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4 Days\ 3 Nights
This 4-day trip takes you through the rich history of Shaanxi and the wondrous scenery of Luoyang. Look up to the magnificent Big Wild Goose Pagoda, walk through the Great Tang Nocturnal City to recall the prosperity of the ancient city of Xi'an, explore the Terracotta Warriors and the ancient city of Xi'an, and appreciate the wisdom and tactics of the ancients.
Attractions: No
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an
Welcome to Xi'an, our guide and driver will greet you on arrival with a sign with your name on it, they will escort you to your booked hotel, where your guide will help you check in and the rest of the day is yours to explore the city on your own.
Attractions: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Xi'an Mosque, Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an
At 08:30 meet our guide in hotel lobby and transfer to visit the world famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, all of the terracotta warriors have the unique majesty and calmness of the Qin people in their faces, with distinctive personalities and strong characteristics of the times. The terracotta sculptures are painted and sculpted in a combination of ways, although the age is far away, but in the freshly excavated can still be vaguely seen on the face of the characters and clothes painted in the colours.
Afterward drive back to city area to Dongxinjie Mosque and then have lunch in a Muslim restaurant.
After lunch take a walk on the North & South Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the earliest and largest surviving four-sided pavilion-style brick pagoda of the Tang Dynasty. It is typical evidence of Indian Buddhist temple buildings such as pagoda blend into Central Plains and Huaxia culture. It is the integration of the ancient Chinese working people's wisdom of the crystallisation of the landmark building.
After the whole day’s tour you will be escorted back to hotel.
Attractions: Great Mosque of Xi'an, City Wall, Muslim Quarter
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an
In the morning meet your guide and driver and then drive to visit Xian 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.
The Great Mosque is one of the best-preserved Islamic mosques in China. There was a scripture university set here. Many scripure talents have come from here since the Qing dynasty. It is the scripture education "Shaanxi school" of the centre. Now it is the national key cultural relics protection unit.
After that, visit the Muslim Quarter, known as one of the representatives of Xi'an style, is the collective name of many streets in the Hui Min neighbourhood, which consists of several streets such as Bei Guang Ji Street, Bei Yuan Men, Xiyang Shi, Dapi Yuan, Hue Jue Lane, Shuo Jin Qiao and so on.
Afterwards, you visit a local family, where you will have a chance to interact with local family and have a lunch with them to further understand Xi’an people’s lifestyle.
Attractions: Small Goose Pagoda, Shuyuanmen Street, Dapiyuan Mosque
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an
After breakfast at hotel, meet your guide and driver and pay a visit to Small Wild Goose Pagoda, also known as "Jianfu Temple Pagoda", was built in the Jinglong period of the Tang Dynasty, and together with the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Then we will pay a visit to Shuyuanmen Ancient Culture Street, located on the east side of the South City Gate (Yongning Gate) of the Old City, connected to the South Street in the west, and ends in the east near the Beilin Museum. The "Guanzhong Academy", which was the seat of learning in Shaanxi during the Ming and Qing dynasties, is located on this street. Along the quaint street are shops of calligraphy and paintings and small shops dealing in literary treasures.
After lunch, do prayer at Dapiyuan Mosque. Then experience local shopping at Luomashi Shopping Street (or you can choose to go back to Muslim Street again to purchase some souvenir). After the tour finished, transfer to the airport for your flight to next destination.