Mountain Emei
Orographically, Mt. Emei sits at the western rim of the Sichuan Basin. The mountains west of it are known as Daxiangling.A large surrounding area of countryside is geologically known as the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, a large igneous province generated by the Emeishan Traps volcanic eruptions during the Permian Period. At 3,099 metres (10,167 ft), Mt. Emei is the highest of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.
Administratively, Mt. Emei is located near the county-level city of the same name (Emeishan City), which is in turn part of the prefecture-level city of Leshan. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
Attractions:1.As one of the Four Well-Known Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China.
2.Buddhist architecture on Emei.
3.Sunrise and clouds sea.
4.Climate.
5.Plenty of monkeys.
Tours That Go to Mountain Emei
Western Sichuan Road Trip with Classic Destinations - 8 Days (Leshan Emei Kangding Danba Siguniang)
Sichuan offers you a chance to see different cultures and sceneries in a single trip. It has many classic destinations such as Chengdu, Leshan, Mount Emei and Dujiangyan, as well as many wild destinations, such as Kangding, Tagong, Danba, Mount Siguniang. All these classic destinations and wild destinations are not very far away from each so you can travel at a very leisure pace....Read more
Sichuan offers you a chance to see different cultures and sceneries in a single trip. It has many classic destinations such as Chengdu, Leshan, Mount Emei and Dujiangyan, as well as many wild destinations, such as Kangding, Tagong, Danba, Mount Siguniang. All these classic destinations and wild destinations are not very far away from each so you can travel at a very leisure pace. You will visit the World Heritage Sites of Leshan Giant Bhuda, Mount Emei and Dujiangyan Irrigation System, also enjoy beautiful Tagong Grassland, featured Tibetan Village of Danba and alpine snow mountains and wild forests and valleys in Mount Siguniang.
Please note this trip is costumizable and can be cut short to 5 or 6 days.
Today, we will go to visit two sacred Buddhist places which are also great place to get amazing both visual and heart touching. Firstly, drive about 2 hours to Leshan city to see the famous Giant Buddha. Sculptured on the cliff facing River, Leshan Giant Buddha is 71 meters high, and has sit here for more than one thousand years. You will walk the plank road built on cliff to get close observation of the Buddha.After about 2 hours’ stay at Leshan, drive about 40 minutes to next Buddhist kingdom – Emeishan. Take a short visit to Baoguosi Temple which is one of most influential Buddhist temple of Emeishan.Check in hotel, and take a good rest.
Today is a full day visiting on Emeishan. Firstly, take sightseeing bus to the upper station – Leidongping where you hike about 30 minutes to get to the Jieyingting Cableway Station. Then you can take cableways to the top of Emeishan – Golden Summit, or hike about another 2 hours up the stone steps. The experience on the Golden Summit is fabulous – sparkling golden Buddha statue, grandiose temples, endless stretching cloud sea, fresh air, etc.After the sightseeing, take sightseeing bus back to the foot of mountain, then to to check in your hotel at Emeishan City.
Prepare yourself for the drive to next destination - Ya'an (about 2~2.5 hours driving). In Ya'an, you will visit Shangli Ancient Town which used to be an important town on the Ancient Tea-Horse Road. During the Long March, the Red Army once stationed in the town and left many slogans carvings on the stone. Shangli Ancient Town is surrounded by beautiful mountains and river. Here you can see not only century-old streets, wood resident house, towers, ancient archways, but also enjoy beautiful surrounding of green mountain and tranquil rivers. In the summer and autumn days, there are many art students come to the town to study and paint the bridges and waterside scenes.This evening, you can choose to stay overnight in the ancient town, or go to Ya'an city, which is about 30km from the Shangli.
