Day 1
Transfer via: International flight-On your own arrangement
Arrive at Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2
Beijing
Full day trip to the Tian’anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Martial Arts perfomace in the evening.
- The Tian’anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God’s bless of the whole nation.
- Martial Temple of HeavenArts Perfomance: You don’t have to be a martial arts enthusiast to appreciate the incredible feats of strength, with fists, feet, swords, and other weapons. Kungfu expert display their kicks, punches and use of weapons with uncanny speed, power and agility.
Day 3
Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Dingling and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- Dingling: The Underground Palace of Dingling was unearthed during the period 1956 to 1958. The whole palace was made of stone. It consists of five high palaces - the front, the middle, the back, the left and the right palaces. It is the tomb for the mausoleum of Emperor Zhu Yijun, the thirteenth emperor, and his two empresses.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.
- Roasted Duck: at Qianmen Quanjude : In the evening, enjoy the Peking Roasted Duck which is renowned as the most delicious food of Beijing.
Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant(Old Duck)
Address: 32 Qianmen Dajie, Beijing Tel: 6701 1379
Feature: as the nickname implies, this is one of the oldest restaurants in the capital, dating back to 1864, and they serve great Peking duck.
Average cost: RMB200
Hours: 11:00-13:30 16:30-20:00
Website: http://www.qmquanjude.com.cn/first.htm
Day 4
beijing/ Xi’an
Transfer via: PM flight
Visit Hutongs by rickshaw,The Summer Palace.
Take afternoon flight to Xi’an. Arrive at Xian. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Have city tour to the Ancient City Wall.
- Hutongs: Hutong is a kind of alleyway peculiar to Beijing. Surrounding the Forbidden City, many of these small windy alleyways were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming(1368-1628) and Qing(1644-1908) dynasties. In the prime of these dynasties the emperors, in order to establish supreme power for themselves, planned the city and arranged the residential areas according to the etiquette systems of the Zhou Dynasty. The typical buildings in Hutong are quadrangles-a compound with houses around a square courtyard. A tour to the Hutong will be escorted a visit to a local family, having a cheerful talk with the family member to see how life goes on within these traditional architectures. And also we will visit one primary school in the Hutong, knowing more of Beijing and its people. And also we will visit one primary school and a flee market in the Hutong, knowing more of Beijing, its people and distinctive culture.
- The Summer Palace: The Summer Palace in Beijing is an outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design, incorporating the works of humankind and nature in a harmonious whole.
Day 5 The Terracotta Warriors
Xi’an
Visit Huaqing Hot Spring, Terror cotta warriors, Bell Tower,Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Enjoy Evening Show at Tang Yuegong.
- Huaqing Hot Spring: Huaqing Hot Spring (huaqing chi)is situated 30 kilometers east of Xian at the foot of the Lishan Hills. Situated at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lintong County, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from Xian City, along the way to Terracotta Warriors. Huaqing Hot Spring is famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Its long history and location among the wonderful landscapes of Xi’an should entice any visitor to visit and bathe in this hot spring.
- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin’s tomb.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xian city.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- Evening Show at Tang Yuegong: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital of ancient China.
Day 6
Xi’an / Shanghai
Transfer via: AM flight
Visit the Shanxi historical Museum. Take flight to the next destination. Arrive at Shanghai. Be met & have city tours to the Bund, Nanjing Road.
- The Shanxi Historical Museum: The large-scale modern State-class museum, is situated at the western side of the “Wild Goose Pagoda” in Xian City. It covers an area of about 70,000 square meters, the architectural area of which is 55,000 odd square meters. It was completed on June 20, 1991 and open to the public.
-The Bund:The Bund, Shanghai This spot in the city is home to a myriad of European-styled buildings that face the Huangpu River. Home to chic restaurants and shopping opportunities, the Bund is a must-see site when visiting Shanghai. Architectural styles include gothic, baroque, Romanesque, and renaissance.
- Nanjing Road: Nanjing Road is Shanghai’s main shopping street.
Day 7
Shanghai
Visit Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market, Children’s Palace ,Shangcheng Acrobatics, Oriental Pearl TV Tower.
-Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy. Evening Shangcheng Acrobatic Show.
-Yu Garden: Yuyuan Garden is a traditional Chinese park complete with beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rock formations.
-Shanghai Children’s Palace: he Shanghai Children’s Palace provides after school education for gifted children. Children participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities such as music, dance, art, model making, science, technology and computer science. The palace hosts many art performances and science and technology contests which attracts thousands of youngsters.
- Shangcheng Acrobatics: There are performances by one of Shanghai鈥檚 best acrobatic troupes here most nights. The auditorium can seat 1,000 people, and the show starts at 7:30pm.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Orental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.
Day 8
Shanghai / Departure
Transfer via: International flight- On your own arrangement
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for the flight to your next destination.
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