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Tour Code: COT-S-020G
Start in: Shanghai
End in: Shanghai
Special Experience: Acrobatic Show in Shanghai, Hutong tour by rickshaw and Great Wall at Mutianyu in Beijing, Giant Panda Bear in Chengdu, Li River Cruise in Guilin
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China Golden Ring Tour

          

Trip Highlights

Visit Shanghai Museum, whose architectural statement is home to one of the most impressive collections of art in China. Shanghai Musuem is designed to recall the shape of an ancient Chinese Ding vessel.

Modern high buildings in Pudong

Brightly lit Nanjing Road is a wonderful view at night in a sea of lights. It's worth a stroll to or from the Bund.

Pudong has the main attractions in three parts. One is Lujiazui and Huamu District, which has modern stylish buildings, ecological park, state-of-the-art conference and cultural facilities.

Visit the Yuyuan Market,which is a bazaar of stores.The stores sell a mish-mash of items including chopsticks, Chinese medicine, walking sticks, fans, silk umbrellas, bamboo and rattan furniture, goldfish, pottery, plus much more.

Whisper along the inner wall of the Echo Wall, your voice can be heard all the way around the other side. Why is the Echo Wall constructed in such a way? You will find the answer there.

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.

The most well-kept tombs wtih the most emperors buried there: Ming Tombs

The best part of the Ming Tombs is the road there. The Sacred Road is the path leading to the mouth of the tomb.

Climb the Juyongguan Great Wall, which witnessed numerous wars through ages. The wall served well.

Rove through Beijing's ragged Hutong, the city's traditional alleyways.

Six doors are inset into the upper part of the vessel, with two dragons playing with a ball cast on the doors, and there are three lions playing with a ball engraved on the seat.

In summer, some ignore the No-swimming signs and dive into the lakes. In winter, skating is a popular pursuit.

The name of the park derives not from the fresh air or aroma in the area, but in the shape of the hills themselves. 2 big stones lie on its peak and from a distance, on a mist-shrouded day, it looks much like a three-legged incense burner.

Visit the Terra-cotta warriors and Hoses,

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

Visit Bell Tower, which is situated in the center of Xi'an City. It gains tis name as "the Bell Tower" because there is a big old bell hanging on the tower and reporting time every morning.

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 Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, which is regarded as the "Bright pearl of Ancient Xi'an " and " Treasure House of China", for its imposing and elegant building, its 370,000 pieces of stored relics.

Walk to the end of the gallery,you can see some Buddhist statues, of which the most famous is a very beautiful torso of a bodhisattva, showing strong Indian influence from the Tang period.

Visit Potala Palace, the pearl on the World Roof.

Visit Jokhang Temple, Tibet's holiest shrine, where often prayers led by monks on the roof.

Visit Barkhor Street in Lahsa. There is a wide variety of Tibetan items here. Many the Tibetans here are also visitors to the Lahsa.

Visit Norbulingka Park, the former summer residence of the Dalai Lama.

Sera Monastery is a typical of Tibetan architecture.Covering an area of 114,964 square meters, the structure is imposing, pictuesque in disorder, and splendid in green and gold.

There are no ¡®typical¡¯ Tibetan families; some are rich, some are poor, some are nomadic others are urban, some families live in Tibet but there are also a great number living in exile in other countries.

Visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. There you will observe the national treasure of China---- giant panda's frolic and forage. You may see some cute newly born panda babies raised in the nursery.

Strolling leisurely on the cottage grounds, you can enjoy the aura of the ancient culture, as well as tranquility in the bamboo groves, away from the urban jungle.

Visit Marquis Wu Shrine,there can give you an complete idea of the political, economical, cultural situation in ancient Chengdu.

Lijiang River Landscape: a landscape gallery

Freely wander, explpore and discover Yangshuo. By bicycle or by foot, Yangshuo has it all from rugged limestone karst peaks, sparking clear rivers, emerald green to gold paddy fields, colourful varieties of citrus grooves...

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

Visit Ludiyan (Reed Flute Cave), where the rocks, bathed in soft lights, refecti in the water in a landscape much like that of the best scenery along the Lijiang.

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

The top ten scenic spots of West Lake give you different pictures of the lake in all different seasons and weathers.

Visit Lingyin Temple, the most ancient Buddhist temple of the West Lake.

With a height of 209m, Feilai Peak differs dramatically from the surrounding mountains in its composition of pure limestone while the surrounding mountains are of sandstone.

Visit Dragon Well Tea Planation. Emperor Qianlong who lived in ancient China, made six trip to the areas south of the Yongtze River, four of which to Dragon Well.

Viewed from outside, the pagoda appears to be layered-bright on the upper surface and dark underneath. That is a harmonious alternation of light and shade.

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