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This is a great month. We hope you had a party hosted by Ganesha Indian Restaurant. are always more than happy to back quality rejuvenating and/or exhilarating Chinese New The food will be delicious, there is alcohol, run local businesses full of heart. There are so Year. As usual record amounts of people went and it's the best place to enjoy yourself without many of them in Ningbo. to a record amount of places and did a record disrupting those observing the holiday for amount of good and not so good things. actual religious reasons. And no, just because Second, this month we've finally added your Vodka Red Bull is pink doesn't mean another kind of pride section. We are excited With the celebrations coming to a close and it's also celebrating HOLI. Have fun and be to finally have an LGBTQ+ section in our the year beginning in earnest, we have a few respectful 'Bo. magazine and look forward to being able to more excellent distractions to keep you busy promote and publicize some great events and through the month of March. For those of you who want to put something stories. else inside your brains besides the next season First off, we want to say a huge thanks to of The Walking Dead... (if no one raises And finally, next month we're headed off everyone who came to help raise money for their hand, we get it) there is the Bookworm to North Korea to run the Pyongyang single mothers in Ningbo. You helped to raise International Literary Festival at UNNC. Mararthon. If you'd like to join us, you're 3,875 RMB and the party was a blast. It was a They have some great guest speakers headed more than welcome to and the details are in great way to start the year. We have a lot more in to talk about some really interesting our Travel section. Sign up soon because the excellent charity parties lined up and we'll let topics ranging from communism in the UK, deadline is March 20th and spots fill up fast. you know when and where you can help. to modern sexuality, to tracing the route of Genghis Khan on horseback. There's a It is a once in a lifetime kind of thing, so For parties in the month of March, it's obvious complete schedule in our Arts section. Please less thinking and more doing usually works that St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner. head there and check it out, everything is free. out best. We hope you'll join so Ningbo can The biggest party for that will be in Laowaitan. properly represent on that starting line. Venues like Eudora Station have great parties Next, we received some great submissions planned, don't miss it. for our Photo & Essay Contest! Please keep Bang. sending them in. It's a great way for everyone The other epic blowout is HOLI. The Hindu to see and share what it is to live in Ningbo. Nick Jumara religious festival of colors is a bit of a tradition in Ningbo. Annually hosted throughout the This month we are proud for two great city there are a lot of separate chances to reasons. You'll find our "LOCAL AND celebrate the holiday. We recommend the PROUD" sticker popping up all over town. We

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Ningbo Fifth Among China's Most Romantic Cities, 2014

Amazon China ranked Ningbo fifth among 1st Ningbo International Marathon China's most romantic cities in a list released in February. The list was calculated based Scheduled for October on the amount of books and music sold on subjects of marriage, love and idols from China's top 50 cities in terms of GDP. Chongqing was ranked first on the list, followed by Jiangsu province's Changzhou.

Zhongshan Road to be Renovated In a press conference on February 10th, Ningbo government released the development plan for Zhongshang Road which detailed a post-Spring Festival renovations project. The road will serve Ningbo's first international marathon is scheduled to be held in late October of as a 9.2-kilometer link between Century this year. The race, which will be held by the local government, will pass through Avenue and the Airport Expressway, and some of Ningbo's key landmarks and economic hot spots in order to show off will feature one of the city's most developed some of the city's features. The marathon will include five and ten-kilometer green corridors. The construction is expected races in addition to a a half-marathon (23km) and a full-lenth marathon to last nine months total, and the city is (42.195km). limiting construction near residential areas to between the hours of 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. 6 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com X THE WIRE / SHORTLIST / INSIGHT / BUSINESS

Yinzhou Getting Traditional Chinese Painting 30 New Public Bike Exhibition Held in Tianyige Stations This Year Museum

Yinzhou District will be the recipient of at least 30 additional public bike stations and 1,000 bikes in 2015. The additional stations will mostly service areas with large passenger flow such as schools, hospitals, bus stations and residential communities. The additional stations will be placed mostly to areas north of Yinxian Avenue, as the planned tram will cover areas to the south. The district is currently home to more than 4,700 public bikes and 168 stations. Registered Population Climbs to 5.84 Million in 2014 Ningbo's population hit 5.84 million by the end of 2014. The city's natural growth rate, or the increase in population due to births, stood at 3.59%, up 1.2% from the same period last year. Tianyige Museum, one of Ningbo's most important cultural sites, held The city also saw a rise in disposable income per a traditional Chinese painting exhibition from February 14th through capita, at 38,074 RMB; an increase of 9.9% from a March 1st. The exhibition features more than 50 works of art by Li Caijiao, year ago. It also saw a decrease in the income gap a professor of art at Ningbo University. It is her first solo exhibition in between urban and rural residents, from 1.85:1 in Ningbo, and features flowers, birds and other traditional Chinese elements. 2013 to 1:82:1 in 2014. UNNC Architecture Department Earns RIBA Certification The University of Nottingham Ningbo China's Architecture Department has been awarded certification from the Royal Institute of British Architects, one of the United Kingdom and the world's leading professional bodies for architects. People who complete a three-stage training course and seven years of professional courses can be officially qualified as architects under RIBA. Now, undergraduate students at UNNC's architecture department will receive credit for the first stage of this training with the University's new certification. www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 7 The BRIEFING X THE WIRE Ningbo to Invest Two Billion RMB in Educational Infrastructure According to the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Education, the city plans to invest more than two billion RMB in educational infrastructure projects, including the construction of more than 30 new schools and institutions. The investment is part of Ningbo's “Three-Year Action Plan for Ningbo's Economic and Social Transformation and Development,” which also includes a plan to provide safe drinking water to more than 700,000 students and teachers at the city's primary schools and middle schools.

City to Construct Maritime Silk Road Research Institute An agreement was signed February 12th between Ningbo government and Beijing Foreign Studies University to build a Maritime Silk Road Research Institute. The institute is part of an ongoing effort by the central government to do research on China's relationships with countries and regions along the “Maritime Silk Road,” which is the aquatic trading route which connected Asia, Africa and Europe during ancient times. As part of the deal, Beijing Foreign Studies University will also build an affiliate college in Ningbo to strengthen the city's foreign language education.

Housing Market Free Buses to Dongqian Lake to Continues to Drop Open in March As part of measures to deal with According to statistics released by the State increasing traffic around Dongqian Statistics Bureau in January, the price of new Lake, the city is opening three free houses in Ningbo dropped by 6.2% over the bus lines to the area for March year. The fall in prices did, however, slow and April between the Qingming down in December of 2014 to nearly 0.2% Festival and Labor Day holidays. on the month. Ningbo is one of 64 cities in The city will also prohibit curb China that saw a decrease in housing prices, parking, and charge small vehicles while only one major city saw an increase in 20 RMB per hour while whithin the the cost of its residential real estate. Dongqian Lake scenic area in an effort to reduce traffic, pollution and increase safety for pedestrians. Check www.ningboguide.com for detailed maps of these three lines and their respective parking places and stops. 8 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com MAR MAR 17 26

2015 Bookworm INternational The BRIEFING Literary Festival X SHORTLIST unnc hosts free and fun festival open to the public

Here's a quick rundown of some great events, promtions, and specials happening all over Ningbo for the next month. Be sure to head out and take advantage of all the deals you get exclusively through Ningbo Guide. Holi x ganesha The festival of color is back MAR 21

The UNNC School of English has coordinated for talks and presentations from the Bookworm International Literary Festival to appear on campus throughout the month of March.

The programme features:

• Journalist Paul Anderson, author of the book Moscow Gold? The Soviet Union and the British Left, tracing the history of Communism in the UK; • Anna Chen’s one-woman performance about Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star; • Award-winning adventurer, author and filmmaker Tim Cope discussing his adventures on a three-year, 6,000 mile journey by horse on the trail of Genghis Khan; • The ‘Stephen Hawking of sex’ Faramerz Dabhoiwala explaining the origins of modern sexual culture in the west; • Zohab Zee Khan combining poetry with hip-hop, Holi, or the Festival of Colors, is an annual Hindu religious giving listeners a new outlook on the possibilities of the spoken holiday that has become popular with non-Hindu because it is word; colorful and fun. It is a bit of a tradition in Ningbo with many • Novelist, lecturer, and philosopher Will Buckingham groups celebrating across the city. presenting his book of short stories Sixty-Four Chance Pieces that draws on the I Ching, or Chinese Book of Changes. The best one to attend as a non-Hindu foreigner is Ganesha's Holi party on March 21st. The party will have a delicious all you can eat Following on page ????? we have a more complete festival guide, buffet and free flowing alcohol. Please behave appropriately and so feel free to head out to UNNC anytime to see and participate have fun, this is a religious holiday. in the great talks and presentations offered.

Tickets // 268 RMB per Adult / 128 RMB per Child over 12 Venue: UNNC Campus, Yinzhou, Teacher Building, 3rd Fl., 330 Location // Ningbo Museum of Art, Laowaitan Price: (RMB): FREE Date and Time // March 21st / 11:00 am - 4:00 pm More info: bookwormfestival.com / nottingham.edu.cn / and Contact // 18968227174 ningboguide.com Tickets available at Ganesha Restaurant and various locations. www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 9 The BRIEFING X THE WIRE

THE by Beyond Mandarin WORD Hello Everybody! Considering that our foreign friends who live in Ningbo may encounter problems while learning Chinese. Beyond Mandarin Chinese Training & Culture Experience Center would like to take this opportunity to interview some students who are studying in our school to share their learning and life experience in Ningbo. We hope this column can help you in some aspects. Last but not least, we look forward to your suggestions. Please e-mail Nicki with any comments: [email protected]. Thank you for your interest!

The following interview was originally in Chinese, and has been translated by Jo.

Nicki: Hi Jo. Long time no see! Can you introduce yourself? quite strange. Jo: Long time no see, Nicki. Ok, I’m Jo, I’m an Australian. I used to work in China, now my family and I have returned to live in Nicki: Are you accustomed to this now? Australia. I was a science teacher in international schools in China. Jo: When I first arrived I was not accustomed, now I’m used to this manner of doing things. Nicki: When did you first come to China? Jo: I first came to China in 2003. At that time I lived in Qingtian, Nicki: These problems you encountered, how did you solve Zhejiang where I was a spoken English teacher for two years. After them? that I returned to Australia to give birth to my twins. When the Jo: You really must learn Chinese, and you need to understand children were six months old I moved to Vietnam for work. I lived different cultures have different ways of doing things. in Vietnam for three years working as an international school teacher. Following this my father’s health was not too good, so the Nicki: When do you start to study Chinese? family moved to Thailand to be nearer to him. One year later his Jo: (Haha, you know this!) I began studying Chinese in 2013. health had improved and so we came back to China where I worked Both Qingtian and Zengcheng in Guangzhou were small places for one year in Guangzhou and then the last two years in Ningbo. and did not have language centres for foreigners. I self studied with the help of my colleagues, but I didn’t feel comfortable Nicki: Why did you come to China the first time? with this. We were all teachers, when we finished work the last Jo: My husband and I both wanted to try something completely thing I wanted to be asking them to do was to give me a lesson. different. Qingtian is small place in China, it’s great and its certainly After coming to Ningbo I found Beyond Mandarin. different to our pre-2003 lives. Nicki: Why do you study Chinese? Nicki: When you first came to China what problems did you Jo: I have enough Chinese to get by, but I don’t like to sound like encounter? a child when I speak, I feel uncomfortable and awkward and Jo: Generally speaking Chinese people are friendly, but at that time usually want to say more than I am able. My Qingtian friends not many could speak English. Any communication was quite are all very normal people, none of their specialities are English simple, never a deep exchange. Of course people wanted to help me, so if we want to chat more freely I should learn more Chinese. but sometimes I preferred to do the tasks myself. Australian people Often I would go to Qingtian for weekends from Ningbo, my tend to have a large personal space, and if you are not accustomed friends and I would go camping, share meals and drink beer to people trying to do all the little things for you then it can feel

10 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com together. Even though my good friend Er Zheng does not speak volunteering. What is the reason to make you keep helping any English we communicate with my Chinese language and body others? language. He is also really good at understanding me even if my Jo: I think it’s important to give to the community. I think grammar is incorrect. education, health and environment are especially important to a good lifestyle. Mr Guo gave me many introductions and I would Nicki: Now how do you and your friends communicate? like to continue building the relationships made with the migrant Jo: On Monday I spent the whole day together with him. We went worker schools, school for the deaf and blind as well as the cancer to his family home to visit his mum, we also went to see local opera hospice. and I was taught a little how to play the erhu. We know each other well so we have a good exchange. Nicki: Do you have any advice for learning Chinese? Jo: This is a hard question. I think you should always try to study/ Nicki: It sounds very interesting. Do you think studying Chinese practice, because even if at times it seems like you’re not making has had an impact on your lifestyle? any progress, once you stop studying or using the Chinese you Jo: My life is certainly better since learning Chinese. Yesterday I have, you can quickly forget it. went (by myself) to Ningbo Charity Federation to meet Mr Guo. That opportunity would never have presented itself prior to learning Nicki: I know you took your HSK 3 exam and got good results. Chinese. In my experience if you just say “hello” and “thank you” Now do you continue to study Chinese? you are not included in the conversation. Jo: Even though I’m in Australia I still study with Nicki from Beyond Mandarin using the internet. I want to continue learning My lifestyle is also much better. Because I can speak Chinese Chinese. My friends use QQ and we chat so my reading and my friends are friends from a variety of places, not just my work writing is getting a little better, but my spoken Chinese is getting colleagues. I can also handle many of the day to day things in a little worse. Fortunately my internet classes with Nicki use QQ my Chinese lifestyle such as speaking with the neighborhood video conferencing so I practice my speaking then. management, banking, the post office, online shopping, airline bookings and speaking directly with my landlord. Nicki: It’s really great to see you in China again. Jo: Yes, I’m very happy to be here. These days I’m very busy Nicki: We all know that you are doing charity work? When do catching up with friends and old colleagues. you begin your charity work? Jo: It began in 2003. At that time I lived in Qingtian where I met Nicki: Thanks for taking the time to be interviewed. a university student. She made her own jewellery and sold things Jo: You’re welcome. like earrings and bracelets. With the profits she helped rural school children. I helped her by donating clothing and school supplies.

Nicki: You lived in Qingtian for two years, then you moved to other places to live. Did you still keep helping in orphanages and in old people’s homes? Jo: At the time it was difficult to help directly. There was some concern I was a foreign correspondent. In order for me to help I passed all my donations through the university student I had met, her name is Dong Li. Back in Ningbo I was introduced to the Ningbo Charity Federation and was able to begin the small charity “Keneng”. Gradually my relationships with people in Ningbo and Qingtian grew. I was trusted in Qingtian and could go to the places directly and also people in Ningbo donated goods to me that I would take to Qingtian to be distributed. Thank you generous Ningbo people.

Nicki: Beyond Mandarin boss Sophia Wan has connections with Ningbo Charity Federation. Beyond Mandarin staff know many foreigners would like to help Chinese people, but they don’t know how. So we give them an introduction to Ningbo Charity Federation. Beyond Mandarin is very happy to have helped you start “Keneng” Jo: Before starting “Keneng” it was very difficult to begin a relationship with local organisations. Since starting “Keneng” it is much easier to help. Ningbo Charity Federation helps with the first introduction and then “Keneng” can work in these places or make donations. The organisations are not afraid of me being a stranger, they realise “Keneng” can be trusted. Now I live in Australia I hope to be able to set up an international side to Keneng which can feed into the Chinese Keneng to allow it to help even more. My family and friends are very supportive of this.

Nicki: I know you don’t live in China anymore, but you plan to come back 2 or 3 times each year. I also heard when you lived/worked in Vietnam and Thailand you did this kind of www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 11 The answers to your questions on foreign investment in China are provided by Maria Kotova, Senior Associate of the Shanghai and Ningbo offices of Dezan Shira & Associates. Although this information is considered accurate as of the time of writing, it is not to be construed as legal, tax, The or financial advice. To ask Maria a question about BRIEFING setting up or running a business in China, please X BUSINESS email [email protected]. In depth business knowledge from those who do it best. Dear Maria, I have been working in Ningbo for more than 90 days but less than one year, am I still liable to pay Individual Income Tax (IIT)? An individual who has resided in China for more than 90 days but less than one year during the tax year is subject to IIT on all China- sourced income (the “One-year Rule”), including income paid by both Chinese and overseas entities for his/her work in China. Income earned while working overseas (i.e., foreign- sourced income) in the tax year is not Chinese IIT taxable.

However the One-year Rule does not apply to foreign individuals hired as directors or other senior executives of enterprises located in China. Their full income as senior executives is subject to Chinese IIT starting from the initial tax year of employment and lasting until the final tax year of employment, regardless of how long they have actually resided in China.

Dear Maria, I have just set up a consulting company in Ningbo and I am looking at employing foreign nationals in China. Given recent1 amendments to visa regulations what would be the best way to go about doing this? The revised law mainly introduced a number of new visa categories, increasing the total number from eight to 12, and altered the scope of a few existing categories.

Both R and Z- visas are official working visas. For the time being the Z- visa is the most common type used by foreigners working in China. It will likely remain so, considering the stricter requirements and remaining uncertainty regarding the R- Visa.

An employee on a Z- visa needs to subsequently apply for a residence permit. The residence permit allows the foreigner to stay in China for the length of time as stipulated by the permit, usually one year. This is reviewed every year and Iit also allows him/her an unlimited number of trips into and out of the country.

Dear Maria, 2I am a director of a medical device company registered in the US; I am looking at investing in China. What is the current financial climate for the medical device industry in China and how should I go about distribution in the Chinese market? I am thinking of registering a subsidiary in China set up as a foreign- invested commercial enterprise. As China’s population ages and its living standards improve, the demand for medical devices is only set to increase. Foreign companies looking to enter the Chinese market are well- advised to carefully consider the advantages of different distribution models.

