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Helen Page is a prolific blogger and ardent traveller; she runs Travelsignposts China with her professional writer and photographer husband Tony.

About Helen Page

Helen Page is a prolific blogger and ardent traveller; she runs Travelsignposts China with her professional writer and photographer husband Tony.

Xian’s Small Wild Goose Pagoda

May 31, 2015 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Small Wild Goose Pagoda

THE SMALL WILD GOOSE PAGODA IS A CULTURAL HERITAGE FROM THE TANG DYNASTY: Pagodas are a traditional part of Chinese architecture and landscape and in Xi’an, we pay a fleeting visit to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, one of two significant pagodas in the city. The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is an important cultural relic […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: chinese pagoda, goose pagoda, jianfu temple, little wild goose pagoda, small wild goose pagoda

A walk on the Xi’an City Wall

May 23, 2015 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Xi'an City Wall

XI’AN CITY WALL IS THE OLDEST AND BEST PRESERVED ANCIENT MILITARY DEFENSE SYSTEM: Although not as dramatic as the Great Wall of China or as fascinating as the city’s world-famous terracotta warriors, the Xi’an City Wall is nevertheless one of China’s more important ancient monuments. First built in the Sui-Tang Dynasties, the wall enjoys a […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: ancient city walls, xi'an ancient city wall, xi'an attractions, xi'an city wall

A Glimpse of Tujia Culture on a Shennong Stream Cruise

May 14, 2015 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Shennong Stream

A SHENNONG STREAM CRUISE OFFERS STUNNING SCENERY AND AN INSIGHT INTO THE TUJIA CULTURE: A popular excursion on any Yangtze River Cruise is trip up the Shennong Stream. The banks of the Shennong Stream have been the home of the Tujia minority group as far back as the Han Dynasty and the cruise offers stunning […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: boat trackers, hanging coffins, shennong stream, tujia cultural village, tujia culture, yangtze river cruise

Xi’an’s Magnificent Shaanxi History Museum

May 3, 2015 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Shaanxi History Museum

THE SHAANXI HISTORY MUSEUM IS A TREASURE HOUSE OF ANCIENT CHINESE ARTEFACTS: For history buffs and anyone wanting to have some appreciation of ancient Chinese history and culture, the Shaanxi History Museum is an excellent museum with over 370,000 fine pieces of ancient artefacts tracing the history of China from the Stone Age to the […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: ancient history museum, shaanxi history museum, xi'an museum

The Chinese Art of Tea

April 30, 2015 By Helen Page 3 Comments

Chinese Art of Tea

TEA DRINKING IN CHINA AND THE CEREMONIAL ART OF TEA PREPARATION: Our morning visit to the Terracotta Museum was a rather wet experience, so a pleasant surprise at lunchtime is a sandwich lunch at the Tian Lai Teahouse. The prospect of a sandwich lunch is a very exciting one for some of my fellow travellers. […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: chinese tea, chinese tea ceremony, how to prepare tea, tea houses, types of chinese tea

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We're Helen and Tony Page, and we love travelling - lucky as we've been doing it for the last few decades!

Tony has long been a professional photographer and writer, but Helen now writes most of the posts and takes a lot of photos herself!

Travelsignposts is our main travel planning site, but we've just launched Travelsignposts China and Tony also runs the Travelsignposts Photo and Guerrilla Travel Photography web sites, as well as publishing the Take Better Digital Photos and Guerrilla Travel Photography eBooks.

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