oriental china tour
(Beijing-Xian-Shanghai)
Day
1 Beijing: Arrival at Beijing, Concept Voyages' representative will meet you at the
airport with a signboard of your name, then transfer to hotel. Overnight
at hotel.
Day 2 Beijing: After breakfast, proceed for full day tour of
Beijing city highlights: Forbidden City, is the world's largest and
best-preserved imperial palace complex and stands in the center of
Beijing. Renamed as the Palace Museum and opened to the general public.
Summer Palace,
used by Qing's Imperial rulers as a summer residence. The layout is
inspired by Taoist legends of immortal islands in the middle of misty
lakes--the Chinese version of the Fountain of Youth myth and
Temple of
Heaven, a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply
and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the
evolution of one of the world's great civilizations. Lunch included during tour. Overnight at hotel.
Day 3 Beijing: After breakfast sit-in-coach tour to
The Great
Wall, which is more than 2,000 years old, but still remains one of
the great wonders of the world, an engineering feat rarely matched in the
22 centuries since its construction began. Stretching 4,500 miles, for all
its seeming timelessness, the Great Wall is an emblem of China's evolution and
Ming Tomb,
located at Chan Ping County. Of the 16 emperors who ruled China during the
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 13 are buried in elaborate complexes in the
valley of the Ming Tombs north of Beijing. The tombs reflect a similar
conception of Imperial architecture. Lunch included during tour. Overnight at hotel.
Day 4 Beijing-Xian: Breakfast at hotel. Free day at leisure.
Evening transfer to train station and take overnight train to Xian.
Day 5 Xian: Meet and greet on arrival at train
station, then transfer to hotel and have breakfast. Visit
Terra Cotta
Warriors, discovered in 1974, it is one of the most important
archaeological finds in the 20th century. A total of 700 soldiers, 100
chariots, 400 horses and more than 100,000 pieces of weapons were found at
the site after excavation, considered a miracle in the history of
metallurgy in the world and Old City Wall, built 650 years ago in the Ming
Dynasty, the Wall was added on the Tang Dynasty walls. Being the most
prominent walls built after medieval time, it is also the best-kept and
biggest city walls in China. Overnight at hotel.
Day 6 Xian-Shanghai: Breakfast at hotel. Free day at leisure.
Evening transfer to train station; take an overnight train to Shanghai.
Day 7 Shanghai: Meet and greet on arrival at Shanghai train station. Transfer to hotel. Free day at leisure. Overnight at hotel.
Day 8 Shanghai: Breakfast at hotel. Proceed for Shanghai city
highlights tour, Yu Yuan Garden, is one of China's loveliest private classical
gardens. Its name means Garden of Contentment, and it is indeed a pastoral
world apart from modern and hectic Shanghai. Jade Buddha Temple,
Shanghai's most popular temple with visitors, it exudes a powerful potion
of thick incense, flashy decorations, and a dark, seedy atmosphere that
makes it seem centuries older. The architectural style from the Song
Dynasty. The chief attractions are the painted religious statues, which
are stacked high in the three main halls. The Treasure Hall of the Great
Hero contains golden images of the Buddhas of the past, present, and
future, flanked by their 18 followers. The White Jade Buddha, located up a
narrow set of old stairs on the second floor of Wentang Hall, is the true
treasure. Carved in Burma and brought to Shanghai in 1881 by Huigeng, a
Chinese pilgrim, it is twice life-size (weighing 205kg/455 lb. and
measuring 2m/6 ft. 7 in. tall in seated position). There is a Sleeping
Buddha, also carved from a single slab of Burmese jade.
The Bund, (which
means the Embankment) refers to Shanghai's famous waterfront running along
the west shore of the Huangpu River, forming the eastern boundary of old
downtown Shanghai. Lunch
included during the tour. Overnight at hotel.
Day 9 Shanghai: Breakfast at hotel. Drop back at Shanghai airport
for boarding flight.
End of Tour!
Tour Booking Code:
CVICN-01
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