When it comes to food here in Xian, we’re spoilt for choice. People flock from all over to indulge in Shaanxi’s delights. And rightly so. The noodles are world famous! And so is the you po mian and rou jia mo. The list is endless. But it’s totally okay to hanker for a different taste every now and then. And for this reason it’s great to see so many new and exciting restaurants popping up all over Xian.
Once you kick off work, especially once you reach your weekend, it’s nice to be able to get your evening started off right. While the tradition of happy hour hasn’t caught on in every establishment in the city, there are still a fair few places where you can go to loosen up your tie an let your stress begin to melt away, at a price that won’t cause you more stress on the back end. To help you in finding such establishments, we have rounded up the Top Five Happy Hours in Xi’an for May of 2021.
The Xi’an City Wall is a symbol of the city’s ancient past, and constant reminder of days gone by. Stretching 14 kilometers in length and encompassing 36 square kilometers of the city center, the city wall has protected the heart of Xi’an for over 600 years.
Growing up on an island surrounded by finely grained sand with blue ocean water and later moving to Xi’an just shy of four years ago, I am no stranger to life surrounded by local attractions and the bustle of tourists. With smartphones charged and digital SLR’s packed with batteries to spare, there is this constant movement of people taking photos. Panting from my morning jog and sitting on a wooden bench beneath the pagoda as the sun rose slowly from its slumber, I realised how the people snapping photos keep changing but the location is constant; the subject is constant. If we take a photo, how often is it that we look back at the same photo and reminisce?
The law in any country can be difficult to understand, so it’s not unusual that people who are living and working in China are often unaware of the benefits that they are entitled to while working here. This is especially true for foreigners, as there are fewer resources to let them know the exact laws and how they are applied. This is often compounded by the fact that some unscrupulous companies deliberately hide some of this information from their employees so that they will have fewer out of pocket expenses.
However, as foreign employees, those working in China are required to abide by the same laws and are also entitled to most of the benefits of their Chinese counterparts (there are some exceptions, such as National Health Insurance, etc.). So, we’ve put together a rundown of some of the benefits that you, as an employee working legally in China, are entitled to.
NOTE: We are not lawyers, and cannot speak to the actual application and interpretation of the law. If you are seeking advice on legal matters or similar issues, contact a lawyer.
Have you ever regretted taking a job teaching English? Have you worked in different schools or companies? If you’re going to teach English here in China, what type of job fits you the best? Do you even like teaching? These are some important questions I will address in this article.
After just over four years in China, I’ve worked several different types of teaching jobs. They were different in pay, different in intensity, in different cities, had different objectives, different working hours, and I had different levels of satisfaction overall. However, sometimes I get the impression that English teaching all gets lumped into the same category. To start, let’s take a look at some common options for teaching jobs in China.
Towards the middle of April, Francis (F) and Jin (J) sat down for brunch with Marcella (M) and Gao Xia (G) on a fine Sunday with freshly baked biscuits, smoked salmon, and wine, to do a tandem interview about their work as professors in Xi’an.
Are you an aspiring woman seeking career excellence or professional development? Join the conversation below!
What is the Sunday Club?
Essentially, it’s a WeChat group that promotes social events and aims to present Xi’an as an inclusive and friendly city. The group is for like-minded international and local people who want to go out, make friends at events and pursue their interests. We showcase a wide variety of events, from DJ and music parties, to board game evenings, comedy nights, creative writing meetings, art exhibitions, cinema screenings and anything else that brings people together.
When we arrived late at the YGTD Shopping Mall on a Monday evening, almost every table was full at Ban’s Bistro. Waiters and waitresses were rushing everywhere to deliver food. Each table features fiery tableside grills, which staff were furiously flipping meat, sending flames and crackles of sizzling fat flying through the air.
Only one problem: we were HANGRY. We thought it would take forever to get food. However, instead of waiting forever, we only waited for about two minutes before we were seated. One thing to note: when you visit this location, you will definitely want to order meat – after all, this restaurant calls itself the rouku, literally translated as something like “meat depot.”
L ocated on the 5th floor of the mall, LECITY, this restaurant isn’t at all difficult to locate, though access to public transport might be an issue for those who do not reside in the area. However, there will soon be a subway station opening nearby.
