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13 Days Beijing, Shanxi Province and Xian Tour |
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- Trip highlights: Visit Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple, Wutai Mountain, Qiao Family Mansion, Pingyao ancient town...this area's biggest attractions are the numerous Buddhist temples, Grottoes.
- Tour price: From
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1,077.00
 Price including hotels, tours, meals...
- Destinations:
Beijing, Datong, Wutaishan, Taiyuan, Pingyao, Xian
- Tour code:
SWSX001
Private tour for a van with tour guide and driver, available every day
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| Day 7 Datong,Wutaishan (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Today we will be transferred to the Wutai Mountain. On the way visit the Hanging Temple and the Wooden Pagoda at Yingxian Country. It is about 280 KM. |
| Hanging Temple | Hanging Temple stands at the foot of Mt. Hengshan, 5 kilometers (3 miles) south of Hunyuan County, and 65 kilometers (40 miles) from downtown Datong City. | | Wooden Pagoda in Yingxian | Located in Yingxian County, and about 70 kilometers south of Datong, the Wooden Pagoda is the oldest and highest wooden structure in China. It is regarded as the 'First Pagoda in the World' and a gem in the architectural field. It has now also been p…… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Datong food: Datong is mainly famous for its various wheaten food. Local people put wheat, pea, buckwheat, soybean sprout, tofu and peanut into boiling cooking pot, add vinegar together, and this type of noodle soup will be their main dish, 3 times everyday. People never get tire of foods made of noodle, and I was told that there are more than 100 kind of different noodle soups, with dozens of different seasoning. |
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| Day 8 Wutaishan,Taiyuan (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Visit a cluster of temples at Wutai Mountain, known as China's most sacred Buddhist Mountian and the area's biggest attractions are the numerous Buddhist temples. After our visiting, we will transferred to Tiayuan City, the journey is about 300 KM. Upon your arrival, drive to the hotel in Taiyuan. |
| Mountain Wutai | The sacred mountain Wutaishan is believed to be the earthly abode of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri, and for a thousand years it has been a focus of transnational pilgrimage for the Chinese, Tibetans, Mongols, and Manchus alike. |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Wutaishan: |
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| Day 9 Pingyao (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Drive 3 hours to Pingyao, on the way, visit three attractions, they are all well-known in China, but not so famous to the outside world. Tonight we will stay in a small ancient town of Pingyao. |
| Shuanglin Temple | 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 sculpt…… | | Chang Family Mansion | It is a representative Shanxi merchant residence. Construction of the Chang family mansion began in the late Ming Dynasty. In 1770, during Qing Emperor Qianlong's reign, large-scale construction was carried out. |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Food in Pingyao: You can only find toursit menus at the tour part of Pingyao, and the service is quite poor. Recommend you to walk 30 minutes to the local part of the town, where local Chinese people have their meals here. Bingo! So many choices! WanTuoZhi and KaoLaoLao is the names of two most famous meals in Pingyao, served with a cup of hot soybean milk. |
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| Day 10 Pingyao (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Have a whole day tour to witness the historical old town - Pingyao. Free time in Pingyao before transferred to Pingyao railway station to catch the overnight train (soft sleeper class, 4 berths in one compartment) to Xian. Stay overnight on the train. |
| Pingyao ancient town | Pingyao is the middle of Shanxi Province, it is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in China. It is the assembly place of folk houses in north China where rows upon rows of buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties stand in well-preserved …… | | Pingyao City Wall | The original city walls of Pingyao were of tamped earth and were located northwest of the present Pingyao city, originally named Pingtao, was built in the early Northern Wei Dynasty. | | Rishengchang Draft Bank | The first draft bank of China, Rishengchang, is situated in the busiest section of Xi Da Jie, which used to be the First Street in the Qing Dynasty. Although it was only a small compound, it was a forerunner of modern banking and once manipulated the…… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Train 2669 Taiyuan to Xian: The train runs from Taiyuan to Xian. Train No.: 2669. It leaves Taiyuan at 21h50, arrives Pingyao at 23h11, leaves Pingyao at 23h14, arrives Xian at 07h46 next day. The train has soft class with 4-berth ordinary soft class sleepers, 6-berth hard class sleepers and hard seats, public toilet (please prepare toilet tissue by yourself), restaurant car available. |
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| Day 11 Xian (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Upon arrival at Xi'an railway station in the morning, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel to freshup and have breakfast. Afterward drive to take our tours in Xian. |
| Little Wild Goose Pagoda | The Little Wild Goose Pagoda was set up in 707. It has 15 storeys and is about 45 meters in height. It stands in Jian Fu Temple, one kilometer south from the downtown area of Xian. | | Ancient City Wall | It is the most complete city wall survived in China as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. The wall was built in the Tang dynasty (618 -907) and enlarged in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). | | Shaanxi Provincial History Museum | It is the largest comprehensive museum in the province. It is also the fist national level grand museum equipped with modern facilities. It exhibits primarily historical relics of past dynasties and displays precious art treasures and stone carvings …… |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Drum Tower: There used to be a huge drum in the tower which told the time at dusk; hence, the name Drum Tower. The bell in the Bell Tower and the drum in the Drum Tower, have been referred to as "the Morning Bell" and "the Dusk Drum". Later, the drum was no longer used to tell time but only to give warnings to people in times of war. |
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| Day 12 Xian (B,L) |
Today's Activities: |
| Continue your tour in Xian. |
| Xian Bell Tower | Bell Tower in Xian is the most well-preserved and best-known one among many ancient cities of China. The Bell Tower was originally built in the Yingxiang Temple in 1384, at the intersection of West Street and Guangji Street. | | Big Wild Goose Pagoda | The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the most distinctive and outstanding landmarks in the south of Xi’an city. It is one of the main constructions in the famous Da-Ci-En Buddhist temple. | | Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum | This site was listed by UNESCO in 1987 as one of the world’s cultural heritages. Work is ongoing at this site, and so far more than 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and weapons have been unearthed from these pits. |
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| [ Today's Optional ] Tang Dynasty Dinner Show: The Tang Dynasty show has absorbed all the best music from the past dynasties and that of western regions and other countries. It vividly reflects their thriving economy, the friendly relationship between Tang and its neighboring countries, and the daily life of the Tang people. |
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