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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

The most well-kept royal garden with the most abundant scenic spots and the concentrated constructions: the Summer Palace

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.

Explore Hutong in Beijing, which nearly all run east-west to ensure that the main gate faces south, satisfing feng shui requirments.

Meander among the mysterious and imposing Army of Terracotta Warriors, an unforgettable experience.

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

Vistit Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which we see today is a 7- storeyed, 64 meters high Buddhist structure in a square tapering shape.

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.

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).

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".

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.

While the long steps from the wharf to the ancient town on the slope will lend you to Badong County, and you will find yourself in a world of baskets carried on the back.

The Stone Forest culture, illustrated by the famous, long narrative poem, Ashima; along with the colorful embroidery of the Sani people; the ancient and mysterious "Torch Festival"; the cheerful songs and dances of the Yi people, and the Yi villages.

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,which is one of the cradles of National capitalism of Bai people.It is a famous hometown to overseas Chinese in Yunnan. So, you have to understand Xizhou first if you really want to understand Dali and Bai people.

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.

Visit the Butterfly Spring,which is a square pond of some 20 metres incircumference. On the western wall of the pond is an inscription of "HUDIEQUAN" (Butterflies' Fountain) written by Guo Moruo.

Visit Lijiang Ancient Town. The folk houses in Lijiang city are extremely characteristic.

Visit the Baisha Mural Paintings.There are trigrams, lotus flowers and even Sanskrit inscriptions on the ceiling.

Visit Heilongtan( Black Dragon Pool), where the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is reflected in the water between an arched marble bridge and a three-storey Chinese pavilion.

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 Zhongdian County,you can see many domesticated animals include yak , Dzo , sheep , goats , pigs and chickens.

Visit Tiger Leaping Gorge in spring.It is by far the best time to visit there because the river turbulence is at its peak (melting snow flows down from the Himalayan mountains).

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 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.

Every year around June and July, petals of the rhododendrons fall onto the lake surface with the wind.

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

The ship excursion on the palid waters of the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo is the most popular way to view the landscape.

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

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.

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