Some suggestions: First locate when and where you would like to distribute in China and then contact the services of a local Chinese distributor that has good credit and connections in the medical device industry in that area. The distributor will then receive goods and is responsible for sales in China. They will also complete customs clearance, remits payments overseas. The subsidiary company will only be there for support in terms of managing client relationships in China. The pros of this model are that there is a maximum net profit for the company and minimum net tax liability for the subsidiary company. The subsidiary company is not bound by a 90- day payment window, owing to the distributing company as the direct importer. The frequency of inspections by the authorities could also be lessened to some extent because of the distributor’s good standing in China. The downfalls of this system are that the pricing system of the products will be highly influenced 3 by the distributor. Also the IP protection and the security of goods will be more difficult to control due to the distributor’s role. 12 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com “Nali Lai de?” – An Overview of Expat Demographics in China By Zhou Qian and Steven Elsinga For further details or to contact the firm, please email [email protected] or visit www.dezshira.com. With its unique culture, vast positions are increasingly geographic size, and fast- being taken on by Chinese growing economy, China talent, often with foreign has long held a special degrees in hand and without appeal for foreign visitors. the cultural disconnect of For more than twenty years, previous generations. The the last of these reasons has role of expats is changing as drawn a wave of foreign job well. Where multinationals seekers to China to start once came to China or continue their careers. mostly for manufacturing Being a foreign employee and exporting, they are in China, however, is not now increasingly here always smooth nor easy, to access the Chinese especially considering the consumer market, and country’s fast-changing are shifting their focus to markets and regulatory logistics, warehousing and system. Here we provide distribution accordingly. a quick sketch of China’s expat demographics, with The overall number of the next article excerpted expats working in China from our December has increased dramatically magazine focusing on work since the launch of “reform visa procedures. and opening-up” (in 1978). According to China’s most Overview of expats recent National Census held working in China in 2010 – the first to record the number of foreigners There can be no doubt that residing in China – there in recent years, China’s are at least 600,000 expats expatriate make-up has been working or living in cities changing. With the country’s throughout the country, domestic work force steadily broken down by nationality maturing, managerial in the chart provided.

The Ins and Outs of How to Establish a Business in Ningbo Innocorp hosted a seminar to share ideas on the right way to build a business in Ningbo By Innocorp

In early February, Innocorp held an informational seminar on for businesses looking to maximize their economic efficiency. different ways to establish a business in Ningbo. The seminar was Attendees learned vital information on how to establish attended by many members of Ningbo's business community, businesses and stay competitive in Ningbo's growing economy. including those who are already established in the city and those who are just getting started. During the seminar, representatives Innocorp would like to thank its co-organizer Xin Gang from Innocorp outlined the advantages and disadvantages Enterprise, and its co-sponsors Regus and Point Services, as well of different business configurations, including establishing a as all who attended, and is look forward to hosting more events WFOE, a representative office or a Hong Kong-based company. of this nature in the future. Innocorp representatives also outlined different tax strategies www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 13 OUT LINE Hear the ladies roar Meet some of the most inspiring women in ningbo

With International Women's Day falling in March, it's high time we spotlight some of the things our city's amazing women are doing. From racing to right hooks, these are the women of Ningbo.

We wanted to share with you some of the inspiring and fascinating women that make up Ningbo. The women we have here are just a sample of a larger population that is truly international, driven, independent, and talented.

Many of the women in Ningbo engage in professions and activities where you might not see their gender represented that often, others are engaged in professions where competition is fierce because of their gender.

Neither of those things stopped them and we want to give a pause for that. On these pages are some women that did things as people first and women second that we find constantly inspirational. Thank you ladies. ouyang #1 there is a kind of feeling where I forget myself and I’m so close to nature. I am thinking that I’m part of nature. That’s incredible.

ouyang // the biker Meet Ouyang, a woman from Hunan that has taken to two wheels and street heat like nobody else. The biker babe can be seen careening the canyonlands and mountaintops of Fenghua most weekends there isn't rain.

She is a competent rider that is a great spokesperson for women looking to get into the sport. She had a sobering accideent last year that would honestly shake anyone up. We at the Guide ride as well and it take some serious brass to get back on it after a spill like hers.

We commed Ouyang for embodying the true spirit of motorcycling. Livin' free and lovin' it.

16 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com I’m so close to nature. I am thinking that I’m part of nature. That’s Name // incredible. OuYang YunLiu | 欧阳云柳 Q&A What do you think is the most difficult or challenging? Where are you from? Riding motorcycle is primarily an outside activity. It relies on the Hunan weather a lot. If the weather is bad, the roads get wet and slippery, and you can’t see very well and riding is a lot more difficult. How many years have you been riding motorbikes? The most challenging parts for me are will be when riding on A little over one year. mountain roads. When you need to make a turn, you have to be able to control the speed and make the turn at the right moment When and how did you start? What first interested you about it? and doing that under difficult weather conditions is not easy. At first I met some foreigners that organized a motorcycle team and they ride motorbikes on the weekend. Ever since I was little, What advice do you have to girls or women that would like to I always liked and wanted to ride motorcycles, but I never did it. start your activity? Then I met Michael, he inspired and encouraged me, and I joined First thing is to get a bike that fits you and what you want kind of this motorcycle team. riding you want to do. I would recommend them to choose the right model motorcycle (about 150CC and 250CC), bigger models Have you tried other types of your activity? take practice to control. Obviously make sure you have all your I have tried some other similar activities, but none of them bring safety equipment, like your helmet, riding clothes, gloves etc. me the same happiness that I feel being on a motorbike. Make sure safety always comes first. I h ad an accident last year, because I didn’t control my speed, it could What do you think is the most enjoyable or rewarding part of be worse, but thankfully I was geared up. So make sure you are motorcycling? always in control of the bike and be safe! I love nature. The most enjoyable thing to me is when I’m riding my motorcycle. There is a kind of feeling where I forget myself and www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 17 Cherry // the Ballerina Hailing from Zhoushan just nearby, Cherry was one of the Ningbo Ningyi Wudao Gong Zuo Shi first ballerinas from Zhejiang ever. As in ever in the history of 宁波宁艺舞蹈工作室 Zhoushan and ballet, both of which happen to have fairly long histories. She was trained and has performed internationally. Address: 4-B, Jianshe Dasha, No.208 Jiefang Having returned to Ningbo and Zhejiang has been a huge South Road, Haishu District, Ningbo thing for all of Ningbo. In 2013 she opened the NingYi Studio 宁波市海曙区解放南路208号建设大 of Dance. where professional ballet classes and exam prep are 厦4- B offered. We're inspired by Cherry's passion and dedication to her art. Tel: 0574 8387 5148

Cherry also teaches adults. If you are interested in classes, contact info follows. 18 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com Name // When and how did you start dancing? What first interested you Cherry | 陈暇 Q&A about it? At first it was because I was shy, my mother wanted me to be more Where are you from? out-going, so she made me learn how to dance. I was picked up by Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province a school, and got professional training from there. As one of the first groups of people from Zhejiang province who studied ballet, How many years have you been practicing your activity? I didn’t know much about it at first. But as time went by, I fell in I started learning dance from the age of 6. When I was 10, I started love with it. I don’t perform on stage any more, but when I see my to learn ballet. It’s been almost 20 years since I started formally little students who love ballet just as much as I do and improve, I studying dance. I opened this dance studio in 2013 and since then feel so happy and proud! I teach kids and adults ballet.

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Cherry Teaching at the Ning Yi Studio of Dance I think confidence and persistence can help in so many ways in life.

Have you tried other types of perforiming or Ballet is a western style of dance and has been any other physical activity? around for about 500 years. It only came to I studied Guzheng, and I was trained in singing China around 60 years ago, and in Zhejiang by professionals before. But because I was province for only the past 10 years. It’s a kind forced to learn, I wasn’t interested, so I quit. of art that’s popular among a small group of When I was 15, I learned a lot about pilates, and people. So making it popular and promoting I became interested in fitness. It helped me with ballet in Ningbo will need more time. To me, relaxing my muscles from dance practice, and what I can do is to teach my students what I helped with releasing stress. Still now, when I learned from abroad and get people interested have time, I head to the gym to work out. in ballet. That's what is important to me.

What do you think is the most enjoyable or What advice do you have to girls or women rewarding part of ballet? that would like to start your activity? Ballet is a very beautiful and elegant kind of Even though I don’t perform on stage any more, dance. It changes not only your body shape, it I transfer my dream to my students, watching makes you feel good. But it also helps you build them growing up makes me happy. May it be your inner-confidence and persistence in doing dance, music, fitness, I think as a woman, you things. I think confidence and persistence can must have one thing that interests you and that help in so many ways in life. you continually improve at. It can be your job, or anything beyond your job. Your attitude What do you think is the most difficult or changes everything. challenging part of ballet or teaching ballet? 22 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com CAMY // the fIGHTER Following in the footsteps of the Little Dragon is another woman from Zhoushan. Camy has been studying Jeet Kune Do, the martial art created by the the super star and kung fu master Bruce Lee.

The form embodies a zen like no-form or formless way of fighting that is excellent physical and mental training for everyone. Her outlook towards practice as the point has already taken her far and it will only continue to do so.

www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 23 Name // jeet kune do, I feel very good and very Camy relaxed. My coach Joseph is professional Q&A and patient. Where are you from? Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province I keep practicng jeet kune do because I enjoy doing it. If I didn’t, I wouldn't do it How many years have you been at all. practicing your activity? Around 2 years now. What do you think is the most difficult or challenging part? When and how did you start martial I still think I’m not very fit and that I don’t arts? What first interested you about it? use my strength very well. I need a lot of I started Jeet Kune Do around November practice still. of 2012. I was really inspired by my father. I like kung fu and kung fu related movies Sometimes I get lazy and I don’t want to since I was a kid and so does he. And it’s go practice. That’s something I need to always been one of my goals to learn kung push myself to do. The other thing that is fu. difficult for me is the way my body reacts in kung fu. Finding ways to move more Have you tried other types of martial fluidly and naturally is something I need arts or any other physical activity? to work on. I haven't systematically studied any other kind of kung fu yet. What advice do you have to girls or women that would like to start your What do you think is the most enjoyable activity? or rewarding part of kung fu? Whatever you want to do, just do it, don’t I think practicing is an enjoyable thing think too much. You will benefit from to do. Every single time, after I practice actually doing it.

24 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com CROSSFIT CREW // the IRON WOMEN A Tai and her friends at Crossfit have been going there for differing amounts of time. That never seems to bother anyone as the one resounding thing that they all loved was the community. Everyone meets there. Some girls show up 3 times a week, some go every other day.

When they train together they improve as a team and no one gets left behind. We're inspired by their abliity to lift each other up and show what they're made of.

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No one gets left behind THe Painted ladies Kiss of Dragon and J&M Tattoo At the time of writing this piece Ningbo has no fewer than 5 awesome female tattoo artists. Being a largely male dominated field for years didn't slow down Ningbo's ladies and we have two of the best shops in Ningbo in this issue. Kiss of Dragon and J&M Tattoo are both premier shops and each of them are worth a visit.

28 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com Zeng Le // Kiss of Dragon If you were to think about what being kissed by a dragon would feel like, it would probably be Zeng Le running the needle. It's gonna burn and scrape but afterwards you'll have something beautiful for the rest of your life. We are always inspired by Zeng Le's passion for her art and what she does.

Kiss of Dragon is the oldest tattoo shop in town. Run by Zeng Le and her husband Michael, it has a warm feeling and is easily approachable. They do amazing custom and rockin' flash. If you're in the market for ink, contact them at 13957853133 or check the listings for more info.

www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 29 Name // Zeng Le Q&A Where are you from? Originally from Hunan

How many years have you been a tattoo artist? More than 12 years now.

When and how did you start tattooing? What first interested you about it? I saw a photo of a tattoo in a foreign magazine. I liked it and thought it was awesome. From there I just chose to do it.

Have you tried other types of body art or any other fine arts? No

What do you think is the most enjoyable or rewarding part of tatooing or being a tattoo artist? To be able to choose what I like as my career, that’s the most enjoyable thing to me.

What do you think is the most difficult or challenging part? I will always keep trying to do the kind of tattoo that I have never done before, to keep improving my skill is the most challenging part.

What advice do you have to girls or women that would like to start your activity? Remember, there is no limit in art. Mavis // J&M Tattoo J&M Tattoo is a new shop in Ningbo and already they are making waves with their custom work. Their shop is located in the hidden space next to Hefeng Square and is a worth a visit anytime you're in the neighborhood.

We're continually inspired by anyone who can throw themselves into a project like starting a business based on what you love. Contact J&M Tattoo at 89085960.

Name // Mavis What do you think is the most enjoyable or rewarding part of Q&A tatooing or being a tattoo artist? Where are you from? The most enjoyable thing about being a tattoo artist is I can focus Yunnan on doing what I like to do, I can follow my ideas and create.

How many years have you been a tattoo artist? What do you think is the most difficult or challenging part? 2 years Continually creating new tattoos, taking the things clients say they want and making a tattoo out of it, and convincing clients When and how did you start tattooing? What first interested to listen to my suggestions. you about it? After I got my first tattoo, I became really interested in tattooing. What advice do you have to girls or women that would like to start your activity? Have you tried other types of body art or any other fine arts? In the beginning, it might be a bit boring. Be patient, it will only Dancing. I have had many years of dance training. I like dancing become more and more interesting and fun. because it helps me relax emotionally. TRA

VELWords // Ningbo Guide Photos // Uri Tours pyong ya n g mara thon 2015 If peering behind the veil into one of the most intriguing and secretive places on the planet has been on your list of things to do, this is a perfect opportunity to peel back that curtain, take a look inside, and then run a marathon in one of the most famous cities in the world. On April 12th of this year, it’s your chance to run Pyongyang. Be it in the 10k, half marathon, or the full 26.2 miles, this is an amazing opportunity to visit a completely mysterious place in an utterly unique way. Pyongyang Marathon 2014 Kim Il Sung Stadium important MARATHON DATE APRIL 12TH dates REGISTRATION CLOSES MARCH 20TH TIME TO GO TO DPRK NOW

SOME BASICS So you've decided that heading down the rabbit hole is absolutely Ningbo Guide will be heading for the short and sweet package for you and running through the streets of Pyongyang is exactly leaving from Shanghai for 3 nights / 4 days. The tour hits some how you'd like to spend a Sunday morning, the next question iconic landmarks along the DPRK landscape and leaving from might be, how do I do it? That's where we come in. Shanghai will be a breeze. All of the details for the Pyongyang Marathon Short Tour – Shanghai Departure can be found here. You're going to need a tour guide. We’ll be putting together transport from Ningbo to Shanghai and arranging some fun events for anyone interested in going. Feel free First of all, we know the best DPRK guides in the business and to contact us anytime with any questions. to sweeten that up a bit more, Ningbo Guide has an excellent promotion code for you. Use our code “NINGBOPY” and save $50 Spots for the tour are filling up fast and you’ll need to book before USD on your tour registration. When you fill out your information March 20th. Again, use our Ningbo Guide promotional code with URI Tours you will see a promotional code slot, enter “NINGBOPY” to recieve a $50 USD discount. “NINGBOPY” there. If you have any questions feel free to contact us. Uri tours has other options as well. There are Short and Long tours available, 3 nights / 4 days and 6 nights / 7 days respectively. Traveling to North Korea is only allowed within a tour group, and Both tours are almost completely comprehensive, save registering Uri Tours has some great packages available for the marathon for the marathon and a few minor incidentals, the packages are weekend and for an extended stay. Registration is required by well structured and fun. The short tour will include running in March 20th and given the popularity of the marathon last year, the marathon, half marathon or 10 k, a comprehensive tour of spots will fill up fast. We’ll cover the packages in more detail below Pyonyang and a road trip down to the DMZ a the border of North or you can view their full explanation and itinerary here or find out and South Korea. more at www.uritours.com Visit Uri Tours online for a complete and comprehensive itinerary Uri Tours has been leading tours to the DPRK for over 10 years for each package and a list of all the things that are and are not and they are also the official ticketing agent for Air Koryo in the included in the trip. Likewise, if the thought of running around Americas. They are the largest provider of North Korea tours and Pyongyang doesn’t make your heart pump with excitement, Uri travel in the U.S. The Pyongyang Marathon has always been a Tours offers weekend packages, standard 5 day tour visits, private professionals only race, but in the last two years, it’s opened up tours, and a range of other excellent trip options. to foreign amateur runners. This is the second year Uri Tours has offered a Pyongyang Marathon package and now it’s available If you’ve ever wanted to see North Korea, Uri Tours are the people direct from Shanghai or Beijing. who will take you there.

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MARCH 20TH

NOW The Pyongyang Marathon

Now in its second year open to amateur foreign runners, the Pyongyang Marathon is set for April 12th 2015. The marathon made waves last year as it allowed some great glimpses into life in Pyongyang. The marathon is one of the only ways to see Pyongyang in a slightly less guided way. Granted that the route is obviously fixed, Canadian Jen Loong who ran the race last year said in a Q&A on Reddit, “This was one of the special perks of the run, where we ran unguided for the full distance, high five-ing local along the way… We couldn’t run off tracks surely with soldier on every block, but running at your own pace and interacting with locals was good enough for me!”

Jen Loong opted for an extended tour package that allowed her to stay in North Korea for around a week in total, but shorter trip options are available with Uri Tours. She gained notoriety last year along with some other foreigners who instagrammed their trips and the marathon.

What You Need to Know REGISTRATION FEE

Almost anyone can run in the 2014 Full marathon: $100 USD Pyongyang Marathon but you cannot register for the marathon on your own. Half marathon: $70 USD You must do so through a tour package. Americans and many other nationalities 10K: $50 USD are welcome to join the race. Registration for the event and tour closes on March Spectators: $28 USD to watch soccer/football matches in the 20th. Kim Il Sung Stadium during the race

There are a complete set of rules online at (Registration fees are collected prior to the tour; cost of the tour www.uritours.com package is additional) WHAT TO WEAR

Please wear solid colors; no tie dye, pictures or lettering. Top and bottom can be different colors, so long as they are one solid color each. If your shirt has a small logo, the logo can be no bigger than 30cm in rectangular size and the lettering must be less than 4cm in size, according to the regulations of the International Federation.

You’ll be given a number to pin to your shirt during the race. All runners must have a number affixed to their shirts.

