14-Day China Private Tour of Shanghai, Xi’an, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Beijing

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Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

Welcome to Shanghai, your local guide will meet you at the airport or railway station, they will escort you to the hotel that we have booked for you.

Attractions: Yu Garden, The Bund, Nanjing Road, People’s Square, Shanghai Museum, French Concession, Tianzifang

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Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

After breakfast, we will pick you up at your hotel lobby at the specified time. Today, the first stop is to visit Shanghai Museum. The exhibition area is 12000 square meters, the first floor is the ancient Chinese bronze Hall, the ancient Chinese sculpture hall and the exhibition hall; The second floor is the ancient Chinese ceramics Hall, the temporary ceramic hall and the exhibition hall; The third floor is the Chinese calligraphy Museum, the Chinese Painting Museum and the Seal Museum of the Chinese dynasties; The fourth floor is a comprehensive museum with the jade Museum of ancient China, the Coin Museum of ancient China, the Furniture museum of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Arts and Crafts Museum of Chinese minorities and the exhibition hall.

Afterwards, we will take you to Yuyuan Garden, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years as of 2015. Yu Garden's green layout is reasonable, plants are properly configured, and the level is clear. It is characterized by many ancient trees and famous trees, large bonjing, and flowers. There are also more than 40 ancient buildings in the garden, such as ear Hall, iron Lion, fast building, moon building, jade Linglong, jade water gallery, listening to Tao Pavilion, Hanbi building, inner garden Jingguan Hall, ancient opera stage, pavilions and pavilions as well as rockery and pond.

Afterwards, we will take you to another famous landmark in Shanghai - Nanjing Road, a very busy commercial district and a great place to experience the modern atmosphere of the area. For the last tour, we will stop at The Bund. The Bund is located on the banks of the Huangpu River in Huangpu District of Shanghai, that is, the Outer Huangpu Beach, which is a Chinese historical and cultural district. It is one of the landmarks of Shanghai.

Attractions: the Shanghai History Museum

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Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

This afternoon you will visit the Shanghai History Museum. The appearance of the building of the Shaanxi History Museum deliberately highlights the elegance of the Tang Dynasty. Chang'an has been the capital of emperors and kings since ancient times, and has been the capital of thirteen feudal dynasties such as the Zhou, the Qin, the Han, the Sui, and the Tang Dynasties, etc, which has a wealth of cultural relics above and below the ground, forming a unique historical and cultural landscape in Shaanxi.

Attractions:Terracotta Warriors, Xi’an City Wall, Wild Goose Pagoda North Square

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Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

You will have ample time to visits Terracotta Warriors.The countless numbers of terracotta figurines and horses have been painstakingly painted. The colour of the faces, hands and feet of the terracotta figurines is pink, showing the texture of the muscles. The colouring of the face is especially wonderful. Even the pupils of the eyes are painted vividly. The hair, beard and eyebrows of the terracotta figurines are all black. The overall colour looks gorgeous and harmonious. At the same time, the terracotta figurines painted also pay attention to the contrast of tones, individual differences between the whole, the different colours of the costumes form a sharp contrast, enhancing the artistic impact.

Drive back to the downtown to visit the Xi’an City Wall, the largest and best-preserved ancient city wall in China, is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Then walk around Wild Goose Pagoda North Square, from which you can have a panoramic view of Big Wild Goose Pagoda. 

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Hotel: Overnight in Dunhuang

Enjoy your own time in the morning. Be transferred to the airport for a 2.5 hours flight to Dunhuang.

Attractions:Yumenguan Pass, Dunhuang Yadan National Geologic Park

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Hotel: Overnight in Dunhuang

Today, you will firstly have a 3-hour driving to the Yumenguan Pass. Because Hetian jade was imported from here to the Central Plains since ancient times, it is called the Jade Gate Pass.And then, continue to experience the charming Dunhuang Yadan National Geologic Park, commonly known as Dunhuang Yadan Devil City. It is an important part of Dunhuang Global Geopark in China. At the same time, it is also one of the three most beautiful Yadan landforms in China.

