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Beijing (B,L,D)
Beijing is the Capital of China, once served as the
Capital City for 5 dynasties over a period of 800 years.
We start today’s tour from the Tiananmen Square – the
largest square in the world. The present Tiananmen Square
has an area of 440,000 square meters and has become
a relaxing place for the common people to fly kites
and walk. Behind the Tiananmen Gate Tower is the Palace
Museum, also known as the Forbidden City. The City was
built between 1406 and 1420 and served as the Imperial
Palace for 24 Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
This complex, being the world largest Imperial Palace,
features more than 800 buildings with resplendent golden-glazed
roofs, red lacquered pillars and vermilion walls. In
the afternoon we will tour the Temple of Heaven where
the Ming and Qing Emperors worshipped the God of Heaven
and preyed for a good harvest. You can visit the most
brilliant buildings there, the Circular Mound Altar
(Yuanqiutan), Imperial Vault of Heaven (Huangqiongyu)
and Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest (Qiniandian) from
south to north. What’s more, you can have a chance to
experience the magnificent atmosphere of the Echo Wall
around the Imperial Vault of Heaven.
We will enjoy the famous Beijing Duck banquet for dinner,
with Chinese traditional folk dancing entertainment.
4 Beijing - Datong (B,L,D)
We will visit the Summer Palace, which was built in
1750 as a royal recreational resort. About 75% of the
Garden was covered with water---the Kunming Lake. Among
its famous features are the 700-meter-long corridors
with its wonderful Painted Gallery, the Marble Barge,
and several magnificently painted pavilions and pagodas.
It is said that the huge amount of money used for building
the Summer Palace was supposed to build a Chinese Navy,
however, the huge Marble Barge by the vast Lake was
the only thing relating to the Navy. Our afternoon will
be spent at the Temple of Recumbent Buddha. You can
see a bronze recumbent Buddha inside the Temple, which
is how it received the name Temple of Recumbent Buddha.
After dinner, we will take night train to Datong.
5 Datong (B,L,D)
Datong is a city with a history of more than 2000 years
and is famous for its ancient grottoes. We will visit
the Yungang Grottoes, which has a total of 53 Grottoes
containing more than 51000 stone statues. The grottoes
were built along one side of the Wuzhou Mountain, which
stretches about one mile from the east to the west.
It is equally famous as the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang
and Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang. We will also visit
the Wooden Pagoda of Ying Xian, which is the largest
and the oldest wooden pagoda in the world.
6 Datong – Inner Mongolia (B,L,D)
In the morning we will go to see one of the greatest
wonders in the architecture history, the Hanging Monastery.
The temple was built in 386 AD on the cliffs of Mt.
Hengshan. After lunch we will take the coach to Hohhot
in Inner – Mongolia.
7 Inner Mongolia (B,L,D)
After breakfast we will take a comfortable coach to
the Hiramun Steppe (grassland). There you will stay
at the local herdsman’s Mongolian Yurt (Tent) and experience
the Mongolian’s daily life. You will also have a chance
to enjoy the Mongolian traditional horse racing and
wrestling game.
8 Inner Mongolia - Beijing (B,L,D)
Today you will have the exciting horseback riding for
the whole morning and enjoy the beautiful sight of the
grassland. Then in the afternoon you will coach back
to Hohhot and have a tour around this city, including
Zhaojun Tomb, Five-Pagoda Temple, Dazhao Temple and
old Town. After dinner, board a night train to Beijing.
9 Beijing / Shanghai (B,L,D)
Arrival in Beijing in the early morning and transfer
to the International Airport for a flight to Shanghai,
the largest commercial center in China, and the largest
city in Asia. Shanghai is nestled in the fertile Yangtze
River Valley, a home to 14 million people. We will visit
the Jade Buddha Temple, which is famous for its huge
Jade Buddha, each of them was carved out of a single
piece of Jade. We will visit Yuyuan Garden, a finely
designed maze of elegant pavilions and ponds in the
old part of this city. Also walk along the famous commercial
street – Nanjing Road near the Bund.
10 Shanghai - Hangzhou (B,L,D)
In the morning we take a coach to Hangzhou, the Capital
of Zhejiang Province, and also one of the most beautiful
cities in China. It was praised in an ancient Chinese
poem as a “Paradise on Earth”. Today, we will start
our tour with the majestic Lin Yin Temple, which is
known as the Temple of Inspired Seclusion. Afterwards
we will go to see the mysterious Fei Lai Feng (Peak
Flown From Afar).
11 Hangzhou (B,L,D)
Continue our tour in Hangzhou. Today we will take a
visit to the beautiful West Lake. There are many Chinese
ancient love stories concern the Lake. Boating on the
lake, enjoy the wonderful sights of the lake shores
as well as a small glass of the Dragon Well Tea from
on the Tea Farm. In the afternoon, we will tour around
the countryside of Hangzhou.
12. Hangzhou-Suzhou (B,L,D)
After breakfast we are leaving for Suzhou. Resting in
the arm of the ancient Grand Canal, Suzhou is well known
for its old delicate gardens. Narrow canals threaded
between white walled houses have earned Suzhou the name
“Venice of the East”. We will visit the Tiger Hills,
the famous Lingering Gardens and the Han Shan Temple.
13 Suzhou-Shanghai / USA (B,L)
We will continue our exciting tours in Suzhou in the
morning. After an early lunch we are driving to Shanghai
Pudong Airport for our flight back to USA.
Land Only Cost: $990
Single Room Supplement: $330 |
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