What is Taxi-Book?

Our venues are clearly displayed, only with relevant information for both the user and the driver. The venues will be easy to look up for any user by using the coloured tabs representing a category. Each page will clarify its purpose by repeating the sentence “please bring me to” both for the user and the driver.

Furthermore the Taxi-Book contains a small map that will allow the user to quickly indicate his position and the venues of his choice.
Our universal icons will bring the user to the nearest venue of that well-known instance.
We also included some useful expressions to allow basic communication with the driver when necessary.
Concluding with some facts about the city and emergency information we are confident to provide essential information to foreigners in this Taxi-Book.

Who are your customers?
The Taxi-Book is a marketing tool for companies focusing on a foreign market. The current growth of Chinese new tier cities, brought a great demand of information. The cultural and linguistic barrier is present anywhere in China and therefore creates a demand for the useful information in the Taxi-Book. The emergence of a foreign market in these cities makes the Taxi-Book a valuable marketing tool. We supply the Taxi-Book to companies for them to customize. This will allow you to present a personal product with a lot of useful information. The appearance in or on such a long lasting and quality product can be very valuable. Therefore we offer multiple ways to cooperate with us, supplying not only the customized booklet but also opportunities to appear and advertise in it.

What are the Benefits for your organization?
- A product based on simplicity and efficiency
- A professional, quality and durable product to distribute or resell
- Customizable branding opportunities
- The opportunity to get a large quantity of long lasting brand-exposure
- A high-end corporate gift and/or reselling product
- A product applicable in multiple cities mentioned below

What are the benefits for the end customer?
- Getting around the city efficiently
- A user-friendly tool
- All necessary addresses covered
- A reliable product with many practical features
- A must have for visitors unknown to the language and city

Where is it dealt?
We aim to provide this product all over China. Our target will always be to supply quality on every aspect; this to stay a reliable standard for visitors in China. Your destination is our drive.

Current cities:

Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Foshan, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin/ Yangshuo, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Kunming, Lhasa, Lijiang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xi’an, Xiamen, Zhengzhou

Contact
sales@taxi-book.com
Tel: +86 28 8535 3133
Fax: +86 28 8531 9680
Please visit www.taxi-book.com for more information

Price List

The Biggest Investment Prospect

Chenghua, a rendez-vous of scores of real estate gurus from home and abroad, was ranked 1st place amid the 5 downtown districts of Chengdu in terms of realty transaction. The emerging real estate sector created tremendous rigid demands of commercial properties to earn Chenghua “The City Proper with Amplest Potential for Return on Investment in China 2009″ from the China International Commercial Real Estate Business Alliance. Chenghua is destined to be your ideal choice for developing business.

Most Abundant Ecological Resources

Chenghua claims to be the greenest area in Chengdu, ranking 1st place among the downtown districts of Chengdu.

Developed Transportation Network

Chenghua enjoys a convenient transport as 1st, 2nd and 3rd ring roads and around-the-city highway go through the district. Chengdu-Chongqing, Chengdu-Mianyang and Chengdu-Nanchong highways as well as Sichuan-Shaanxi Road start from the district. The district houses the biggest railway passenger station and one of the biggest mixed-use transport hubs in China’s West. This all enables you to have easy access to resources and markets and facilitates you to attain a new mode of high efficiency and growth.

Note: The first part of the video is in Chinese. If you want to watch the English part, start the download from 6:24.

Yafei Dental Clinic, based in the birthplace of China’s dentistry – Chengdu, witnesses the 20-year development of dentistry in China and has now become a well-known brand over the country.

Yafei goes all out to forge itself into a dental carrier in China and commits itself to the creation of the first international brand.Yafei pioneered in obtaining the ISO9001 international quality certificate and authorization from International SOS organization.

Services

• Teeth Cleaning
• Teeth Whitening
• Teeth Filling & Repairing
• Crowns
• Implants
• Braces
• Surgery
• Teeth Diamonds & Decoration

Addresses

亚非牙科骡马市店-成都市青龙街18号罗马国际大厦裙楼2楼（太平洋全兴店对面）
Yafei Dental Luomashi Clinic
2nd building, annex of roman International building, No.18, QingLong Street, Chengdu.

亚非牙科大世界店-成都市新光路3号中华园商务楼6楼
Yafei Dental Dashijie Clinic
Add: 6th floor, China Garden Business Building, No.3 XinGuang Road, Chengdu

亚非牙科香槟广场店-成都市东大街97号香槟广场309号
YaFei Dental champagne Plaza Clinic
Add: 309# Champagne Plaza, NO.97, East Avenue

亚非牙科成都市八宝路88号 国信广场19
YaFei Dental GuoXing Plaza Clinic
19th floor GuoXin Plaza, no.88, Babao street

Contact

Ava (Wang Yanqin)
Manager of International Department
E-mail: wangican520@yahoo.com
Mobile: 134 8898 8642
Website: www.chinayafei.com

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History

The slopes of Emei Shan have been inhabited since as early as 10,000 years ago. It was originally a Taoist retreat, but became a sacred Buddhist mountain by the 3rd century AD.