The official 2014 Pyongyang WHAT YOU wiLL GET

Marathon course route Uri Tours will give you a great support kit which includes a nifty Pyongyang Marathon T-shirt, re-fuel drinks, energy snacks, Depart from Kim Il Sung Stadium marathon stickers and a bunch of other exclusive DPRK goodies! Pass through the Arch of Triumph Friendship Tower Each amateur runner will get a certificate issued by the Kumrung No.2 Tunnel Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon Committee. If you Congryu Rope Ladder on Taedong River come in first, second or third in any of the amateur categories, Munsu Riverside Street you will also be awarded a medal at the awards ceremony in Rungra Bridge front of 50,000 local spectators in the Kim Il Sung stadium. Kumrung Tunnel Puksae riverside street Moranbong Street Re-enter through the Arch of Triumph Arrive back at the Kim Il Sung Stadium

This is a 10K course and the marathon will make this loop 4 times, the half marathon twice.

40 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com DISTANCE AND FINISH TIME

Full Marathon: 42.195km; finish time of 4 hours

Half Marathon: 21.0975km; finish time of 4 hours

10K: finish time of 2 hours

There are no official qualifying times for the amateur marathon. However, you must either FINISH or STOP within the times mentioned above. If you do not finish within those times, a bus will pick you up and escort you back to the stadium. The streets will be re-open to traffic at about 1pm.

The race starts and ends in the Kim Il Sung Stadium. Professionals and amateurs will start at the same location and time. Race starts at approximately 9am and is finished before 1pm. www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 41 Uri Tour Packages

For full information and options visit Uri Tours online at www. uritours.com

Pyongyang Marathon Short Tour – Shanghai Departure April 10-13 | departure from Shanghai Pudong Airport | 3 nights, 4 days in the DPRK | DPRK visas and Air Koryo flight included, orientation dinner in Shanghai, PY Marathon, PY city tour & DMZ tour | Starting at $1,250 USD

Pyongyang Marathon Long Tour – Shanghai Departure April 10-16 | departure from Shanghai Pudong Airport | 6 nights, 7 days in the DPRK | DPRK visas and Air Koryo flight included, orientation dinner in Shanghai, PY Marathon, exclusive PY Bike Tour, boat ride in Nampho, DMZ tour | Starting at $2,050 USD

Get Ready to Run

The clock is ticking on registration so now would the time to sign up. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to peer behind the curtain into North Korea, this is a completely interesting way to do it. The race itself is professional and well organized and as far as travel goes, there aren’t many people who have set foot where this race will go. As a runner, we are more than excited to take part in the race. And as a traveler, North Korea is one of big ones to tick off. Without a tour, it’s impossible to cross that border. With this tour however, you can not only cross the border, you can run for it.

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stanley fusion A Dinner With Stanley Jong, Chef and Owner of Stanley Fusion

Fusion is an idea pretty central to Malaysia, where Stanley Jong started his life. The diverse country is home to a plethora of ethnic groups, each of them with their own cultural and culinary traditions. So it seemed natural for the chef and entrepreneur to make fusion the centerpiece of his career in food.

ADDRESS // 地址 1207 Tiantong (N) Road, Yinzhou District (Di Sai Tomorrow Square) Tel: 0574 5584 8717 鄞州区天童北路1207号（迪赛明天广场）

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We were invited to join Jong for dinner at the Tiantong Lu location of Stanley Fusion, one of his restaurants. These dinners often revolve around food and the business of selling it in Ningbo, which can be a daunting place to try something as adventurous as Jong is going for.

As the table began to fill up with food, the concept behind the restaurant—a fusion of Southeast Asian cuisines as imagined by Stanley Jong himself— became increasingly clear. Jong has spent the majority of his career as a chef floating around the world, and in doing so has had ample opportunity to play with the elements of Malaysian, Thai, Indonesian and other Asian cuisines and to see what works and what doesn't. After parking it in Ningbo for a little while, the result is an ambitious and seamless blend of some of the world's greatest culinary traditions.

From first glance, the restaurant is a roomy and attractive place to sit and eat. As is thankfully becoming the norm in newer establishments, there are different “zones” of seating throughout

www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 47 the place. There are several large privatethere are a tremendous number of varieties. rooms on the second floor along with smaller, Stanley's is based around bright, zesty curry more intimate tables in general seating areas. and fresh prawn. Laksa is a microcosm of what Downstairs features more general seating but in Stanley Fusion strives to do, and the restaurant a place that looks like it could be arranged into absolutely nailed it. an area well-suited for events and parties. Jong also proved a great host, as a few glasses of One of the first dishes we were served was a sort wine were poured and Stanley had time to sit of satay and peanut sauce beef which came out and chat, we got to talking about the origins of tender, a little spicy and perfectly salty. More on different elements of the food we were eating. this dish later. It was nice to meet the man behind the food, and discover that he himself is just as interesting Nearly everything that hit the table was as the dishes he sends out of the kitchens at his interesting, flavorful and well-prepared.restaurants. Marinated and sauteed mushrooms were followed by a fiery chicken curry and King- We were saddened to learn that that satay and size (with a capital K...they were enormous) peanut-y beef dish wasn't a regular one at the prawns. One of the more interesting dishes of restaurant, and at several points, conversation the evening were little toast points topped with about life abroad, travel and cooking were mango, cheese and roast duck. Needless to say it interrupted with “You really should put that melded together quite well. beef dish on the menu.”

Of course no Malaysian-inspired dinner would He assured us that he will in the future. We'll be complete without Laksa, the dish perhaps hold him to it. In the meantime, the place most emblematic of the country's diverse itself and everything else on the menu is worth ethnic heritage. The spicy seafood-based soup's checking out. roots are equal parts Chinese and Malay, and 48 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 49 THE LAST DROP

Every month we bring you the skinny on the latte and the cafe that serves it. With all the coffee shops opening all over Ningbo, we'll bring the low-down, right to the last drop. KITTY MAID What would you do if you could have a cafe and fill it with all your awesome and super cool most favorite and also, did we mention awesome, things?

For the owner Erick, Kitty Maid Coffee & Fun is his answer to that question. Check it, it's sweet. Kitty Maid has a lot of it, sweet that is, and it's got a lot of cute, and a lot of warm, a fair amount of fuzzy, and there are also a few actual animals. The kitties are everywhere! There are three of them that live there all the time.

You are welcome to come in and get some much needed snuggle with the kitties. All while having something warm and appropriate like a huge bowl of warm milk... tea.

Did we mention it was cute? How about lifesize teddy bears? That not cute enough for you, well Kitty Maid is about to bring it up a notch by giving you more than one.

And there are ton of supersweet Gundam like super awesome anime figurines is pristine condition. They are out of the box...

Next time you want to play D&D, you better play here. Why go to any other cafe when you can get all up in it at Kitty Maid? Go there today. It's just across from Wanda Plaza Yinzhou and Du Shi Sen Lin.

No.12 Linyu Road,Yinzhou 鄞州区麟寓路12号

50 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 51 What's your local? Every month we dig deep to find where people spend their time eating, drinking, and having a good time. After we get the inside scoop on everyone's favorite places, we'll pass them along to you here. DG Occupation: Owner of He HanCoffee 'Hood: Yinzhou Years in the Bo: Born an' Bred Local Watering Hole WHISKYFIND This whiskey shop that does tastings and has a small bar for very private (and delicious) evenings is the gem of Laowaitan in our opinion. If other whiskey bars in town feel a little flat then WhiskeyFind will take you to a new realm of enjoying the genuine article.

Address: Hidden in the back of Laowaitan near the river up a dark staircase on the third floor with a small sign... you can't miss it. Check our listings for more info.

This is what the actual top shelf looks like.

52 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com steven Occupation: One of the owners of Don Papa 'Hood: Yinzhou Years in the Bo: Erry day.

Local Grub Spot Xiao Yan Jing | 小眼镜 The love of seafood is a definite trait of a true born Ningbonese person and eating it at the lake is just as much of a tradition. This seafood house has been around for awhile and is fully traditional. Address: Dong Qian Lake 地址: 东钱湖

Sy lv i e Occupation: Art and Drama Teacher 'Hood: Yinzhou Years in the Bo: 8 Local Spot for Sumpin' to do The Yinzhou Swimming Pool | 鄞州游泳馆 This is probably the largest and cleanest pool in Ningbo. Honestly pool locker rooms are never that nice but the pool here is 50 m, Olympic size and is regularly cleaned and maintained. It's the best place to get your Phelps on.

Address: 199 Wenhua Lu Ningbo 浙江省宁波市鄞州区钱湖南路鄞州体育馆西侧

I be all up on them laps laps laps www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 53 All hail the mighty swine. Discerning diners and cantankerous chefs will usually agree that no animal reigns more edible than the pig. There may be pieces of other animals that hit levels of delicious that no other creature could but there is no other animal that can be used head to toe to make some of the best food. From China to France the pigs foot is just the beginning of using pork to its fullest. PORK And seeing as pork is a sort of national meat in China, every month ON THE we'll bring you a new way to get the most out of the tasty pig. FORK make How YOUR to OWNLard

Lard is the mother of all cooking fats. It's gotten a bad name over the last few decades as people have turned to vegetable oils as “healthier” alternatives. Lard, as delicious as we know it to be, has some pretty negative connotations with regards to health. So let's disspell a few rumors here first.

Farm-raised animal fats contain a mixture shame. Its high smoke point and rich texture for sauteeing or frying, but will still retain a of monounsaturated, polyunsatured and make it the perfect cooking fat. It also works little porky flavor that you might not want saturated fats. A good majority of that is the well in baking cakes and pastries as it's a in pastries or cakes. monounsaturated fat known as oleic fatty little lighter and smoother than butter. acid. Healthy eaters will recognize this as Leaf lard, or the fat surrounding the the same fatty acid in olive oil that gets all So here it is. Our guide to making, or kidneys, is what you want for making the the praise and attention for lowering your “rendering” your own lard. pure, white, uncut and creamy lard prized risk of heart disease. by the world's greatest patissiers. You might Shopping call it the “creme-de-la-ham.” Or maybe not. Not that we would claim a lard-based diet Sorry. Anyway, the chinese word for leaf as healthy. Just that it's not really too much There are two types of fat that will render lard is banyou (板油). This may take some worse than any other cooking fat you'd use. properly into nice, clean lard. Back fat and additional description for the butcher, so if Moderation, folks. what's called “leaf lard.” at all possible take a patient person whose anatomical Chinese is at least passable. If Moving on. Back fat is typically best harvested from the you can't be bothered with that we've got a back or the butt of the pig, and should be link to a Taobao seller with plenty of it on For a country as pork-crazed as China it is pretty easy to point to at your neighborhood the online version of this article. If possible, next to impossible to buy lard. Which is a market. This will render lard that is perfect get the butcher to grind.

54 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com Rendering

The first step is ensuring that you've separated any and all tissue from the fat. Any left in there will adversely effect the flavor of your lard.

From here, it's pretty straightforward. The absolute best tool for this is a slow-cooker. If you don't have one already, buy one. It'll change your life.

Put ¼ cup of water at the bottom of your slow- cooker, and turn it to its lowest setting. Let it cook for an hour or two. Next, prepare a bowl or pot by stretching out a fine strainer* over top of it. Then, while the slow-cooker is still hot, slowly pour the contents into the pot, allowing for the oils to strain through while leaving the ground up fleshy bits in the strainer.

Then, move the oil to whatever container you'd like to keep it in. Note that lard is extremely shelf-stable, meaning it'll last a really long time. It's easier to make a bunch at once and freeze some of it than make it little-by-little.

And that's it. Once you've unlocked the power of lard, you'll never go back. Godspeed.

*editor's note: if you want to be old-school about it, use cheesecloth. not sure why but it's how they used to do it “back in the day”

www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 55 eat & drink Loft Bar Tasting the Whiskey that's making all the fuss

2014 was a big year for Scotch upsets and upset Scots. The best whiskey award was given to the Japanese made Yamazaki.

Whisky expert Jim Murray described the Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 as a drink of “near incredible genius”, awarding it 97.5 marks out of 100 in the 2015 World Whisky Bible.

Loft Bar in Laowaitan held a whiskey tasting sampling various different scotches from Japan and Scotland. Organized by Suntory Whiskey from Japan, the event was an excellent opportunity to learn more about the world of premiere whiskey making.

The tasting was both informative and enjoyable as the whiskey was superb and abundant. Good days.

Head over to Loft Bar to try a wide range of delicious whiskeys, other spirits, and wines. Owner/operator Adina is a thoroughly competent sommelier and she'll help you find just the right glass, dram, or shot depending on what you're up for at the time.

56 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com Carnival! eat & drink Brazilian BBQ Carnival is set Ningbo's first Brazilian BBQ is set for the 28th of March and it should prove to be a great time for all as one of Ningbo's oldest and most well-known purveyors of fine meats pulls out all the stops.

We imagine the normal BBQ and buffet will be availabl with some additions to celebrate the Carnival that has made the owners/chefs home country famous the world over.

If you're looking for a memorable evening with all you can eat meat and buffet, free flowing alcohol and other drinks, live Samba performances and even a children's corner for the little ones then this is the place for you.

Tickets are only 298 RMB for adults with discounts for children and students available.

Date: Mar 28th, 2015 / 2015年 3月28日 Time: 18:00~23:00 Address: No.145 Zhongshan east road. 6/F Ningbo World Hotel 中山东路145号宁波大酒店6 楼

Mot Goc Han Noi Some of the best Vietnamese Food in Ningbo This intimate little shop is run by Vietnamese food. All bookings are by Jackey, a local man from Ningbo who appointment. Add him on WeChat does a lot of business in Vietnam. He at ningbojackey to setup your menu, liked the food so much he brought date, and price. After that show up a couple of chefs back with him and and enjoy some great food and drinks. they now serve delicious authentic Located near Book City.

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WHISKY FIND

Ningbo used to be a wasteland as far as places to grab a nice whiskey was concerned. Not so these days, as Whiskeyfind is one of several places having opened recently to offer an extensive selection of the gentleman's spirit.

That's not to imply that owner Odin Chou hasn't done something novel with Whiskyfind. To the contrary he's built a well-executed and unique space. For starters, the place isn't technically a bar. It's more of a whiskey shop with a tasting area. The interior has an almost mountain lodge look to it, and in addition to a The Whiskeyfind 威士忌坊 3F, No.11, Lane 68, Zhongma dizzying amount of whiskeys for sale features a lot of vintage cameras, a side passion Road, Lao Waitan of Chou's. The shop is also delightfully out-of-the-way, hidden up on the third floor 0574 8734 4835 江北区老外滩中马路68弄11 of an otherwise unassuming building near the church-end of Laowaitan (next to 号3楼 where Bourbon Street used to be for all you old-timers).

It's a great place to avoid Laowaitan's see-and-be-seen crowd and actually enjoy a drink and a nice chat. Talk about a novel concept.

58 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com fine food and drinks served here. enjoy delicious intSHAKEernational cu iITsine, fine wines, classic cocktails and a Top-notch whisky list in one of the city’s mostSHAKE inviting spaces. No.8 Shengyuan Lane, Moon lake Garden 海曙区月湖盛园盛园巷SHAKE8号 * 0574 5533 00 IT00

INGREDIENTS COCKTAIL Blue Curacao of Remy Martin VSOP the Syrup MONTH Cream Raw Egg Yolk Every month our resident Apple / Cherry bar staff at Lounge in Moon Lake bring you a dangeroulsy EQUIPMENT delicious concoction fit for Cocktial Shaker Strainer the gods. Drinks up! Jig Knife Straw Ice Butterfly Flip Flip Glass or 280ml glass This gentle little drink will sneak right up on you and make you feel both tipsy and classy. Think of this as a Mint Julep without all that endless amount of annoying ice, rigamarole of cup and saucer, garnish that borders on a salad, and all the other pretencious crap that goes with the drink. You will not look as much like a ridiculous Southern land owner.

You will look a little dainty with the cute little butterfly and cherry. But fear not men, women like a sensitive guy. More importantly, though this drink is a little on the rich side because of the cream and the raw egg (see guys you can feel like Rocky Balboa while drinking this) there is one thing that this drink has going for it. It's absolutely delicious.

Put some ice in the shaker, shake it for a couple times, then take out the ice. Add all the ingredients. Now some ice and shake it! (because there’s yolk in this drink, you want to make sure you shake it for a long time till it’s foamy, this will mix everything up nicely, you won’t smell the egg, and it will taste better.)

Get the flip glass ready (better chilled already). Use the strainer to pour the drink into the flip glass. Cut out a beautiful butterfly from an apple, decorate and there you go! A glass of delicious Butterfly Flip is ready. 60 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com nightlife Loft Bar you glowTasting the Whiskeygirl that's making all the fuss

2014 was a big year for Scotch upsets and upset Scots. The best Scotch Whiskey award was given to the Japanese made Yamazaki.

Whisky expert Jim Murray described the Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 as a drink of “near incredible genius”, awarding it 97.5 marks out of 100 in the 2015 World Whisky Bible.

The tasting was both informative and enjoyable as the whiskey was superb and abundant. Good days.

Thanks to your undying generous spirit 3月7号晚上举行的“加油吧，女孩！”为主 and love for tearing up the dance floor, 题的慈善派对进行得非常成功。我们由衷地 YOU GLOW GIRL was a tremendous 感谢到场支持这场活动的所有人。大概有150 success. We saw nearly 150 folks come 多人参与这次慈善活动，并且我们为宁波的 out to support a great cause and raised 单亲妈妈们筹集了3875元资金！ 3,875 RMB for single mothers in Ningbo! 我们还想对Diversity LGBT+ Ningbo的全体成 We'd also like to say a huge THANK YOU 员说声谢谢！谢谢他们为改善宁波都市生活 to our friends at Diversity LGBT+Ningbo 做出的努力！ for all their help and in general for making Ningbo a better place.

