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Tour Introduction

Tour Name :16-day China Tour of Beijing, Xian, Guilin, Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai

Tour Code : WT05

Day 1 ( ) Arrival / Beijing Transfer via: Flight-on your arrangement Arrive at Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 2 (B, L, )Beijing Full day trip to the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven . Enjoy the Peking Opera Show in the evening.
- The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.

Day 3 (B, L, D )Beijing Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.

Day 4 (B, L, )Beijing / Xi'an Transfer via: Flight-on our arrangemen Visit Hutongs by r ickshaw. Take afternoon flight to Xi'an. Arriving in Xi'an, be met & transferred to your hotel.
- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infante and local people's houses among them.

Day 5 (B, L, )Xi'an Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the Bell Tower and the Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty show in the evening.
- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xian city.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- The Tang Dynasty show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.

Day 6 (B, L, )Xi'an / Guilin Transfer via: Flight-on our arrangement Visit the Provincial Museum, the Ancient City Wall and the Hanyang Tomb. Take afternoon flight to Guilin. Arriving in Guilin, be met & transferred to your hotel.
- The Provincial Museum: One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The Ancient City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- The Hanyang Tomb: The Jing Emperor's tomb in Han Dynasty which was opened in 2001 and is famous for its rich collections of different kinds of tombs.

Day 7 (B, L, )Guilin One Day Longsheng tour for Ethnic Tribes Culture expedition Depart from the hotel in the morning & drive to Longji area. Longsheng is located in the mountainous region on the northeastern part of Guilin. The natural beauty and the colorful ethnic Chinese cultures and customs attract people from all over the world. After 2.5 hours drive (115KM beautiful mountain road) you will get to the Longji area, Heping Township of Longsheng County. Visit Zhuang and Yao Minority tribes villages and some families if you like. Those ethnic girls dressed in their own colors may have a demonstration on hair combing or singing and dancing upon guests' request and gratuity. Clients will enjoy the beautiful terrace rice fields after getting to the summit of Longji (Dragon's backbone).The terrace rice fields were first built in the Yuan Dynasty ( about 800 years ago) and completed in the Qing dynasty as the crystallization of the wisdom and labor of the Zhuang people. The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountaintop, with the highest place of an elevation of 885m and the lowest 380m. The coiling line spirals up from the mountain foot to the top, making the mountain looks like huge snail seen afar. Enjoy the hiking tours around Pingan village for the wonderful views. Further drive(half an hour) to Long Sheng hot Spring then enjoy the hot spring either in the pool or in your room.

Day 8 (B, L, )Guilin Full day Li River Cruise to Yangshuo with lunch aboard.
- Li River Cruise: Depart from your hotel in the morning. Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier(about 1 hour drive)for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise.You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields ,farms and villages with water buffalos,cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Disembark at the one-thousand-year-old town Yangshuo in the afternoon.

Day 9 (B, L, )Guilin / Nanjing Transfer via: Flight-on our arrangement Full day tours to the Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill,Reed Flute Cave with lunch. Be transferred to the airport for your flight to Nanjing. Arriving in Nanjing, be met & transferred to your hotel.
- Elephant Trunk Hill: Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blosom River, the whole hill looks very muh like a giant elephant with a long trunk, it is the symbol of Guilin city.
- Fubo Hill: You can see lots of rock stone carvings & Buddha statues since Tang Dynasty.Have a wonderful bird's-eye view of Guilin city if you climb to the summit.
- Reed Flute Cave: Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" where you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites,learn how they are formed.

Day 10 (B, L, )Nanjing Full day tours to visit Dr. Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) Mausoleum, Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing City Wall, The Zhonghua Gate, Confucius Temple, Qinhuai river, adjacent shopping center, & free market. Enjoy the folk music performance in the evening.
- Dr. Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) Mausoleum: The building was designed to be more impressive than those of the emperors whom the father of the Chinese republic overthrew. The mausoleum, 158 meters above sea level, has 392 steps and a five-meter-high statue, and is well worth visiting.
- Yangtze River Bridge: Built in 1968, it is the first bridge over the Yangtze River designed by Chinese architect. The Bridge overcomes the Yangtze River barrier and carries four traffic lanes with land and rail traffic.
- Nanjing City Wall: The longest ancient city wall in the world. It is 0.7 kilometers longer than Beijing's city wall and 1.7 kilometers longer than the wall in Paris.
- Zhonghua Gate: Zhonghua Gate, means Chinese gate, was the biggest and most splendid city gate of Nanji.

Day 11 (B, L, )Nanjing / Suzhou Transfer via: TrainK815(0933-1247)-on our arrangement Be transferred to the railway station fo your train to Suzhou.Arrive at Suzhou. Be met & have a cruise on the Grand Canal, then visit the Pan Gate, Lingering Garden,The No.1 Silk Factory,and enjoy the Garden Show in the evening.
- Grand Canal: The Grand Canal ranks alongside the Great Wall of China as the country's greatest engineering achievement and it is the longest man-made waterway in world.Cruising on the Canal,you can see the local people's life.
- Pan Gate: Pan Gate is an ancient city gate with land and water entrances. One gate with land and water entrances was quite typical in ancient China. Pan Gate is the only one left.
- Lingering Garden: Shouzhou is famous for its the Gardens. Lingering Garden is an elaborate succession of small gardens. Linging in the garden you would marver this unique architecture art.
- The No.1 Silk Factory: Suzhou is also famous for its silk production. In the factory you can see how the silk is processed from the silk worm to the final woven cloth.
- Garden Show: You can engjoy the tranditional Chinese darmars, folk instruments performance and so on in the Garden.

Day 12 (B, L, )Suzhou Take a 30 minutes Rickshaw ride then visit Ouyang£¬Hanshan Temple£¬& Tiger Hill.
- Rickshaw ride: Sitting on the rickshaw through the old town of Suzhou, you will see the small Hutongs,the open markets and the local people's life.
- Ouyuan: one of the famous garden in Suzhou, where you can see the local opera under the Pavilion of the Ou garden. Ouyuan:
- Tiger Hill: is one of the most famous sight of Suzhou, Entitled as "the most famous place in Wuzhong", also named "Surging Sea Hill", "Surging Sea Peak".
- Hanshan Temple: It used to be one of ten most famous temples in China where ther are a lot of cultural relics.

Day 13 (B, L, )Suzhou / Shanghai Transfer via: Van-on our arrangment Half day tour to Zhouzhuang. Be transferred to your Shanghai hotel.
- Zhouzhuang: Zhouzhuang is an ancient culture town in Southern China. The town is surrounded by water with many branching streams, stone bridges and old residence with black tiles and white wells.

Day 14 (B, L, )Shanghai Visit Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market & Oriental Pear TV Tower.
- Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.
- Yu Garden: It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history. Infront of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
- Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.

Day 15 (B, )Shanghai Leisure by yourself.

Day 16 (B, )Shanghai / Departure Transfer via: Flight-on your arrangement Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for the flight to your next destination.

Type	1 person ($)	2-5 persons($)	6-9 persons($)	10 up($)	Single room Supplement($)
Tourist Class	2671	2084	1724	0	525
Deluxe Class	2918	2338	1973	0	775
Superior Class	3538	2958	2567	0	1357
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