Lent and Easter are the best times to make pilgrimages. mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ visited the main monastery of Russia. The Trinity-Sergius Lavra is of great importance in the history of the Russian state, if not for this monastery, the whole history could have developed differently. Therefore, visiting the monastery is not only spiritual, but also cultural development.

In addition to shrines and history, you can meet different people in the Lavra - from the simplest believers who came from the villages to representatives of the cultural and financial elite. It doesn't matter what you have achieved in life, because everyone is equal before eternity. In addition to our pilgrims, there are many tourists in the monastery, and almost all of them are from China. There are so many of them that one gets the impression that this is no longer Russia ...



Chinese tourists can be seen from afar, they move in large and small groups, often dressed very strangely and are constantly photographed with pigeons. mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ loves Chinese culture, tradition, art and beauty standards. Only these ideal standards of beauty concern the minimum part of the population of the Middle Kingdom.

For example, the eternal white-skin trend looks great, but it is very difficult to find a white-skinned Chinese woman in China and among tourists. For most of them, perfect white skin is an unattainable ideal, so a well-groomed white-skinned Chinese woman is perceived as a fabulous nymph.



Unreachable beauty ideals does not prevent the Chinese from enjoying life and achieving great financial success. Thanks to tourists, our Trinity-Sergius Lavra has acquired many signs in Chinese, and there are many price tags and product descriptions in Chinese in the shops. All together creates a very positive impression, but if you study the topic more deeply, it turns out that everything is not so simple ...


At first glance, it seems that any tourists bring benefits, because they make purchases, pay for hotels and restaurants. Not all tourists are the same. In the case of Chinese tourists, there is sometimes a cunning calculation.



Political leaders and entrepreneurs from China strive at all levels to benefit exclusively from their economies. Therefore, the routes of tourists from the Middle Kingdom are clearly planned, especially for shops. Very often, the Chinese are brought to shops where most of the goods are produced in China. Even in places like Sergiev Posad, you can find goods made in China.

In other countries, the situation is even more complicated. Tourists are often taken along special routes, shown free attractions, and then taken to shops and restaurants that are wholly owned by Chinese businesses. Travel campaigns and buses are also owned by the Chinese. Thanks to this thoughtful approach, many countries where tourists come from the Middle Kingdom almost do not receive any benefits! All this is important for our business and government to know, but there are disadvantages for ordinary people.



In places where Asian friends congregate, prices rise to unreasonable levels. If you want to buy handicrafts, souvenirs, icons or jewelry, you will be unpleasantly surprised. Some items are 2-3 times more expensive! And with regard to hand-painted icons, modern icons are more expensive than icons of similar writing, but from the 19th century from an antique store.

The Chinese often look funny, create a positive impression and even make us tender, but they bring very few real benefits to Russia. Even in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, the presence of the Chinese made its own changes, and these changes are far from the best.