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AR TS J & M Tattoo by David Straughan

THe tattoo scene in Ningbo continues to grow

The modern popularity arc of tattoos Ningbo is no different, as over the“Jian” meant “exquisite paper for writing is pretty much the same everywhere, last several years tattoos have become poetry” in ancient times. This reflects with a few substitutions. They seriously in vogue. how we see our clients; every inch of skin became big with a certain sub- is a precious thing and want to cover it culture, in the west with sailors “They've definitely become morewith only the most beautiful, unique and in East Asia with members of acceptable,” says Mavis Qiu, one of J&M tattoos.” organized crime, and as a result were Tattoo's partners. “You're even seeing considered taboo in polite society. some of the older locals becoming more Custom ink, says “Tattoo Mav”, is the Then, little by little they started accepting of them, treating tattoos more lifeblood of J&M Tattoos. to creep into mainstream culture as art and less of something associated through the world of sports and with gangs and criminals. We've had “We don't want to rush anything here, entertainment. parents bring their daughter in to get a and we don't want people to make a tattoo and give lots of input on what to lifelong decision on impulse,” she says. do and where to put it.” “We want to work with our clients until we have a design that is exactly what Qiu, along with business partners they want in terms of the look and the and fellow awesome ladies Jiajia and meaning. If you're putting something Xiaohuo, opened their shop this past on your body forever, you don't want to winter in Ningbo's funky, restored urban end up regretting it later. We also want space Hefeng Creative Square after years to emphasize that when you get a tattoo of tattooing around the city. from one of us, you'll be the only person who will ever have that tattoo. We don't “The Chinese name of our studio is Jian reuse designs.” Tattoo,” explains Qiu. “The character

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According to these purveyors of ink J&M Tattoo is located in Hefeng J & M Tattoo 315 Jiangdong (N) Road, Jiangdong District (near Hefeng creative square) and art, the relationship of tattoo Creative Square, which for all its (0574 8908 5960) artists and their clients is a sacred, and awesomeness can be a little difficult to http://www.dg-tattoo.com/ trusting one. While some tattooers are find. So we've provided you with a little complacent to throw down some ink map here. The shop only works on folks 宁波市江东区 for a quick buck, the artists at J&M with appointments, so go ahead and share a common goal of caring for make yours by calling 0574-89085960 江东北路315 their clients and their artwork. or adding them on WeChat (we've got 号小院子 the QR code on the previous page). （近和丰创意 “It's not just about how the tattoo is 广场| 浅绿小 applied,” says Qiu. “We're also really *editor's note: Xiaohuo, aka Dre, J&M's 院旁） concerned with how it heals up and resident old-school/traditional specialist how it's taken care of. We touch up all will be leaving Ningbo at the end of the of our work for free. We'd like to think month to further her career in Beijing. that we don't just have customers, We're all happy for her and a little a we have friends who share a love for bummed at the same time, but she still tattoos.” has some appointments available before she heads out!

arts & leisure

Portrait of an Artist in a Young Scene Lee Prescott's Mutations at 117 Gallery by David Straughan

Seafood, ports, nian gao; Ningbo is known Ningbo resident Tate McNeill, who goes included, seem to be growing and this for many things, but a lively art scene by DJ Lastboss (!!!), to create a multimedia feeling I sometimes get when I have visited unfortunately isn't one of them. English live art showcase at the exhibition's opening the likes of Shanghai and Beijing were you artist and Ningbo resident Lee Prescott is party. McNeill worked to create digital feel like you are being swallowed by the hoping that can change. music inspired by the work and played them sheer size of these cities. I come from a while Prescott created one of his signature relatively small town in north west England, “To be honest, I don't really know of any art collages around him in real time. so I feel this more acutely than other people. scenes in Ningbo,” says Prescott. My collage work is made entirely of old “There are a couple of recurring themes in Chinese TV, science and general Chinese While there are certainly a few places to take the exhibition,” explains Prescott. “The first magazines. I wanted to express my love of in paintings, sculptures and other forms of one is to do with my illustrations and how these beautiful magazines and the weird visual art in the city, they're few and far- I wanted them to look like built up cities and wonderful images within.” between and tend to focus on classics more and metropolises. In my collage work I also than contemporary or emerging artists and wanted to look at the relationship between “I also have a theme of headless bodies art forms. 117 Gallery, which opened across colour, image and form and how these can against selected backgrounds. One of my from the Tianyi Square Church last year, both compliment and contradict each other. influences is surrealism. I wanted to give has emerged as a potential home to an arts My main focus in my collage work is colour, the work a surreal look by placing these culture in its infancy. form and composition.” headless figures in unfamiliar surroundings and also replacing the heads with random Prescott, an English teacher by day, Though Prescott grew up and receivedobjects.” specializes in collage and geometric his education in England, Mutations was illustration, both of which are featured in created during and inspired by the artist's The result is a negotiation between comfort the artist's exhibit, Mutations, on display at time in China. of yesteryear's pop culture imagery and 117 until the first week of March. Prescott the bizarre, jarring effect of these things teamed up with fellow Englishman and “I have noticed how rapidly cities, Ningbo being tremendously out of place. Ominous

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and ambiguous machinery occupies the same space as soothing images of models representing whatever product they were representing in their heyday. It's a reality that exists but often goes ignored. When it's presented in the form of familiar images showing up in unfamiliar contexts, it provides an enlightening if not slightly uncomfortable portrait of the modern condition.

In speaking with Prescott, it is abundantly clear that part of his goal with the 117 exhibition is creating space and laying groundwork for an artistic community in Ningbo. The opening night was filled with people, wine and conversation; a definite and significant step towards that goal. Prescott puts the burden of nuturing a scene equally on patrons, local media and the artists themselves.

“I feel Ningbo can have a thriving art scene for the simple reason that it is a relatively small city compared to Shanghai, Beijing and Guanzhou,” he says. “This could work in it's advantage as more people, with the right promotion of course, could find out and attend events. I think people could help the art scene in Ningbo to grow by attending events. It's simple but really effective. Artists could help by getting together to organize events. They could be simple ideas but it's something.”

Fostering an art scene in a city that's still finding its bearings is a worthy, albeit lofty goal but Prescott's exhibition stands well enough on its own to merit at least one if not multiple visits.

Mutations will continue to run until March 5th. Much of the artwork on display is for sale. Visitors can scan the QR located next to the work for more information about purchasing.

117 Gallery is located at 117 Yaohang Street, opposite the Tianyi Square Church. Visit www.ningboguide.com for a map and Lastboss' Mutations-inspired music. www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 69 arts & leisure

The 2015 Bookworm Literary Festival at UNNC The annual festival from Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou comes to UNNC This is the calendar for the Bookworm International Literary Festival at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Coordinated by the School of English, it promises to be a celebration of the power of literature and ideas.

This year Bookworm 2015 will see a number of internationally-renowned and award-winning novelists from a variety of backgrounds deliver talks, seminars and workshops on a wide range of interesting subjects, from gender and sexuality in China to the political Communism in the UK relationship between Russia and the UK. The Paul Anderson (UK) events will also allow the audience to engage MAR 6.30pm and share ideas with the speakers, and there Venue: TB330 17 will be opportunities for those interested to receive professional advice on how to develop Journalist Paul Anderson, author of the book Moscow Gold? The Soviet Union as a writer or pursue a career in the literary and the British Left, traces the history of Communism in the UK through its world. relationship with and perspective on the Soviet Union. In this talk, Anderson explores both the British Communists for whom Moscow could do no wrong The festival (in Ningbo, there are other as well as those British Communists who distanced themselves from or actively portions of the festival in other cities) from rejected the Soviet style. March 17th to March 26th. All of the talks and presentations are free to the public so head Former journalist and editor Paul Anderson is now at work on a companion out and enjoy the mental stimulation. book to Moscow Gold that looks at the impact of Chinese communism. When not running Aaargh! Press, a small publishing company, Anderson lectures at All events are held on the UNNC Campus, University of Essex. visit them online for more info. www. nottingham.edu.cn

70 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com MAR 23 Anna May Wong Must Die! Anna Chen (UK) MAR The Origins of 8pm 17 Sex Venue: TB330 Faramerz Dabhoiwala Anna May Wong Must Die! is Anna Chen’s one-woman (UK) performance about Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star. 7:30pm This personal journey through the life and crimes of Anna Venue: TB330 May Wong grew from a half-hour program about the actress, A Celestial Star In Piccadilly, broadcast on BBC Faramerz Dabhoiwala has been described as the Radio 4 in 2009, written and presented by Chen. Part comedy, part social critique, this Stephen Hawking of sex, and his book, The Origins funny, fascinating look at the movie icon dismantles Chinese stereotypes and reveals the of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, human side of the dragon lady of dragon ladies. has been acclaimed around the world as one of the best non-fiction debuts of recent years. In Anna Chen, born and raised in London, is a writer, poet, performer, broadcaster and this witty, richly illustrated talk, he explains the blogger. She became a public figure through her work as a BBC4 presenter. Her 2007 10- origins of modern sexual culture in the west – the part series, Chinese in Britain, examined the life of the first Chinese person to live in the growth of sexual freedom; how the first sexual UK. Her website Madam Miao Says was shortlisted for the 2010 Orwell Prize for blogging revolution affected men and women, homosexuals and longlisted in 2012. Chen runs The Hothouse Project, a series of workshops and courses, and heterosexuals; the birth of sexual celebrity; one of which she has taught for the Orwell Prize Wigan Pier Workshops. She published a and how we came to live in a world where sex is book of poetry, Reaching for my Gnu, in 2013. supposedly private, yet ever more publicised.

Faramarz writes about the social, cultural, and intellectual history of the English-speaking world since 1500. His fascination in the political and The Final Frontier social history of medieval peasantry lead him to Tim Cope (Australia) MAR his current specialisation in writing, The Origins 7.30pm 20 of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution. Venue: TB330 He was educated at York and University of Oxford. He is currently the Senior History Fellow of Exeter Tim Cope is an award-winning adventurer, author, and College at Oxford. filmmaker with a special interest in the traditional cultures of Central Asia and Russia. He has studied as a wilderness guide in the Finnish and Russian subarctic, ridden a bicycle across Russia to China, and rowed a boat along the Yenisey River through Siberia to the Arctic Ocean. Tim’s most renowned journey was a three-year, MAR 6,000 mile journey by horse from Mongolia to Hungary on the trail of Genghis Khan - a 26 quest to understand the horseback nomads of the great Eurasian steppe. Sixty-Four In this presentation Tim will show clips of his travel documentary and discuss his Chance Pieces adventures with the audience. Tim is the author of Off the Rails: Moscow to Beijing on Will Recumbent Bikes, and On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey through the Lands Buckingham of the Nomads. He is also the creator of several documentary films, including the award- (UK) winning series The Trail of Genghis Khan. 7:30pm Venue: TB330 MAR Will Buckingham is a novelist, lecturer, and philosopher. His latest book, Sixty-Four Chance 24 Pieces, published by Earnshaw Books, is a novel of sorts that puts the I Ching, or Chinese Book Evident: Spoken-Word Poetry Performance of Changes, to work as a literature machine to Zohab Zee Khan (Australia) generate new stories and new possibilities. The 7:30pm book comprises 64 short stories, each one drawing Venue: TB330 on a chapter of the Chinese text, and combines storytelling, travel writing, and often-wayward In a rousing set, Zohab Zee Khan combines poetry with philosophical reflections. hip-hop to enthrall and entertain, giving listeners a new outlook on the possibilities of the spoken word. Khan is the 2014 Australian Poetry Slam champion and 2014 International Will is a writer and philosopher based in the UK, Poetry Slam finalist. He is also a proficient didgeridoo player, harmonica beat-boxer, and and with strong interests in China. His other books percussionist. include Complete Write a Novel Course, The Descent of the Lyre, Happiness: A Practical Guide, Originally hailing from Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, he is the founding director of Zee a number of philosophy books, and the children’s Poetics, an organisation that aims to inspire a new generation of poets through performance book, The Snorgh and the Sailor (Scholastic). He based workshops. He has been writing and performing poetry since he was 13 years old. is currently Reader in Writing and Creativity at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 71 ningbo guide photo&essay contest

PhotographyWINNER

Photographer // Mari Pazmino Prize Location // Yinzhou Park What We Loved // Even as Ningbo is growing more and more cosmopolitain by the minute it's great to be reminded of how easily A 90 minute head- we can "get out of the city" without ever having to leave her. to-toe Essential Oil massage Worth 420 rmb at Ningbo's best Spa, Dragonfly.

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Photographer // Alexis Smith Location // Wanda Plaza What We Loved // Though the subject matter can be cliché we felt that the tenderness of the shared moment of rest between man and statue to be quite endearing.

Photographer // Carl Moretti Location // Baizhang Dong Lu What We Loved // Part of the greatness of Asian cities is the blending of spaces, personal and public, sidewalk and road, tree and gym. This picture captures the haze of rain and the space made by one of Ningbo's residents in a clever and enticing way.

www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 73 Essay WINNER Never heard of Ningbo?! by Tess Humphrys

Way back in 2012, when I told friends in Britain I was moving to China, among the many reactions I got was: “wow, cool China. Where you going? Beijing, Shanghai? Hong Kong (is that China?!)?”

When I told people I was moving to Ningbo, however, pretty much all drew a blank: “Ningbo, where’s that?” This was apart from one friend who had heard of the city because he works for DIY store B&Q and had seen a list of all the stores in China, including the one at Wanda Plaza. Still, he didn’t know any more than that. I have to admit their lack of knowledge was understandable. I had no idea where Ningbo was until I applied for a job at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). And I still had no idea of the city’s significance even by the time I actually moved here.

Fast-forward two years and I’ve been surprised to realise just what an influence Ningbo has had, particularly on world history and trade.

When I tell foreign friends about Ningbo, I start by mentioning the city’s huge port, the starting point out into the world for huge amounts of the cheap goods produced in China. Imagine, I say to friends back in Britain, the vast quantities of ‘Made in China’ products you buy that have passed through Ningbo, all without you realising. Ningbo’s port is well-known across the globe. In fact, a couple of African international students at UNNC told me they knew about Ningbo purely from the ships carrying its name that enter the port in their hometown.

And it’s not just nowadays that Ningbo has been on the world trade map – it’s featured heavily on British maps as far back as the 19th Century thanks to its position on China’s eastern coast, giving easy access to Hangzhou’s tea trade and the trading opportunities available by accessing the Yangtze river. But, it wasn’t just goods coming out of Ningbo that interested the British, it was what they could get into the country that sealed the city’s fate for a period of time.

Most British people know that Hong Kong was once under British control, but few of my friends realise the connection Ningbo has with Britain. After the conclusion of the First Opium War in 1842 (where the British, rather shamefully, flooded China with opium to address trade imbalances between the two nations), Ningbo became one of five treaty ports that allowed the British to deal directly with Chinese traders, without using middlemen as had been the case up until then. This helped to massively increase British profits and deepened British interests in China. Ningbo, along with the other treaty ports, had a British Consul that had authority over the British residents and could negotiate directly with Chinese representatives in a way that had previously been difficult. You can still see the building that housed the British Consul at the port in Ningbo, a reminder of this shared past. While not the most positive time in Ningbo’s history – indeed the Treaty of Nanking that granted the British the five ports was an extremely one- sided agreement – it is fascinating to realise the connections between Ningbo and Britain, even before The University of Nottingham arrived here 10 years ago. We want to say a huge thank And while it remains to be seen whether Ningbo ever becomes well-known enough you to everyone that sent in internationally to be thought of alongside Shanghai, Beijing et al, I certainly enjoy submissions. It is always an educating my foreign friends about its hidden significance. excellent time to see how everyone views Ningbo. The contest is ongoing and new Prize winners are selected every month so feel free to send A 90 minute head- anything and everything in to-toe Essential Oil anytime. massage worth 420 rmb at Ningbo's best Spa, Submissions can be sent to: Dragonfly. [email protected]

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You live in Ningbo. You've got photos. you've got stories. and we wanna see them. And not only do we wanna see them, we want to print the best ones and hook you up with prizes for making them!

Here's How It Works // Send your hi-resolution photos or essays to [email protected] by the 15th of every month. Photos must be at least 300 dpi and 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 in) to be eligible. Essays will only be accepted in English and Chinese. Essays must be no longer than 500 words in length. Both photos and essays must be about Ningbo or take place in Ningbo. Them's the rules. // We'll look over what you send us, likely over some spicy food and a few drinks and decide which ones we like the most. // First prize in each category will be rewarded with a really awesome prize. Second and third place will be rewarded with a still pretty awesome prize. // The winners will be published in the following issue of Ningbo Guide. We'll be doing this every month so keep 'em coming. LG BT Q+ DIVERSITY IN NINGBO

- What is Diversity? This is the usual reaction that weonly exists but also has a ton of allies get from people hearing about us - as the ancient Chinese saying goes: for the first time. We, Diversity, are LGBTQ+ mountain, ally sea. - An LGBTQ+ society. very happy to finally have come out (pun intended) to the people “So, how does the society function?” in this city. Shanghai and Beijing you may ask. Well, to begin with, one - A what? have been enjoying the privileges of of the core reasons of our existence writing about the topic, organizing is to support the not-so-strong workshops, Kissmases and prides. As LGBTQ+ people in Ningbo. We have - An LGBTQ+ society. Ningbo is developing and becoming a team that offers peer-counseling more cosmopolitan with every free-of-charge. The team sincerely passing year, the time is ripe to start wants to address the problem of the representing the invisible. lack of adequate support within the - In Ningbo? city. While support is available, the Most people do not realize how big topic of LGBTQ+ is not taught to the LGBTQ+ community in Ningbo mental health professionals during - Yes, in Ningbo. is or who we are. Our first step at the their education, which can cause their moment is to educate people about clients more harm than good. At the what LGBTQ+ stands for. And then moment, it is mostly young gay men show them that the community not who come out to their parents who

76 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com request our support. Some cases are better; some cases are a good number of allies –cafes, restaurants, tattoo studios, worse, but not a single happy case so far. If you are LGBTQ+ nightclubs, and even knitting shops– that have adopted our or questioning, please do not hesitate to contact. We have sticker, and now spread the word of inclusion and respect. bilingual help available. The full map will be released this summer. In the meantime we can give you a sneak peek into a few places that will join Another objective that we have taken up is education: we us as allies. have a series of workshops that shed light on topics such as sexual and gender diversity, labels, intersectionality, privilege, community wellbeing, and much more. We are Last, but not least, in case you would like to see your idea honored to have a variety of amazing speakers, ranging from happening in real life, we are open-minded and embracing LGBTQ+ consultants to visiting professors from the UK. You of good initiatives. Case in point: we have recently met a new can follow our Official WeChat Account to catch up with the friend who wishes to organize a queer poetry slam. How cool upcoming events. is that? We also work on social awareness. There are so manyDiversity would like to invite you to understand more about misunderstandings when it comes to LGBTQ+ people in LGBTQ+ topics by attending our workshops, lectures, and Ningbo that it was hard to know where to begin. We have film screenings: all are welcome, regardless of their sexual decided to start with the Safe Space project, mapping the orientation or gender identity. LGBTQ+ friendly places in the city of Ningbo. We now have

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MIND Words // Dragonfly Spa It Can Relieve Mental Tension as Well Four Benefits Certainly this one isn't too much of a shock, but it might come as a surprise just how of Massage effective massage can be at helping with anxiety and depression. Recently, multiple studies have suggested that massage may play an important role That May in relieving psychological woes. Surprise You A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry discovered that psychiatric patients who were anxious and depressed reported We all know that having a massage being much more relaxed, happy and having lower stress levels following massage. can be a relaxing and rewarding experience that isn't just indulgent. Massage could also help those with serious or terminal illnesses deal with the In a Western frame of mind mental issues that come along with them. A 2005 study in the International Journal massage is often seen as only that, of Neuroscience found that women been diagnosed with breast cancer who had some sort of indulgence or treat received massage three times a week reported being less angry and less depressed. that we should give to ourselves on special occasions.

