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Tour Introduction
Tour Name :8 Days of Best Selected Historical & World Culture Heritage Tour
Tour Code : HC04
Day 1 ( ) Arrival / Beijing
Transfer via: International flight- On your own arrangement Arrive at Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Enjoy your free time at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 2 (B, L, )Beijing
Full day trip to the Tian'anmen 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, )Beijing
Transfer via: PM Train (about 10hrs)
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Take evening train with soft sleepers to Taiyuan.
- 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, )Taiyuan
Arrive at Taiyuan. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Have city tours to the Double-Pagoda Temple, the Chunyang Palace.
- The Double-Pagoda Temple: It was originally called Yongzuo Temple, built in the 36th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1608). The two pagodas in the temple are considered the symbol of Taiyuan city.
- The Tianlongshan Grottoes: Cliff carvings that began in the 6th century and continued over the next 400 years.
- The Chunyang Palace: It was built to commemorate the Taoist priest Lu Chunyang of the Tang dynasty. Now it forms part of the Shanxi Museum.

Day 5 (B, L, )Taiyuan / Pingyao
Full day trip to the Jin Ancestral Temple, the Qiao's Grand Courtyard, the Shuanglin Temple. Arrive at Pingyao ancient town and check in your hotel.
- The Jin Ancestral Temple: It was originally started in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386 - 532 AD) to commemorate the memory of Shu Yu (Zhou Wu), the founder of the state of Jin.
- The Qiao's Grand Courtyard: With the area of 8724 square meters, the courtyard was the house of the richest family Qiao in Qing Dynasty in China. Though 2 centuries have been passed, it still keeps its original splendor in architectural style.
- The Shuanglin Temple: Standing for more than 1500 years, the temple is famous for more than 2,000 painted sculptures of precious value, representing Ming and Qing Dynasties' best. They are reputed as a "treasure reserve of the oriental painted sculptures".
- Pingyao ancient town: In the middle of Shanxi Province, it is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in China. It is the assembly place of folk houses in north China where rows upon

Day 6 (B, L, )Pingyao / Xi' an
Transfer via: PM Train (about 11hrs)
Visit the Ancient City Wall, the Rishengchang Draft Bank, the Mingqing Street. Take evening train with soft sleepers to Xi'an.
- The Ancient City Wall: The 6.4km-long wall was constructed in the third year of Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1370A.D.). It is one of the best-preserved ancient city walls in China.
- The Rishengchang Draft Bank: It was established in 1823. It was the biggest draft bank at that time and had been famous for "Hui Tong Tian Xia" (Business Connecting The Whole World).
- The Mingqing Street: It is the downtown thoroughfare and reserved quite well of the styles in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Day 7 (B, L, )Xi' an
Arrive at Xi'an,the ancient capital for 11 centuries,and the ancient gateway to the Silk Road full of Chinese legendary.
Today you are arranged to visit the Provincial Museum and the City Wall,the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Bell Tower. In the evening, go to visit the Tang Dynasty Show.

Day 8 (B, L, )Xi' an
Transfer via: flight- On your own arrangement
Xi'an's rich history comes alive on a visit to the greatest archaeological finding of the century: the army of terra cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
Take afternoon flight to your next destination.
Service Ends.
Type 1 person ($) 2-5 persons($) 6-9 persons($) 10 up($) Single room Supplement($)
Tourist Class 1240 750 557 0 108
Deluxe Class 1368 811 619 0 178
Superior Class 1560 930 737 0 252
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Length of Trip : 8
Destinations :Beijing, Pingyao, Xian

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