| Day 01 Entry Beijing
Upon your arrival in Beijing, our tour guide will pick you
up at the airport and transfer to your hotel.
 Day
02 Beijing (B/L/D)
Visit 1. the Forbidden City which used to be the imperial
palace of the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties.
2. the Temple of Heaven, an outstanding representative of
Chinese traditional architecture for its clever design and
harmoneous colors. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the
emperor came to pray and thank gods for the harvests every
year.
3. the Tiananmen Square. Tian'anmen was the front gate of
the Imperial Palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In
front of the gate is the world's largest open ground in the
city - the Tian'anmen Square.
Enjoy the Beijing Duck Dinner and the Peking Opera in the
evening.
Day 03 Beijing (B/L)
Visit 1. the Badaling Great Wall that is the best preserved
part of the Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) Great Wall.
2. the statue-lined Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs where 13
emperors of the Ming Dynasty and their empresses and concubines
were buried.
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04 Beijing - Xi'an (B/L/D)
Visit the Summer Palace, a magnificent imperial garden, the
largest ancient preserved garden in China and a former summer
resort for emperors.
Transfer to the airport for flight to Xi'an.
Visit the Ancient City Wall. The wall is 15 meters wide and
11.9 kilometers in perimeter, it is the best preserved, oldest
and largest ancient city defence system in China.
Enjoy the Tang Dynasty Dinner Show this evening.
Day 05 Xi'an (B/L/D)
Visit 1. the Terra cotta Warriors Museum. The Terra Cotta
Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological
excavations of the 20th century. It is a sight not to be missed
by any visitor to China.
2. the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The Pagoda was first built in
652 in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang, a prominent Buddhist scholar
of the time, planned to have a huge stone pagoda built to
house the Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures he had brought back
from India.
Enjoy the local speciality Dumpling dinner this evening.
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06 Xi'an - Guilin (B/L)
Visit 1. the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. The Museum
is a magnificent architectural complex in the Tang Dynasty
style. It covers an area of 70,000 square meters, with the
construction area of 5,000 square meters. It collects the
highlights of the Shaanxi culture and shows a development
of the Chinese civilization.
2. the Great Mosque which was built in 742 A.D., being restored
in each of the Yuan (1271 - 1368), Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The distribution of pavilions, halls, towers and platforms
in the mosque is compact and exquisite, blending the traditional
architectural styles of Islam and Han.
Transfer to the airport and take flight to Guilin.
Day 07 Guilin - Li River Cruise -Yangshuo (B/L)
Cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo which takes 3-4 hours,
enjoy the most beautiful landscape in China, have lunch on
board. Disembark your ship when arriving Yangshuo, an ancient
small town which famous for beautiful scenery and vast collections
of China products. Have a stroll through the West street of
Yangshuo.
Day 08 Yangshuo (B)
Today day is free for you to explore the beautiful scenery
of Yangshuo.
Day 09 Yangshuo - Guilin - Nanjing (B/L)
Drive back to Guilin (1.5 hours). Visit 1. the Reed Flute
Cave which contains some of the most extraordinary underground
scenery in all of China.
2. the Elephant Trunk Hill. With an elevation of 200m, the
hill towers 55m above the water, it looks like a big elephant
drinking water beside the river, regarded as the symbol of
Guilin landscape.
3. the Fubo Hill. On top of the hill you will see an exquisite
scenery like a traditional Chinese painting.
Transfer to the airport and take flight to Nanjing.
Day 10 Nanjing - Suzhou (B/L)
Visit 1. the Dr. Sun Yatsen's Mausoleum. Sun has been respected
as Father of Modern China since he fought unyieldingly against
the corrupt Qing government (1616-1911) and led the 1911 revolution
to end feudal system and found Republic of China (1912-1949),
leading Chinese people into a new era.
2. the Nanjing Museum. The museum has a collection of more
than 420 thousand pieces, including about 2,000 rare and valued
ones.
3. the Yangtze River Bridge which is an important symbol of
Chinese self-reliance and until the late 1970s, the story
of its construction was often told in primary school textbooks.
Take the soft seat train to Suzhou, upon arrival transfer
to your hotel.
Day 11 Suzhou (B/L)
Visit 1. the Humble Administrator's Garden, it covers 4 hectares
in northeast Suzhou. It is the largest garden of the city
and a typical example of the art of horticulture south of
the
2. the Tiger Hill, the most famous sight of Suzhou, with old
trees and cultural relics everywhere.
3. the Garden of the Master of the Nets which was built in
1174 A.D. during the Song Dynasty, is characteristic of the
most exquisite garden-houses in Suzhou.
4. the Lingering Garden. With an area of 23,310 sqm, Garden
for Lingering In is the best garden in Suzhou as well as one
of the four most famous gardens in China . It is celebrated
for its artistic way of dealing with the spaces between various
kinds of architectural form.
Day 12 Suzhou - Zhouzhuang - Shanghai (B/L)
Drive to Zhouzhuang in the morning. Zhouzhuang is well known
for it's beautiful environment and architecture. Like a lotus
on the water the town is surrounded and bisected by rivers.
Visit the Hall of Shen's residence. Transfer to Shanghai.
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13 Shanghai (B/L/D)
Visit 1. the Shanghai Museum. The museum boasts over 120,000
pieces of collection, including bronze, ceramics, paintings,
calligraphy, sculpture, ancient Chinese coins, jade furniture,
and western art.
2. the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. The tower is situated within
the Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area. It is 1,245
feet high, and is one of the tallest structures in Asia.
3. the Yu Yuan Garden, a traditional Chinese park complete
with beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rock
formations.
4. the Bund that is a great street for a stroll. With a length
of 1 km, the bund is dotted with various grandiose solid buildings
of western style dating back to the early this century in
its west. Due to these imposing buildings, the bund is also
reputed as "an international exhibition of architecture".
The Portman Acrobatic Show is served in the evening.
Day 14 Exit (B)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your departure,
end of service.
Quotation for tour group: US$1080P.P.
B=Breakfast.
L=Lunch. D=Dinner. F=Flavor
dinner
Price subject to changes in certain travel terms
and market seasons.
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