But another way to look at massage is to view it as preventitive It Can Help You Get More medicine. Much like yoga or Sleep and Better Sleep exercise, massage can be taken from having an indulgent experience to a Sometimes sleep can be hard to come by healthy and positive ritual that will in this city, what with friends and family 2 keep us fresh, young, happy and in different time zones and the occasional focused. 5am fireworks show. While diet and exercise are crucial to catching the proper Here are four more benefits amount of Zs, massage can also help ensure that aren't often associated with a full restful eight. massage. Massage promotes relaxation and comfort, two feelings associated with sleeping well. In addition, the physical side of massage reduces muscle tension and aches which Dragonfly Spa is China's leading spa may be keeping you from getting your chain, providing therapeutic massage snooze on properly. in a beautiful, peaceful environment. Ningbo's Dragonfly is open seven days A study at the University of Warwick a week from 11:00 AM – 11:30 PM and showed that infants who got some form islocated conveniently in Laowitan at No. of massage slept more and cried less than 37, Yangshan Lane. Please call 0574 8723 those who didn't. So if you're feeling like 9925 to set up your next appointment. it's hard to “sleep like a baby,” it might be good to take a lesson or two from them. 78 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com 3 It Can Improve Your Immune System Some of us can't catch a break when it comes to catching a cold, especially those of us who are often working around children. Spring can be especially bad as that Ningbo weather brings us four seasons in a day, seriously mixing up our bodies' immune systems.

But according to the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, massage can actually help to raise the number of white blood cells—your knights in shining armor when it comes to fighting disease—that your body produces. 4 It Can Make That Nagging Headache Disappear No, not your next trip to the visa office, actual headaches.

We can all agree that headaches are just the worst. They seemingly come out of nowhere and make us irritable and distracted, a bad combination when you've got things to do.

A study at the University of Granada in Spain found that massage therapy relieved the pain and tension from both temporary and chronic headaches almost immediately.

So whether your head is thumping from the elements or the night before, it might be the right time to set up an appointment with your friendly local spa.

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& by Gabriella Butarazzi Yoga PERFECTION Gabriella Butarazzi Gabriella Buttarazzi first encountered the established Teacher Training School Yoga The mind strives for perfection. When the mind doesn't get (it's rather Integral Dharma Ananda impossible wouldn't you say?) it berates; self-scrutiny is the source of much whilst living in Valencia, stress and anxiety in our lives. Thoughts shoot out: I am not good enough. I Spain from 2010. Before am a failure. I am useless. When we embark on yoga, that is “the journey of that, quite like many, she the self, to the self, through to the self" (The Bhagavad Gita) through a regular had only dabbled with yoga yoga practice, we become wise to this self-scrutiny. as a recreational activity. Noticing the profound Ahimsa, the practice of non-violence is just as much a practice of behaviour effects it had on her body towards ourselves. Driving for perfection in each yoga pose (or asana in and mind, she decided to Sanskrit) encourages us and motivates us, but when we are in yoga, it is not train in and subsequently about striving for something at all. It is simply the practice and art of presence. teach Integral Yoga. It has It is not something we even really do: as Sharon Gannon of Jivamukti Yoga been an on-going process of says "you cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are learning from and adapting yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural to her inspiring students. state". So when we attend yoga classes, we try to do the asana as the yoga She has built a resources teacher shows us. Perhaps we strain ourselves (just a little is OK), enter into a and information site in competitive mode (start looking at how others do it), get frustrated (feelings both Chinese and English in that you’re not loose or flexible enough) or sometimes even injure ourselves order to further support her (by pushing our bodies too far). All for striving for that perfection rather than students here in Ningbo. being present in the moment of the practice.

80 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com what is integral yoga? course description Integral Yoga fuses techniques of Hatha Yoga Integral Yoga classes are held on both Tuesdays and Thursdays (working with the physical body), Kundalini at 17:15 – 18:45 and 19:00 – 20:30 above Zlife, near The Yoga (working with the energetic body) University of Nottingham in the Yinzhou area. Each 16-week and Dhyana Yoga (working with the mind/ course costs 1,200 CNY for twice weekly attendance, and meditation). A gentle but complete practice 600 CNY for once weekly attendance. Contact Gabriella on to balance, relax and energise the body and +86 13957844966 or visit www.integralyoganingbo.co for mind, improving overall health and wellbeing more information on Integral Yoga. upon regular practice.

But actually it matters much less what we do with our bodies let your body hang loose with hands resting on the block, in the yoga class, than the attitude we adopt whilst doing it. coupled with slow and gentle deep breathing of course. A meditative state, a state of no-mind, and an easing into B.K.S. Iyengar first really popularised the use of props in a the pose with grace, attention and intention are key. In that yoga practice as absolutely nothing to feel ashamed about, way, when we move our bodies in and out of an asana we but rather to assist us to really feel our bodies in the asana are approaching it as a perfectionist. But not in the way and to experience it with both Sukha and Sthira, and not that out bodies must look, move and hold as perfectly as a simply one or the other as this would lead to a general lack long-trained yogi or yogini, in the way that our bodies are of presence. receiving every moment of our focus and presence, from the joints to our extremities - fingers, toes, nose, we are present So perfecting the yoga asana is not so much about looking and involved; in, before and after every asana. perfectly flexible and doing something semi-acrobatic, although, with time and practice this usually happens So when we move into an asana, it is about drawing our anyhow. But more like an art of grace and presence: "To attention and awareness to our entire body: in sensations, perform every action artfully is yoga" (Swami Kripalu). motions, breathe; and not simply trying to imitate the perfect image of the asana. With practice your body fits into them naturally, as our natural state. So, let’s say, you are in Uttanasana (The Standing Forward Bend) but can't quite touch the ground with ease yet, if your focus on striving for perfection is touching the ground as the yogis and yoginis do, you might decide to bend your knees or force and strain your body to achieve this. But actually to order to be in the space of both Sukha (stability) and Sthira (comfort) and experience your body in that asana, it's better to use a prop like a yoga block and

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Take a morning or an afternoon to enter a magical and delightful shop located in Heyi Dadao that will spark the imagination of the child in all of us. Located on the bottom floor of Heyi just how the baking studio stacked up. And near the exti Ole is the Miss Fairy Cake all of the responses was that it was a great Baking Studio. The first thing you'llway to make something really fun, spend Miss Fairy Cake is a cake notice when entering the space is how a great morning or afternoon in Ningbo, making workshop space and clean and crisp everything is. All of the and best of all, you get to eat what you workbenches are sparkling and inviting, make! studio that is filled with fun waiting for the splashes of color from for kids of all ages. the cakes, icings, and decorations to turn Ningbo is growing all the time and it's them into beautiful palletes and canvases great to see more and more activities and in their own right. fun things to do in the city like Miss Fairy Cake Baking Studio. All of the darling and cute cooking utensils are organized and beautifully color coded Be sure to stop by or give them a call making them that much more fun to use! and set up your appointment to create some delicious treats and great memories After perusing the beutiful setup andall at the same time. You will emerge a getting ready to start, it was finally time more comfortable baker and make some to start baking! The owner of the MFC seriously cute stuff along the way. gives a lot of fantastic instruction to all of her guests. She will guide you through MFC Baking Studio the basic of cake making, batter making, B010 Heyi Avenue, Haishu District decorating and even some more advanced 0574 8768 0080 and difficult cakes making techniques. 海曙区和义大道购物中心地下一层B010

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86 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com the directory eat & drink wine bottles. Only open at night. 71 Gongqing Lu 1.1F Intime Department Store, 238 Zhongshan Dong A small place in Yinzhou, two floors of noisy (158-6720-0225) Lu, Haishu diners and great food. 202 Siming Zhong Lu 我的真爱共青路71号 dessert & ice cream 海曙区中山东路238号银泰百货东门店1楼 (0574-8811-9718) 2. 2F Wanda Plaza, 999 Siming Zhong Lu, Yinzhou 香里仁家湘菜馆四明中路202号 Lafacile Café Lafacile Cafe, we bring you Dairy Queen 冰雪皇后鄞州区四明中路999号鄞州万达广场2楼 the best latte and espresso in Ningbo. We also 1. B1 Heyi Avenue Shopping Mall, Hai Shu 3. 2F COB, 1083 Zhongshan Dong Lu Xiang Xi Bu Luo 海曙区和义大道ZONE C地下1 江东区中山东路1083号世纪东方商业广场2楼 Nice and spicy food in Wanda Plaza. 2F, Wanda make an excellent lafaccino! 394 Zhongshan 2. 1F GUGO,Tian Yi Square,152 Yaohang Jie, Haishu Plaza, Yinzhou (0574-8305-6139) Donglu(0574-87312097) 海曙区药行街152号天一广场国购商城1楼湘西部落鄞州万达广场7号门2楼法思乐咖啡中山东路394号 3. 1F Intime Department Store, Jiangxia Jie, Haishu. 海曙区江厦街23号宁波银泰百货1楼 chinese Pabala Cozy and quaint shop run by the ever 4.1F Wanda Plaza,Yinzhou. ningbonese friendly Mao Mao. No.85 Lane 659 Siming Zhong 鄞州区四明中路999号万达广场1号门1层 Lu,Yinzhou, Near Gelan Yuntian (158-6756-1816) 5.1F Century Oriental Business Plaza, Zhong Shan cantonese Bronze Sparrow Terrace 帕芭菈休闲吧四明中路659弄85号格兰 Dong Lu, Jiang Dong Fine dining Ningbo, Sichuan, and Cantonese fare. 云天一期东门中山东路1083号世纪东方商业广场内银泰1楼 Qilin Building 1511 Tiantong Bei Lu, Yinzhou 6.Sangtian Lu, Jiangdong. Chaoyongxuan (0574-2787-3333) Miss Pepper 江东区桑田路 Usual Cantonese with familiar dishes like sweet & 铜雀台-私房菜宁波鄞州区天童北路1511 Floor 23, Building A, No 558 Taikang Road, Yinzhou sour pork and fried rice. Some people swear by it. 121 号麒麟大厦 Huaishu Lu (0574-8766-2688) District (180-6730-2266) DAISY Cheesecake 潮涌轩槐树路121号地址更改鄞州区泰康中路558号宁波商会 Some of the best and most authentic cakes and Gang Ya Gou 缸鸭狗国贸中心A座23层 desserts in Ningbo. No. 29, CangQiao Street, 稻花源砂锅粥 Famous local restaurant with over 100 years of YinYiShiDai Square, JieFang South Road,HaiShu Daohua Yuan Porridge service. Scenery (400-8827-527) Porridge is hot in Ningbo. One pot serves 4 people, 1. No.1 Gate Wanda Plaza, Yinzhou (0574-8822- 一多喜宁波解放南路仓桥街29号银亿时代广 savory and piping hot. Warm and comfortable, serving Illy Coffee, 海曙区马园 1926) and they have movie nights throughout the 场1楼（月湖盛园对面） 1. 252 Mayuan Lu (0574-2786-0828) 鄞州区四明中路999号鄞州万达广场1号路252号门北侧 week. No.68 Renmin Lu, Lao Wai Tan, Ningbo 江东区箕漕街 (1866-8888-824) Haagen-Dazs 哈根达斯 2. 64 Jicao Jie (0574-8775-3988) 2. 3F Wanda Plaza, Jiangbei, (0574-8758-1926) 景咖啡宁波老外滩人民路68号 64号江北区江北大道188号江北万达广场3楼 1.No.1037 Zone B, Heyi Avenue Shopping 海曙区碶闸街 Mall,Haishu District. 3. 48 Qizha Jie (0574-8731-3218) 61号 Slowly Café 海曙区和义大道B区1037号 48号 Bright, arty, and kitsch all at the same time, check 2.1F Intime Department Store,Tianyi Square,Haishu The Grandma’s out the wacky cookies. District. dongbei Ningbo Zhejiang flavor just like Grandma No.66 Renmin Lu, Lao Wai Tan, Ningbo (0574- 海曙区银泰百货1楼 makes it. 4F, International Shopping Center, 87658503 13685852308) 3.Wanda Plaza,Yinzhou District. Tianyi Square,166 Zhongshan Dong Lu, Haishu 慢时光宁波外滩人民路66号鄞州区四明中路999号鄞州万达广场 Dong Bei Feng (0574-8768-4068) On the 2nd floor in Wanda Plaza, pig knuckle reigns 外婆家海曙区中山东路166号天一广场国 Starbucks 星巴克 Iceason 爱茜茜里冰淇淋 supreme. Great dumplings, tofu skin salad, etc. 际购物中心4楼 2A-23, Wanda Plaza (0574-8808-6677) 1. Tian Yi Square, 88 Zhongshan Dong Lu 1.42 Cangqiao Jie, Moon Lake Garden, Haishu 东北风万达广场银座2A-23号 4F of INCITY, 288 Qianhu Bei Lu, Yinzhou (0574-8725-1851) 海曙区月湖盛园仓桥街42号 (0574-8741-6990) 中山东路88号天一广场2B区 2.1-01-1 Wanda Plaza, 188 Jiangbei Dadao, Jiangbei 鄞州区钱湖北路288号印象城4楼 2. 42 Caihong Bei Lu, Portman area 江北区江北大道188号万达广场1-01-1号 Da Feng Shou 3F of Raffles City, 99 Daqing Nan Lu, Jiangbei 彩虹北路42号 Supreme Northern cuisine full of Notherners. (0574-87629538) 3. 123 Waima Lu, Lao Waitan Mochi Sweets On the first floor of Gugo in Tian Some of the best dumplings and fried pork ever. 江北区大庆南路99号来福士广场3楼外马路123号老外摊 Yi Square is this purveyor of yummy treats, some of Arrrrrrrrrrr it's really good. 287 Jingjia Lu, Jiangdong 4. 1F, Gugo, Tian Yi Square, 152 Yaohang Jie which are made with the Japanese sweetened rice (186-5746-8958) Kong Ke 药行街152号天一广场国购商城1楼 cake called Mochi. 1F, Gugo, Tianyi Square 宁波市江东区惊驾路287号 1F, C2 Zone, Liansheng Plaza, No.1288 Ningnan 5. 999 Siming Zhong Lu, Wanda Plaza, Gate 3 摩提工房天一广场酷购商场1楼 (N) Road, Yinzhou (0574 2882 0023) 四明中路999号，万达广场3号门右边鄞州区宁南北路1288号联盛广场C2区1楼 New Zealand Natural hotpot Simple South Asian Restaurant Macau Doulao 澳门豆捞 Fine dining Ningbo, Sichuan, and Cantonese fare. They have normal dishes such as beef, seafood, No. 378-379, 3F, Wanda Plaza (Jiangbei) (+86 137 chicken, goose, pig’s brain, and duck tongue, and 7713 9767) more exotic dishes such as kangaroo tail, camel 江北万达广场3楼378-379室 hump, crocodile meat, fish stomach, chicken kidney, cow bone marrow and much more. 1. 218-228 Siming Zhong Lu 四明中路218-228 sichuan 号 2. 46-8 Portman Street 彩虹北路波特曼大街 Fei Teng Yu Xiang Sichuan Restaurant 46-8号 Add: 53 Leigong Xiang, Jiangdong Tel: 3. 36 Yaohang Jie (0574-8731-3688) 药行街36号 0574-87704399 沸腾鱼乡川菜馆江东区雷公巷53号 Xiao Fei Yang Hot Pot 小肥羊火锅 One of the more popular hotpots in town, this Loushang Louxia chain satisfies but purists say its lacking. The name of this restaurant is "upstairs Hours: 10:00-02:00 downstairs" in Chinese, they serve two different 1. No.333,Jingjia Lu, Jiangdong District. styles. Home made cookies, egg tarts, and set rice. (0574-5615-6998) 81 Huayan Jie (0574-2787-8871) 江东区惊驾路333号楼上楼下江东华严街81号 2. No. 627 Siming Zhong Lu, Yinzhou District. (0574-8813-8378) Wu Da Kitchen 鄞州区四明中路627号 Next to Cafe de Maya restaurant. Good price, not bad Sichuan dishes. 1F Century Plaza, 230 Jiefang Xiao Mian Yang Hot Pot 小绵羊 Nan Lu (0574-8719-7059) 1. 23 Ying Feng Jie, Jie Fang Nan Lu, HaiShu 武大厨房解放南路230号世纪广场1楼 (0574-8726-6666) 海曙区解放南路迎风街23号 Zi Zhu Lin 2. 353 Huan Cheng Xi Lu Nan Duan, Haishu Known for their delicious spicy bullfrog. On Jingjia (0574-8722-9178) Lu in a row of about 40 other restaurants. 289 海曙区环城西路南段353号 Jingjia Lu (0574-6617-2526) 3. 69 Xing Ning Lu, Jiangdong (0574-8777-6339) 紫竹林川菜惊驾路289号江东区兴宁路69号(易买得对面)

