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13 Days Ancient China Plus Lhasa & Shanghai Tour: Beijing-Xian-Lhasa-Shanghai

TopDay 1 Arrive at Beijing (D) Flight: TBA BY YOURSELF

Today’s Tour: Airport/train Station To Hotel Transfer, Nanluoguxiang Hutong, Wangfujing Street Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants Accomodation: Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing
Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing: Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing is a courtyard-style establishment, surrounded by thousand-year-old trees. The hotel has retained its old-world charm, but at the same time, merged it with contemporary architecture and designs. We cater to both the business and leisure travelers, focusing on clean and comfortable accommodations while providing high-quality service and amenities at a competitive price. Airport/train Station To Hotel Transfer: You will be met by your English-speaking guide and escorted to your hotel. Have a welcome dinner and get to know your guide and the city, check your itinerary with the guide, and begin your wonderful journey! Nanluoguxiang Hutong: Nanluogu Xiang (South Gong and Drum Lane, Nanluogu Alley) is among one of the oldest hutongs around and has a history of over 800 years. This 800-meter long North-South alleyway is filled with bars, cafes, restaurants, artsy little shops, souvenir shops and cute boutiques. It's worth to spend an hour or two walking through the little alley ways and hutongs around it.Wangfujing Street: Stretching from Dongan Street in the south to the Chinese Art Gallery in the north, Wangfujing Street is the most famous shopping center in Beijing. This 810-meter long street is called “China No.1 Street” due to the large number of shops and the large flow of customers. It is well-known all over China for its comprehensiveness, fashion, high quality and sophisticated cultural activities.
Nanluoguxiang Hutong
Wangfujing Street C
Wangfujing Street
Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing Deluxe Room
Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing Building

TopDay 2 Beijing (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Panjiayuan Market , Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches), Temple of Heaven , Tian'anmen Square Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Panjiayuan Market : Panjiayuan Market is the biggest flea market in China. Sellers in the market are from a variety of backgrounds, such as the following ethnic minority groups: Hui, Miao, Dong, Uyghur, Mongolian, and Korean. You can find as many collectables here as you want with a reasonable price.(The best time to visit Panjiayuan Market is at weekend.) Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches): Built between 1406 and 1420, the Forbidden City was the palace of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, a period extending over 500 years. The atmosphere created by the many temples, halls and courtyards - not to mention the colors of the tiles, roofs and painted wood - is unique, leaving you with a lasting impression of imperial China. The palace has over 9000 rooms. Treasure Houses takes up about 220 square metres. There are more than 440 treasures on display belonged to Qing dynasty royalty,most of which have not never been on display in the past time. Hall of Clocks and Wathches: It is located in the east of the Inner Court outside the Gate of Respect Movement (Jing Yun Men). This exhibition hall houses about 200 clocks and watches from the imperial collection. Those watches and clocks are mostly made in Switzerland, England, France, the U.S and Japan, with some Chinese made timepieces on display as well.Temple of Heaven : a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations, and had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries. You can see lots of Beijingers practicing Taichi in the morning and you can join them.Tian'anmen Square: The heart of urban Beijing and large enough to accommodate an assembly of one million people. It stands in front of the Forbidden City, at its north the Tiananmen Rostrum, from which imperial decrees were promulgated.
Panjiayuan Market
Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches)
Temple of Heaven
Tian'anmen Square

TopDay 3 Beijing (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Mutianyu Great Wall, Ding Tomb, Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip) Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Mutianyu Great Wall: Located in Huairou County 70km northeast of Beijing, Mutianyu section of Great Wall is connected with Juyongguan Pass in the west and Gubeikou Gateway in the east. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, Mutianyu section of Great Wall used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs. First built in the mid-6th during the Northern Qi dynasty, Mutianyu Great Wall is older, less crowded, more original than Badaling Great Wall.Ding Tomb: Also known as the “13 Tombs”, this is the burial site of 13 Emperors of the Ming Dynasty. The tombs are located at the Tianshou Mountain of Changping District. From 1409, the first tomb called “Changling Tomb” was built and the last tomb called “Siling Tomb” was constructed in 1644. Altogether, there are now 13 tombs of Emperors, 23 of Empresses, 2 of Princes, about 30 concubines, and eunuch. Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip): You can take cable car up and down to experience a birdview of the less untouched Great Wall at Mutianyu section.
Mutianyu Great Wall
Mutianyu Great Wall A
Ding Tomb
Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip)

