Happy New Year with Cover Girl Lily 津品生活和封面女郎lily给大家拜年啦!
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2015.02 16 Happy New Year with Cover Girl Lily 津品生活和封面女郎Lily给大家拜年啦! InterMediaChina www.tianjinplus.com Advertising Agency InterMediaChina advertising@tianjinplus. com Publishing Date February 2015 Tianjin Plus is a Lifestyle Magazine. For Members ONLY www. tianjinplus. com ISSN 2076-3743 2015 2015 CONTENTS 02 CONTENTS 02 12 Partner Promotions 08 Sports & Fitness 32 China Winter Olympics? Art & Culture 12 Happy (Chinese) New Year! How to 34 How to Save Money on Your Travels Feature Story 14 Valentine's Day Special Days 36 14 Special Days of February 30 Cover Story 16 Past Events Tianjin Plus Cover Girl! Qianlong Emperor of Incense Fate 38 Westin Health – Sleep Well 39 Riverview Place Opens Nightlife 18 Tianjin Snack Attack Contest 40 YY’s Brewery Bar Listings Restaurant 21 Tianjin Listing Index 42 Special Dishes TEDA Listing Index 54 36 Chitchat 22 Chinese Lesson 58 Chinese New Year Decorations Fashion 24 Valentines Day Essentials Entertainment 60 16 Health 26 China Travel 62 Why do You Make an Appointment with The Yantai Experience 62 Paediatrician for Your Kids? Global Travel 64 Relationships 29 The Music City Education 30 Horoscope 66 IST February Horoscope 18 64 Set Dinner for Your Romantic Valentine’s Day @ Renaissance Tianjin Lakeview Hotel Fire House Fetes La Saint Valentine a Riviera @ St. Regis Tianjin This Valentine’s Day, celebrate the season of love and bask in the sweet Make your Valentine’s Day perfect at the St. Regis. ambience and be sure to capture both the heart and appetite of your We offer an unforgettable five course menu and loved ones with the sumptuous Valentine’s Day Set Menu. Make this complimentary matched wine with every tailored dish. Valentine’s Day a day to be remembered. Price: 888 CNY / couple Price: 1,188 CNY / couple and two glasses of sparkling wine SPG / ICARD members enjoy 25% off (Enjoy the above menu or spend over 999 CNY at Fire House and get Date: 14 February 2015 only one Valentine’s Day rose soap gift box) For reservations, please call +86 22 5830 9999 For reservations and more information, please contact Fire House at +86 22 5822 3150/3151. Journey to Romance @ Banyan Tree Tianjin Riverside All About Love @ Shangri-La Hotel, Tianjin Get ready to impress this Valentine’s Day by enjoying a gourmet feast at River Café and Grill. Your This Valentine’s Day, Shangri-La Hotel, Tianjin presents the yin and romantic journey on this Valentine’s Day is exclusively at Banyan Tree Tianjin Riverside. A six-course yang concept – from a luxurious romantic dinner on Level 32 with a set menu is prepared with premier ingredients. Embrace panoramic view of the city to an entertaining Singles Movie Night held romance in an alluring setting at the Grill at Banyan Tree at the Lobby Lounge. Tianjin Riverside. Date: 14 February 2015 Time: 6:00pm to 9:30pm Price: 1988 CNY / two persons includes one bottle of Perrier-Jouët Date: 14 February 2015 Champagne Price: 1314 CNY / couple For more information or reservations, please contact: +86 22 8418 8801 For more information or reservations, please contact us at +86 22 5861 9999 Asian Cuisine Festival @ Wanda Vista Tianjin Lunar New Year Menus @ Nikkon Hotel The culinary team at Cafe Vista in Wanda Vista Tianjin is thrilled to unveil the Asian Cuisine Our Chinese restaurant prepares a special menu for Festival, which includes selected ingredients and you and your family during Chinese New Year and condiments from Thailand, India, Malaysia and wishes you all the best for the next coming year. Vietnam which will deliver local tastes exclusively for you. Price: starting at 2388 CNY Price: 288 CNY / person *Subject to a 15% service charge For enquiries or reservations, please contact us at For more information or reservations, please contact +86 22 2462 6888 +86 22 8319 8888 8 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 9 Romantic Valentine’s Day @ The Astor Hotel, Tianjin Take a chance and indulge your loved ones in celebrating Valentine’s Day at one of the most romantic dining venues with a special crafted five course menu with Boston Lobster. Price: 888 CNY per couple Date: 14 February 2015, Dinner only The above price is subject to a 15% service charge. For more information or make a reservation, please call +86 22 5852 6888 ext. 8918 Valentine’s Day @ Hyatt Regency Tianjin East Enjoy a romantic ambience and celebrate the special day with your loved one at Hyatt Regency Tianjin East. Market Café is presenting a special buffet menu with a free flow of soft drinks, beer and a half Boston lobster for each person. Each couple will also receive a bottle of sparkling wine and two roses to celebrate this special day. Price: CNY 688 / couple Date: 