Yaode Hotpot 要德火锅 seafood 1. 339 Jingjia Lu, Jiangdong (0574-8726-6666) 江东区惊驾路339号 Feast Modern Restaurant 2. 2F, 57 Zhongshan Xi Lu, Haishu Ningbo seafood in a beautiful, restored (0574-8730-7737) 200-year-old Qing dynasty house. The food is as 海曙区中山西路57号二楼 good as the lovely woodwork. 87 Huaishu Lu 3. 47 Xing Ning Lu, Jiangdong (0574-8739-3948) (0574-8735-1111) 江东区兴宁路47号美宴摩登餐厅槐树路87号 Shipu Grand Restaurant 石浦大酒店 hunan The center of Ningbo's "Yong" cuisine. It serves traditional local dishes in an authentic atmosphere. Make reservations, and bring a Xiang Ju Qing camera to take pictures of the vast display Chef is from Hunnan, famous for making local of live seafood. It's better than going to the dishes. 352 Keji Lu,Yin Zhou (0574-8300-2002) 湘居情宁波市鄞州区科技路352号 aquarium, and what aquarium lets you eat their fish? 1. Center of Tian Yi Square (0574-8727-1777) Xiang Li Ren Jia Restaurant 天一广场中心 www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 87 the directory eat & drink

印都安纳 2. 60 Yanyue Jie (Moon Lake) (0574-8732-6777) Lobster Bar and Grill 宁波海曙区药行街169号莱迪时尚广场二楼偃月街60号 yunnan With a selection of international delights including 美食城2F-21 3. Wanda Plaza, 999 Siming Zhong Lu (0574- fresh seafood, grilled meats and pastas, Lobster Bar 四明中路999号万达广场 8808-6777) Ashima Courtyard and Grill’s dishes feature recipes that have been 4. 1118 Baizhang Dong Lu (0574- 8783-8888) honed to perfection for decades. 1F, Shangri-la japanese 百丈东路1118号 Hidden on a side street near Gu Lou, in a Qing Dynasty house built 329 years ago, with white Hotel, Ningbo (0574-8799-8888) 5. 36 Nanda Jie, Zhenhai (0574- 8666-8888) 镇龙虾酒吧扒房宁波香格里拉大酒店一楼 Ajisen Ramen 味千拉面海南大街36号 walls and black tile. Inside the cool house, a sunny courtyard brings you authentic cuisine. 33 1.Gate 6,Tianyi Square,Zhong Shan Dong Lu,Haishu Wan District.(Next to KFC)(0574-8727-6085) 速卡美食 Yongshou Jie (0574-8726-2292) 海曙区中山东路天一广场六号门 Sunka 阿诗玛庭院永寿街33号（原文昌食堂） Wan exudes sophistication in an elegant modern 1. No.1036, 1F, Heyi Avenue, Haishu District Chinese décor with seven luxurious private VIP 2. 33 Xianxue Jie, Haishu (Near Cheng Huang Miao) (0574 8389 7777) dining rooms. Canton, Shanghai and Ningbo cuisine. (0574-8731-3886) 海曙区和义大道购物中心一层1036号 5F, Sofitel, 899 Siming Zhong Lu (0574-2889-9888) 海曙区县学街33号（靠近城隍庙） 2. No.40, Caihong (N) Road, Jiangdong District fine dining 万字号中餐厅四明中路899号索菲特大饭 3. 11 Sheng Yuan Xiang, Moon Lake Garden, Haishu (0574 8772 7269) 江东区彩虹北路40号店五层 (0574-8709-8306) 3. Lane 45, Jiefang (N) Road, Haishu District Huan Tang Fusion 海曙区月湖盛园盛园巷11号 (close to Fuqiao Street) (0574 8902 0000) 海曙 Chinese and Western fusion cuisine such as radish 4. 1F Wanda Plaza, Yinzhou (0574-8705-7405 区解放北路45弄（近府桥街） and minced beef soup, stuffed eggplant, and lamb fusion 鄞州区万达广场1楼 chops. In the new Century Oriental Plaza shopping Initial Food center. 1072, 1F, Oriental Century Plaza, 1083 No.933 Tiantong (N) Road, Yinzhou District Akitaya 秋田家 shanghainese Zhongshan Dong Lu (0574-8781-9022) (0574 2880 2111) Upscale Japanese with fresh sushi and decent all 欢唐时尚餐厅中山东路1083号东方世纪广鄞州区天童北路933号（和邦大厦） you can eat teppanyaki. Meng Die Ya Yuan Restaurant 场一楼1072号 1. 2F, Sheraton Hotel, 52 Caihong Bei Lu (0574- 46 Shengyuan Xiang, Moon Lake Garden, Haishu Stanley Fusion 8768-8688) 彩虹北路52号 (0574-8759-8111) 新南洋小馆 2. 3F, Kylie Hotel, 76 Jicao Jie (0574-8705-7656) 箕海曙区镇明路月湖盛园盛园巷46号 1207 Tiantong (N) Road, Yinzhou District (Di Sai 漕街76号 Tomorrow Square) 3. 1F, Haiju Hotel, 218 Mayuan Lu (0574-8707- Noble House (0574 5584 8717) 6796) 马园路218号 850 Maocheng Zhong Lu, Yinzhou 鄞州区天童北路1207号（迪赛明天广场） (0574-8735-8181) Daking Japanese Restaurant 鄞州区贸城中路850号 Located in Beilun, cozy envionment. 226 Gao Feng indian Lu, Beilun (0574-8683-2216) Shanghai Min 大金日本料理北仑区高凤路226号 110-112 Qizha Jie, Haishu (Near Tianyi Square) (0574-8768-3727) Gogyuken 海曙区碶闸街110-112号（近天一广场） Japanese noodles. 91 Heyi Ave, Haishu (0574-8720- 0898) 海曙区和义大道91号 taiwanese Hefeng Rotating Sushi Decent sushi for the price, and it's goes around and Xinye Taiwan Restaurant around in front of you. 1F, Gate 6, Wanda Plaza Elegant Taiwanese fare. 626-1 Songjiang Zhong (0574-8808-6199) Lu (0574-8816-9997) 和风料理万达广场6号门1楼欣叶台湾美食嵩江中路626-1号（和邦大厦） Helv Sushi 禾绿寿司 Rotating Sushi, reasonable price, they also have noodle soup. 1. 3F FM Buidling, 6 Yao Hang Jie, Haishu (0574-8765-0773) 海曙区药行街6号富摩尔食尚中心3楼FM美食广场(近天一广场) 2. 3F Wanda Plaza, Jiangbei (0574-5501-0823) 江北区江北大道188号万达广场3楼

Inayama 79 Qianlong Lu, behind the Sheraton (0574-8795-3197) 稻山日本料理波特曼中心裙楼东（潜龙路79号）

KAZUMI Simple and elegant Japnese in Wanda Balle Balle Indian Restaurant Plaza Yinzhou 3 Gate, Wanda Plaza, Yinzhou 巴蕾巴蕾印度餐厅 (0574-8808-6262) No.7, Lane 66, Zhenming Road, Haishu 鄞州区万达广场3号门 (0574 8748 9654) 海 Koko – Japanese restaurant Elegant 曙 and high end Japanese dining experience, 区 teppanyaki, Sushi and Sashimi bar or satisfy your 镇 appetite with the “All You Can Eat” specials. Lunch 明 11:30—14:30Dinner 17:00—22:00 5F, Sofitel, 899 路 Siming Zhong Lu (0574-2889-9888) 66 可可日本餐馆四明中路899号索菲特大饭弄店五层 7 号 Kyoto Japanese Restaurant 京都日本料理 1. 117 Leigong Lane, Caihong Bei Lu (0574-8771- 6503) 彩虹北路雷公巷117号 2. 265 Liuting Jie (0574-8713-2636) 柳汀街265号

Nasubi Japanese Restaurant Crisp, clean and precise traditional Japanese cuisine. 1. 2F North Bldg Crowne Plaza,No.129 Yaohang Jie,Ningbo(0574-5619-9277) Hours: 11:30~13:30 17:30~21:30 纳思比日本料理凯洲皇冠假日酒店北楼2F 宁波药行街129号 2. No.3 Silver Walk,Ri Li Middle Road,Yinzhou District,Ningbo(0574-8902-0077) Hours: 11:30~13:30 17:30~22:30 纳思比日本料理鄞州区日丽中路南部商务 Ganesha Indian Restaurant Summer 区水街3号 specials: hot Lamb soup , Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Roganjosh, Saffron Rice & Cheese Garlic Naan and more. www.ganesha-restaurant.com 336 Zhenming Lu (189-6822-7174) italian 葛尼沙镇明路336号 Amore's Great for families, dates, and friends. Indiana Authentic Indian food located in the Comfortable and cozy Italian food that doesn't food court of Lady's Mall across from Tianyi. 2F-21, skimp of flavor or portion. 109 Jiangdong Nan Lu 2nd floor, Lady Fashion Mall, #169, Yaohang street, (0574-8783-8350 136-1574-0093) Haishu, Ningbo (13566024246) Amore’s意大利餐厅江东南路109号

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2. Gate 5, Wanda Plaza Yinzhou (0574-2887-2727) 江东区江东北路221号（宁波书城3号楼 New Rocker Da Bossi Ristorante Fine dining Italian 鄞州区万达广场五号门一楼） NO. 19, 257 Nong, Jiangdong Nan Lu (0574-8757- cuisine in an elegant and relaxed atmosphere. 4664 ) 江东区江东南路257弄19号(近兴宁 Great wine selection. 139 Zhongma Lu, Lao Waitan Pizza Hut 必胜客时代广场) (0574-8657-8777) 1. 152 GUGO Tianyi Square (0574-8736-8021) 自在意大利餐厅老外滩中马路139号海曙区药行街152号天一广场国购 steakhouse & bbq 2. 1F Wan Da Plaza,Yinzhou (0574-8305-7101) Eudora Station thai Da Paolo FIne dining Italian food in Yinzhou, 鄞州区四明中路999号万达广场1B-36 111-119 Waima Rd. Laowaitan, Ningbo just across from Wanda Plaza. 2F LinkSun Living 3. 1F Intime Department Store,Tian Yi (0574 87647137/7138) Banana Leaf Thai Restaurant Shopping Mall, 1288 Ningnan Bei Lu, Yinzhou Square,Haishu.(0574-8736-5053) 亿多瑞站宁波市老外滩外马路111-119号 Banana Leaf is a Thai restaurant chain that has (0574-2890-5636) 海曙区中山东路188号天一广场银泰百货1楼 taken China by storm, there's a roaming band 鄞州区联盛广场2楼宁南北路1288号 4. 1F Shen Yang Tai Department Store,Zhong Shan SuperSteak and dancing girls to go along with the food. 238 Xi Lu,Hai Shu.(0574-8725-3831) 3F, Century Oriental Business Plaza, 1083 Mayuan Lu (0574-8715-5833) 海曙区中山西路57号升阳泰商场1楼 Zhongshan Dong Lu (0574-8723-3888) 蕉叶泰国餐厅马园路238号 5. Near Auchan,160 Cuibai Lu,Hai Shu. 超级牛扒中山东路1083号世纪东方商业 korean 海曙区翠柏路160号欧尚旁广场3楼 Mango Thai 6. 298Kai Ming Jie,Tian Yi Square,Hai Shu, 1. 3F of Peacebird Home, 36 Dongdu Lu, Haishu Han Cheng Yuan 海曙区开明街298号天一广场内 Picanha Brazilian BBQ (0574-87650677) Traditional Korean food. 7. 1F Wan Da Plaza,Jiangbei. All you can eat Brazilian BBQ in a warm 美泰泰国餐厅海曙区东渡路36号太平鸟 43 Mayuan Lu, Haishu (0574-8716-0133) 江北区江北大道188号江北万达广场1楼 atmosphere. Large buffet included with the great 巢3楼(老银泰对面) 海曙区马园路143号(玛雅咖啡旁) meat and pitchers of beer. A great stop for the 2. No.427 Qian Hu Tian Di, No.399 Qianhu North Pizza Pino meat eaters. 2nd Floor of Ningbo World Hotel, 145 Road, Yinzhou District (86 574 8813 2577) Koryowon Restaurant Basic Italian style pizza from a chain outlet in Zhongshan Dong Lu (0574-8736-0077) 鄞州区钱湖北路399号钱湖天地427号 Authentic Korean food and popular with locals. Not modern decor. 1041B, Zone C, Heyi Avenue No. 499 Henghe Road. Beilun Ningbo only Korean BBQ, try the whole menu. In restaurant Shopping Center, 66 Heyi Lu (0574-8389-9535) (0574-8683-6898) Nancy’s Thai Fusion row on Jingjia Lu. 359 Jingjia Lu (0574-8779-1677) 和义路66号和义大道购物中心C区1041B 比卡亚巴西烧烤餐厅 Nancy’s Thai is a Ningbo landmark. Open since 高丽苑惊驾路359号中山东路145号宁波大酒店二楼 2003 serving authentic Thai food, very friendly 北仑区横河路499号 to international guests, all major credit cards Quan Yong Cheng 全雍城 spanish accepted. 103-2 Zhenming Lu (0574-8731-8266) This Korean style BBQ is one of a kind in Ningbo, full teppanyaki 南茜泰菜馆镇明路103-2号 buffet of items to cook. 1. 111 Huayan Jie (0574-8775-3777) 华严街111号 Tairyo Teppenyaki 2. 366 Cuibai Lu (0574-8722-3003) 翠柏路366号 One of the more popular teppanyaki spots in turkish town. The price includes everything on the menu plus beer, sake, and plum wine. The hostess is Mevlana Turkish Restaurant also incredibly nice. E001, 2F Gugo Center, 166 Authentic and traditional Turkish food in middle eastern Zhongshan Dong Lu, Tianyi Square (above ZARA) Laowaitan. (0574-87684079) No.112 Renmin Lu,Jiangbei,Ning Lebanese Restaurant 江东区江东南路257弄19号(近兴宁时代 bo(0574-88482112) Authentic Lebanese food that is a staple for those 广场) 土耳其餐厅江北区人民路112号（大时 here from the Middle East. Being completely 代对面） authentic, no alcohol is served. 320 Zhenming Lu (0574-8731-5861) 黎巴嫩餐厅镇明路320号 vegetarian Lotus Vegetarian pizza A favorite of the Buddhist monks of the nearby Qita Temple, this veggie restaurant has some great food in humble surroundings. 175 Baizhang Lu Don Papa (0574-8737-1542) A staple of the Ningbo pizza world, now in a new 莲花素菜馆百丈路175号 location near Yinzhou Wanda. No.166 Tianjing Lane (159 6789 7895) The Sweetness Vegetarian 鄞州区天静巷166号 Restaurant Inside Xuedou Temple about 30 minutes outside downtown Ningbo. Xuedou Echo Pizzeria Mountain, Xikou, Fenghua (0574-8888-8569) Pure Italian style Pizzeria, warm atmosphere, 妙香斋奉化溪口雪窦山 normal price. In the alley opposite to the LianSheng Mundiver Spanish Restaurant Plaza's KFC, not far from Wanda Plaza. No.113-115, 3F-22 of Yicai Shopping Mall, 105 Rixin Street, Tianyi Qing Lian Su Shi Lane 180, ZhongGongmiao Road, Yinzhou District Square, Haishu 47-1 Wen Chang Jie,Hai Shu (180-6911-5373) (186-6783-0079) District(0574-8712-6832) 异刻鄞州区钟公庙路180弄113-115号（联海曙区天一广场日新街105号亿彩购物中清莲素食海曙区文昌街47-1号盛广场A区KFC对面小巷内）心3F-22 Vegetarian Life Style Papa John’s 棒！约翰 Pablo In this restaurant, there’s no smoking, no alcohol, 1. 9 Shen Yuan Xiang,Moon Lake Garden,Haishu No.221, Jiangdong (N) Road, Jiangdong District no meat, and no eggs. The food is immensely District (0574-2766-2727) (Ningbo Book City, Building #3, 1F) popular. 1-2F, 16 Liuting Jie (0574-8730-1333) 海曙区月湖盛园盛园巷9号 (0574 8705 2988) 枣子树净素餐厅柳汀街16号1-2楼

