A Horrible Night

Finally, I came back home from Beijing. I have many feelings about the six days in Beijing. But I wanted to write this first. Here's what happened. On the last day, we spent all day just visiting the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace. We came back to the hotel and had a rest. After  our rest, we felt hungry and then chose to go to a famous food street which usually called 鬼街,  by taxi. It was already 12.30am when  got back to our room. At this time, we just wanted to take a shower then have a good sleep. However, we found our room had no electricity and asked the staff  who said  they had no other rooms left. I chose to check out of the hotel. I thought I could find another one. However, I made many calls to ask whether they had a room, but  the answers were that the nearby hotels were full.

I took my younger cousin walked along the street  and asked the hotels one by one. All answers were no. I felt too tired and then went to a 24 hour restaurant, ordering something to eat. I saw  by my watch  that it was 2.00am. So I had an idea, I asked my cousin, "Why don't we go to see the flag raising ceremony? ". My cousin felt excited and agred   that it was a good idea. We waited until  3.00am then took a taxi to the Tiananmen Square. There were already many people waiting there and very noisy. The police kept order. About 4.00am , the lines began to move. We needed to go to the opposite side checking in  the luggage and watching the ceremony. However, people seemed crazy, they pushed each other, I almost fell to the ground. I held my cousin's hand tightly. I began to regret going there. We stood in front of where they  raise the flag, but we could not see anthing, except people. I felt I just surrounded by people,  I could not  move without being jostled. Using a Chinglish saying, "people mountain, people sea."

Finally, at about 5.00am the ceremony began. At the same time, people became more crazy, they just pushing forwards to see the ceremony, I wanted to leave,  but there was no way. I kept  telling my cousin  to be careful. I  didn't  even notice when the ceremony  had finished.
I could  not feel the solemnity of this ceremony. It was dangerous for peope to be out of order. When people had gone, I saw lots of  garbage left on  the square. It not only polluted the environment, but also damaged  our national image. I really love my country. I hope people can become more civilized, especially during solemn ceremonies.


After all day walking and a horrible night, my cousin and I felt too tired, so I decided to leave Beijing in advance with many disappointments.

A Horrible Night

Finally, I came back home from Beijing. I have many feelings about the six days in Beijing, but I wanted to write this first. Here's what happened. Last day, we used all day just visiting the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace. We came back to the hotel and had a rest. After resting, we felt hungry and chose to go by taxi to a famous food street which usually called 鬼街. It was already 12.30am when we went back to our room. At this time, we just wanted to take a shower then have a good sleep. However, we found our room had no electricity and asked the staff.  They said there was no other room left. I chose to check out of the hotel. I thought I could find another one. However, I made many calls to ask weather there they had a room, the answers were that nearby hotels were full. I took my younger cousin and walked along the street. We asked the hotels one by one. All answers were no. I felt too tired and then went to a 24-hour restaurant, ordering something to eat. I saw the watch was 02.00am. So I had a idea.   I told my cousin, why don't we go to see the flag raising ceremony. My cousin felt excited and said it was a good idea. We waited to the 03.00am then took a taxi to the Tian an me square. There were already many many many people waiting there, too noisy. The polices kept order. About 04.00am the lines began to move. We needed to go to the opposite checking the luggage and watched the ceremony. In this course, people seemed crazy, they pushed each other, I almost fell to the ground. I held my cousin's hand tightly. I began to regret to coming here. we stood in front of where the flag was raised, but we could see anthing except people. I felt I was just surrounded by people, could not move and with jostled. Using a Chinglish say, people montain, people sea. Finally, about 05.00am the ceremony began. At the same time, people became more crazy, they just pushed forward to see the ceremony, I wanted to leave, but there was no way. I kept telling my cousin be carefull. I even didn't notice when the ceremony finished.
I cannot feel the solemnness of this ceremony. It is dangerous for the out of order. When people were gone, I saw a lot of garbage on the square. It not only pollutes the environment, bu also damages the national image. I really love my country. I hope people can be more civilized, especially in the solemn time.


After all day walking and a horrible night, my cousin and I felt too tired, so I decided to leave Beijing in advance with many disappointments.