Tour: 8 days China Essence tour

Pick up  from airport in Beijing by our driver and tour guide, then transfer to hotel for check in, free at leisure.

Meals:
Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner
Visit Places:Tianan men square,Forbidden city, Summer palace
Itinerary:
1.Pick up you from hotel in 8:30 am.
2.Then go to visit Tian an men square,Forbidden city .
3.After lunch, drive to visit Summer palace.
4.Enjoy famous Beijing Roast Duck dinner. Enjoy acrobatic show in evening.
5.Pick up travelers from hotels at 18:00-18:30.The show lasts about one and half hours.
6.After the show, transferred back to your hotel. Program Duration:7:15pm-8: 30pm
7.Transffer you back to hotel.
Acrobatics Introduction:
Acrobatics is an interactive art form. Whether you are old or young, educated or illiterate, you can appreciate it as long as you can see. There is no language barrier and cultural border.The history of acrobatics in China can be traced back to Neolithic times. It is believed that acrobatics grew out of the labor and self-defense skills that the people practiced and demonstrated during their leisure time.
Tiananmen Square Introduction:
Tiananmen Square occupies an area of 44 hectares (440,000 square meters),big enough to hold (half) a million people. Mao climbed atop the 'gate of Heavenly Peace' to proclaim the foundation of the People's Republic of China On October 1st.1949. On the square's north end is the Gate of Heavenly Peace, which towards to the Forbidden City. In the centre of the square is the 40m-high Monument to the People's Heroes. South of the monument is the Chairman Mao's Mausoleum, where you can peer at the embalmed figure of the Great Helmsman in his glass casket.  On the square's east side house is Chinese history and revolution Museum, and on the west is the Great Hall of the People.
Forbidden City Introduction:
The Forbidden City which was built in 1420. It is the abode of total 24 Ming and Qing emperors of the Celestial Empire. Enclosed behind its moat and 9.9m high walls are 980 buildings, vast courtyards and long corridors that occupy a total area of 720,000 square meters. Besides its massive scale and historical significance, the Forbidden City strikes the imagination by its design. Its dramatic color scheme of vermilion wallls, white marble terraces and staircases and brilliant yellowtiled roofs create one of the world's most beautiful architectural complexes.The last emperor Puyi left the Forbidden city in 1924, 11 years after his abdication and the establishment of the Republic of China, after Puyi's departure, the Forbidden city, which had long been off-limits to most mortals, was opened to the public, Hence its current Chinese name, gugong bowuyuan, meaning 'the palace Museum'
Summer Palace Introduction:
Summer Palace-20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing. It was built in the reign of Emperor Qianglong of Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in reign of Emperor Guangxu and was listed as a World Cultural Heritage in 1998. Summer palace is a wonderful place to explore, as long ago as the Yuan dynasty, officials set up their private gardens in the scenic area, but the summer palace didn’t take on its present appearance until the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty. He deepened the park’s manmade lake and added building to serve as a ‘country home’ for his mother, though it would be the Empress Dowager Cixi who would have the biggest impact on the palace’s appearance.

Tiananmen Square 2008-10-21 19:56:34

Forbidden City 2008-10-21 19:56:09

Summer Palace 2008-10-21 19:55:45

Visit Places:Great wall and Ming Tombs
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch
Itinerary:
1.Pick up you from hotel in 8:30 am.and then drive to the Great Wall (60 miles away from downtown, about one and a half hour driving). Tour guide explain the sightseeings along the tour.
2.Driving to restaurant nearby the Ming Tomb and having typical Chinese lunch (50 minutes).
3.Driving (20minutes) to the Ming Tombs
4.Driving the travelers back to your hotel.
Badaling Great Wall Introduction:
Badaling Great Wall is located at Yanqing County, more than 70 kilometers northwest from the center of Beijing City. The wall of Badaling has a total length of 3, 741 meters with an average height of 8 meters The highest part is 15 meters. The total area for a tour is 19, 000 square meters. The top of the wall can permit five horses to be ridden abreast.Badaling was the earliest section to be open to the tourists among all the parts of the whole Great Wall. 130 million tourists from China and abroad have visited Badaling; 370 foreign leaders and very important persons have come to climb Badaling successively.  Cable car is optional to get the top to have a bird view of the wall. Drive 30 minutes to local restaurant to have typical Chinese lunch.
Ming Tombs Introduction:
The tombs of 13 Ming dynasty emperors and their consorts are scattered in the southern foothills of Yianshou Mountain northwest of Beijing. Two of the 13, Changling and Dingling, are excavated open to the public.In front of Changling, the largest of the 13 Tombs, is the marble-based 1,956 square meters Ling En Hall built 570 years ago. It is built of very precious wood and is China's largest wooden structure. Dingling is the tomb of Zhu Yijun, the 13th Ming emperor. It consists of similar surface structure and a Underground Palace. The whole palace is built compeletely with stone, and not a single piece of wood is used. There are no beams and the ceiling is arched. The unearthed relics, including porcelains, jade carvings, silk, woman's head-dresses decorated with golden phoenixes and jewels, wooden seals, and other precious article, are now on display in the Dingling museum.

