Terracotta soldiers, Xian

Day 01Entry Xian

Our guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you outside the baggage claim area at the Xian Airport according to your international (internal) flight schedule. Transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 2 nights stay. Visit On the way to the hotel, visit China's most completely preserved City Wall, which surrounded the downtown city as a circle. 

Meals: We do not arrange any meals for you today because of the different arrival flights.

Hotel: Grand New World Hotel (4 star)

Day 02Xian

Highlight morning excursion transfers you to visit the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century, the amazing Terracotta Soldiers Museum, which boasts the title of the World's Eighth Great Wonder. This afternoon, visit the landmark of this city - Big Wild Goose Pagoda. 

Specials: A la carte lunch, Dumpling Banquet and Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show (Address: No. 165, Wenyi Road, Xian, 710054)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Descriptions:
Terracotta Warriors - The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are no doubt the common wealth of man kind. Its significance can rival the Egyptian Pyramid and ancient Greek sculptures. They amply demonstrate the artistic talent and wonderful workmanship of Chinese people living over 2,000 years ago. They provide most precious physical materials to the study of politics, economy, science, culture, art and military in the Qin Dynasty. The discovery of it is the most spectacular archaeological finds in China in the 20th Century. Chinese people always consider it as the pride of the Chinese nation and priceless assert. 
 
Big Wild Goose Pagoda - Located in the west courtyard of the noted Da Ci'en Temple, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda looks simple and magnificent with distinctive features and the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. The pagoda was designed by the great hierarch Xuan Zang according to its Indian prototype. It was originally built into a five-storey pagoda, and then it was restored by Empress Wu Zetian. After many times of restorations in the Tang, Ming, Qing Dynasties, the square cone-shaped pagoda that greets us today has seven storeys.

Our clients on ancient City Wall, Xian

Day 03Xian - Luoyang

Excursion today will bring you to Shaanxi History Museum to aprreciate China's long history, which is considered as an obligation to be a showcase of China's ancient civilizations. Afternoon visit one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China - Great Mosque. Take your pace to taste the local flavor and search for the souvenirs at the bazaar nearby. Ride a soft sleeper train to Luoyang. TCG guide will wait for you at the railway station ahead of the train schedule and transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 2 nights stay. 

Speicials: A la carte lunch 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Hotel: Maple Leaf International Hotel (4 star)

Descriptions:
Shaanxi History Museum - The central exhibition hall of Shaanxi History Museum has its theme displays in the west part, with a total area of 2,500 square kilometers. Topic exhibitions are usually held there. By far, the museum has had many displays focusing on relics from Zhao Mausoleum, Tang tomb paintings, rare collection of pottery figurines and bronze wares, gold and silver objects of the Tang Dynasty, Tang women's costumes, new cultural relics unearthed in Shaanxi, as well as some exhibitions about other regions, such the Tibetan Buddhism in Qinghai and ethnic culture of Guangxi and Yunnan.
 
Great Mosque - Located near the Drum Tower, the Great Mosque is the largest and best preserved mosques of China. This tranquil site has served as the most important religious gathering place of the Muslim community in Xian for more than a millennium. However, the mosque extant today was primarily constructed in the Ming Dynasty.

Monks in Shaolin Temple, Luoyang

Day 04Luoyang

Take a whole day tour to visit the Chariot and Horse Pits, the White Horse Temple honored as the 'Founder's Home' and the 'Cradle of Buddhism' and explore Longmen Caves, one of the three major caves in China.
 
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Descriptions:
Chariot and Horse Pits - The royal Chariot and Horse Pit of Eastern Zhou Dynasty is located in the northeast part of Luoyang City. Based on these archeological discoveries, a museum was built to display the giant horses and chariots sacrificial pits of over two thousand years ago.

White Horse Temple - Reputed as the 'number one temple' in China, the White Horse Temple in eastern part of Luoyang is the first temple invested and built by the court after Buddhism was introduced to China. It was over 1,900 year ago in Yongping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and later became the center of China's Buddhist activities. The construction of the temple exerted great impact on the spread of Buddhist culture and exchange of international culture.

Longmen Caves - Located 13 kilometers south of Luoyang City, Longmen Caves is among the four most noted grottoes in China, showcasing the prosperity of Buddhism and Buddhist art in Northern Wei Dynasty 1,500 years ago. The whole work lasted over 400 years, leaving us some 2,300 caves and niches filled with countless Buddha images and inscriptions. Longmen Caves are highly praised to be the oriental Buddhist art treasury, a shining gem of world cultural heritage.

Longmen Caves, Luoyang

Day 05Luoyang Exit

You will have a chance to appreciate the exciting Shaolin martial arts in Shaolin Temple today. Private transfer takes you to the airport and your pleasant China tour ends here. 

Meals: Breakfast

Descriptions: 
Shaolin Temple - This is the most famous temple of China. First built in 495, it was greatly expanded since Bodhidharma, a famous Indian monk and the patriarch of Chinese Zen, came to impart Zen Buddhism in China. Shaolin Temple has gained fame throughout the world in early Tang Dynasty, now, reputed as the 'ancestral temple' of Zen.