The mall houses a number of restaurants, some of which are well-known chains, but even so the Halal dim sum restaurant stays quite competitive. I arrived at the restaurant at 5:25 PM on a Saturday, which is just before the regular dinnertime of local residents, and the restaurant already had quite a number of customers. However, as the restaurant has a capacity of almost 300, there was still plenty of space to sit.
从空间提供者到精神疗愈所，以松为引，构筑城市度假“新五感” 西安，2026年7月4日——近日，西安经开洲际酒店宣布，再度携手设计品牌“松与松”，推出【松与松联名主题客房2.0】，将于7月中旬正式亮相。同期，【与松片刻】主题下午茶已率先上线，提前开启一场关于松的感官序章。 此次合作，酒店与设计师团队深度共创，将象征坚韧与永恒的东方黑松作为灵感原点，把酒店内两棵标志性黑松转化为品牌精神载体，并将盎然绿意引入大堂吧。通过造型松树艺术装置与主题下午茶的巧妙呼应，直抵“都市绿洲”的治愈内核，于西安经开区行政中心商圈核心地带，为都市人群打造一方“新五感”生活方式空间。 西安经开洲际酒店总经理张洋表示：“在信息洪流与城市快节奏的双重裹挟下，人们愈发渴望在生活缝隙中寻得一处柔软的落脚点。“短逃离”正成为普遍的精神诉求，而酒店作为天然的“第三空间”，具备承载情绪疗愈的独特场景优势。西安经开洲际酒店敏锐捕捉这一趋势，以‘像松树一样生活’为理念，将2025年“短暂逃离”的居停体验升级为2026年‘新五感’生活方式空间，致力于为都市人提供一处真正可以放松身心的栖息地。” Read More …
7月3日，西安康得思酒店耀启盛典暨西安东航中心商业华彩绽放活动在西安空港新城举行。空港新城党委委员、管委会副主任刘建峰，中国东航西北分公司党委书记张巍、总经理张宇辉，东航资产投资管理有限公司党委委员、副总经理冯亦军，朗廷国际酒店集团中国区业务拓展及战略性业主关系高级副总裁范萌妃等出席活动，品牌商户、媒体代表及各界嘉宾齐聚现场，共同见证东航资产旗下云锦智运西安·东航中心商业与酒店配套同步启幕。 双星同启，共见空港商业新气象 活动现场，六重奏迎宾、唐潮舞蹈等环节将盛唐文化意象与现代空港活力相结合，为开业活动营造出热烈氛围。剪彩仪式上，与会领导和嘉宾共同为项目启幕；随后，醒狮点睛、登高采青等传统仪式依次展开，寓意项目蓬勃发展、焕新起航。 致辞环节中，冯亦军从东航资产战略布局角度，阐述了西安·东航中心作为中国东航布局西北重要项目的意义。范萌妃介绍了康得思品牌特色，表示将以国际化服务经验助力区域商旅品质升级。 Read More …
中国，西安 – 2026 年 Read More …
2026 年5月29日，西安浐灞艾美酒店携手摄影师陈意，于艾・美学空间优雅启幕《生长的光》自然人文摄影作品展。这场以自然为底、以温情为核的影像盛宴，将“自然、人文、友好” 的理念融入镜头，让宾客在光影流转间，邂逅自然呼吸，感受人文温度。 摄影师陈意秉持 “情感本质，即是本真” 的创作初心，以慢行视角捕捉世间温情。其作品摒弃刻意摆布，在“零压力” 场域中，定格旅途中的回眸、亲子间的牵手、夕阳下的拥抱等真实瞬间，与艾美酒店自然、人文、友好的品牌理念深度契合。