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Tour Code: COT-B-017-C
Start in: Beijing
End in: Beijing
Special Experience: Guilin Li River cruise and cycling in Yangshuo, Yangtze River cruise, Suzhou Grand Canal cruise, Zhouzhuang water town
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Trip Highlights

Visit Tian'anmen. On holidays and special occasions the Square is filled with flower arrangements and fountains.

Visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, which was off limits for 500 years. It is the largest and best preserved culster of ancient buildings in China.

Visit the Temple of Heaven, the place that emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped heaven and prayed for an abundant harvest.

The best part of the Ming Tombs is the road there. Along the path are bizarre, mythical stone monster standing guard.

Visit Ding Tomb, the only Ming tomb to have been excavated. And the emperor and the empress still lie within the underground vaults today.

Climb the Juyongguan Great Wall. The reason why it was ranked as the No.1 Pass of China in Ming Dynasty could be attributed to its strategic significence.

Vistit Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which is one of national monument, looks simple and natural, solemn and majestic.

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 Bell Tower in Xian, which is an ancient great building with unique Chinese architectural style.

Visit the Terra-cotta warriors and Hoses,

Visit Xi'an Ancient City Wall, one of the most famous wall through the long history.

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

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.

Wander in West Street of Yangshuo, a main street leading to the river, which is lined with restaurants, guesthouses, hotels and handicrafts stalls.

Yangshuo and the surrounding countryside is an incredibly beautiful place. The landscape is dotted with Karst peaks and the Li river winds its way around them.

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

Climb Fubo Hill, which owes its exquisite beauty to geological disruptions over 200 million years ago.

Enjoy Ludiyan (Reed Flute Cave). The amazing journey passes numerous stalactites and stalagmites in ever-changing shapes suggesting pagodas, mushrooms , lions, waterfalls and icicle chandeliers.

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).

Fengdu Ghost City, the major town 170 km from Chongqing, which is said to be the place of devils. And There are numerous temples containing sculptures of demons and devils that were built since Tang Dynasty.

The journey of Three Little Gorges ( Lesser Three Gorges) involves smaller 30-person boats which struggle against the Daning River's strong currents. Daning River join the Yangtse River in the town of Wushan.

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.

Many famous poets had left a lot of poems that win universal praise in Badong County

Visit the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou. Growing trees around the house, loving a carefree and contented life...watering vegetables at the garden for us to eat everyday..it is a life that a hunmble administrator should live

In autumn, the temple fair of Tiger Hill is organized to display strong local customs and folk arts of south and north China.

Fully loaded with the cocoons, the small boats are shuttling along the Grand Canal. The stone roads are extending, and the black roofed and the white-washed walls houses are appearing from time to time.

At the southwestern end of the encient city of Suzhou, the Panmen Scenic Zone is famed for three tourist attractions: water and land city gates, Ruiguang Pagoda and Wumen Bridge.

Visit the The No.1 Silk Factory, you can see how the silk is processed from the silk worm to the final woven cloth.

All the houses in the Zhouzhuang built by steams with sidewalks along naturally turned into its streets together with the water lanes.

Visit Zhouzhuang and walk futher in, then you will come to a archway, the Ancient Memorial Archway.You can see The Quanfu Pagoda on your right side when walking towards the archway.

Visit the Quanfu Temple,which is a typical Buddhist temple and scenic garden. The temple has an imposing atmosphere with grand halls and serene atmosphere.

Visit the Hall of Shen's residence.It is made up of more than 100 rooms and courtyards and was built to be the private residence of a wealthy merchant family.

Visit the Twin Bridge.There seven-storey pagodas were built during the Northern Song dynasty by candidates for the imperial examination who wanted to pay tribute to their teachers.

Visit the Yuyuan Market,you may find the food is a great temptation with local delicacies such as xiao long bao, pigeon egg dumplings and spicy cold noodles from the street stalls or numerous restaurants.

Shanghai Museum possesses more than 120 thousand various kinds of valuable culture objects.

Visit the Bund, which is particularly beautiful at night.

Nanjing Road, the most bustling shopping centre in Shanghai and enjoying the reputation of "China's No.1 Street". Bussiness Hours are from 10 am to 10 pm.

Visit Yu Garden in Shanghai, a classical garden, where halls, chambers, towers and pavilions, rockeries and flowing streams all express the essence of Ming and Qing Dynasty garden architecture of the South.

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