Great Wall 2008-10-21 19:54:22

Ming Tomb 2008-10-21 19:54:06

Activities:
Take Flight to Xian, visit City wall and the Great Mosque
Meals:Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner
Itinerary:
1.Take Flight to Xian in morning,then transffered to hotel.
2.After lunch goto visit City wall and the Great Mosque.
3.Pick up you from the hotel .Visit ancient City Wall 
4.Then visit the Great Mosque 
5.Transffered to hotel after dinner.
City Wall Introduction:
After the establishment of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang followed his advice and began to enlarge the wall built initially during the old Tang dynasty (618 -907), creating the modern Xian City Wall. It's the most complete city wall that has survived in China, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.
Great Mosque Introduction:
Great Mosque Located in Muslim district along Huajue lane, the Great mosque is short walk form the Drum tower and the bell tower at the center of town, The mosque, which is still an active place of worship and was established by the Tang dynasty in AD 742 for Muslim traders from Central Asia who settled in XI'an. Inside the Great Mosque compound it is difficult to tell that the buildings are Islamic because it was built according to traditional Chinese architectural forms and many of the Islamic symbols are Sinicized,the area surrounding the mosque is called Huifang and has a distinct Muslim atmosphere, with small tree lined lanes crowded with restaurants and shops that are alive with activity

City Wall 2008-10-21 19:52:51

Great Mosque 2008-10-21 19:52:33

Visit Places:Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum,Huaqing hot spring
Meals:Breakfast,Lunch 
Itinerary:
1.Pick up you from hotel in 8:30 am.
2.Then go to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses
3.After lunch goto visit Huaqing hot spring.
4.Transffered to hotel.
Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum Introduction:
The terracotta warriors were created by the first Emperor of China. The Terracotta Army has lain underground for more than 2000 years. However, in 1974, farmers digging a well uncovered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world. The first part of the Terracotta Army site to be discovered was named Vault One. In 1976, two other vaults were uncovered 20-25 meters from Vault One, and were named Vault Two and Vault Three. The Terracotta Army figures supply abundant and detailed artifacts for the study of the military, cultural and economic history of that period.
Huaqing Hot Spring Introduction:
Located at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lindong County of Shaanxi Province, 30 kilometers from Xian, Huaqing Hot Springs is a state place of interest as well as scenic spot. The hot springs are famous because of Yang Guifei, a regular guest and the central character in one of China's most enduring legends of ill-fated love.The spring water contains limes, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, and other materials, which makes it suitable for bathing and the treatment of quite a few diseases such as dermatosis, rheumatism arthritis, and muscular pain.

HuaQing Hot Spring 2008-10-21 19:40:00

Terracotta Warriors and Horses 2008-10-21 19:39:04

Take Flight to Shanghai ,transferred to hotel.

Pick up you from hotel in 8:30 am.
Visit Places:the Bund, Yu Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Museum. 
Yu Garden Introduction:classical Chinese garden in Shanghai, around which a nice shopping mall for all kinds of light products, specialties and local snacks.
The Bund Introduction: the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.Visit the Shanghai Pearl Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.
Shanghai Museum Introduction: The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy. with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics.

Transffered to hotel.

Shanghai Museum 2008-10-21 19:50:02

The Bund 2008-10-21 19:49:38

Yu Garden 2008-10-21 19:48:32

Meal:Breakfast

Transferred to airport for departure, may you have a good trip.