14 February 2015 For reservations, please call: +86 22 2457 1234 Amour in the Air @ Pan Pacific hotel Pacifica presents you a carefully curated buffet spread with the freshest ingredients on this romantic Valentine’s Day evening. Ladies are in for a treat with an exclusive gift and a rose with compliments from us. Express the adoration and affection for your significant other on Valentine’s Day. Price: 228 CNY per person Date: 14 February 2015 * Make your reservation and pre-pay by 31 January 2015 to enjoy a discounted rate of 198CNY per person. Chinese Seafood Buffet @ Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Tianjin Celebrate Lunar New Year by enjoying a sumptuous buffet with lavish traditional Chinese style seafood, pork soy bean sauce noodles, local snacks, sushi, sashimi and desserts! Inclusive free flow soft drinks and rice wine. Price: 188 CNY / person Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Every Friday & Saturday Value: 1 February – 31 March 2015 *Subject to a 15% service charge For more information or to make a reservation, please call +86 22 2457 8888 ext. 3635 10 Feb 2015 Feb 2015 11 Happy (Chin ese) New Year! By Michael Dow 春节是中国最富有特色的传统节日。春节一般指正月初一,是一年的第一天,又叫阴历 年,俗称“过年”;春节的活动丰富多彩多姿,带有浓郁的各民族特色。受到中华文化 的影响,属于汉字文化圈的一些国家和民族也有庆祝春节的习俗。 to consume vast amounts of jiaozi (Chinese style dumplings) and festive rice cakes called nian gao. At night hundreds of millions of people tune in to watch the CCTV New Year Gala: a tremendously long show that features singing, dancing, cross talk sessions and a variety of other performances. Then hun Jie Kuai Le (Happy New Year) and welcome to the Year of the Goat! The Spring Festival is when the time comes a countdown is held to commemorate the passing of another year. upon us again. It is by far the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar. Technically the Animals of the Chinese zodiac are an integral part of the Spring Festival. 2015 is regarded as the Year Cfestive season lasts for 15 days each year, although most people only get seven days off work, of the Goat (yáng nián). In fact this grass devouring creature is amongst the most popular zodiac known as the ‘Golden Week’ (huáng jīn zhōu), to celebrate it properly. This year Chinese New Year’s Day symbols. Those fortunate enough to have been born in a goat year are thought to be gentle, kind, falls on 19 February but it changes every year in accordance with the lunar cycle. clever and considerate towards those around them. It is said that they will grow up to be artistically The Spring Festival has been celebrated in China since the Shang Dynasty. There is a popular legend talented and have a fondness for modest living. According to interpretations of the zodiac, when it that acts as a back story to the event. The story goes that there was once an evil beast called the Nian, comes to love the ‘goats’ are an appealing partner for almost everyone. All things considered this really who had a large appetite for livestock and came to a Chinese village on the first day of the year and isn’t a bad year to be born. terrorised its residents. When it came everyone fled their homes in order to escape the monster’s This festive season is not only culturally significant for China; it also has a major impact on society and wrath. One year a benevolent god decided to help the villagers. He instructed them to decorate their the economy. During this time millions upon millions of migrant workers will leave the city and return homes in red and set off firecrackers to scare off the Nian. Thankfully it paid off and this evil beast to their rural home town. What ensues is a mad dash to jump on board planes, trains and automobiles stopped coming to the village. known as the ‘Spring Festival rush’. This makes travel in China before and after the Spring Festival an Aside from being a pleasant tale from the ancient world, this story explains some of the standard absolute nightmare. Likewise many of the big cities – particularly places like Shenzhen where the celebratory protocols that we see in modern China. The colour red is synonymous with the Spring majority of its population are out of province migrants – are rendered desolate and many amenities Festival. It is ubiquitously plastered around in order to bring luck and keep the demons away. The are unavailable. As a result there is generally a big slowdown in business activity and output. While giving of lucky red envelopes known as hong bao to younger family members on New Year’s Eve is also it may be bad news for factory owners, it is certainly a happy time for retailers who implement big common practice. Those firecrackers that were once an efficient tool for frightening evil creatures are discounts in order to tap into the Spring Festival spending spree.