from Commercial Shanghai to the Yellow Mountain and China's Old
Town
5-day Shanghai-Huangshang-Hongcun Village
Impression Tour
Experience the best of
China, both old and new!
This package can also start from Beijing, Nanjing or Hangzhou to
tour Huangshan.
Highlights:
• You’ll explore Mt. Huangshan, China’s most revered and famed mountain.
You’ll see the mountain’s 4 wonders: imposing peaks, spectacular
rocks, curious pines, and a sea of clouds, along with much more
to discover
• Tour the biggest city in China - Shanghai!
• Wander around ancient Hongcun village, a wonder of China’s
cultural inheritance and a UNESCO World heritage Site.
B=(Breakfast) L=(lunch) D=(dinner) DEPARTURE: Daily
Package Price
Price is based on the time of
travel and number of customers. Please inquire through the form
on the left side of the page, we'll quote the best price we can
get. As this tour package involves domestic transfers, the
package price will vary from time to time because of the
changing airfares and hotel rates. |
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TOUR ITINERARY |
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Tour
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EXSHHUANGHC |
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Day 1: Arrive in
Shanghai
Upon arrival at the Shanghai airport, you will be
met by your English-speaking guide, who will take
you to your hotel in downtown Shanghai. The rest of
the night is up to your discretion, but there is
plenty to see and do on your night on the town.
Night life in Shanghai is gentle and colorful
because life here is much more than life itself. It
is elegant.
The scenery at night has to be seen and the Bund is
a must. The ornate classical and modern buildings
take on a new and exciting look as they are lit up
by an abundance of colored lights. Looking across
the Huangpu River to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and
Jinmao Tower is a magical sight. In addition there
are countless, bars, cafes, clubs, and other points
of interest that will keep you entertained
throughout the night. |
Day 2: Shanghai City Sightseeing
Today will be spent touring the sights that make
Shanghai one of the word’s great cities. After
breakfast in the hotel, our first stop will be at
the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. If
you’re stunned by Shanghai today, go see how it will
look in 2020. The centerpiece is an enormous scale
model of the city centre that takes an entire upper
floor. It shows current and future development, and
it’s mind-boggling. There are raised walkways for
viewing the model from different angles, and the
detail is fascinating, showing clearly what’s
planned, and what already exists. City planning is a
hot topic throughout the world, and the centre is
themed around "City, Human, Environment and
Development", which concern city dwellers from any
country. The glimpse of present and future Shanghai
can provide much food for thought, as well as
enjoyment and a good overview of this often
overwhelming city.
Then we will go to get a bird’s eye view of Shanghai
at the Shanghai World Financial Center. Shanghai
World Financial Center is the highest building in
Shanghai, as it creates a new Shanghai landmark
along with the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Jinmao
Tower. It takes about 1 minute from first floor to
95th by the elevator with a speed of 10 meters per
second. In the 100th viewing pavilion, visitors can
see the peak of Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Jinmao
Tower. In the 55 meters long viewing gallery,
visitors can see the moving cars and passerby
clearly through 3 transparent glass floors. The
observation bridge atop the building will be the
highest outdoor observation deck in the world.
We’ll next see Shanghai’s most famed and iconic
site, the Bund. The Bund is a famous waterfront and
regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of
years. It affords marvelous views across the river
of the Pudong district and its numerous towers. The
most famous and attractive sight which is at the
west side of the Bund are the 52 various buildings
of different architectural styles including Gothic,
Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance.
It will then be time for a leisurely stroll through Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan Garden is a famed classical
garden, and even though it may be small, it contains
numerous pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and
cloisters, and all have unique characteristics.
There are six main scenic areas in the garden:
Sansui Hall, Wanhua Chamber, Dianchun Hall, Huijing
Hall, Yuhua Hall and the Inner Garden. Each area
features several scenic spots within its borders.
After a lunch of Shanghai cuisine, we’ll go to the Jiangnan Silk Museum, to see how silk is produced
from the cocoons of silk worms, and turned into the
beautiful fabric we all know and love. Silk is an
extremely important trade in this area of the
country Silk filled duvets are excellent value, and
the showroom offers everything from small souvenirs
to larger items. The beauty of real silk is that
it's so light, and packs really easily.
We’ll then return to the hotel, and you are free to
spend your night further exploring Shanghai on your
own. |
Day 3: Shanghai
- Huangshan (B,L)
Following breakfast in the hotel, we’ll head on over
to the Jade Buddha Temple, one of the richest and
most frequented Buddhist Temples in Shanghai. Jade
Buddha Temple in Shanghai is an active temple, with
70 resident monks at the last count. The 70 monks
who live and work there can sometimes be seen
worshiping. nside, the centerpiece is a
1.9-meter-high white jade Buddha, which was
installed here after a monk brought it from Burma to
Zhejiang Province in 1882. The seated Buddha,
encrusted with jewels, is said to weigh about one
thousand kilograms. A smaller, reclining Buddha from
the same shipment lies on a redwood bed. In the
large hall are three gold-plated Buddhas, and other
halls house ferocious-looking deities. Artifacts
abound, not all on display, and some 7,000 Buddhist
sutras line the walls.
