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Tour Code: COT-B-009
Start in: Beijing
End in: Shanghai
Special Experience: Peking Duck Banquet, Dumpling dinner, Tang Dynasty show
The tour is designed completely according to the specific requests of Judy Mattox, Rinda Kay Mitchell, Doris LaVonne Hausken and Meredith Jane Dunn . Your travel consultant would like to work out an itinerary based on this one, with new flight schedules and accommodations.

    

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8 nights & 9 days
China History Tour with Yangtze Cruise

          

Trip Highlights

Climb the Great Wall, which was so tall because it was stuffed with the bones of soldiers. In ancient China, an unknown number of people paid with their lives for the Great Wall.

Explore the Hutong in Beijing. Some Hutong are christened after families, such as Shijia Hutong ( Alley of the Shi Familly). Others simply take their name from historical features, or reflect the merchandise plide at local market.

Enter north from the Gateways, you will be confronted by a wide straight road which was used for the carriages of the emperors and their wives during the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911).

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

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, 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 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.

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

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".

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 Three Gorges, a splendid scenic spot, also has its attractive folkways.There are beautiful minnow, called " peach fish" in chinese, treasured Chinese Sturgeon, graceful dance of the Tujia nationality and the unique wedding custom.

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