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The beautiful Vancouver Spring of 2019 is coming, which means the golden season of local tourism is about to begin. Our article will introduce five free attractions in downtown of Vancouver. They are Stanley Park, Granville Island, Gastown, Canada Place and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park...
1）Biking or hiking in Stanley Park
The Stanley Park Seawall is Vancouver’s most famous ride. Part of The Great Trail, dozens of people ride this popular route every day, especially on weekends.’
2）Explore Granville Island
Located on the edge of downtown Vancouver, Granville Island was once an industrial zone peninsula and the abandoned railway and warehouse has been remodeled. There are famous public markets, Net Loft, marine markets and Granville Island Brewing built in 1984. It is also an art peninsula where artists gather. Weekend street performers will also perform here.
3）Walk Around Gas-town
The gas town does not produce gas, and it’s name is related to the nickname Gassy of a bar owner. All the streets here lead to Maple Square, where the statue of Mr. Gas himself stands. There is a steam-powered clock that weighs 2 tons, and every 15 minutes, white steam emerges along with the Westminster clock. Built in the 18th century, the Jailer’s Square was converted from the first prison in Vancouver and is now a quaint little square. In addition, Blood Alley and Inuit Gallery are also famous attractions.
4）Hang Out Canada Place
Located in Vancouver’s coal harbour area, This amazing composite architecture looks a sailing ship and is an international conference center. There are five sets of white sails made of fiberglass at the top of the building. it is one of Vancouver’s most important landmarks.
5）Visit Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park
There are the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Park and the Classical Chinese Garden that can be found within Chinatown. The park is a public space while the garden requires a $10 admission fee to visit, don’t confused!
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Property tax, food, transit and ICBC rates are just a few of the things that will empty out your wallet this year. Hello 2019 — a year that’s going to be quite more expensive in many aspect in your life.
Property tax: there are two cities that would like to hike their property tax. In The City of Burnaby, you will see an increase of 2.5% to 2.7% in residential property taxes. Also, The city of Vancouver property tax are set to jump 5% in 2019.
Food: The average prices of food you are use to will rise to more than 3%, and vegetarian dishes will be going up the most. Only seafood and meat will fall by about 2%. 2019 will be a good year to fill up on some juicy meat and delicious seafood...Traffic Cost: TransLink fares will have increase of 5 to 10 cents as part of the increases that were announced in the mayors council’s 10-year-Vision for Regional Transportation in the year 2016. Ferry fares: No change – BC Ferries have announced there shall be no fare increases in the years 2019 and 2020. Transit: Gasoline: it will depend on the Market.
Car Insurance: On December 14, 2018, ICBC had submitted an application to the BCUC for a Basic rate increase of 6.3 percent. Recently, the BCUC approved their request on an interim basis for all new and renewal policies effective April 1, 2019. This means there will be an average increase of around $60 a year.
MSP: Medical Services Plan premiums will remain no change In 2020, the monthly premiums will be eliminated.Natural gas and Electricity: As of January 1, 2019, the majority of natural gas customers will see an overall increase to their natural gas bill, meanwhile, FortisBC will raise natural gas rates by about $68 for the average customer in 2019. FortisBC electricity customers will see no increase to rates in 2019.
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What is the Spring Festival
The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival. it is not a fixed day of the Gregorian calendar. Chinese New Year in 2019 is on Tuesday, the 5th of February. Every year has a zodiac animal. 2019 is the year of the pig. The Spring Festival is the biggest Chinese holiday. According to one ancient Chinese legend, the “Year” is a beast. it is called Nian (年). However, People know the weakness of the “year beast”, fear of sound, fear of red, fear of fire, and no neat environment, so people put red couplets and door gods poster at the gate. The most fireworks are set off mid night after the new year eve.The next day, people were fortunate to defeat the “year beast”, so they played the drums and yelled “congratulations”, which is the origin of “New Year”. ..How to celebrate the Spring Festival
In order to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival, in the north of China, when the New Year eve is over, almost every household must eat dumplings. Other specialty foods include rice balls and rice cakes. The Spring Festival causes the largest human migration in China even in the world every year. The New Year greeting in Chinese is “Xin Nian Kuai Le, Gong Xi Fa Cai”. Chinese New Year ends with the Lantern Festival. There are some strange customs during the new year want to know more details? Click to see our further introduction. Locally, In 2019 Vancouver’s Chinese New Year’s parade in Chinatown takes place on Sunday, February 10th.
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