TopDay 4 Beijing -- Xian (B,D) Flight: TBA BY US

Today’s Tour: Summer Palace, National Stadium (Bird's Nest), National Cubic, Hutong Tour Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants Accomodation: Citylion International Hotel
Citylion International Hotel: Citylion International Hotel opened in 2004, it's located in the busiest commercial and downtown area of the city,the hotel is just 10 minutes by car from the train station and 40 minurtes from the airport.The main building of Citylion International Hotel is eight-story high with a one-story basement, covering a total area of over 18,000 square meters. Citylion International Hotel with a capacity of 170 rooms, provides a whole chain of accommodation, entertainment, dining and shopping for businessmen as well as tourists. with both authentic European and American food, traditional Chinese food in restaurants. The guests have an easy access to other facilities such as gym, sauna, spa, beauty salon. Summer Palace: The Forbidden City (zijinchéng) was the Chinese imperial palace of 24 Emperors from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Also known as the Imperial Palace (Gùgong), it is the largest and best-preserved collection of ancient buildings in China. Covering an area of 720,000 square meters, there remain 980 buildings and 8704 rooms in this palace, with a city wall of 10 meters high in four directions and a moat of 52 meters in width. There set four huge gates on the four sides, among which Meridian Gate (Wu men) in the south and Divine Might Gate (Shenwu men) in the north are open as the entrances for tourists. Tiananmen also serves as the main entrance of the Forbidden City in the south. National Stadium (Bird's Nest): Located at the southern part of the Olympic Green in Beijing, the National Stadium is the main stadium of the 29th Olympiad in 2008. Occupying an area of 21 hectares, it has a floor space of 258,000 square meters. Its seating capacity amounts to 91,000, including 11,000 temporary seats. National Cubic: China is situated in eastern Asia on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, with an area of 9.6 million square kilometers. China's continental coastline extends for about 18,000 kilometers, and its vast sea surface is studded with more than 5,000 Islands, of which Taiwan and Hainan are the largest. Hutong Tour: You will travel by taking a rickshaw or called pedicab, visit a local famliy in a traditional courtyard, talk to the host and hostess, perhaps on your are interested in topics such as a beijinger's daily life, etc. Finally we will climp up the Drum Tower where you can have a bird's eye view of the old Beijing city.
Summer Palace
National Stadium (Bird's Nest)
National Cubic
Hutong Tour-Roger Family
Citylion International Hotel

TopDay 5 Xian (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Xian City Wall , Shaanxi History Museum , Terra Cotta Warriors Museum Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Xian City Wall : Xian City Wall is the best-preserved ancient city wall in China and also the largest and most complete military facility in the world. You can hire a bike and bike on it. But we do not recommend that as it damages the wall. Shaanxi History Museum : Some of the most representative artistic treasures in the Shaanxi History Museum are murals, bronzes, terracotta status, ceramics, construction materials through successive dynasties, coins and currency, calligraphy, paintings and scrolls and so on. These relics have been exhibited in other countries and regions such as Japan, France, United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. Terra Cotta Warriors Museum : The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuang (the First Emperor of China of the Qin Dynasty) can be traced back to 210 BC. The pits of them were discovered in 1974 by local farmers near Xi’an City. They are close to the Qinshihuang Mausoleum. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are funerary clay figures buried with the First Qinshihuang, the purpose of which was to help rule another empire with Qinshihuang after his death.
Xian City Wall
Shaanxi History Museum
Terra Cotta Warriors Museum Bronze Horses
Terra Cotta Warriors Museum