Pugong, a medicinal plant farmer, built the Puguang Hall on the Golden Summit in the 1st century AD. In the 3rd century, the Puxian form of Buddhism became dominant on Emei and the Chinese monk Huichi built the Puxian Temple (now the Wannian Temple) at the foot of the Guanxinpo Terrace.

In the mid-9th century, the Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin sent a Buddhist mission lead by Master Jiye to India. On his return he was authorized to build temples on Mount Emei, where he preached and translated the
Indian Buddhist texts. He was also authorized to cast a Puxian bronze statue, 62 tonnes in weight and 7.85 m high, now in the Wannian Temple.

Ever since, Mount Emei has been one of the most holy places of Buddhism. Extensive rebuilding during the Ming dynasty finally converted most of Emei’s Taoist temples to Buddhism.

The natural beauty and sacred significance of Emei Shan has been drawing pilgrims and tourists for 2,000 years. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1996.

What to See

Emei Shan literally means “Delicate Eyebrow Mountain” — it derives its name from two peaks which face each other and look like the delicate eyebrows of a Chinese classic beauty.

Emei Shan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring many temples, natural wonders and breathtaking scenery. The slopes incorporate several different climates and much wildlife, especially birds and trees. Some of the trees are more than 1,000 years old.

There are also monkeys, who are accustomed to tourists and assertive; they aren’t dangerious but will beg for food and grab at bags as hikers walk along the trails. Many hikers carry walking sticks to shoo them away.

There are over 30 Buddhist temples on Emei Shan, 10 of which are large and very old. They are considered masterpieces of creative ingenuity in the way they adapt to the natural enviroment and beauty of the holy mountain.

At the mountain base is Baoguo Monastery, built in the 16th century. The monastery has serene gardens with rare plants, a library of sutras and a huge porcelain Buddha. In the stone staircase of the rear hall are figures of the Eight Immortals, betraying the temple’s Taoist origins.

Further up the mountain lies the Crouching Tiger Monastery (Fuhu Si), Emei’s largest temple. Once associated with the Taoist martial-arts master Zhang Sanfeng, today it is a Guanyin nunnery. Notable features include the 16th-century, 7m-high bronze Huayan Pagoda, which is engraved with 4700 Buddha images.

The Qingyin Pavilion, built against the mountainside at the foot of the Niuxin Ridge, is an ensemble of pavilions, towers, and platforms, the earliest dating from the early 6th century. Its location and the streams that run through it have earned it the name “The Mountain Garden.”

A few hours’ walk or a cable car ride leads to the Golden Summit (Jinding), at 3077m. There are two temples here (the friendly Woyun Nunnery and the large Huazang Si) and thousands of padlocks inscribed with couples’ names to symbolize eternal love.

Huazang Si on Jinding was founded as early as the 1st century as the Puguang Hall, later becoming the Guangxiang Temple and receiving its present royal name in 1614. It was extensively rebuilt and refurnished in the 1970s, but every effort was made to preserve its original appearance.

Jinding is the best place to experience the Four Wonders of Mt. Emei: the Buddha’s Halo (rainbow-like rings that surround and move with your shadow), the Sea of Clouds, the Holy Lamp (or Divine Lights) and the Golden Summit Sunrise.

From the Golden Summit you can ride a monorail along the ridge to Wanfoding (Ten Thousand Buddha Summit), the true summit of Emei Shan.

Getting There

Mt. Emei lies 150 km away from Chengdu, 130 km from the Shuangliu International Airport and only 28 km from Leshan city. Access to the mountain is via Emei Shan town, 7km from the base. Minibuses and public buses leave from Emei’s main street depot to the trailhead at Baoguo.

It is five kilometers to the top of Emei Shan, much of it consisting of stone stairs. If you walk it all, plan for a full day up and a full day down (around 10 hours on foot). Monasteries along the way offer reasonably-priced lodging, and there are several comfortable lodges on the summit. Dress in layers – a 20° variance between base and summit is normal.

Minibuses and cable cars can take tourists most of the way up the mountain. Most opt for tours from Chengdu, about three hours to the mountain base, then another two hours to Jieyin Dien, where you already feel the air at 2,540 meters.

A Swiss-style cable car soars over pines to Jinding, and a final hike of about an hour, huffing and puffing in the high altitude, to the peak. Some spend the night to see the sunrise, others quickly turn around and head back.

i-You was developed by an international team of top-class computer scientists, linguists and Chinese communications experts. It allows you to communicate easily with Chinese speakers across the language barrier. The app can be used in practically every daily situation such as ordering a taxi, asking for directions, chitchatting, shopping and even bargaining for a good price. It also covers many emergency situation. In cases where you do not know how to name or describe an object, a building, some Chinese characters or a dish, you can even use a photo in combination with a sentence.

