Overwhelming Experience at Xi’an

In my few weeks in China I got culture Shock like in some places non existence of toilet paper because public toilets usually do not supply it,  using chopsticks was also new to me and took quite some time to get used to. It was always embarrassing at first when I couldn’t grab something tasty, I was laughed at so many times by Chinese people while they watched me struggle with my chopsticks. Besides that, some of Chinese people did not speak English so If I needed to go anywhere by taxi  or bus I had it written down in Chinese character as the people or driver understood these direction much better and if I walked around or staying in some public places, the people always staring at me. These situations sometimes made me were not excited to go outside to look around. 

But when I and some foreigner students have a trips to visited some historic heritage’s places, I was very impressed and given big appreciates for this country specially in Xi’an city, the goverment who have good manages and protect those historic heritages example China's terra cotta warriors, Daming Palace National Heritage Park, forest of Stone Steles, Hanyang Tombs and Xian Muslim Quarters (the Great Mosque). To make visitors comfortable, the government provides the best services and facilities in the various aspects. So, we felt visited the museum is not something boring but it was exciting and fun. The Xian Great Mosque was my favorite places, design and architecture, with curved roofs, calligraphy in both Chinese and Arabic, the mosque is a really nice and peaceful break from all the vendors, tourists and hooting. In here, there are many ways to enjoy the culture and language of China.

So, trying study Chinese is a great way to open mind and experience the culture of the country.  even though I feel learning of Chinese has become the most difficult thing for some foreigner including me because studying Chinese character and tonal system are two kinds of basic lesson we have to know to distinguish words, a mistake in one pronunciation can potentially change the entire meaning of the sentence but I didn’t give up about  that, I always expose myself to it as much as I can like practice and memorize simple phrases and characters, watching Chinese movies  and talking with Chinese friends was my primary method of me. My some Chinese friends was kind and friendly, they show me around the city and take some places which I never would have gone to otherwise. I consider if many people come to China to study Chinese it is very useful to make culture of this country will be famous in the world and improving the tourism sectors.

Now I feel Xi’an is a second home of me and hope someday I can come back again in here ^-^