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Half day or full day tours to discover Beijing and some remote area major historical and cultural attractions, these trips provide an opportunity for participants to expand their knowledge of China's rich history and cultural heritage, awareness of Chinese business development as well.
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| Around Beijing |
All below choice student may get involved in:
Historical
1. The Great Wall
2. Tiananmen Square
3. The Forbidden City
4. Temple of Heaven
5. Summer Palace
6. Lama Temple
7. China Museums
8. Dashanzi Art village
9. Old Cultural Beijing (Hutong) & Rickshaw ride
10. Fragrant Hill tour
11. Inner city River boat tour
Market
1. Silk Market
2. Wang Fu Jin Shopping Avenue
3. Hong Qiao Pearl Market
4. Liulichang Cultural Street
5. Xidan Commercial Street
6. Panjiayuan Antique Market
7. Qianmen Traditional Shopping Area
Restaurant
1. Peking Duck
2. Hot pot
3. Beijing snacks
4. Imperial court cuisine
5. Sichuan spice dishes
6. Other national food: Korean, Thai, Indian, Vietnam
Evening activities
1. Chinese Opera
2. Chinese Acrobatic Show
3. Bar street
4. Traditional Chinese music concert
5. Chinese movie
6. Tea house
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Shanxi province & Pingyao
Chinese banker origin land and typical rich businessmen and their family courtyard.
£The Yungang Grottoes: With their 252 caves and 51,000 statues, the grottoes represent the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Five Caves created by Tan Yao, with their strict unity of layout and design, constitute a classical masterpiece of the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art.
£The Nine-Dragon Screen: It was built in 1392 to conceal the palace of a Ming dynasty (1368-1644) prince.
£The Steam Locomotive Factory: 2.5km southwest of the city, it was the last steam locomotive factory in the world until it switched from steam to diesel production in 1988.
£The Huayan Temple: Named after the Huayan sect of Buddhism, was established in the 11th Century and was one of the eight most important temples in the Tang Dynasty.
£The Wang's Grand Courtyard: largest in the province , the courtyard was the house of the richest family Wang's in Qing Dynasty in China. Though 2 centuries have been passed, it still keeps its original splendor in architectural style.
£The Shuanglin Temple: Standing for more than 1500 years, the temple is famous for more than 2,000 painted sculptures of precious value, representing Ming and Qing Dynasties' best. They are reputed as a "treasure reserve of the oriental painted sculptures".
£Pingyao ancient town: UN's World Culture Heritage. In the middle of Shanxi Province, the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in China. It is the assembly place of folk houses in north China where rows upon rows of buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties stand in well-preserved conditions.
£The Ancient City Wall: The 6.4km-long wall was constructed in the third year of Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1370A.D.). It is one of the best-preserved ancient city walls in China.
£The Rishengchang Draft Bank: It was established in 1823. It was the biggest draft bank at that time and had been famous for "Hui Tong Tian Xia" (Business Connecting The Whole World).
£The Mingqing Street: It is the downtown marketplace thoroughfare and reserved quite well of the styles in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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Xian
huge historical reserve of early China Emperors
£Terracotta Warriors and Horses: discovered in 1974 by local farmers digging a well, one of the most significant archeological finds of the 20th century. These 6,000 life-size painted terracotta warriors and horses --individually sculpted from real-life models and arranged in battle formation have been protecting the mausoleum of the first emperor in Chinese history¡ªEmperor QinShihuang since 2,200 years ago.
£Big Wild Goose Pagoda: regarded by many as a symbol of the city, the pagoda was built in 652 A.D in Tang Dynasty to house the sutras brought back from India by the famous monk Xuan-zang.
£Bell Tower: standing in the center of the city and built in 1582, the Bell Tower is a three-story wooden structure with traditional Chinese architectural features, it is so called because an iron bell is hung in the tower to give the correct time.
£The Shaanxi Provincial Museum: opened in 1991, the largest comprehensive museum in the province, the museum exhibits over 3,000 unearthed historical relics, a small fraction of their collection, most of the exhibited items are rare treasures, showing you the splendid Chinese culture.
£The Ancient City Walls: built during the 14th century on Tang dynasty foundations, date to the Ming dynasty, the walls are the largest and best-preserved ancient fortresses in the world. There is a gate in each of the four sides, the gate towers built over each gate look lofty and magnificent and form a tight defense engineering system.
£The Tang Dynasty dance show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.
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Shandong
hometown of Confucius and famous coastal economical developed land. Typical peninsula landscape.
£Tai Mountain: counted first among the five famous cultural mountains in China. Mount Tai is also the sanctums of both Buddhism and Taoism in China; so you can't miss visiting temples and places of interest. But that is only a corner of the iceberg of its Chinese cultural deposit.
£Qufu: hometown of Confucius
£Penglai Pavilion: by the coastal city Penglai and the cradle
£Qingdao: coastal city with beautiful beach view, and famous for its giant Chinese corporations.
£Jinan: fountain city
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Hangzhou
mainstream Chinese culture resources
£Tea village: A lot of tea village, most famous is Longjing (dragon well), taste the farmer original tea.
£West Lake:Lying on the west edge of Hangzhou city, West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China.
£Feilai Peak: situated in front of Lingyin Temple, is famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated back from the 10th to 14th centuries.
£Lingyin Temple: Lingyin Temple is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China. It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures.
£Six Harmony Pagoda: Highly erected by the Qiantang River and to the south of the West Lake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north".
£Shaoxing: It is a 3000 year-old town, best known for its wine. It was the birthplace of China's most famous pre-Liberation writer- Luxun. Shaoxing is also attractive because it still has many old houses, streets, canals, and boats from centuries ago.
£Wuzhen: A 1200-year town, with its black tiled, tung oil painted timber framework houses, that contrast sharply with its white walls and gray flagging, brings to mind a Chinese ink and wash painting. |
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Royal Tomb Tour
| Like ancient Emperors all round world , Chinese Emperors wished to ever last their luxury life time even after-death, that is the reason why they built huge tomb and buried most valued items, even live people, with them. The tour help to explore the all related history, culture and science secret inside, from three representative royal tombs, Qin Dynasty¡ªFirst Emperor tomb in Xian, Ming Dynasty¡ªEmperors tombs group in Beijing, Qing Dynasty¡ªEast and West tomb nearby Beijing. The tour takes 4 days. |
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Royal Summer Vocation Camp
There are two location of this kind of Camps: one is Summer Palace in Beijing , the other is Chengde Summer Vacation City nearby Beijing. The tour will explore the Emperor's summer life and find out the beautiful gardens and worship places. The tour takes 2 days.
(Yangzi) River-South Mainstream Culture Tour-Hangzhou
The tour takes 4-5 days
District Business (city and county size) Tour ¨C Shandong & Hebei
1. Hebei: A typical county economy study, get the illustrated introduction and discussion with all level people, from government official to the farmer.
2. Shangdong: Qingdao giant corporation tour: Visit famous Chinese giant "Haier" and "Hisense", together with beautiful scenic seaside attraction.
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