5-Day Xi’an & Luoyang Private Tour including Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Shaolin Temple, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Longmen Grottoes

Attractions: Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Great Tang All Day Mall

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

After breakfast, head to Da Cien Temple,located in Jinchangfang, Chang'an City, Tang Dynasty (present-day Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, south of the city), is one of the "Eight Sects of Buddhism" in China, with a history of more than 1,350 years.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the most famous building in the temple. 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.

Based on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Grand Tang All Day Mall shows the Tang Dynasty characteristics. It starts from Ci'en East Road in the east, Ci'en West Road in the west, Big Wild Goose Pagoda South Square in the north, and Tang City Wall Site in the south, creating a nearly 2-kilometre "Little Chang'an" for people with the background of Tang culture.

Attractions: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, City Wall

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

The first stop of today is Terracotta Warriors Museum. 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.

Visit the Ancient City Wall, it is 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.

Attractions: Small Goose Pagoda, Muslim Quarter, Great Mosque, Gao's Grand Courtyard, Bell & Drum Tower Square

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

In the afternoon, we will drive you back to downtown Xi'an to visit the Small Wild Goose Pagoda first. It is an important landmark of the Tang Dynasty's Chang'an City, which has been preserved to the present day. The Small Wild Goose Pagoda and the ancient bells in the bell tower of Jianfu Temple are jointly called "Morning Bells of Wild Goose Pagoda", one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Guanzhong", which is an integral part of the Xi'an Museum and a national AAAA level tourist attraction.Then, we come to visit the Great Mosque, there was a scripture university set here. Many scripure talens 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 sightseeing at the mosque, we will leave you some free time to explore the nearby famous Muslim Quarter, it is a famous food and cultural neighbourhood in Xi'an, a snack street in Xi'an. Muslim Quarter is located in Beiyuanmen, where was originally an official district in the Qing Dynasty. 

We will also visit Gao's Grand Courtyard and Bell & Drum Tower Square. Gao's Grand Courtyard shows Chinese and foreign tourists the Ming and Qing dynasties of architectural art, home, brick carving art, as well as traditional residential couplets. At the same time, the Gao’s Grand courtyard also shows the production of Tibetan Buddhist thangka art, Shaanxi-style folk paper-cutting, shadow puppetry, puppet theatre, and Han and Tang songs and dances are displayed as well as many other cultural art forms to visitors.

The Bell and Drum Tower Square is a comprehensive project for the protection of monuments and the renewal of the old city, provide an "urban living room" for the ancient city of Xi'an.

Attractions: Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Luoyang

Your Xi’an tour is coming to an end. Our guide will see you off at Xi’an Railway station for a high speed train trip to Luoyang (about 1.5 hours).

Our guide will pick you up at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station. Then we will drive to the iconic site of Luoyang - Longmen Grottoes.

Longmen Grottoes is located in Luoyang City, Henan Province, is the world's most statues, the largest treasure trove of rock carving art, was named by UNESCO as "China's highest peak of rock carving art", ranked first in China's major grottoes.

Later we will go to visit White Horse Temple. It was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yongping eleven years (68 AD), is the first government-run temple built after the introduction of Buddhism to China. It is the "source of Buddhism" and "ancestral home" of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Europe and America. As a temple with the highest degree of internationalisation, Baima Temple is truly the "First Temple in the World".

Attractions: Shaolin Temple

Meal: Not included

Today we will explore Shaolin Temple.

Shaolin Temple is the source of Buddhist Zen and Shaolin Kongfu. Shaolin Temple is not only the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, but also the birthplace of Chinese Kung Fu, known as the "Ancestral Court of Zen Buddhism and the Holy Land of Kung Fu", and is regarded as the "First Famous Shaolin Temple in the World".

The tour will be finished today. Our tour guide and driver will see you off at the airport/train station for your next destination.