This morning, you will have a short driving from Shangli to visit Mengding Mountain (alt: 1456 meters). With more than 2000 years history of tea planting, Mengding Mountain ins regarded as the Cradle of World's Green Tea Culture. In Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, Mengding Tea was selected as the tribute tea for the royal families. Nowadays, the local farmers still plant teas on the mountain. You can see vast green tea plantations on the mountain.After the visit drive to Kangding for about 3 hours and stay in Kangding
Have a morning walk in the town of Kangding to experience local Khampa Tibetans and the modernization of this town before drive over Zheduo Pass at 4300 meters. Have a quick stop by the pass if weather is good and continue driving pass Xinduqiao before arrive in Tagong. The drive takes about 3 hours. Lunch before hiking on the Tagong Grassland. Start the walking from a Nunnery and view the beautiful Zhara Latse, a 5800 meters’ holy mountain in Tagong and visit ancient Tagong Monastery.Keep drive from Tagong to Danba. Overnight in Danba.
Today the trip starts by walking in the traditional Tibetan village of Jiaju, a very beautiful village considered one of the most attractive traditional villages in China. The Jiaju Village has unique watchtowers and their distinctive Jiarong houses. Spend two hours wondering in the village, then drive about 2 hours to enjoy a leisure natural sightseeing in Shuangqiao Valley where you can see peaks, primitive forest. Shuangqiao is one of the three opened valleys of Mount Siguniang. It is over 30km long and a valley that you can see lots of snow mountains. Tourist buses are used for visiting this valley. The valley is with a series of “scenic spots”, which are the places where you get off the bus and take photos. A road was built in the valley however one can still choose to walk between the bus stops. The buses are running like public buses: you can get off and get on at the bus stops. After the visit to Shuangqiao, drive to Rilong for accommodation.Keep drive from Shuangqiao Valley to Rilong Town. Overnight in Rilong.
Today, you will hike into Changping Valley with a 10-minute riding of bus to get to the starting point and walk on wooden planks in the bushes and forest. Total walking time is up to 7-8 hours and up to 20km with flexibility. The walking trail is not steep and the first 4 km is well-paved boardwalk. Walking for around 12km into the valley one can reach Muluozi, the foot of Mt. Views of Mt. Siguniang from its west are totally different from that of the south. It shows you the big steep wall of this big mountain.Return to the town by the road you come. Have a good rest.
Depart Mount Siguniang via Balangshan Pass en route visit Dujiangyan Irrigation System, a 2000-year old human construction and a display of ancient Chinese wisdom. After the visit drive back to Chengdu.
CHENGDU, A PANDA CITY, A GOURMET CITY, A TEA CITY, LOOKING FOWARD TO YOUR ARRIVAL
Chengdu, with an area of 12,400 square kilometers and a polulation of about 14,170,000 is not just the biggest provincial capital in west China, but also the only city in the history of China whose name has reminded the same for 3,000 years since its establishment. In Chinese, "Cheng" means "success or successful" and "Du" means "big city or capital". This "Successful City" boasts a long history. It is believed that everything about Chengdu has their origin from "Sanxingdui Ruins", from where you can deeply discover the history story of Chengdu.
...Read moreChengdu, with an area of 12,400 square kilometers and a polulation of about 14,170,000 is not just the biggest provincial capital in west China, but also the only city in the history of China whose name has reminded the same for 3,000 years since its establishment. In Chinese, "Cheng" means "success or successful" and "Du" means "big city or capital". This "Successful City" boasts a long history. It is believed that everything about Chengdu has their origin from "Sanxingdui Ruins", from where you can deeply discover the history story of Chengdu.
Giant pandas definitely are the best calling card and trademark of Chengdu. Every year, million of people are attracted by giant pandas to spend their holidays here, go sightseeing here, make investment here and even settle here permanently. The reason is that for people around the world, the charm of giant pandas cannot be replaced by anything else.
Various kinds of wonderful food shall be another reason attracting you to visit Chengdu. Of the four most famous schools of culinery art in China (Beijing cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine, Guangdong cuisine), Sichuan cuisine boasts tongue-numbing, hot, delicate and fresh taste and a variety of flavors, as "each dish has its unique taste and no two dishes have the same flavor." Such spcial flavors as fish-flavored, gongbao (with peanuts), and water-boiled are incomparable at home and abroad.