The combination of dialogues for many situations, voice output and Pinyin transliteration can also help in learning basic Chinese.

Fore more information: http://www.yocoy.com/i-You/

How much does that cost?

20 RMB for the deposit

10 RMB for 20 trips (normal bus, no air-conditioning)

20 RMB for 40 trips (normal bus, no air-conditioning)

etc.

How to use it?

When you get in the bus just brush the card, it will automatically deduct the price of the trip. The normal bus is one time, and another one is with the air-condition is two times, this can save you half the money. And if you take different buses in two hours, it won’t deduct the card-time when you brush your bus card in the second bus.

Remarks

1: Think about how many times you need to take the bus in one month. Because if you don’t use out your bus card money in this month, it can’t be transferred to next month.

2: At least 10 RMB per time recharge for it.

3: For Chengdu Local People whose age is over 60, they can get the Old-age card. There are already 50 times in the card every month.

Electronic Wallet system (10% discount)

Electronic Wallet ia an another kind of bus card.Just like the monthly recharge card, you need to recharge it. Don’t worry that you cant finish the money in one month, it will be transferred to next month automatically, so it doesnt matter how much money you recharge it. But  the card will be deducted 0.9 RMB per time when you brush in ordionary bus(air-condition bus is 1.8). For people’s convenience, two functions( monthly recharge card and electronic wallet system) are in only one bus card.When you recharge your bus card, just tell the staff

Where to get a bus card?

You can get a bus card in a bus terminal and recharge it in all the bus terminals, Hongqi Chain Store and some medicine stores. This is the list of some of them

桂溪公交中心站  7：30–19：30  (Guixi Bus Station);

东光小区东怡街78号（75路终点站）  9：00–17：00  ( No.78, Dongyi Street, Dongguang Community) (No.75 Bus erminus);

好又多罗马店（高升桥） 9：00–17：00  ( Trust Mart Super-market in Gaosheng Bridge);

太极药房(盐市口）   9：00–17：00  (Tai Chi Medicine Store in Yanshikou);

好又多玉林店（九茹村）9：00–17：00  (Trust Mart Super-market in Jiuru Village Yulin);

新世纪电脑城（磨子桥）9：00–17：00  (New Century Computer Center in Mozi Bridge);

@世界（跳伞塔） 9：00–17：00   (@ World in Tiaosanta);

新知书城(浆洗街15号)9：30–17：30   (Xinzhi Bookstore, No.15, Jiangxi Street);

芳草街54号人人乐9:00–17:00   (Renrenle Super-market, No.54, Fangcao Street);

But if you have entered a new land for good then why rush back? You can live where you prefer and still create a home. You can always show concern and keep in touch with your family, even if you choose to live in another country. If home is about belonging, then there are ways to create a sense of belonging. Getting connected to your loved ones or hearing a bit of reassurance from home is always a way to combat loneliness or homesickness.

Earlier, with the few yet costly calling services it was tough to connect to your loved ones or hear from home. On the contrary, today the need for international communication is growing with changing pace of time. As the requirement is increasing, means and ways of connecting people are also going high. Due to the heavy expense of international calling, expatriate at times make few calls or speak for few minutes. Thanks to the progress of modern technology, international calling services have become a great medium to bridge the gap. Many companies have introduced calling services offering cheap international call rates.

Feeling at home means living in a comfortable environment with the sense of belonging.  Involving yourself in work will enable you to keep your mind active so that it does not grip itself with thoughts of home. If you have moved to a new city, take the time to get to know your new environment.

One of your necessary attempts should be to start making friends with the folks around you. Maybe you can select a nearby coffee shop to meet up with them on weekends. You can attend social functions; join sports teams or religious groups associated at your work place. The local newspapers are the best source to tell you about the current events in your area. If you are interested in reading, become a member of a local library or join creative classes based on your hobby. This will give your morale an enormous boost and considerably decrease the amount of time it takes to feel settled.

Don’t just work at a charity group, instead get involved and take up certain tasks. Invest more in the local community, and simply enjoy living in an environment which you can call a home. If you are a reserved person and don’t like meeting people, then attending night classes in a subject you are interested in. If in a foreign country, make try to learn the language and immerse yourself in the new society.

Feeling homesick is like feeling loss for the life you left back home, but family and friends are no more than a phone call away. Sometimes, people feel emotional to call up their loved ones abroad, incase it disturbs them. You can combat this with careful and reassuring discussions with friends and family. But most of all you need to accept that the place where you are at the moment is your ‘home’.

Written by Karen.