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Chengdu 3 days
2 night Tour
Highlights:
• Get up close and personal with China’s most revered and iconic
animal, the Giant Panda.
• A two-thousand-year history leaves Chengdu, the capital of
Sichuan with numerous historical places of interest. Fertile
lands and a favorable climate endow the city with picturesque
surrounding scenic landscapes.
• Pick up and drop off from the airport is included in the price
of this tour
B=(Breakfast) L=(lunch) D=(dinner) DEPARTURE: Daily
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TOUR ITINERARY |
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Tour
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GWAC-CD-02 |
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DAY 01 |
Arrive in Chengdu
You will either fly or take the train into
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in
southwest China. Upon arrival you’ll be met by
your English-speaking travel guide, who will
take you to your hotel for the evening.
After unpacking your things, will set out for a
bit of sightseeing with a visit to the Dufu
cottage. Du Fu, a very famous poet, lived in the
Tang Dynasty (618-907). Just as its name
implies, the Thatched Cottage of Du Fu was his
home more than a thousand years ago. u Fu was
born in Gongyi City, Henan Province in 712. In
746, he took the official examination in
Chang'an (now known as Xian) and continued to
live there for more than ten years after the
failure. But, in order to get away from the
An-Shi Rebellion breaking out in 758, Du Fu fled
to Chengdu in 759. With the help of friends, the
thatched cottage was built in 760 beside the
Flower Bathing Brook on the western outskirts of
Chengdu. During his four years there, Du Fu
composed more than 240 poems that are considered
to be precious national treasures.
After Du Fu's departure from Chengdu, the
cottage was abandoned for a long time and became
dilapidated. Hundreds of years later in the
Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) a new temple
was built on the original site of the thatched
cottage to commemorate this outstanding person
in Chinese literature. From then on, it was
renovated and enlarged repeatedly. There were
two very important reconstructions in 1500 and
1811 respectively, both of which set the scale
and structure of the present thatched cottage.
Today, it is a shrine to Chinese literature and
a commemorative museum in the form of a
traditional garden.
Our next stop today will be at the Sanxingdui
Museum. Sanxingdui is a large archeological site
of a recently discovered enigmatic Bronze-age
civilization. Chinese archeologists discovered
this civilization in 1986. The site is located
in Sichuan province about 40 kilometers
northeast of Chengdu and about 10 kilometers
east of the city of Guanghan.
The site is important archeologically. The
civilization had high bronze casting technology,
and they were able to make unusually large and
finely crafted bronze objects. Task Rosen of the
British Museum in London considered the bronze
relics to be more outstanding than the
Terracotta Army in Xi’an. The world's oldest
life-size standing human statue that is 260
centimeters tall and weighs 180 kilograms was
unearthed there with a bronze tree with birds,
flowers, and ornaments that is about 4 meters
tall. The Sanxingdui Museum was first opened in
1997. It is a large, modern archeological museum
with an exhibition area of 4,000 square meters.
Visitors to the archeological site and the
museum will see artifacts discovered at the site
that date from the Neolithic age of 6,000 BC
through to the Shang and Zhou periods of 1,600
BC until 700 BC, and they will learn about the
various peoples who had lived there.
You’ll then be taken back to your hotel for the
evening, where you can spend the night at your
own leisure.
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3 or 4 star for Standard; 5 star for deluxe |
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DAY 02 |
Chengdu (B, L)
Sichuan is home to the world’s cutest and most
beloved endangered animal, the Panda, and no
trip to Chengdu is complete without seeing these
national treasures. After an early morning
start, we will visit the Bifeng Gorge Panda
Reserve. In the May 12th 2008 the Wenchuan
Earthquake dealt the pandas a crushing blow and
over fifty giant pandas living in captivity
became completely homeless. In order to save
these national treasures, the Wolong National
Natural Reserve has, since May 15th, carried out
an evacuation plan. Twenty-seven giant pandas
were transferred in batches to Chengdu, Fuzhou
and Beijng, and the rest were moved to Bifeng
Gorge Base of China Panda Protection and
Research Center, located in the northern suburbs
of Chengdu.
The pandas are assured of healthy growth in
their new home, and good news continually flows
from Bifeng Gorge Base. In the morning on July
6th, 2008, the panda "Guo Guo" gave birth to the
first twin cubs in the base. Guo Guo, the great
panda mother, came to the base on June 24th when
she was 119 days pregnant. She was really strong
and brave to have these baby pandas after
surviving the big earthquake, overcoming the
difficulties of bumping and shaking on the long
journey, and adjusting herself to the new
environment. The center is divided into the
giant panda breeding zone, baby giant panda care
zone, research center, bamboo woods and office
area.
The rest of the night is up to your own leisure.
From traditional teahouses, theaters to modern
pubs and clubs, Chengdu people know how to enjoy
the night. Every corner in Chengdu offers the
warmest welcome, and you are sure to find
something to pique your interest during your
time on the town.
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3 or 4 star for Standard; 5 star for deluxe |
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DAY 03 |
Chengdu-departure (B)
After breakfast in the hotel, you will be taken
to either the airport or the train station, and
you will depart for your next destination. |
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Tour Inclusions:
1. Hotels with daily western
breakfasts;
2. Meals in accordance with
that listed on the itinerary.
3. professional local guide
& driver;
4. Private air-conditioned
car or van for transportation;
5. Admission of the first
gate.
6. Two bottles of mineral
water per day.
Tour exclusions:
1. Tip of the guide
2. Personal costs
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