farmer's markets Jade Cellar 3. 1-192, Building No.3, Junlin Plaza, 857 bakeries Good wine selection for varying budgets. Huangshan Lu, Beilun (0574-8685-2288) 北仑 Miss Fairy Cake Fresh Vegetable and Meat markets B078 Floor B1 Century Oriental Plaza, No.1083 区黄山路857号君临广场3号楼1-192号 1. 150 Dalai Street, Haishu District (PICC building, sprinkle the entirety of Ningbo Zhongshan Dong Lu (186-574-54012 -Mary) 1F) 133 9669 9169 often with more than one serving a 玉液琼浆精品酒庄宁波中山东路1083号 Century Mart Just one block down the 海曙区大来街50号PICC保险大楼一楼大堂 neighborhood. The list below is of 世纪东方广场B1楼B078 road from Carrefour, with a surprisingly large 2. B033 Heyi Avenue, Haishu District some of the larger farmer markets. section of imported goods. 373 Zhongxing Lu 0574 8768 0068 Fuchang Grocery (0574-8779-1266) 海曙区和义大道购物中心地下一层B033 Dong Liu Market This nondescript convenience store across the street 世纪联华中兴路373号 778 SangTian Lu, Jiangdong from Sheraton has a decent selection of cigars and 东柳菜场江东区桑田路778号 MFC Baking Studio other smoking accessories. The good cigars are in Metro A wholesale supply store with B010 Heyi Avenue, Haishu District the back room, ask for them. 107 Caihong Bei Lu seemingly everything in it. A large range 0574 8768 0080 Gao Tang Market (0574-8772-0565) of imported food products. 1 Maidelong Lu 区和义大道购物中心地下一层B010 45 Gaotang Lu, Jiangbei 福昌烟酒食品彩虹北路107号 (0574-8820-6246) 高塘菜场江北区高塘路45号麦德龙麦德龙路1号 O'One Bakery Medoc Cellar 1. No.6-8, Lane 65 Rixing Street, Tianyi, Haishu Gu Lou Market 39-5 Xingning Lu, Jiangdong (0574-8752-7900) Olé 67 Hutong Jie, Haishu 江东区兴宁路39-5号8 Like the Whole Foods of Ningbo, tons of 海曙区天一广场日新街65弄6-8号（威斯汀鼓楼菜场海曙区呼童街67号酒店旁） imported products, decent butcher, but expect 2. No. 259 Zhongxing Road, Jiangdong supermarkets to pay for it. 江东区中兴路259号（家乐福对面） ZhangBin Qiao Market B1 Heyi Avenue Shopping Center, 88 Heyi Lu 160 NingChuan Lu, Jiangdong Auchan 欧尚海曙区和义大道88号和义大道购物中心 3. 1A-02-2, 1F, Gate 7, Wanda Plaza, Yinzhou 张斌桥菜场江东区宁穿路160号鄞州万达广场7号门1楼1A-02-2 1. 160 Cuibai Lu (0574-8707-2987) B1层 4.1F, Gate 1, Wanda Plaza, Jiangbei District 翠柏路160号江北万达广场1楼1号门 Zhong Gong Miao Market 2. 1188 Baizhang Dong Lu (0574-2790-5864) Tesco 80 Rixin Jie (0574-5612-8899) YinXian Da Dao, Near Zhong Gong Miao, Yinzhou 百丈东路1188号乐购日新街80号 5. Gate 1, Raffles City, Jiangbei 钟公庙菜场鄞州区钟公庙鄞县大道附近江北区来福士广场1号门 6. No.99-103, Qinglinwan Street, Haishu 江北万 Carrefour 家乐福 Wal-Mart Wanda Plaza, 999 Siming Zhong Lu 海曙区青林湾街99-103号 liquor & wine 1. 246-248 Zhongxing Lu (0574-8777-1211) (0574-8808-6952) 7. No.23, Gongyuan Road, Haishu District 中兴路246-248号沃尔玛四明中路999号万达广场内海曙区公园路23号 2. 28 Dashani Jie (0574-8386-2903) 海曙区大沙泥街28号 www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 89 90 NINGBO GUIDE | MARCH 2015 www.ningboguide.com nightlife the directory nightlife

bars eat / drink SOL Sport Bar Candles Sports Bar with Western decor and local Next to KFC, 24 Yangshan Lu, Laowaitan, managment. (13605745699) Building 5, Silver Walk, South Business 地址:江北区老外滩扬善路24号肯德基旁 Area,Yinzhou District (0574-8901 8989) SOL运动酒吧南部商务区水街5号楼 Easy's Bar Ningbo Bartender Easy's Bar. Classic Cocktails, Pure Whisky, Cool EDITOR'S Beers, Special Shots, Awesome Music. Until 5am at morning. 81 Zhongma Lu, Lao Waitan PICK (13605745699) 老外滩中马路81号 EASY COZY.Lounge Pastries, snacks, tea, coffee, juice, wine, whiskey, champagne, cigars, beer, cocktails... everything what you want, 11am to 5am. Ningbo famous chain lounge. 35 Shengyuan Xiang, Moon Lake Garden (13605745699) 月湖盛园盛园巷35号

The Whiskeyfind 威士忌坊 3F, No.11, Lane 86, Zhongma Road, Lao Waitan +86 574 5533 0000 江北区老外滩中马路86弄11号3楼 clubs Baidu 155 Feiyue Plaza, Caihong Nan Lu (0574-8795-2999) 百度酒吧彩虹南路155号飞越广场 CLUB TNT Moon Lake Garden (0574- 87168999) 潮人会所月潮盛园街区盛园巷95号 Eudora Station 111-119 Waima Rd. Laowaitan, Ningbo live music (0574 87647137/7138) 亿多瑞站宁波市老外滩外马路111-119号 BASS Bar Live music, mostly covers, pub feel and , Elsa's Pub excellent rock band. 168 Zhongma Lu, Lao Waitan Conversation with English-speaking ladies. 贝斯酒吧老外滩中马路168号 Pool table and foosball as well. 55 Leigong Xiang, Caihong Bei Lu (135-6742-6896/138- 8442-9898) Bund Bridge Bar Located on the second floor, new bands pop up 艾尔萨吧彩虹北路雷公巷55号 here all the time with a good mix of them being both international and local. The majority fare Harley Bar & Restaurant on the indie side. 142 Zhongma Lu, Lao Waitan Harley serves decent Western food along with (0574-8720334 / 13008979997) their great beer. On the west side of town, in 老外滩中马路142号 tree-covered Haishu District. Pool tournament Saturday nights. 18 Mayuan Lu (130-0372- 8695) 哈雷宝来纳德国酒吧马园路18号 LBB Head under the bridge and down the alley to Ningbo's original speakeasy. No.14-1, Da he xiang, Zhongshan dong lu, Jiangdong (13819839693) 江东区中山东路大河巷14-1号 Le Cargo Dance dance dance, the party starts at 12 or so and tends to go to the next morning. 33 Yangshan Xiang, Lao Waitan (0574-8766-5552) 乐咖吧老外摊羊山巷33号 Lounge 潮 Classy food and decor set in 1920's deco Shanghai Master t // this is the spot for tea style. No.8 Shengyuan Lane, Moon Lake Garden, Haishu District I love the name MASTER T. like drinking tea in beautifully +86 574 5533 0000 海曙区月湖盛园盛园巷8号 It's so close to being MISTER underlit art gallery that met a T and I'm not sure if they kind of high-end pottery shop Maibach Lounge Coffee during the day and cocktails with live planned that or what's going and had a baby. That baby is music at night. Relax on their rooftop terrace on. It's put me in a place where MASTER T. Master of the tea. and gaze on the quiet park and river nearby. Nianci Park, Zhong He Road, Beilun District I can't decide which I like Address: Jiangdong Bei Lu, (0574-8696-6996) better. Way to go MASTER T. across the street and a couple 麦巴赫休闲小屋北仑区中河路念慈园 Also, this place is gorgeous. It's blocks north of Book City. www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 91 the directory arts & leisure art & books sportArt / Entertainment & leisure

Lu (0574-8764-3222-2504) A complete water park about an hour outside art & supplies 宁波美术馆人民路122号 amusement of the city. 936 Sangtian Lu, Jiangdong (0574-5615-5555) 江东区桑田路936号 Xin Yin Xiang Art Supply Shop The Money Guide Hall (Ancient Coin Century Star Ice Skating Rink Museum) Once a financial center in ancient A good selection of paints, pens, canvases, etc. A large and well maintained ice rink near Ningbo, now it is the only coin museum with Wanda Plaza Yinzhoul. 4F ZoneA, LinkSun Ningbo Rock Climbing Just Northwest of Gu Lou. exhibitions of relatively complete sets of coins. Living Shopping Mall,, Ningjiang Lu, Yinzhou An indoor rock climbing wall and club that No.31 Fayuan Lane,Zhongshan Xi Lu,Haishu 10 Zhanchuan Jie, Heyi Lu (0574-8724-1900) (0574-2890-5555) organizes outdoor excursions. 128 Zhaohui Lu, 0574-8736-6679) 宁波钱业会馆和义路战船街10号鄞州区宁姜公路联盛广场A区4楼 Jiangdong (13566002080) 新印象美术用品海曙区中山西路法院巷江东区朝晖路128号宁波游泳中心攀岩馆 31号(天宁大厦后面） Tianyi Library Dong Gang Wei Cheng Paintball This is the oldest private library in China. One of Shooting Ground Youngor Zoo urban Ningbo's nicest tourist spots with great About two hours outside the city, in the Ningbo's zoo has over 10,000 animals and is history behind why it's still here. 10 Tianyi Jie Zhoushan islands. Putuo District Dong Gang one of the best facilities we've seen in Asia. books & magazines (0574-8729-3526) Dongqian Lake (0574-8837-8378 ) Tang Tou (135-1580-9888) 雅戈尔动物园东钱湖天一阁博物馆天一街10号东港伟成彩弹射击场舟山普陀区东港 Ningbo Book City 塘头 On the other side of the river from Laowaitan, Xikou Museum basketball they have the largest selection of English books. The “Yutai Salt Shop”, otherwise known as the Dongqian Lake Paintball Shooting 221 Jiangdong Bei Lu birthplace of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, 宁波书城江东北路221号 Center Live-action paintball on a course at has been converted to a museum about his life. beautiful Dongqian Lake, about 25 minutes Bayi Fubang Basketball Center 45 minutes outside Ningbo city. 33 Wuling Lu, outside Ningbo city. Xiao Putuo, Dongqian Lake A sports center concentrating on basketball cinemas Fenghua (0574-8885-0311) (0574-8849-0861, 158-0574-7564 Mr.Wang) sponsored by our local CBA team, the Ningbo 溪口博物馆奉化武岭路33号玉泰盐铺边宁波东钱湖小普陀景区彩弹射击中心东 Bayi Rockets. Join a pickup game or bring 钱湖小普陀景区 your friends and rent a half or full court. Cinema Center performing arts Amateur leagues with uniforms and referees Located in Tianyi square, Adjacent to Heyi Dongqian Lake Water Park play here. Inside Glass Factory. 109 Maiyu Lu A large and fully equipped water park. (0574-8710-2996/8710-2997) avenue 2 Zhanchuan Jie,Haishu District 八一富邦篮球公园海曙区卖鱼路109号 (0574-8734-8102) Ningbo Concert Hall Guojiazhi Cun, Dongqian Lake Ningbo's professional concert hall, orchestra, 东钱湖水上乐园东钱湖郭家峙村玻璃厂内宁波市海曙区战船街2号 solo and duet performances. 768 Lingqiao Lu (0574-8768-2330) Zhongshan Square Basketball Court Premiere International Cinema Fenghua Water Park 宁波音乐厅灵桥路768号 A complete water park about an hour outside Area for basketball amateurs on weekends. www.pic2046.com Frequent movies in English. There are two inexpensive courts. 7 Henghe Jie 3F, Century Oriental Plaza, 1083 Zhongshan of the city. Shang Lou Yan Cun, Shangtian Zhen, Ningbo Grand Theater Fenghua (0574-8861-7222) (0574-6600-7773) Dong Lu (400-622-2046) Designed by Frederic Rolland. It has multiple 中山广场篮球场横河街7号海上国际影城中山东路1083号世纪东方奉化白龙潭水上乐园宁波奉化市尚田镇 theatres, exhibition hall, boat dock, shopping 上楼岩村商业广场三楼 mall, night club, and a restaurant. 1 Dazha Lu (0574-8766-1343) HarborLand An amusement park in Beilun. cycling Ningbo Movie Shine Cinema 宁波大剧院大闸路1号 ¥100/person, for details please visit their In Tianyi Square. Half Price TUESDAY. website at www.harborland.com.cn/en. 728 No.331,Kaiming Jie,Haishu District.(0574-8719- Yifu Theater Liaohe Lu, Beilun District (0574-2685-2685) GIANT 1965) This is the base of traditional Chinese opera 凤凰山主题公园北仑区辽河路728号 These two are the largest shops in town. The 民光影城开明街331号 in Ningbo. They show Yue Opera as well as first one is the newest and largest shop. Ningbo's own Yong Opera. 187 Jiefang Nan Lu Ningbo Ocean World 1.) 132 North Jiefang Road, Haishu Ningbo Times World Film (0574-8729-4454 ) (134-8669-6292) 逸夫剧院解放南路187号 In Tianyi Square, comfortable and clean 8F Intime Shopping Mall 55 Dongdu Lu (0574-87093898) 时代影城东渡路55号，银泰百货八楼 tattoo studios

Wanda International Cinema J & M Tattoo 315 Jiangdong (N) Road, Jiangdong District (Jiangbei) Ningbo’s second and largest (near Hefeng creative square) (0574 8908 5960) IMAX. 4F Wanda Plaza,No.188 Jiangbei Da Dao. http://www.dg-tattoo.com/ (0574-88086099) 笺﹒刺青宁波市江东区江东北路315号江北店：宁波江北区江北大道188号江北小院子（近和丰创意广场| 浅绿小院旁）万达商业广场娱乐楼4层 Kiss of Dragon Wanda International Cinema Ningbo’s premiere tattoo shop. Chief artist Zeng Le was the second student of Taiwan based (Yinzhou) Big movie theatre and IMAX. Half Diau-An. If you know tattoos, you’ll know Price Days: TUESDAY and FRIDAY. 3F, Wanda there’s some mingling with Paul Booth and Filip Plaza, 999 Siming Zhong Lu (0574-8808-6688) Leu in there. They are complete pros. No 5, 35 Cangqiao Jie, HaishuDistrict, inside 四明中路999号万达广场（金座）三楼 Yinyi Times Square (13957853133) galleries & www.nbwenshen.com 浙江省宁波市海曙区仓桥街35弄5号，银 museums 亿时代广场内（月湖盛园对面） Ningbo Bang Museum Ningbo's Merchant Museum Siyuan Lu, Zhuangshi, Zhenhai (0574-2626-6878) 宁波帮博物馆镇海区庄市街道思源路 Ningbo City Exhibition All about Ningbo: past, present, and the plans for the future. 9am-5pm,Tuesday-Thursday, Tickets: ¥10. 195 Waima Lu (0574-8766-8586) 宁波城市展览馆外马路195号 Ningbo Costume Museum Trace the history of Chinese fashion trends. Wandi, Xiaying, Yinzhou (0574- 8732-2728) 宁波服装博物馆宁波鄞州下应湾底村 Ningbo Museum A comprehensive museum with geographical features, showing the history of humanities and arts. www.nbmuseum.cn/en 1000 Shounan Zhong Lu, Yinzhou (574-8281-5533) 宁波博物馆首南中路1000号 Ningbo Museum of Art The main art museum, with regular exhibitions in both contemporary and more classical genres. Classes are also available. 122 Renmin

