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Tour Code: COT-B-020-A
Start in: Beijing
End in: Hongkong
Special Experience: Hutong tour in Beijing, Dumpling dinner and Tang Dynasty show in Xian, ethnic tour in Yunnan, cycling tour in Yangshuo
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Essential China Tour with Yunnan Exploration

          

Trip Highlights

Visit the Summer Palace, which was used by emperor for 800 years.

Survey the spectacular achievement of the Great Wall.

The beauty of Hutong lies in its unchanging ordinariness, simplicity and closeness to the common folk.

As home to 13 dynasties, Xian boasts a treasure trove of cultural and historical splendors, including the Eighth Wonder of the World - the awesome Terracotta Warriors.

Visit The Great Mosque,there are such treasures as hand-copied Korans from the Ming dynasty and a calendar stone called "the Moon Tablet".

Visit Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, the first modern national museum of China.

Visit Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, one of the best museum in China.There you will find China's prehistory and the early dynastic period. They are particularly impressive.

Visit Fengdu Ghost City, which is said to be the place of devils with numerous temples whith heartening names like "Bridge of Helplessness" and "Palace of the King of Hell".

Climbthe Shibaozhai.On its yellow-glazed entrance gate is an inscription inviting you to climb a ladder and ascend into a 'Little Fairyland' (the top temple).

Is swift in fact, the Small Three Gorges and the Smaller Gorges of the Daling River are different from the Three Gorges of the Yangtse River, and better.

Closely connected with the Wu Gorge, the Daling River and the Shennong Brook are quieter, deeper, simpler and more primitive, in which the vally is narrower, the water is cleaner, the mountains are greener and the peaks are stranger.

The clouds and Drizzle around Mt.Wu Yuan Zhen, a poet in Tang Dynasty, one highly praised Mt.Wu "Having been to the vast sea, one will never think of much the water in a river, and one willl find no clouds appealing comparing them with those of Mt.Wu

The Stone Forest, a karst landform 200 million years old, known in Yunnan as the "first wonder under the sun".

Xiaguan is known for its wind and Shangguan, for its flowers. Flowers in Shangguan sway in the wind from Xiaguan. Cangshan Mountain is famous for its snow and Erhai Lake, for the moonlight.

Visit Xizhou.The most famous thing about Xizhou are well preserved ancient buildings of Bai Minority.

Visit Three Pagodas, which symbolize the resplendent ancient Dali culture.

A poet praised the ancient town in a verse, "Pavilions and towers appear above the cloud and the town spreads between the mountain and the lake."

Climb to the top of the Lion Hill,you can see a magificent structure named WanGu tower.It was know as all wood building and one pillar esceedingly high no join structure one arch bridge in China.

In late spring and early summer, when flowers of all kinds are blooming, the tree puts forth fragrant white and yellow flowers, attracting thousands of real butterflies to gather on its leaves.

In Lijiang, the Naxi people love to sing and dance, Their famous dance is called "Alili". Not only young people convey their feelings through songs and dances, but aged women like to wear their traditional clothes to sing and dance.

Yulongxueshan ( Jade Gragon Snow Mountain ) is home to half of Yunnan's 13,000 plant species, 400 kinds of trees, dozens of flower types, and one-third of China's known species of medicinal herbs and plants. Have a Tout There!

Visit the Baisha Mural Painting,which fully demonstrates the superb artistic skills, outstanding creativity and rich imaginations of these excellent craftsmen.

Visit Heilongtan( Black Dragon Pool), where was built the Dongba Research Institute.There retired Naxi scholars translate the old religious manuscripts.

Visit the Shigu Village,you will take a look at a slopeit which is the best place to take shot at the first bend of Yangtze River.

Visit Zhongdian County,you can see many wild animals include the Dian golden haired monkey , wild donkey , black-necked crane , lesser panda , leopard.

Visit Tiger Leaping Gorge in fall .It is the second best time to visit thereperiod because of its generally pleasant weather.

Visit the First Bend of the Yangtze River,there is a white marble sculpture of the drum-like rock artifacts,so the town called Shigu Village.

Visit The Songzanlin Lamasery.There are two main temple buildings at the top in the centre, and 8 wing buildings around them.

Visit Bita Lake, which is an ancient and high attitude lake in of over 3,000M, surrounded by alpine meadows and wild flowers on one side with a temperate rain forest on the other.

Have a Li River Cruise. This is a dreamlike landscape, familliar to anyone who has looked at a Chinese scroll painting, and which has lured travelers to the area for centuries.

Climb Elephant Trunk Hill, one of Guilin's best known sights. It's actually resemble an elephant dipping its snout into Li River.

Some of the most extraodinary scenery Guilin has to offer is underground at Reed Flute Cave. Despite the high entrance price, the cave is worth visiting.

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