Attractions: Mogao Grottoes

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Hotel: Overnight in Turpan

Today, you will visit to Mogao Grottoes. It is famous for its exquisite murals and statues. It was built in the sixteen States before the Qin period, after the sixteen States, the Northern Dynasty, Sui, Tang, five dynasties, Western Xia, Yuan and other dynasties of construction. With 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals and 2,415 clay colored sculptures, it is the largest and richest Buddhist art site in the world.

Attractions: Gaochang Ancient City, Bezeklik Cave, Flaming Mountain

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Hotel: Overnight in Turpan

After breakfast, visit Gaochang Ancient City (2 hours) - which was a crucial garrison town on the Silk Road. And then, go to have a trip to Bezeklik Caves. Kizil Grottoes has four grotto areas, officially numbered 236 grottoes, most of the statues have been destroyed, there are 81 grottoes with exquisite murals, for the cultural heritage of the ancient Guzi State. Kizil Grottoes has long history and heavy cultural and artistic background.

After that, continue to visit Flaming Mountain. Xinjiang Flaming Mountain is the most famous attraction in Turpan. Located at the northern edge of the Turpan Basin, on the northern route of the ancient Silk Road, it is mainly composed of reddish sandstone, conglomerate and mudstone from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary periods of the Mesozoic Era. Locals call it "Kyzyltag", meaning "Red Mountain".

Attractions: Emin Minaret, Karez Well

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Hotel: Overnight in Urumqi

Today, you will visit Emin Minaret (Sugong Pagoda), which was built in 1778 A.D. and has a history of more than 230 years. It was built by the famous Uyghur patriot Emin and Zhuo, the king of Turpan County, in order to repay the favour of the Qing Dynasty, express his piety to Allah and to make his lifelong performance known to the future generations, and he paid 7000 taels of silver for the construction of the pagoda.

Continue to the Karez Well. Karez Well is a kind of underground water conservancy project created during the long historical development of the working people in arid lands. Karez Well drew out the groundwater and turned the desert into an oasis, which was called "well canal" in ancient times.

Attractions: Heavenly Lake, Erdaoqiao Grand Bazaar

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Hotel: Overnight in Urumqi

Today, you will visit the holy Heavenly Lake, known as "Yaochi" in ancient times, is located in Fukang City, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang. In ancient Chinese mythology,Heavenly Lake is also the place where the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven bathed. The lake reflects the Bogda Peak, surrounded by spruce. The scenery is like a fairyland. The scenic area encompasses alpine lakes, wetland meadows, forest canyons and other natural landscapes, and in 2013, the scenic area was named a National Geopark by the state.

You will then have chance to take a short visit to Erdaoqiao Grand Bazaar. In the 21st century, Erdaoqiao, has become Urumqi City, a shining city card from domestic and foreign tourists, as long as the Urumqi, will go to the Erdaoqiao walk round, feel the unique ethnic customs of Xinjiang!

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Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

In the morning, take a 3.5- hour flight to Beijing. And then, enjoy you leisure visit to Hutong Tour by rickshaw.

Attractions: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven

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Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Today you'll visit Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square is the centre of Beijing and the symbol of China. It is the largest city square in the world, covering an area of 440,000 square metres and can accommodate 1 million people, and the Forbidden City - the largest and most complete ancient imperial palace in the world. Then visit the Temple of Heaven, formerly known as the Temple of Heaven and Earth, is located on the east side of Yongdingmen Street in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was the place for the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to worship heaven, pray for grain and rain. It is the largest remaining ancient sacrificial complex in China.

Attractions: Mutianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace

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Hotel: Overnight in Beijing

Today you will have the opportunity to witness the Mutianyu Great Wall. The Mutianyu Great Wall is connected to the Juyongguan Great Wall in the west and the Gubeikou Great Wall in the east, which has been the military stronghold guarding Beijing since ancient times, and is known as the "Dangerous Ridge Pass".

Then drive to Summer Palace, a royal garden in China during the Qing Dynasty, formerly known as the Garden of Clear Ripples, is situated in the western suburbs of Beijing, 15 kilometres from the city, with the entire garden covering an area of 3.009 square kilometres (of which the Summer Palace World Cultural Heritage Area covers an area of 2.97 square kilometres), with the water surface accounting for about three-quarters of the area.

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Bid China a fond farewell as this trip draws to a close. Be transferred to the airport for flight home. Service Ends.