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解放北路132号 but it does have a great river to play in and is eat / drink 2.) No.655,LiuTing Road,HaiShu (0574- where you can see Chang Kai Shek's house and 27729089) museum. 宁波市海曙区柳汀街655号 Fenghua (4001817718) 溪口 SPECIALIZED Ningbo's flagship shop. No.286 North Jiangdong Road, Jiang Dong fitness (0574-87434030) FAIL 宁波江东区江东北路286号 Dong En Swimming Center 164 Lingqiao Lu (0574-8386-0779) TREK 东恩游泳中心（东恩中学旁)灵桥路164号 No.25-27, Opposite Wanda Square,HouMiao Road,YinZhou (0574-82809828) Dong Qian Lake Tao Gong Island 宁波市鄞州万达广场3号门对面（都市森 Swimming Center 林）后庙路25-27号 This isn’t a pool, it’s the swimming area at Dongqian lake. Row a big dragon boat with your friends. Open during the summer, www. dancing taogongdao.com. Dong Qian Lake Tao Gong Island (0574-8780-1229) Liuyang Salsa Dance Club 东钱湖陶公岛游泳中心东钱湖陶公岛风 Lessons twice a week on Wed 7:00-8:30PM and 景区内 Sunday 4:00-5:30PM. liuyangwudaoclub@gmail. com (138-5781-4597 Christina) KG Center Gym 2F Gate7 Wanda Plaza,999 Siming Zhong Lu, daytrips Yinzhou (0574-8305-6096) 鄞州区四明中路999号万达广场7号门2楼 Baby Bottles // Georg Peck Crane Pools Leader Gym Park with waterfalls and wild cranes 4F Qilin South Building, 1523 Tiantong Bei Lu, Wild Crane Pool Resort, Huangtan Town,Ninghai Yinzhou (0574-8741-6666) Ok, straight up. This is totally together, talking at decibel (0574-6526-8555) 鄞州区天童北路1523号麒麟大厦南楼4层野鹤湫宁海县黄坛县野鹤湫风景区 F'ed up people. Sometimes levels that could kill children New Century Swimming Center we come across some wacky and drinking out of baby Dongqian Lake 812 Baizhang Dong Lu (0574-8706-8888) Asian stuff (insert anything bottles. In a country where The closest and largest lake, great for cycling, 开元大酒店游泳池百丈东路812号 bbq's, and hiking. from Japan) and it's like, "oh maturity levels are questionable Dongqian Lake Town, Yinzhou (400-826-8000) 东钱湖鄞州区东钱湖镇 Ningbo Swimming Club man crazy." Then there's at times, this isn't helping. 847 Zhongxing Lu (0574-8787-0594) 宁波市游泳俱乐部中兴路847号 walking through Wanda Plaza Ain't ok people. Ain't ok. Five Dragon Pools A beautiful place to go walking and hiking with Ningbo Swimming and Fitness and seeing grown men sitting pools and streams to explore. Center A 30,000 square foot complex with Longguan Xiang, Yinzhou (0574-8804-9777) 五龙潭风景区鄞州区龙观乡 two Olympic-sized swimming pools, outdoor diving pool, yoga, fitball aerobics, dance lessons, No.788,Huanhu South Road, Dong Qian Lake Olympic Fencing in Ningbo, we would like rock climbing wall, and ping pong. 128 Zhaohui (0574-88401166) to share the pleasure and self-fulfillment we FuQuan Mountain Scenic Spot Lu (0574-5615-5066) / Phone: 0574-8726-6767 宁波市东钱湖环湖南路788号 achieve in this exhilarating sport. 303,168 Great hiking on the southside of Dongqian Lake. 宁波市游泳健身中心朝晖路128号 Songjiang Dong Lu, Yinzhou (13867802781 Dongqian Lake, Yinzhou (0574-8837-4366) Zhong Ji Golf Club Ms Zhang) 福泉山景区鄞州区东钱湖东南面 Ningbo Xinxing Hotel Gym Center Ningbo Youngor No. 1 Road (0574-87425758) 鄞州区嵩江东路168号303 Many activities available at a low price. It has a 宁波市雅戈尔大道1号中基公司内宁波巴勒击剑俱乐部 He Mu Du Ruins popular indoor basketball court on the 5th floor. The He Mu Du people lived here thousands of 226 Zhongshan Xi Lu (0574-8707-2596) years ago and this is the archaeological dig 宁波新兴大酒店康乐部体育中心中山西 leisure - general from one of their sites. Evidence points to this 路226号 outdoors being one of the oldest places in the world for Dao Shun Archery Hall cultivated rice. Perfeca International Fitness Center No.109, Mai Yu Road, HaiShu Jia He Outdoor Shop Outdoor clothing He Mu DuTown, Yuyao (0574-6296-3731) Gate 5, 778 Taihe Lu, Beilun (0574-8688-1555) 海曙区卖鱼路109号 and some camping equipment, boots, etc. 河姆渡遗址余姚市河姆渡镇北仑区太河路778号5号门 2 Lane 77, Gongyuan Lu, GuLou, Haishu Wei Er Archery Hall (0574-8734-4437) Ninghai Forest Hot Springs Power House Gym 宝力豪 No.40,Liu Yu Road, Zhong Gong Miao, Yinzhou 海曙区鼓楼公园路77弄2号 The largest hot springs near Ningbo. All of Address: F5 Xinyuan Hotel,No.188 Jiefang Nan (15267879363) the pools are built into the hill and in natural Lu,Haishu 鄞州区钟公庙麟寓路40号 Jin Da Fishing Equipment This is a rod surroundings. 江解放南路188号新园宾馆5楼 & tackle shop where recreational fishermen Nanxi Spring, Shenzhen Town, Ninghai Li Kun Tennis Hall The biggest tennis meet. www.leefishing.com #104, 15 Qianlong (0574-6523-0777) complex in Zhejiang province. There are 6 Yi Cun, Jiangdong (189-6828-5017) 宁海森林温泉宁海县深甽镇南溪温泉 Weider Terra City Life Gym One of the more popular gyms among expats. outdoor tennis courts and 2 indoor courts, 金大渔具江东潜龙一村15号104室 1.) 677 Siming Dong Lu, Chun Jiang Hua Cheng, provides rackets, and tennis balls. 360 Shipu Fishing Village Yinzhou (0574-8308-9666) Zhongxing Lu (0574-8777-6669) No.1 Camping Place Bicycle Club An ancient fishing village, great for exploring. 鄞州区四明东路677号春江花城小区内李坤网球馆中兴路360号 www.51bike.cn 760 Zhongshan Xi Lu Shipu Town, Xiangshan (0574-6595-9999) (0574-8727-3711 / 130-6586-6530) 中国渔村象山石浦 2.) 345 Lane 126,Changshou Lu, Dong Hu Garden, Yinzhou (0574-5500-5111) Squash Pavilion 一号营地自行车俱乐部风速店中山西路鄞州区长寿路126弄345号东湖花园二期 1F Howard Johnson Plaza, 230 Liuting Jie, 760号 Si Ming Mountain National Forest 3.) 49 Jinshan Zhong Lu, Feng Ge Cheng Shi, Haishu (0574-2786-6666) Beautiful mix of bamboo and evergreens with Yinzhou 海曙区柳汀街230号华侨豪生大酒店地 Xingguang Fishing Gear Shop great paths around. 鄞州区堇山中路风格城事49号下一层 63 Xihe Jie (0574-8727-2221) Siming Shan Town, Yuyao (0574-6234-0889) 宁波星光鱼具商店西河街63号四明山国家森林公园余姚市四明山镇 Reno Gym Fully equipped for a hard workout with a little martial arts Song Dynasty Stone Carvings Park bit of luxury. The equipment is state of the art Ancient stone carvings in Dongqian Lake. and numerous classes are available. I.K.O MATSUSHIMA Kyokushin sporting goods Near DongQian Lake, Yinzhou (0574-8840-1022) 松岛派极真空手道宁波支部南宋石刻公园鄞州区东钱湖附近 Floor 6 Golden Center, Zhongshan Dong Lu Karate (McDonald's Building) (15057444184) Contact: Mr. Ye 15168165371 Mr. Xue Decathlon 里诺健身中山东路金光百货六楼 13738829441 2555 Canghai Lu, Yinzhou (0574-8902-6689) Tantou Mountain 1. 2F, Weider Club, Donghu Garden Second 鄞州区沧海路2555号 Nice hiking and beaches, around 3 hours away. Phase, 126 Changshou Nan Lu, Yinzhou Foot of Taibai Mountain, Yinzhou (0574-8848- 鄞州区长寿南路126号东湖花园二期一兆 0250 ) golf 韦德东湖会所二楼檀头山象山县檀头山 2. Zhongshan Square, 7 Henghe Jie, Haishu yoga & Eagle Golf Club District 海曙区横河街7号中山广场体育馆 tai chi Tiantong Temple No.812, HuanCheng West Rd (0574-27871881) （中山广场篮球场旁） A very large and very old temple with huge 宁波市环城西路南段812 buddhas and multiple halls. The temple has been Kunyuan Thai Boxing Gym Golden Pearl Yoga on that site for 3000 years. Luhan Golf Club Down and dirty and nitty gritty, people do not 15F, Ao Li Sai Buidling,Yinzhou 9:00-21:00 Foot of Taibai Mountain, Yinzhou (0574-8848- No.39, Zhong Xing Road, Ningbo Sports center, come here to look good. They come here for (0574-8303-3880) 0250 ) 宁波金珠瑜伽馆鄞州区奥丽赛大厦15楼天童寺 JiangDong serious training, it's awesome. 宁波市江东区中兴路360号市体育中心 329 Chunyuan Lu, Yinzhou (15858413000) 鄞州春园路329号东湖花园旁 Ningbo Tai Chi Club Xikou Qixin Green World Golf Club 46 Sanzhi Jie, Haishu (0574-8730-6662) A small town by the river that is a little touristy, This is the largest full golf course in Ningbo. Ningbo B.L. Fencing Sports Club 海曙区三支街46号 www.ningboguide.com MARCH 2015 | NINGBO GUIDE 93 the directory fashion & home

Tianlun Plaza It’s the largest shopping mall Plaza,No.188 Jiangbei Da Dao.(0574-88086099) in Jiangdong district. Clothes, shoes, makeup, 江北店：宁波江北区江北大道188号江北 interiors 万达商业广场娱乐楼4层 digital products, etc. Located right next to Carrefour. 276 Zhongxing Lu 天伦广场中兴路276号 Wanda Plaza (Yinzhou) Fully indoor, complete with movie theatre, IMAX, dance Wanda Plaza (Jiangbei) Ningbo’s second clubs, and home furnishings. Wal-Mart, etc. 999 art kitchen & bath Siming Zhong Lu (0574-8808-6000) and largest IMAX, shops, food, etc. 4F Wanda 万达广场四明中路999号 B&Q Home & garden improvement, the Antiques Market - Curio Bazaar An ultimate for DIY. All sorts of building materials, old traditional Chinese building with many bathroom fixtures, curtains, etc. Wanda, 999 small vendors, beware of fakes. 100 Zhongshan Siming Zhong Lu (0574-8808-6628) Xi Lu 宁波百安居建材有限公司四明中路999号宁波市范宅古玩集市中山西路100号 apparel 万达广场1楼 Gu Lou A market and pedestrian-only area, undergoing renovation but plans to keep the Modern Mall unique clock tower. Cafes, shops, and bars. 226 Xingning Lu, Jiangdong (0574-87876819) Fuqiao Street Intime Department Store.(0574-8720-0323) 江东区兴宁路226号 accessories 无印良品海曙区江夏街23号老银泰百鼓楼府桥街 &footwear 货1楼 MUJI No.23 Jiangxia Jie,Haishu District.1F Intime Department Store.(0574-8720-0323) PEACEBIRD crafts & stationery 无印良品海曙区江夏街23号老银泰百 Local Ningbo brand that made it globally. Cartier Boutique 1.Wanda Plaza,Yinzhou Erhao Qiao Market A low price 货1楼 Inside Heyi Avenue. 66 Heyi Lu 鄞州区四明中路999号万达广场1楼 everything market. 200 Ningchuan Lu 和义大道购物中心和义路66号 2. Tianyi Square 天一广场 (0574-8719-2329) shopping malls & 3.Wanda Plaza, Jiangbei 江北万达广场二号桥市场宁穿路200号 DANIEL SWAROVSKI Boutique 3.Century Oriental Business Plaza department stores Inside Heyi Avenue. 66 Heyi Lu 世纪东方商业广场 Keyroad Stationery Century Oriental Business Plaza 和义大道购物中心和义路66号 1.) 22 Jiangzuo Jie, Haishu Has an InTime department store, restaurants, Shanjing Outlets Plaza Ningbo 海曙区江左街22号 and PIC international cinema. Plans exist for Dunhill Boutique 555 Qiushi Lu, Yinzhou (0574-8832 3939) 2.) 66-68 Hualou Xiang, Tianyi Square, Haishu an open-air sports park on the roof, children's Inside Heyi Avenue. 66 Heyi Lu 杉井奥特莱斯广场鄞州区秋实路555号海曙区天一广场66-68号 center, international gym, and more. 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If you have your receipt, the taxi company Tel: 0574-8796-6686 Ningbo Mandarin Prosperous Hotel can identify the driver and call him if you forget 宁波洲际酒店宁波市国家高新区新晖 Zhongshan Xi Lu, 2 Wenchang Jie (0574-8726- something in the taxi. 路777号 8668) 宁波文昌大酒店中山西路文昌街2号 Langham Place, Ningbo Culture Plaza Ningbo New Century Hotel bus stations Add: 2109 Zhongshan Dong Lu, Ningbo 812 Baizhang Dong Lu (0574-8706-8888) Tel: 0574-8708-9999 宁波开元大酒店百丈东路812号 South Bus Station The South Bus Station 宁波文化广场朗豪酒店宁波市中山东路 is Ningbo’s largest, busiest bus station. The 2109号 Smile & Natural Hotel Ningbo airport shuttle bus stops here. Frequent buses 99 Jiangbei Da Dao, Jiangbei District to Shanghai and Hangzhou. The last bus leaves Howard Johnson Plaza Ningbo (0574-8822-8228) at 8pm. 535 Yinfeng Lu 230 Liuting Jie (0574-2786-6666) 宁波远洲大酒店江北区江北大道99号宁波汽车南站鄞奉路535号华侨豪生大酒店柳汀街230号 The Regent Ningbo Passenger Transportation Center Howard Johnson IFC Ningbo 890 Xinda Lu, Beilun District (0574-8683-5399) The Passenger Transportation Center is closer 288 Dingtai Lu, Jiangdong (0574-8187-8888) 宁波丽晶酒店北仑区新大路890号 to Ningbo airport than to the city center. It 宁波市江东区鼎泰路288号 connects with the local city buses 369, 501, 504, or 523. Buses from here go everywhere Pan Pacific Hotel & Serviced Suites mid-range hotel in China outside Zhejiang Province. The Ningbo New Star Car Rental Personal Ningbo airport shuttle bus stops here. 181 Tongda Lu vehicles, business vehicles, wedding vehicles, Address: 99 Minan East Road, Jiangdong Best Western Kylie Hotel Ningbo (0574-8709-1212) etc. Around 10 drivers can speak English, or District 76 Jicao Jie (0574-8770-7888) 宁波客运中心通达路181号 rent the car without a driver. 262 Songjiang Phone: +86 574 8911 8888 宁波凯利大酒店箕漕街76号 Dong Lu, near Donghu Huayuan (0574-8303- 宁波泛太平洋大酒店与高级服务公寓宁 East Bus Station The East Bus Station 5772/132-2191-8811/133-5574-6990) 波市江东区民安东路99号 FOB Hotel is located in Jiangdong District, in the 宁波新星汽车租赁嵩江东路262号，东 121 Xianxue Jie (0574-8729-8898) neighborhood of Carrefour supermarket. Buses 湖花园旁 Park Hyatt Ningbo Resort & Spa 富博宁波酒店县学街121号 travel to Beilun and other destinations. 707 Address: 188, Dayan Road, Dong Qian Lake, Ningchuan Lu (0574-8792-4570) Ningbo 315123, People’s Republic of China Ningbo Hotel 宁波汽车东站宁穿路707号 travel services Phone: +86 574 2888 1234 251 Mayuan Lu (0574-8709-7888) Website: ningbo.park.hyatt.com 宁波饭店马园路251号 North Bus Station The North Bus Station Country Holidays Travel Pte Ltd 宁波柏悦酒店宁波市东钱湖大堰路188号 is located close to Lao Waitan. Buses travel Silver Block, 5th Floor, Unit 5A, Jiu An Plaza, to Putuoshan, Dinghai, Yuyao, Cixi, and other 258 Tong Ren Road, Shanghai (021-3222-0616) Ningbo Marriott Hotel budget hotel destinations. 122 Taodu Lu (0574-8735-5321) 上海市铜仁路258号九安广场银座5楼5A室 188 Heyi Lu (0574-8710-8888) 宁波汽车北站桃渡路122号宁波万豪酒店和义路188号 Elite Tours Lee’s Youth Hostel 107 Yandang Lu, Shanghai (021-5306-9239) Ningbo Nanyuan Hotel 77 Gongqing Lu (0574-8732-7018) train stations 中山西路2号恒隆中心14楼D座(近鼓楼) 2 Lingqiao Lu (0574-8709-5678) 李宅国际青年旅社共青路77号宁波南苑饭店宁波市灵桥路2号 Ningbo South Train Station Ningbo China International Travel 19 Nanzhan Dong Lu (0574-5616-3111 Service Co., Ltd. Shangri-La Hotel, Ningbo airport recording, 0574-5616- 2224 human) Room 2010, Huahong International Center, 719 88 Yuyuan Jie (0574-8799-8888) 宁波火车南站南站东路19号 Zhongxing Lu (0574-8719-3092) 宁波江东中宁波香格里拉大酒店豫源街88号兴路719号华宏国际第五大道2010室 Ningbo Lishe Airport Ningbo Lishe Ningbo East Train Station Sheraton Ningbo Hotel Airport (code: NGB) is located southwest of Close to Zhongxing Lu, West of Fuming Lu, Ningbo CYTS Tours Travel Service 50 Caihong Bei Lu (0574-8768-8688) downtown, about 20 minutes by car. From East of Sangtian Lu, South of Xingning Lu, and Co., Ltd. 宁波东港喜来登酒店彩虹北路50号 here, you can travel to most cities in China. Huancheng Nan Lu 201 Liuting Jie, Haishu (0574-8730-9988) However, Hong Kong and Taiwan are the 宁波火车东站福明路以西，规划桑田海曙区柳汀街201号 Sofitel Wanda Ningbo only destinations that require passports. . 路以东，兴宁路以南，临近中兴路、环 899 Siming Zhong Lu (0574-2889-9888) (0574-8742-7888) 城南路 Sun Travel & Event Consulting 宁波万达索菲特大饭店四明中路899号宁波栎社国际机场 Book your personal itinerary to meet your travel interests & requirements to any destinations in The Westin Ningbo Shuttle Bus car rental China. We speak Chinese, English& German. 75 Rixin Jie (0574-8910-8888) Route: Ningbo Airport - Passenger Email: [email protected] 宁波威斯汀酒店日新街75号 Transportation Center - South Bus Station - 91 Jun Ming Car Rental Company No. 2 Zhongshan West Rd., Henglong Centre, Xingning Lu, Civil Aviation Ticket Outlet. Time: Buick van, Passat, short term and long term Floor 14-D (188 6862 1003) The bus leaves the airport whenever it fills rental. 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Over the coming days and weeks you might start to see this sticker line to try and bring something new to this city. Maybe they put posted around some of your favorite places in Ningbo. You might their life's savings into it. Maybe they took out a huge loan. They then wonder what it is. almost certainly put countless hours of work and sleepless nights into it. Ningbo is a better place because of these people and the Let us explain. places they've put their hearts and souls into.

This city has come a long way since Ningbo Guide got started. Some This city--our city--is constantly evolving. The good news is you of you who've been here a while will remember when Starbucks get to help decide where it goes next! You do that with your wallet. was one of the only places to get a decent cup of coffee, or when When you spend your hard-earned cash at a place with this sticker, Pizza Hut was your best bet for for a slice. But times have changed. you can rest assured knowing that that money is staying right here in Ningbo and not going into some huge corporate account If you flip through the pages of a city magazine or just take a stroll overseas. It's helping to build something even better, something around Ningbo, you'll see them everywhere now. Small local even more vibrant and diverse. And when you're walking around businesses. The lifeblood of a city. We love them, and we know that this city in the future, marveling at just how far it's come over the you love them too. It's time to show that love to everyone, and with years, you'll know that you've been part of that. And you can be this sticker, that's what we're doing. proud.

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最近一段时间，你们将可能在很多你们当你看到这张贴纸的时候，意味着有人喜欢的地方看到这个贴纸，可能也会猜为这个城市注入新的元素时付出很多，想它到底是关于什么的？贷款、甚至倾其所有。长时间的工作甚至熬夜。宁波因为这些私营企业变得更让我们来为你解开谜团。加多元化。

十年前,Ningbo Guide杂志和网站成立。这座城市——我们的城市，一直在发十年间，宁波有了质的改变。“老宁展。对我们来说，每个人都可以决定在波”们可能还记得，几年前星巴克咖啡某一方面为这个城市的发展出一份力，是你唯一的选择，或者当你想吃披萨的这是个好消息！在哪儿消费由你决定。时候，选择也仅限于必胜客。如今，一当你在一家贴着这张贴纸的商家消费的切都变了。时候，你就知道，你辛苦挣来的钱将在宁波流通，而不是流入某个大型国际公如果你随意翻阅几本城市杂志或在宁司的海外账户。它在为发展出一份力，波到处走走，你会发现，他们无处不也在为构建更加生机勃勃、更多样化的在——小型本地企业和商家（或称之民都市生活出一份力。在未来，你漫步在营企业）。这个不断为城市注入新鲜血这座城市，感受着这几年来这个城市的液的个体们。我们爱他们，相信你也爱发展，你将知道，这其中也有你的功他们。是时候让他们知道你关爱他们的劳。你可以为自己感到骄傲。存在了，这个贴纸也正是表达我们对民营企业的关爱。支持本地企业，且以此为荣！

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