Since children are our future, it’s a good idea to
take a visit to the Shanghai Children’s Palace. It
is a training school, providing after school
education to gifted kids. Children participate in a
wide range of extracurricular activities including
music, dance, art, model making, science,
technology, and computer science. Kids can attend
one or two programs according to their own
interests. All kids, 5-14 years old, can be accepted
as long as they pass a simple examination and pay
the tuition.
After an Italian lunch you’ll be taken to the
airport, where you will catch your flight to
Huangshan. On arrival you’ll be met by your guide,
who will take you to your hotel. |
Day 4: Mt. Huangshan (B, L)
After breakfast we’ll head to the
top highlight of Huangshan, Yellow Mountain. Lotus
Peak, with a height of 1873 meters (6145 feet), is
the highest peak of Yellow Mountain Scenic Area. At
present over 500 kinds of animals and 1500 kinds of
plants live on the Huangshan Mountains. UNESCO
listed Yellow Mountain as one of the World Natural
Heritage sites in 1990. Yellow Mountain is known as
"the loveliest mountain in China", famous for
magnificent scenery whatever the season: granite
peaks piercing the clouds, strangely shaped rocks
and gnarled trees, hot springs, waterfalls, and
wonderful outlooks. To get to Yellow Mountain we’ll
take the cable car, giving you a chance to take in
the breathtaking scenery all around you.
While on Yellow Mountain, we will see some curious
sights, such as the Strange Pines, which re seen in
every corner of Yellow Mountain. You will be amazed
by their vitality and strength. The seeds fall into
the crevices where they take root and grow with
great vigor. The uneven terrain prevents the pines
from growing upright. Instead they become crooked
and even downward. Another feature of Huangshan
pines is that many trees grow branches on one side
only. Some notable ones that we will see include the
Guest-Greeting Pine (in front of the stone lion of
the Jade Screen Pavilion in the Jade Screen Scenic
Area), and the Guest-Goodbye Pine (to the right of
the Jade Screen Pavilion).
We’ll also come across the Jade Screen Scenic Area,
and this scenic area has Jade Screen Pavilion as its
center and the Lotus Peak and the Heavenly Capital
Peak as the main body. This is the Front Mountain as
people usually call it. Along the road you will find
Peng Lai Three Islands, 100-step Scaling Ladder, the
Thread of the Sky and the New Thread of the Sky.
"Splendid is the landscape", handwritings by
Chairman Mao Ze Dong, are inscribed on the Jade
Screen Peak.
We’ll on the peaks of Yellow Mountain, we’ll see the
numerous seas and mists of clouds that hover around
the mountain. At sunset, the glistening clouds
assume every hue from red to purple. You cannot help
marveling at this gift from the Creator! You will be
struck by its beauty when all the red leaves are
floating on the white clouds in autumn, when the
clouds gush between the peaks like a raging river
while the red leaves flutter delicately in the
breeze.
Then we’ll come down from the peak to go to the
Huangshan Museum. The Huangshan Museum is the
biggest comprehensive exhibition in Huangshan, as it
showcases numerous products of the region, including
ink stone, Hui (Chinese Muslims)-style ink,
paintings, Hui-style carvings, ancient books, and
old porcelain. |
Day 5: Huangshan-Hongcun-depart Huangshan (B, L)
After enjoying breakfast and an
early sunrise on Yellow Mountain, we’ll see more of
the sights that make Mt. Huangshan China’s most
revered mountain. These include some intriguing
stones, and rocky peaks that will inspire your
imagination. Some look like human beings, birds or
animals or many other objects. Something that makes
the stones even more fascinating is that they assume
varied shapes when seen from different angles. Every
stone has its own fantastic legend, and some notable
ones include “Celestial Basking Shoe” and the
“Celestial basking boot”.
Then we’ll view some more scenic areas of the
mountain before taking the cable car down and
driving on to the cow-shaped ancient village of
Hongcun. Hongcun is the main village where the Wang
families live together. The Wang clan is a
respectable family in the Central Plains of China.
Because it moved to the south at the end of the Han
dynasty, the descendants of the Wang clan spread to
every parts of the south of the lower reaches of the
Changjiang River. The ancestral home of Wang clan is
Jinling. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it moved to
Huizhou. They are the earliest ancestors of Hongcun.
Encircled by green hills, two streams flow through
the village from north and east converging at
Huiyuan Bridge. The village has two main streets and
about 99 lanes. All the streets and lanes are paved
with cobbles or black stones. The residences, lanes
and streets combine well with the hills and streams.
Lying about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northeast of
Yixian County, Hongcun Village enjoys the reputation
of 'a village in the beautiful Chinese picture'
because of its location at high altitude and being
shrouded by clouds and mist. It has about 137 Ming
and Qing style residences.
Lunch will be at Leigang Villa, which is on top of
Leigang Hill. This restaurant is covered on all
sides by a forest of bamboo and peach trees, and
along with beautiful scenery this restaurant
features the delicious provincial cuisine and a
bird’s eye view of Hongcun Village.
We’ll then drive back to Huangshan, where you will
be taken to the city airport, and you will fly on to
your next destination, ending your tour. |
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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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