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Tour Code: COT-B-021-B
Start in: Beijing
End in: Beijing
Special Experience: Tibetan adventure, Yangtze River cruise, ethnic culture in Yunnan, Li River cruise in Guilin
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Essential China Tour (with Yangtze cruise and Tibet)

          

Trip Highlights

Visit Tiananmen Square. There are people all over the Square hawking kites, as it is a popular site for locals to go and fly their kites, which range from simple one-piece jobs, to elaborate meters-long dragons.

Visit the Forbidden City, known officially as the Imperial Palace Musium. There is also a garden which features a grove of beautiful old cypress and pine trees, as well as the largest of the strange rock sculptures that are studded about the ground.

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

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

Known as the "13" Tombs," Ming Tomb is the burial site of 13 out of 17 emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

Walk on the Great Wall. To look out from one of the guard towers out at the barren mountains and the Wall snaking off into the distance is a view not to be forgotten.

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 Banpo Matriarchal Clan Village,you may find the life, ceremony, music and dance of the ancient Banpo people and better understand the great prehistoric culture.

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

Visit Ancient City Wall, which has taken a new look afrer the repairs on a large scale. It is an extension on the old Sui and Tang Dynasty structure.

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.

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

Visit The Great Mosque, the whole complex can be divided into four courtyards:the first courtyard has an elaborate wooden arch 9 meters (29.5 feet) high dating from the 17th century standing opposite a huge screen wall decorated with brick carvings.

Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, lies on the northern bank of the Lhasa River.Throughout the year, there is sparse cloud rain. This has earned Lhasa the tile "Sunshine City".

Visit Potala Palace in Tibet, a world of Buddha.

Visit Jokhang Temple, Tibet's holiest shrine, which is 1300 years old.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 Stone Forest in Kunming. A karst landform 200 million years old, known Railway Station or special buses from Yongping Road.

Visit Lijiang lion hill,which is the world heritage scenic stops and historical sites and the most important part to the world culture heritage of Lijiang ancient town.Because the appearance looks like the sleeping lion,so name lion hill.

The ancient Lijiang City has been listed as the World Cultural Herritage.

Visit the Shigu Village,which has always been the Tibetan and Han regions transaction center, the Tibetan brings herbs and fur here for sale,then buys tea,salt,clothes and other daily necessities.

The Hutiao ( Tiger-Leaping ) Gorge is full of hidden danger. You don't know when more rocks will roll down.

Not only has the Lijiang River created all creatures around it, it has also transformed water -- this clolorless, ordinary material -- into a beautiful enchanting spirit.

The heart of Yang Shuo is its cobble stoned "West Street" ( Xijie ), but mostly "locals" just call it "Western" street. Do yourself a favour and try Yangshuo's most famous culinary delights of "Li Jiang Beer Fish", which cooked in beer and spices.

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

Visit Fubo Hill, where a 100-year-old Buddha image is etched into the wall.Somewhere, are many portraits and autographs by famous calligrapher of ancient China.

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.

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