13 days china classic tour

includes: kunming, xi'an, beijing, shanghai, hangzhou & guangzhou

d1 arrive in kunming, meet at airport and transfer to your hotel.

d2 sightseeing in the stone forest which is one of the great nature wonders in china.

d3 sightseeing in the dragon gate of the western hill, which consists of some grottoes cut out of the vertical cliff face, after lunch, visit the golden temple, which is the largest bronze-made temple in china.

d4 visit the bambootemple in the morning, the temple is famous for its statues of 500 arhats which means the holy men and the disciples of the buddha. the statues are very vivid and life-like. after lunch, take a 2 hours flight to xi'an and transfer to your hotel.

d5 sightseeing in xi'an, the ancient capital of china and the eastern end of the silk road. in the morning, visit the old city wall and the forest of steles. after lunch, visit the wild goose pagoda, which was built to house the buddhist scriptures brought back from india by the well-known monk xuan zang in tang dynasty.

d6 visit the 2000 years old terra-cotta army, which is regarded as the 8th wonder of the world. then visit the huaqing pool, which is the best-known hot spring in china.

d7 take a morning flight to beijing, the capital of china. sightseeing in tian'anmen square, and the forbidden city, which is the largest and the best preserved ancient palace in china. in the afternoon, visit the temple of heaven.

d8 visit the great wall, which is one of the two man-made structures could be seen with naked eyes by us astronaut neil armstrong from the moon. on the way back, visit the ming tombs, which consists of the tombs of 13 emperors in ming dynasty.

d9 fly from beijing to shanghai, the commercial center of china. sightseeing in the bund, then take a walk along the nanjing road, which is the paradise for shopping.

d10 visit the jade buddha temple which was built in 1882 to house two white jade statues of the buddha from burma. then sightseeing in yuyuangarden.

d11 take train to hangzhou in the morning, sightseeing in the west lake, then visit linyin temple, after that, go to drink the famous longjing tea in a tea farm.

d12 take a morning flight to guangzhou, the largest city in south china. sightseeing in the city, visit the memorial hall of dr.sun yatsen, the six ban pogada and the five-ram statue.

d13 relax and depart guangzhou. end of your china tour.