"The teahouses in Sichuan top the world, and those in Chengdu Top Sichuan." This widespread saying not only points out the status of Chengdu's teahouses but also the inseverable ties between Chengdu culture and tea. Like bars in Paris and cafes in Vienna, teahouse add a touch of refinement and leisureliness to Chengdu, an ancient yet modern metropolis. The practice of driking tea prevailed in Sichuan as earlt as prior to the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Wish you can have a nice trip in Chengdu. You will love it.
8-Day Deep into the Wonderlands of Sichuan
Travel into Chengdu deeply, you will encounter the spicy Sichuan cuisine, taste a cup of green tea, Play Mayong with the locals and visit China’s adorable “Black and White “ Pandas. All these elements present the unique laid-back life style in Sichuan. And this is why people call Sichuan the Land of Milk and Honey since 2000 years ago.
...Read moreTravel into Chengdu deeply, you will encounter the spicy Sichuan cuisine, taste a cup of green tea, Play Mayong with the locals and visit China’s adorable “Black and White “ Pandas. All these elements present the unique laid-back life style in Sichuan. And this is why people call Sichuan the Land of Milk and Honey since 2000 years ago.
On this journey, we will not only interact with the locals in city of downtown, but move to west, walk up to its holy Buddhism mountain—Mt Eemei, to learn about the history of Buddhism in Sichuan; Another holy Daoism Qingcheng Mountain also is on our travel list. It is said that the philosophy of Daoism has deeply shaped people’s life style here.
A country biking activity will let us touch the spirit of the local’s relaxed life here.
Come to join us, this will be your adventure of life time to explore the secret of Land of Abundance
Day 1 - Arrive in Chengdu:
On arrival be transferred to your hotel, a leisure walk in Jingli Walking Street this afternoon, and you will watch traditional Sichuanese opera show this evening.
Day 2 - Chengdu:
This morning we will have a city tour to learn about the Daoism philosophy in Qingyang Daoist Temple, after that we move to People’s Park and join the locals’ laid-back life style, we will have a chance to play Mahjong and sip a cup of green tea at an traditional teahouse
Afternoon we drive to visit the seasonal flowers at Sansheng Village, we will conduct a short walk in the wetland park and have a glimpse of Landing Art District.
A Sichuananese dinner will be arranged in the village.
Day 3—Leshan Giant Buddha to Mt. Emei
En- route to Mt.Emei we stop to visit Leshan Giant Buddha, which is the largest single cliff Buddha Statue in China. Firstly we will walk up to the top of the hill to closely observe the Buddha Statue, and then we still have a chance to take the boat to take photos of it on the river
After our tour in Leshan Giant Buddha, we move to the bottom of Mt.Emei, if time permitted, we will visit Baoguo Temple
Day 4 – Mt.Emei Secret Walking Trail:
Today we will have a secret walking tour since this trail is only popular among the hikers.
We drive through countryside and mountainside villages to hike starting point; We will follow our local guide to hike Emei Mountain local trails to Ten Thousand Buddha Summit, which is about 4---6 hours hike, and enjoy sunset from the peak.
Overnight in the summit
Day 5 – Mt.Emei to Mt.Qingcheng:
Early in the morning we wait for the sunrise and clouds ocean, after taking some nice photos of nature, we take the shuttle bus to Wannian Temple, and we will follow the well paved stone steps up to Qingyingge, where will have a chance to see the famous aborigines---Emei Monkeys.
After that we descend to the bottom of Mt. Emei, take the car to Mt. Qingcheng
Day 6-Mt.Qingcheng
This morning we enjoy the fresh air in the virgin forest by walking up to Mt.Qingcheng, and also a Qingcheng Gongfu class will be arranged somewhere in the mountain.
Afternoon we move to the panda base nearby, to watch the loveable black and white Great Pandas
Day 7 – Mt Qingcheng to Chengdu:
En-route back to Chengdu we stop at Sichuan Cuisine Museum for private cooking lesson; and we also have a chance to explore those local villages by cycle, where are nearby the river. We will cycle on the green way along the river, crossing the orchard and farmlands to feel the country life in Sichuan
Late afternoon we go back to Chengdu, a fare well dinner is arranged in a local restaurant.
Day 8 – Depart:
Fly out, the end of trip
