6-Day China Classic Tour of Shanghai, Suzhou and Xi’an

Attractions:Not Included

Meal: Not Included

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: Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Shanghai World Financial Center, Nanjing Road, the Bund

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

You will 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.

Then, transfer to Shanghai old town to visit Yu Garden (Yuyuan). Yu Garden was originally a private garden in the Ming Dynasty, 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.

Next, visit the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), a skyscraper in the Lujiazui Financial Center of Shanghai, China, which is part of the core district of Shanghai's Financial City. It is the fourth tallest building in China and is shaped like a bottle opener. Climb to the 100th floor sightseeing hall, you can see the Oriental Pearl spire. Stepping on the suspended sightseeing corridor, overlooking the scenery of the two sides of the Pujiang River through the transparent glass at your feet, like walking in the clouds.Later, get to Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s earliest commercial street and one of the most popular current landmarks. Continue your walk to the Bund, the No. 1 attraction in Shanghai.

Attractions: Lingering Garden,Shantang Ancient Street, Tiger Hill, Suzhou No.1 Silk Factory

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Shanghai

Start today's trip with an interesting visit to Lingering Garden. It is a classical garden in Suzhou, one of the four famous gardens in China, and also a world-renowned example of artistic treatment of architectural space. It was built in Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, it was called "Han Bi Villa", commonly known as "Liu Yuan", and later changed to "Liu Yuan". The park has been listed as a World Cultural Heritage by the United Nations, and has been rated as a national 5A tourist attraction.

Move on to next site - Shantang Ancient Street. Shantang Street at night is very artistic and suitable for taking photos. You can also find a teahouse to drink tea, listen to Pingtan, feel the traditional culture of old Suzhou.In the afternoon, you will go to explore the most historical site in Suzhou - Tiger Hill, according to legend in the Spring and Autumn period Wu King Fucha buried his father here, three days after the burial of white tigers, hence the name. The scenic spot integrates natural landscape and cultural landscape, showing the tourism style of hills, rocks, cliffs, pools, springs, rivers, ancient trees and neolithic cultural sites, scenic spots, cliff stone carvings, stone inscriptions, ancient buildings, ancient Bridges and folk festivals in one.

Next, transfer to Suzhou No.1 Silk Factory. The theme of the Silk Museum building is "Silk Road", Suzhou is not only a city of gardens, but also a house of silk. Grasp the historical connection between the ancient Silk Road and the modern silk city, and reflect the open consciousness of cultural exchanges between the East and the West.

Attractions: Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, Jade Buddha Temple

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

This morning’s tour to Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center. With a construction area of more than 20,000 square meters, the exhibition hall, with the theme of "City, people, environment and development", shows the achievements of Shanghai's urban planning, construction and development to the people of Shanghai and even the world. It is an important window to show the achievements of Shanghai's urban planning and construction, and is also one of the landmark buildings of Shanghai. Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall has won the honorary titles of National Science Popularization Education Base, Shanghai Patriotism Education Base, Shanghai Environmental Protection Education Base, etc.

Next is a marvelous visit to Jade Buddha Temple, also known as Jade Buddha Zen Temple, located in Putuo District Anyuan Road, although the temple history is not long, but it is one of the most famous ancient temples in Shanghai, one of the four Buddhist temples in Shanghai. The Ruyi Wheel Guanyin statue of Jade Buddha Temple is located in the Hall of Great Compassion in the temple.

Attractions:the Terracotta Warriors, Ancient City Wall, Muslim Quarter, Great Mosque of Xi'an

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Xi’an

Today you'll discover one of the greatest man-made wonders in the world – the Terracotta Warriors, built by the first emperor of China Qin Shihuang to protect him in his afterlife. Then you'll take a wonderful stroll on the Ancient 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 wander leisurely around bustling and hustling 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.Don't miss the Great Mosque of Xi'an which is a fusion of Chinese culture and Islamic culture.

Attractions: Da Cien Temple, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Shaanxi History Museum

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Hotel: Not Included

Today you will head to Da Cien 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.

You can visit it. Next is an educational visit to the Shaanxi 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.