TopDay 6 Xian (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Xi’an Great Mosque and Street, Muslim Street, Grand Courtyard Of The Gao Family, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Forest of Stone Steles Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Xi’an Great Mosque and Street: The Great Mosque of Xian dates back to the 8th century and the city's original Muslim population may be the descendants of Arab soldiers of that time, their numbers reinforced by traders and converts to Islam on the ancient Silk Road, when the city of Xian was the eastern terminus of this once great trunk road between East and West.es. Muslim Street: Xian's Muslim Quarter, north of the Drum Tower, is home to around 30,000 people of the city's Hui (Chinese Muim) population.The narrow, twisting streets are full of butcher's shops, restaurants, food stalls, sesame -oil factories, souvenir shops and tea shops. The area is a great place to stroll day or night to shop or soak up the unique atmosphere of this historic area. Grand Courtyard Of The Gao Family: Gao’s Grand Courtyard is one of the well-preserved courtyard in Xi’an. In 1966, this residence was nationalized. And in 1999, it was listed as a key project of Sino-Norway protection of historical districts. The courtyard was restored and the project won the prize for Cultural Heritage Protection in Asian Pacific Area of 2002 by UNESCO.Big Wild Goose Pagoda: It was initially built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty and was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, adding 5 stories. After an earthquake, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was repaired during the Ming Dynasty in a large scale. Currently, the pagoda is 64 meters high it offers the gorgeous views of Xi’an looking from the top. Forest of Stone Steles: The biggest collection of stone books in China, the Stele Museum was set up in 1090AD to protect the scriptures of Tang Dynasty. More than 2,300 pieces of art works from 8 dynasties are displayed here. As there are so many stone tablets standing together, Chinese call it Stone Tablet Forest or Stele Forest. It is also the earliest museum of its kind in China.
Xi’an Great Mosque
Muslim Street
Grand Courtyard Of The Gao Family
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Forest of Stone Steles

TopDay 7 Xian -- Lhasa (B,L,D) Flight: TBA BY US

Today’s Tour: Nietang Big Buddha, Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants Accomodation: Shangbala Hotel
Shangbala Hotel: Surrounded by the Potala Palace, the Jokhang Monastery and the Barkhor Street, the three-star hotel covers an construction area of 8000 square meters. Its convenient transportation and advanced equipments make it an ideal accommodation for the guests. Nietang Big Buddha: Nietang Buddha, named after Mt. Nietang 40 km (24.85 miles) southwest of Lhasa city, is the biggest stone statue engraved on a cliff in Tibet. Located at the north foot of Nietang Mountain, it is the first attraction to welcome visitors to Lhasa. Almost every passenger wants to get off the bus to get closer to it and take a photo as a souvenir. The statue is 8 meters (about 26 feet) in width and 9.8 meters (around 32 feet) in height including the base, 1.3 meters (4.27 feet). With its striking colour it can be seen clearly several miles away.
Nietang Big Buddha B
Nietang Big Buddha A
Shangbala Hotel Standard Room
Shangbala Hotel Building

TopDay 8 Lhasa (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Barkhor Street, Jokhang Temple, Potala Palace Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Barkhor Street: Seating at the city center of Lhasa, Barkhor Street (Chinese pinyin: Ba jiao jie) is the best-preserved ancient street in Tibet. Even today, you can see local Tibetans selling aweto, Perry, Tibetan swords, bracelets, aprons, Tibetan shoes and clothes, and so on and so on. This is the biggest local market for you to explore the local customs of Tibet. Jokhang Temple: Located at the city center of Lhasa, Jokhang Temple (Chinese pinyin: Da zhao si) is the first Buddhist temple in Tibet and considered as the most sacred and spiritual temple for Tibetans. Its fame equals to that of the Potala Palace and in 2000, it was also inscribed into the World Heritage List. The Great Prayer Festival celebrated from the 8th to the 15th day of the first Tibetan month is held at Jokhang Temple. During the festival, disciples from all over Tibet or China will come to worship the Sakyamuni Buddha. Potala Palace: Erected at the Red Mountain of Lhasa, the Potala Palace is the symbol of Lhasa. It is a religious and administrative complex, the significance of which equals to that of the Great Wall and the Imperial Palace. The Potala Palace has long been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The ancient Potala Palace presents to visitors not only its resplendent constructions, but also the precious cultural relics stored in the palace. It is the essence of Tibetan ancient architecture and the treasure house of Tibetan art.
Jokhang Temple Corner
Jokhang Temple Studying
Potala Palace Corner
Potala Palace

