Facilities available (laundry, gardens, etc.):

Dry cleaning is available somewhere near you. Likewise, tailors and seamstresses are common along with cobblers. Replacing a zip should cost no more the 5 RMB. Repairing a shoe should cost at the most 10 RMB if the job is not too large, but you may need to bargain.

Free public gardens abound. South Lake is pleasant to visit at any time of year but will cost 10 RMB some days unless you enter through one of the holes in the fence or from the back near the fishing ponds.

Clear Moon Lake is about 45 minutes away and it is a real pleasure to visit and linger there. There is a range of accommodation, some nice restaurants, flower gardens, grass skiing and snow skiing available. There is a fee for entry.

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