrackers...

Here's more fireworks at midnight in a Nanning neighborhood on Chinese New Year.

Every week, I go to my accordian teacher's house in the suburbs of Beijing for private lessons. A local Beijinger who works as a security guard in...

Regardless of the size of the town or city in China, you'll be able to find sports stadiums of all sizes scattered around urban areas. Some of the...

One of the games that Chinese off ages enjoy playing is one in which they whip a top repeatedly with a small stick with a string on the end. Here ...

Handan is known for being an ancient capital during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. It's difficult to find anything remaining from t...

In this video, the tunnel king tells us of how he and his comrades fought the Japanese during the tunnel warfare campaign.

In the outskirts of Beijing is Jiaozhuanghu, a small hamlet that was once the site of an important part in the war of resistance against Japan. He...

Not too far from the Chinese/Russian border in the Province of Heilongjiang is the Winter Wonderland of Harbin. Walking along the Songjiang River,...

Near Zhongwei, Ningxia is the tourist site of "Sha Po Tou," which signals the beginning of the desert. Here, my road friend, Dirk Lee runs down fr...

Only an hour from Beijing is Langfang. Not famous at all by Chinese standards, Langfang does have its sites. One of these sites is the Nature Par...

On the way to Wutai Mountain in Shandong, we stopped at a small village in Hebei called Fanjiazhuang. This village had never seen Westerners befor...

After arriving at the Beijing Botanical Garden, we walked with the children, identifying as many different kinds of flora as possible. 15 minutes ...

Simon, the Face of Chinareflection, gets ready to act as a chaperone for the day on a trip we made to the Botanical Garden with an elementary schoo...

Regardless of the size of the town or city in China, you'll be able to find sports stadiums of all sizes scattered around urban areas. Some of the...

In this video, one of the teachers in the technical school we visited on a tour to Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province gives us a short performance on the ...

I visited a school in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia recently. After teaching a short class, the students requested that I sing them a song. I told them I...

China's drinking culture may seem a bit much at first for those unfamiliar with it. Often, guests will be asked to drink a glass of "bai jiu," (Ch...

Directly next to the kite capital of China in Weifang, lies Shouguang, the "vegetable capital of China." In Shouguang one can find almost any vege...

On a trip to Tongchuan, a small coal mining town in Shaanxi Province, we visited some students in a technical school. As Tongchuan residents rarel...

Weifang, Shandong is known all throughout China as the "kite capital." Every Springtime in Weifang there is an annual kite flying concert. Kite e...

Not far from the kite capital of China, Weifang, is the small town of Yangjiabu. This town is famous for its kite production, as well as for its e...

This is a video of Dayton, an older guy who looks about 40, using a whip for the first time. The noise you here in the background is the sound of ...

Here he is in all his glory. Marlborough Man tames the big diabolo.

Andy Du, the Savior of Baoding, gives Simon and myself a tuba performance in front of a replica of "The Last Supper." This short concert took plac...

On a recent trip to Weifang, the Kite Capital of China, we made a visit to the kite museum in the center of town. In the square next to the museum...

Built in the 13th century, the Lotus Pond Garden in Baoding is one of the main sightseeing spots in the city, the former capital of Hebei Province ...

Built in the 13th century, the Lotus Pond Garden in Baoding is one of the main sightseeing spots in the city, the former capital of Hebei Province ...

During a visit to the former capital of Hebei Province in Baoding, we happened upon this Catholic cathedral established by the French in 1905. The...

In this final installment of the Beijing Residence trilogy, Simon emphasizes the ingenuity and improvisational techniques some locals employ even w...

In this second installment of the Beijing Residence trilogy, Simon gives us a brief introduction of the main hallway and kitchen of a Chinese home ...

In order to provide a better understanding of how some Chinese residence are set up, I decided to make a trilogy of videos devoted to the layout an...

Almost every morning I get my breakfast at Mr. and Mrs. Li's shop. Located near my apartment in the Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing, this shop i...

Every week I have an accordian lesson at my instructor's apartment in Beijing's northern suburbs. During this lesson, my instructor played a song ...

Here's another video of my boss, Zhao Jing, from "Vango Tour" (a Chinese-American travel agency). This video was shot during a busy day in our do...

Here's another clip of Zhao Jing, experiencing the joys of the American West and the desert with his 4 year old son. Chinese don't see scenery lik...

During a trip guiding two Chinese families to the western USA, we stopped off on the side of the road to enjoy the desert scenery. This is a pictu...

This is another video of Simon in front of the most impressive building in Bailin Temple in Hebei Province, the hall of 10000 Buddhas. Bailin Temp...

One of Chinareflection's favorite faces, Simon Gisler, remarks on his experiences after an overnight stay at Bailin Temple in Hebei Province of nor...

Brandon, Tara, and myself were on our way to the diabolo grounds when we stumbled upon these three people practicing their traditional Chinese inst...

While visiting Yichun, a city in Jiangxi Province in southern China, we made a stop at an elementary school in a village close to a town called Wan...

Notice as he bows that The Entertainer keeps his diabolo balanced the entire time.

Here he is in all his glory. Marlborough Man tames the big diabolo.

Here's a video of two of my favorites on the diabolo grounds in Beijing. The Entertainer is the one with the grey hair. He and Marlborough Man ge...

Everyday at the same time in Yuan Da Du Park in Beijing, the elders gather to play diabolo, sing, gossip, and just enjoy life. Here's a fellow I c...

Every week, I go to my accordian teacher's house in the suburbs of Beijing for private lessons. A local Beijinger who works as a security guard in...

This is a video of Dayton, an older guy who looks about 40, using a whip for the first time. The noise you here in the background is the sound of ...

This is a video of an experienced nunchucks and wushu (martial arts) instructor. He is from Henan and works in Beijing at a university. In his sp...