TopDay 9 Lhasa (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Lhasa Carpet Factory, Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery , Norbulingka Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Lhasa Carpet Factory: The carpets made in Tibet are among one the 3 best kinds of carpets in the world. In a Lhasa Carpet Factory, hundreds of experienced weavers use the traditional looms to weave carpets. All the carpets are hand-made in different sizes and designs and for different purposes. Cushions, rugs, shawls, simple decorations… they can be used in various ways as long as you are good at imagining.Drepung Monastery: Situated at the foot of Mount Gephel and 5 kilometers from the western suburb of Lhasa, Drepung Monastery (Chinese pinyin: Zhe bang si) is the largest monastery in the world. Being one of the three great monasteries of Tibet, Drepung Monastery takes up an area of 250, 000 square meters. The numerous cultural relics stored in Drepung Monastery add to its prestige. The exquisite statues and colorful murals on the walls all present the profound wisdom of the Tibetans.Sera Monastery : Located in the northern suburb 3 kilometers to Lhasa, Sera Monastery (Chinese pinyin: Se la si) is one of the three great monasteries of Tibet, the other two being Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Covering an area of about 115,000 square meters, Sera Monastery once housed 8,000 monks. There are colleges, residential rooms, and Doctrine Halls inside the monastery. Lama debating is going on every afternoon beginning at 3:00 except Sunday in the courtyard of Sera Monastery. Visiting Sera Monastery, tourists can experience the religious and cultural atmosphere in the popular scenic spot of Tibet. Norbulingka: Norbulingka Park (Chinese pinyin: Luo bu lin ka) was once the summer retreat of the Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the late 1950s. Covering a total area of 360,000 square meters, Norbulingka is the biggest park in Tibet that enjoys the most beautiful scenery and the largest number of historic relics. In 2001, Norbulingka was inscribed into the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Norbulingka Park is of significant cultural value. Not only does it embraces attractive scenery, but also reflects the ethnical and religious features of the Tibetans.
Lhasa Carpet Factory
Drepung Monastery
Sera Monastery
Norbulingka Garden

TopDay 10 Lhasa -- Shanghai (B,L,D) Flight: TBA BY US

Today’s Tour: Tibet Museum, Tibetan Medicine Hospital Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants Accomodation: Shanghai Hengsheng Peninsula International Hotel
Shanghai Hengsheng Peninsula International Hotel: Shanghai HengSheng Peninsula International Hotel is located in the center of Shanghai with easy access to the Bund, Nanjing Road shopping mall and Sichuan Road shopping street. Our hotel is just 30 minutes by car from Hongqiao Airport and 60 minutes from Pudong International Airport. HengSheng Peninsula International Hotel is an idea place for you to stay——whether for business or leisure. Several minutes walk to the Bund and Nanjing Road. Tibet Museum: Located at the southeast corner of Norbulingka, Lhasa city, Tibet Museum is a modern museum. The Tibet Museum has attracted an increasing number of people from overseas because the unique Tibetan culture it exhibits. In this museum, there are Tibetan, English, Japanese, and Chinese interpreters so as to help visitors from around China and all over the world to better understand the splendid culture of Tibet. Tibetan Medicine Hospital: Tibetan medicine, an important part of the Chinese medical tradition, has been evolving for nearly 3,000 years. During the third century BC, a primitive medical system had existed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, comprising theories on daily life, food and drink, and health care. Although a complete medical theory had not yet formed, simple therapies were used such as blood-letting, massage, using butter to stop bleeding, and using distillers' grains from highland barley to treat wounds. They had also hypothesized that "toxins and medicines co-exist."
Tibet Museum
Tibetan Medicine Hospital
Shanghai Hengsheng Peninsula International Hotel Twin Room
Shanghai Hengsheng Peninsula International Hotel Building

