A globe-trotting foreign couple, Jack Torr from Australia and his wife Sophia Manandhar from Nepal, spent 72 hours in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, from Sept 18 to 20, as part of the Journey to the East, sampling Tsingtao Beer at the Tsingtao Beer Museum, experiencing world-class film tech at China Movie Metropolis, strolling the coastal Xilingxia Road and learning traditional Chinese therapy—rejuvenated by the city's coastal romance, cutting-edge sparkle and wellness.
The foreign couple learn to say "drinking beer, eating clams and swimming in the sea" in Qingdao dialect (hapijiu, chigala and xihaizao), at the Tsingtao Beer Museum in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 19. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
From left to right, six types of beer—draft beer, Pilsner, white beer, IPA, raw beer and stout beer—are displayed at the Tsingtao Beer Museum in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 19. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
China Movie Metropolis is located in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. It boasts world-class film infrastructure, such as multifunctional setting workshops, indoor constant temperature underwater stage and virtual production stage. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The foreign couple experience motion capture technology at VCAM Stage 5 of China Movie Metropolis, the country's first virtual production platform for film and television, in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 18. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The foreign couple interact with a panda prop that mimics human facial expressions at Building 212 of China Movie Metropolis in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 18. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The Wandering Earth II uses virtual previsualization to create animated drafts, acting as a shooting guide that enhances both workflow and output, at VCAM Stage 5 of China Movie Metropolis, in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The foreign couple walk along the costal Greenway in Qingdao's Shinan district, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The foreign couple tour the Xilingxia Road on a Dangdang tram in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 20. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Doctor Wei introduces traditional Chinese medicine techniques like bone-setting, acupuncture, cupping, and acupoint massage at Shandong Provincial Chronic Disease Hospital in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 19. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Dong Xinyi | chinadaily.com.cn
