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China Culture Heritage Adventure
Tour code: beijing 034
Duration: 8 days
Route: Beijing, Pingyao, Xian
Attractions: The Qiao's Grand Courtyard, with the area of 8724 square meters, the courtyard was the house of the richest family Qiao in Qing Dynasty in China. Though 2 centuries have been passed, it still keeps its original splendor in architectural style.
Itinerary:
Day 1 Arrival / Beijing
Transfer via: International flight-on your own arrangement
Arrive at Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Enjoy your free time at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Beijing (B,L)
Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Peking opera Show in the evening.
Tian'anmen Square the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. It is the biggest public square in the world, which can hold one million people. Having a free walk there, imagining the great historic events of the 20th century took place there. You will also see legendary landmarks including the Great Hall of the People and the towering 125 foot granite obelisk, Monument to the Peoples Heroes, honoring those who died in revolution.
Walking across the Golden River Bridge, enter the Forbidden City, the inner sanctum and palace where for centuries Chinese emperors ruled their world. It has 9000-room maze of courtyards, places, and ceremonial halls, where 24 emperors used to live. Forbidden City was indeed a forbidden place, where commoners were kept out for nearly 500 years in the past. Tour the palace and imagine the mystery, intrigue and incredible power that reigned here.
Temple of Heaven was built in the 15th century, a sacred site for ancient Beijing, where the emperor and his 1000 member entourage would retreat twice a year for religious ritual. Surrounded by enormous grounds designed in accordance with fengshshui, the Temple complex consists of the Celebrated Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, a unique wooden and blue-tiled structure built without a nail. It is considered the supreme achievement of traditional Chinese architecture.
Day 3 Beijing (B,L)
Transfer via: PM Train (about 10 hrs)
Full day trip to The Great Wall, The Ming Tombs and Sacred Way. Take evening train with soft sleepers to Taiyuan.
The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built. It is about 4,000 miles long, and it was built entirely by hand. About 1, 200 - 1, 500 miles of the Great Wall were built during the reign of Emperor Shi Huangdi (Qin Dynasty). The Great Wall crosses northern China from the east coast to the central part of China.
Visit the fabled Ming Tombs, the resting places of thirteen emperors and their splendid treasures, passing down the Spirit Way, a road lined with statues of dignitaries, as well as huge elephants, lions, camels and horses, you will encounter the marble tombs of the Ming Dynasty emperors. Visit one of the spectacular tombs- Dingling featuring an underground palace.
Day 4 Taiyuan (B,L)
Arrive at Taiyuan. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Have city tours to the Double-Pagoda Temple, the Chunyang Palace.
The Double-Pagoda Temple: It was originally called Yongzuo Temple, built in the 36th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1608). The two pagodas in the temple are considered the symbol of Taiyuan city.
The Tianlongshan Grottoes: Cliff carvings that began in the 6th century and continued over the next 400 years.
The Chunyang Palace: It was built to commemorate the Taoist priest Lu Chunyang of the Tang dynasty. Now it forms part of the Shanxi Museum.
Day 5 Taiyuan / Pingyao (B,L)
Full day trip to the Jin Ancestral Temple, the Qiao's Grand Courtyard, the Shuanglin Temple. Arrive at Pingyao ancient town and check in your hotel.
The Jin Ancestral Temple: It was originally started in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386 - 532 AD) to commemorate the memory of Shu Yu (Zhou Wu), the founder of the state of Jin.
The Qiao's Grand Courtyard: With the area of 8724 square meters, the courtyard was the house of the richest family Qiao in Qing Dynasty in China. Though 2 centuries have been passed, it still keeps its original splendor in architectural style.
The Shuanglin Temple: Standing for more than 1500 years, the temple is famous for more than 2,000 painted sculptures of precious value, representing Ming and Qing Dynasties' best. They are reputed as a "treasure reserve of the oriental painted sculptures".
Pingyao ancient town: In the middle of Shanxi Province, it is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in China.
Day 6 Pingyao / Xi'an (B,L)
Transfer via: PM Train (about 11 hrs)
Visit the Ancient City Wall, the Rishengchang Draft Bank, the Mingqing Street. Take evening train with soft sleepers to Xi'an.
The Ancient City Wall: The 6.4km-long wall was constructed in the third year of Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1370A.D.). It is one of the best-preserved ancient city walls in China.
The Rishengchang Draft Bank: It was established in 1823. It was the biggest draft bank at that time and had been famous for "Hui Tong Tian Xia" (Business Connecting The Whole World).
The Mingqing Street: It is the downtown thoroughfare and reserved quite well of the styles in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Day 7 Xi'an (B,L)
Arrive at Xi'an, the ancient capital for 11 centuries, and the ancient gateway to the Silk Road full of Chinese legendary.
Today you are arranged to visit the Provincial Museum and the City Wall,the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Bell Tower. In the evening, go to visit the Tang Dynasty Show.
Day 8 Xi'an (B,L)
Transfer via: flight-on your own arrangement
Xi'an's rich history comes alive on a visit to the greatest archaeological finding of the century: the army of terra cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
Take afternoon flight to your next destination.
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