TopDay 11 Shanghai (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Jade Buddha Temple, Chenghuang Miao, Yu Garden, The Bund, Nanjing Road Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Jade Buddha Temple: There are two jade Buddha statues in the Jade Buddha Temple which were imported from Burma in 1882: the sitting Buddha and the reclining Buddha. They are considered as treasure in the art of Buddhism. The Tripitaka Sutra published in the reign of Emperor Qianlong is kept in the Jade Buddha Temple in full text, consisting of 7,000 volumes in total. There are also the Meditation Hall, Vegetarian Canteen, Charity and Virtue Hall, Bronze Buddha Hall and Hall of Goddess of Mercy and so on.Chenghuang Miao: Shanghai City God Temple (Chenghuang Miao) is a Taoist temple known for its long history and grand architecture. The temple is also a traditionally commercial district that hosts annual temple fair events and a range of shops, restaurants, teahouses. Most of the buildings of the stores have a history of more than a hundred years old. Yu Garden: Yuyuan Garden locates near the City God Temple in Shanghai. It is one of the more exquisite gardens in Southern China with a history of over 40 years. Although repaired for many times, each hall, pavilion, stream, stone and so on in the garden expresses the essence of the landscape design of the Ming and Qing Dynasty in Southern China. The Bund: The Bund (Wai tan) is the one of the best-known landmarks that cannot be missed in Shanghai. It is considered as China’s “Wall Street”. The architectures on the Bund are described as an “Exhibition of World Architecture”. It is a busy commercial street during daytime. But, when the lights of various colors are on at night, the buildings at the Bund along the Huangpu River are just like crystal palaces, reflecting a sense of luxury and elegance. The Bund symbolizes that Shanghai is the fastest-developing city in China. Nanjing Road: West Nanjing Road features a number of up-market shopping centers, office buildings, and some other retail outlets. Many of Shanghai’s oldest and largest department stores are located at East Nanjing Road. Despite, there is a variety of domestic retail outlets and some traditional delicacies with a long history. The Park Hotel there is Shanghai’s most well-known historical hotels.
Jade Buddha Temple
Chenghuang Miao
Yu Garden
The Bund
Nanjing Road

TopDay 12 Shanghai (B,L,D)

Today’s Tour: Jinmao Tower(Top View), Shanghai DuoLun Cultural Celebrity Street, Shanghai Museum, M50 Chunming Roving Factory Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Jinmao Tower(Top View): Shanghai Jin Mao Tower, 420.5 meters in height, is the third highest building in mainland China. It is an intelligent building combining office space, hotel, and exhibition center, entertainment, sightseeing, and shopping together. The five-star Shanghai Grand Hyatt Hotel, occupying from floor 53 to floor 87 with 555 rooms, is the highlight of the Jin Mao Tower. Shanghai DuoLun Cultural Celebrity Street: Shanghai DuoLun Road -- Cultural Celebrity Street (formerly named Doulean Road transliteration)is a small street in Shanghai, near the North Sichuan Road. It is stated that"a hundred years' history of Shanghai, witnessed in Duolun Road, a very small street". There were many renowned Scholars and literary men lived in this small street in early 20 century. Such as,the literary giants, Luxun, Maodun, Guo mo-ruo and Ye sheng-tao etc. and the authors of "The Left-wing Authors Alien, etc.Shanghai Museum: The perfectly-symmetrical Shanghai Museum houses over 120,000 cultural artifacts and period pieces, as well as a collection of more than 200,000 books on Chinese art and history in its massive library. Its three world-class exhibition halls host exciting exhibitions throughout the year, and its 11 state-of-the-art galleries feature impressive permanent collections that include paintings, ancient calligraphies, bronze and jade collections, ceramics, old coins and over 100 pieces of furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties.M50 Chunming Roving Factory: Shanghai Chunming Roving Factory is located at No.50 Moganshan Road on the south bank of the Suhe Creek. Its occupied area is 35.45-mou. It owns 41,000sq.m. industrial buildings that were built in different historical stage since 1930s. It grew out of the former Xinhe Spinning Mill, a Zhou-family enterprise and a representative of the merchants from Huizhou prefecture of Anhui province. It was renamed Xinhe Cotton Mill, Shanghai No.12 Woolen Mill and Shanghai Chunming Roving Factory after liberation.
Jinmao TowerTop View
Shanghai Museum

TopDay 13 Departure Shanghai (B) Flight: TBA BY YOURSELF

Today’s Tour: Hotel to Airport/Train Station Transfer Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel
Hotel to Airport/Train Station Transfer: You will be escorted to the airport/train station for your flight/train to your next destination. Please double check your luggage, stuffs, visa and passport.
B=breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner