5 Days Xian & Luoyang Culture Tour (Grottos & Shaolin Temple)         
5天西安、(兵马俑、汉阳陵）洛阳龙门石窟少林寺文化之旅
Tour Code: XAP-32          团队名称：XAP-32

Departure: Every day         时       间：每日发团

Tour Length: 7 hours   09:30-17:30   游览时间：7小时 09:30-17:30

Tour Type: budget tour, sightseeing, cultural journey

旅游类型：文化景观游

Attraction: Terracotta Worriors, Ban Po Neolithic, Big wild Goose pagoda

Shaanxi History Museum , Bell Tower and Great Mosque, Muslim Steet Xian(Huimin Jie)  Longmen Grottoes,   White Horse Temple   Shao Lin Temple

景点：兵马俑、大雁塔、陕西历史博物馆、城墙、钟楼/回民街、龙门石窟、白马寺、少林寺
Highlight:Located at the eastern end of the Silk Road, Xi'an is home to some of the most spectacular sights in China, including the UNESCO-listed mausoleum of Emperor Shihuang with its thousands of life-sized terracotta warriors and their horses. Xi'an's excellent museum is one of the best in China, with Tang Dynasty pottery figurines and other relics. The Muslim Quarter, the Great Mosque, and the spectacular City Walls are all great historical sites.



So no visit to Xi'an should be considered complete tour to China without at least a stop here.
Luoyang has Longmen Grottoes, one of the 4 most famous Buddhist grottoes in China with over one hundred thousand Buddha figures in more than twenty three hundred niches carved on the hill; and Songshan Mountain's famous Shaolin Temple - the cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu and the number one Buddhist temple in China.
                                               
Day by day itinerary （每日行程）
 
Day 1 Arrive in Xi'an 

第一天：到达西安（无餐）

Place & Transport: Arrive in Xian, Flight not included

地点和交通：抵达西安，航班自理

Today's Activities:Upon your arrival in Xian, our tour guide will meet you at the airport and take you to the hotel.

今天的活动：当您到达西安，我们的导游会在机场接您，然后将您带至酒店。休息自由活动。
Recommended:Go to DeFu Vally or the bars on the SouthGate,take  experience for yourself  of the Xi'an nightlife. 

推荐：西安得福巷或南门外酒吧，体验西安夜生活
Our guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you outside the baggage claim area at the Xian Airport according to your international (internal) flight schedule
     live in Xi'an
Day 2 One-Day Terracotta Warriors Tour

第二天：西安兵马俑之旅（午餐）

Place :Xian   地点：西安

Today's Activities:

今日旅程：兵马俑之旅

Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

餐：早餐、中餐
Terracotta Warriors: Discovered accidentally in 1974, this incredible army of over 7000 soldiers, archers, horses and chariots in full battle array has guarded Emperor Qin's tomb since 210BC. Each figure is unique, and the painstaking repair and excavation continues in 3 pits which are protected inside huge hangars. 1.5 hours from Xian, there is also an excellent museum and film about the history of the vaults. Photos (no flash) are allowed. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda:A major Buddhist site, the simple, elegant brick Pagoda stands in the grounds of the attractive Da Ci'en Temple. The Pagoda was built in the 7th century to house the Buddhist materials that Xuanzang (Tripitaka) brought back from his epic journey to India. The Temple complex has several large halls with some great Buddhist statues and murals.
   Breakfast     Chinese Lunch      live in Xi'an
Day03  Xian City Hanyangling Tour 
第三天：西安市区旅游 
Place & Transport:
地点和交通：西安
Today's Activities: Xian  City Shaanxi History Museum Hanyangling Tour
今日旅游：
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

餐：早餐、中式午餐
 
Shaanxi History Museum：The central exhibition hall of Shaanxi History Museum has its theme displays in the west part, with a total area of 2,500 square kilometers. Topic exhibitions are usually held there. By far, the museum has had many displays focusing on relics from Zhao Mausoleum, Tang tomb paintings, rare collection of pottery figurines and bronze wares, gold and silver objects of the Tang Dynasty, Tang women's costumes, new cultural relics unearthed in Shaanxi, as well as some exhibitions about other regions, such the Tibetan Buddhism in Qinghai and ethnic culture of Guangxi and Yunnan.
 
The lesser known Terracota Army of Hanyangling, or nicknamed “nude figures of warriors.” It is the Mausoleum of the Western Han Emperor Liu Qi and his wife, the Empress Wangi, and is located in the village of Zhanjianan on the Loess Plateau 20 km North of Xianyang City and some 22 kilometers from both Xianyang airport and Xian. The 81 pits contained terracotta goods for the afterlife including thousands of animals, dogs, sheep, goats and pigs all formally laid out ready for slaughter. There were stoves, grain jars, wine vessels, horses and chariots all intended for the Emperor's use in the next life. What amazed historians even more was the discovery of thousands of nude and semi-nude, armless figures of warriors one third life-size
   Breakfast     Chinese Lunch     Dinner     live in Xi'an  
Day04   Leave  xi'an Entry Luyang Tours
 
第四天：离开西安抵达洛阳
 
Place & Transport: Depart Xian,  Entry Luyang Xi'an and transfer to Luoyang by the new bullet train. G2002 (8:30~10:23)

地点和交通：离开西安  抵达洛阳

Today's Activities:  the Longmen Grottoes, UNESCO-listed world heritage site in 2000. It is one of the 4 most famous Buddhist grottoes in China with visit the White Horse Temple, the very first temple in China when Buddhism was introduced from India;
今日旅游：洛阳龙门石窟、白马寺旅游

Meals:Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

餐：早餐、中式午餐



Longmen Grottoes, The Longmen Grottoes are located in the south of Luoyang City. They are between Mount Xiang and Mount Longmen and face Yi River. Longmen Grottoes, Yungang Caves and Mogao Caves are regarded as the three most famous treasure houses of stone inscriptions in China.龙门石窟是中国著名的三大石刻艺术宝库之一，位于河南省洛阳南郊12公里处的伊河两岸。经过自北魏至北宋400余年的开凿，至今仍存有窟龛2100多个，造像10万余尊，碑刻题记3600余品，多在伊水西岸。数量之多位于中国各大石窟之首。其中“龙门二十品”是书法魏碑精华，唐代著名书法家褚遂良所书的“伊阙佛龛之碑”则是初唐楷书艺术的典范。
White Horse Temple (Baima Templeis located 12 km away from Luoyang City. Established by the Han Dynasty in 68 AD when Buddhism started to spread, this temple is believed to be the first Buddhist temple built by the government in China. Covering a total area of 40, 000 square meters, it has been since its establishment regarded as the "originating court" and the "cradle of Chinese Buddhism" by the Buddhist disciples. White Horse Temple has kept more than 40 upright stone tablets through the ages since the Tang Dynasty. Outside of the temple stand two stone horses, all in life-size. They look geniality and tractability. They are the stone-carved horses made in Song Dynasty (960-1279), and they are the excellent artwork.
 
   Breakfast     Chinese Lunch     Dinner    live in Luyang 
 

Day05    Shaolinsi Tours   Luoyang Exit
 
第五天：少林寺旅游 离开洛阳
Place & Transport: We will drive 1.5 hours to Songshan Mountain.

地点和交通：少林寺旅游
Today's Activities:  After breakfast, check out of Hotel, then take private van and drive to the hometown of Kung Fu---Dengfeng County. Visiting the birth place of Chinese Kung Fu---Shaolin Temple, enjoy the Fabulous Kung Fu Show,
今日旅游：

Meals:Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

餐：早餐、中式午餐

 
Shao Lin Temple：The famous Shaolin Temple was first built in Northern

 
Wei Dynasty. Here is the birthplace of Chinese Kongfu. In the temple, you can see the Kungfu show performed by Shaolin monks. And the Pagoda Forest on the west side of the temple is the place where the abbots and eminent monks of Shaolin temple were buried. It is the largest group of ancient pagodas currently preserved in China.少林寺，位于中国河南省郑州市登封的嵩山，是少林武术的发源地，禅宗祖庭，由于其坐落嵩山的腹地少室山下的茂密丛林中，所以取名“少林寺”。少林寺在唐朝时期，享有盛名，以禅宗和武术并称于世
 
   Breakfast     Chinese Lunch 
 

Prices in USD (1:7)

 Hotel / No.Pax

 1pax

 2-5pax

 6-9pax

 

 10-15pax

 Single Suppl

 3 star

500

      350
         280

60

 4 star

540

400

320

120

 5 star

680

540

460

160

City

★★★★★

★★★★

★★★

 Xi'an
 
Hyatt Regency Xian Hotel

 
Aurum International Hotel -Xian 4 star

 Xi'an City Hotel -Xian 3 star

 Luoyang
 Hua-Yang Plaza Hotel
 Peony City Hotel
 

This trip price includes:

1. Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (but hotels are subject to change to the same category before finally confirmed).
2. All meals as specified in the itinerary.
3. Transfers among airports & hotels as specified in the itinerary by private car or coach with driver & English-speaking guide.
4. Entrance fees for sightseeing as outlined in the itinerary with English speaking guide.
5. Domestic flights, trains or buses as specified in the itinerary. (Xian-Dunhuang airfare, Dunhuang-Jiayuguan Train ticket and Jiayuguan-Xian train ticket)
6. Domestic airports departure taxes have been charged with the flight tickets.
7. Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.
   
   Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.

The trip price does not include:

1. Any meals which are not included in the "The trip price includes."
   
   Single Room Supplements (as the above quotation for accommodation is based on twin sharing room).
2. International air and train tickets for coming to & leaving mainland China. Air tickets or train tickets not specified in the itinerary on the first arrival day and last departure day.
3. Excess Baggage Charges.
4. Personal expenses: Items of a purely personal nature such as drinks, laundry, tips to guides or drivers, FAX, telephone, excess baggage charges, or sightseeing or meals which are not included in the day-to-day itinerary.
   
   Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip.
5. Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers.
6. Visa fees