Day 01 Xian (Meals: -/-/-)

Program: Arrive at the ancient city-Xian, one of the most important cities in China s history and nowadays. It was the first Chinese city to open up its doors to the Ancient world during the Tang dynasty when Xian blossomed as the first and important stop on the Silk Road. To be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure to explore the city.

Day 02 Xian (Meals: B/L/-)

Program: Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses / Huaqing Hot Springs / Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Today will be your highlights in Xian. Depart from your hotel after breakfast. To be transferred outside city to visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses. The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the20th century. It has been regarded as THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD! Over 2,200 years ago, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang in search of immortality, ordered the construction of a vast army of 8,000 life-sized Terra Cotta warriors and buried with him to protect his empire after his early death. They were discovered accidentally in 1974 by farmers digging a well. For history lovers, the sight is truly breathtaking.
After lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Huaqing Hot Springs. Located 35 kilometers east of Xian city at the foot of the Lishan Mountain in a large park where there are a number of public baths and some modern palaces built in the Tang style, the hot springs, rich in minerals, were highly regarded more than 3000 years ago.
After coming back to the city, have another tour to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Situated at south of the Xian city,as one of the main constructions in the famous Buddhist temple-Da-Ci-En Temple, the pagoda is one of the most distinctive and outstanding landmarks for Xian City.

Day 03 Xian (Meals: B/L/-)

Program: Shannxi Provincial History Museum / Bell Tower / Great Mosque / Muslim Quarter

Depart from your hotel in the morning to visit the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, which is the largest comprehensive museum in the province. It is also the fist national level grand museum equipped with modern facilities. It exhibits primarily historical relics of past dynasties and displays precious art treasures and stone carvings of the Han and Tang dynasties. Walking through the exhibits in the museum is like walking through the 3000 years of China s history.
Then visit the Bell Tower,which is the most well-preserved and best-known one among many ancient cities of China. The Bell Tower was originally built in the Yingxiang Temple in 1384, at the intersection of West Street and Guangji Street. Then in 1582, it was moved to its present pivotal position, in the very heart of the city at the junction of four main streets extending to the east, south, west and north, for rebuilding and later restorations. With magnificent carved beams and painted rafters, this classical building is truly elegant.
After having lunch at local restaurant, have a tour to the Great Mosque and Muslim Quarter. Located in a district inhabited mainly by the Moslem Hui minority people, it is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China. There is said to have been a mosque here as early as the Tang Dynasty period (618 A.D.-907 A.D.).

Day 04 Xian - Next City(Meals: B/-/-)

Program: Hanyang Mausoleum / next city

Depart from your hotel to visit the Hanyang Mausoleum. The Hanyang Mausoleum, 20 kilometers north from Xian, is the joint tomb of the fourth emperor Liu Qi and his queen in Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24 AD) and the most complete mausoleum from this dynasty ever discovered. Tens of thousands of, which feature colored terra-cotta nude figurines and a variety of animals have been unearthed in the area since the 1970s.
Then be transferred to the airport for your flight to next city.

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