【推荐2】Shaolin Temple

Location: at the southern foot of Mount Song, 13 km northwest of Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.

Main architectures(建筑) in the temple of Shaolin：

Shanmen (Gate of the temple), the Hall of heavenly Kings, Mahavira Hall, Bell and Drum Tower, Thousand-Buddha Hall, Abbot Room, the Pagoda Forest.

Performance: Martial Art of Shaolin

Ticket: CNY100 (extra CNY60 for a round-trip cable car)

Opening time:08:00-17:00.

How to get there:

Depart from Luoyang: take a tourist coach to Shaolin Temple (less than 2 hours) at the east of the Luoyang train station;

Depart from Zhengzhou: take a coach to Dengfeng (about 2 hours) at the bus station on the opposite of Zhengzhou train station, and then transfer a minibus to Shaolin Temple (about half an hour).

Best time for visit: in spring and autumn.

Recommended food in Shaolin Temple: Shaolin cookies, and Mt.Song mustard.

Tips:

It is a Shaolin Kung Fu Hall beside the gate of Shanmen that provides free, short Shaolin kung fu shows every afternoon at integral points,generally at 15:00, 16:00 and 17:00. If you want to go to a martial art school, you can ask for information there.

【推荐3】It is now China that holds the crown of high-speed train capital of the world. Here are some of our picks for the greatest high-speed rail journeys.

The Shangri-La Train

Currently the longest high-speed rail route in the world and taking less than 11 hours to travel more than 2700 km on the quickest service, the Beijing to Kunming train is a truly epic high-speed train journey. The train is named in honor of one of Yunnan’s most famous cities, mythical Shangri-La.

The Panda Train

Taking between 12 and 13 hours to travel 1690 km, this train zips along from an ancient Chinese capital to the panda capital of the world. In route, the train passes through Yichang. It’s here that you can stop off for a glimpse of the massive Three Gorges Dam.

The Silk Road Train

The first high-speed train to extend out into China’s vast western regions connects the 1776 kilometers between Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, and Lanzhou, capital of Gansu, in a little under 12 hours. The train follows the ancient Silk Road via the town of Turpan, geographically the lowest place in China at 154m below sea level.

The Island Train

When it opened in 2015, this was the world’s first circular high-speed rail-way line, whirling 650km around south China’s tropical Hainan island, in about five hours, providing passengers with wonderful views of the South China Sea and the best beaches.

Greetings from the Office of Admission at Harley University! We hope that you and your students are doing well in these challenging times. In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Harley has suspended all campus visitations. However, we write to you today to affirm our commitment to working with you and your students as they navigate the college search and application process.

To that end, we are pleased to announce that beginning on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, our office will be offering online information sessions for prospective students. Much like our on-campus information sessions, these will consist of a one-hour discussion hosted by a Harley admission dean and a current student. They will provide an inside look at the Harley community both academically and socially, as well as an overview of the admission and financial aid processes. Attendees will be able to see the presenters and submit questions throughout the sessions. While designed for prospective students, counselors are welcome to join.

Our online information sessions will be offered on the days/times below.

Tuesdays at 3:00 pm EDT

Thursdays at 9:00 am EDT and 6:00 pm EDT

Students/Counselors can register here.

We are hopeful the times we offered will allow anyone, regardless of time zone, to be able to join us for a session. While we are disappointed that campus visits are not currently possible, we are confident that these online sessions will provide the same accessibility, information, and enthusiasm as we introduce your students to the Harley community.

In the same spirit, we remain committed to answering any questions you, your students, or their families may have about these sessions, or any other changes to our programming. You can contact us at admission@harley.edu.

We wish you all a safe and healthy spring.

Sincerely,

Jason Harley

Director of Undergraduate Admission

【推荐2】Antarctic charity offers the ideal job — if you don’t mind noisy penguins

A heritage charity is advertising vacancies at the bottom of the world. Four candidates will be chosen to fill the five-month role at Port Lockroy-the “Penguin Post Office”. The nearly-80-year-old building is on British-owned Goudier Island, which is about the size of a football field, featured in hundreds of lovely penguins, breathtaking landscapes and the chance to support conservation efforts in one of the most remote corners of the planet.

Jobs contents:

Managing a museum, post office and gift shop as well as counting penguins.

Requirements for applicants:

The successful applicant should be passionate adventurers. He or she would be resilient, physically fit, environmentally aware, and get ready to take on the challenge of spending five months far away from home.

Advantages:

It has the most splendid mountain range and a glacier with icebergs. It is really raw nature and stunningly beautiful.

Cooking is shared, and meals are variable for it has a trained chef.

There are lovely activities such as having a typical movie night, playing board games or giving presentations on subjects as an Antarctic tradition.

Disadvantages:

Applicants have to adapt to near-constant daylight, subzero temperatures and no flushing toilet or running water.

The penguins are experiencing their breeding season, so applicants cannot escape from the noise.

Applications opened yesterday to UK residents, with training beginning from August this year to March 2025. There will be interview s and selection events before then.