展览作品横跨祖国南北，从北国杏花微雨到南海盛夏浪花，从高原澄澈天光到水乡晨昏烟火，以温柔镜头留存不可重来的珍贵片段，串联起温暖纯粹的生命故事，让观者在光影间感受自然呼吸与情感共鸣。 坐拥河畔风光的西安浐灞艾美酒店，秉持品牌初心，融汇艺术美学与旅居体验，打破艺术与日常的界限，引领宾客品味美好生活。本次摄影展是酒店 “艺术 + 酒店” 特色体验的全新呈现，依托多元艺术空间与沉浸式休憩场景，带来观景、赏艺、静心疗愈的多元享受。 未来酒店将持续以艺术为纽带，依托浐灞地域风貌与品牌文化底蕴，不断推出高品质艺术活动，持续挖掘旅居美学内涵，为到访宾客打造兼具质感与情怀的沉浸式旅居生活。 Read More …
中国，西安 – 2026 年 Read More …
2026 年 1 月 Read More …
唐风融韩韵 国际铸新章（中国·西安）2026年2月2日，三星集团旗下新罗酒店集团中国大陆首店—西安新罗汇纹酒店盛大启幕，作为西安高新金控集团与韩国新罗酒店集团战略合作的里程碑成果，将为古都西安敬献一座链接全球的文化新地标。 开业盛典当日，众多嘉宾齐聚现场。韩国领事馆副总领事郑光洙先生、新罗酒店集团副社长金埈焕先生等韩方代表应邀出席。高新金控集团总经理郝耀伟先生、副总经理梁思思女士等相关领导一同莅临。数十位来自文旅界、媒体界的中外嘉宾共同参与了本次盛典，现场气氛热烈，彰显出该项目在推动区域国际化发展与文化交流方面的深远意义。 盛典以“风起长安，云集四海”为主题，将长安古都的千年底蕴与新罗美学的雅致格调融为一体，奏响一场融汇中韩文明的千年交响。2020年4月，在高新区党工委、管委会的引领与推动下，西安高新金控集团成功引入新罗酒店集团旗下高端品牌SHILLA Read More …
西安浐灞艾美酒店《来自原野的光谱》艺术展正式启幕，艺术家廖原野携代表作参展，艺术爱好者与媒体齐聚浐灞河畔的酒店空间，共赴艺术之约。 艺术家廖原野的创作风格兼具东方传统底蕴与当代艺术活力，擅长以灵动的点线连接传统与当代，其作品中“一即一切”的东方哲思，与艾美酒店“让艺术融入日常”的核心理念高度契合。此次展出的作品以温暖光亮的视觉表达，为观众带来跨越时空的艺术共鸣，让大家在酒店空间中沉浸式感受艺术与生活的碰撞之美。 西安浐灞艾美酒店始终致力于打破艺术与生活的边界，让酒店不仅成为休憩之所，更成为交流艺术、感受美好的公共平台，此次展览也是酒店深耕“艺术+酒店”模式的又一次实践，希望为宾客带来轻松愉悦的艺术体验。 展览为西安文化艺术版图增添活力，将持续开放诚邀公众观展。酒店也将继续以艺术为媒，探索旅居与美学融合，呈现更多优质文化艺术活动。 Read More …
近日，西安索菲特传奇酒店携手峻溪会客厅，特邀青年小提琴家——米哲，成功举办了“弦上绝恋 · 音乐私享会”活动。此次活动不仅为宾客们带来了一场视听盛宴，还通过情感与艺术跨界对话的体验方式，让宾客们深入感受到酒店独特的品牌文化及内涵。 活动期间，艺术氛围与优雅场景深度融合，宾客们享受了一场浪漫的音乐私享会。青年小提琴家米哲以《梁祝》与《罗密欧与朱丽叶》两首经典小提琴曲为线索，展开了一场“音乐讲演+现场演奏+思想对谈”的跨界对话，并以“演奏+解读”的形式，带领观众解锁中西方“爱情悲剧”的音乐表达密码。通过解析揉弦、跳弓等小提琴技法，以及旋律走向、节奏变化，拆解音乐如何传递甜蜜、挣扎、悲恸等故事情感；并与观众互动提问、开放交流、深化情感共鸣。 Read More …
[西安，2025年11月15日] 法拉利A Ferrari Day 活动在西安拉开帷幕，众多跃马拥趸受邀齐聚法拉利西安SKP活动现场，近距离品鉴purosangue的卓越设计，感受法拉利永恒经典的跑车魅力。 此次展出的车辆法拉利Purosangue，是法拉利重磅揭幕令全球跑车爱好者翘首以盼数年之久的法拉利Purosangue。新车是跃马品牌75年来推出的首款采用四门四座布局的跑车。 Read More …
