Guangzhou-Zhengzhou-Beijing-Xian 9-Day Tour

Look around Guanghzou city in the morning, Take the train to Zhengzhou. After about 6 and half hours, you will arrive Zhengzhou, and the rest time is on your own, stay overnight in Zhengzhou.

Today is a full day tour in Zhengzhou which used to be the capital of Shang Dynasty 3,500 years ago and now is the capital city of Henan province. You will visit to the Yellow River Scenic Spot Area. The Yellow River, with a total length of 5,464 kilometers, is the second longest river in China, just next to the Yangtze River. The Yellow River is the birthplace of ancient Chinese culture and the cradle of Chinese Civilization. Then go to Kaifeng. The city fortunes reached a zenith during the cosmopolitan Song dynasty, and this period distinguished Kaifeng as one of China most historically important cities.

After breakfast, you will visit the Qingming Festival Theme Park. The garden is constructed based on the huge painting by famous painter Mr.Zhang Zeduan in Northern Song Dynasty. It reappears the scene of bustle and prosperity in capital city Kaifeng. In the afternoon, you will visit Temple of Lord Bao. Lord Bao was an official whose reputation as someone immune to corruption made him a local hero or sorts. Many Chinese operas use him as a character. Then go to visit to Iron Pagoda Park, which was built in 1049 A.D the first year of Huangyou of Northern Song Dynasty, has history of more than 900 years, in 1961, it was designated by the State Council as the key antique unit under special protection.

After breakfast, take bus to Dengfeng. You will visit Shenzhou Peony Garden, where is the birthplace of peony and Shaolin Temple, which is reputed to be 'the Number One Temple under Heaven'. The temple is also the cradle of the Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin Martial Arts such as Shaolin Cudgel. After lunch, take bus to Luoyang, where visit Longmen Grottoes. It lasted more than 400 years. At present, there are over 2,300 caves and niches, more than one hundred thousand Buddhist images and over 300,000 characters of inscriptions. The grottoes and niches in the two hills are known at home and abroad for their large numbers, massive scales, and variety of subjects, delicate carving and profound meaning.

In the morning, you will visit White Horse Temple, which was the first temple built since the introduction of Buddhism into China After lunch, take the evening train to Beijing.

Pick you up at the train station, transfer to the hotel. After that go to visit the Summer Palace, the rest of the time is left for you to enjoy the atmosphere of Beijing. If you like, you can have Beijing Roast Duck Dinner in the evening.

Visit Tiananmen Square, located at the center of Beijing City, where you can visit Tiananmen Tower, Monument to the People's Heroes, Great Hall of the People, Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and see the national flag raising ceremony. And then trasfer to the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven which are in quite traditinal Chinese building style. Overnight in Beijing.

Pick you up at the train station,visit the famous Terracotta Warriors and the Horses Museum

built in Qin Dynasty--- the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. And then transfer to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda which is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists, after visiting, continue to the Provincial History Museum and the City Wall.

Transfer to the hotel, end the tour.