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A one-day tour on October 18 will be arranged as part of
the meeting. The tour includes a visit to the 8th
world wonder, the Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors in Litong County
(Pits 1, 2, and
3), and a visit to the Royal Huaqing Resort
of Tang Dynasty (hot spring bath sites for the emperor and his concubine
Yang Yuhuan and the Xi'an Incident site). The cost of the tour will
be 225CNY/person, which is included in the registration fee.
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To get information on national flights within
China, a best site to go is ctrip.com.
Another site
Travel
China Guide is also good. For international flights, see standard
sites such as
Expedia.com.
If you are interested in train travel
in China, please visit
Chinese Train Homepage or
Travel
China Guide.
We have arranged for a travel agency to assist participants to organize more extensive tour packages, either before or after the meeting.
Counseling services on travel will be located at the Center Hall of
Nanyang Hotel and the conference site - the Science Hall of Xi'an JiaoTong
University. If you have any questions about travel, please feel free to
contact chinameeting@vip.163.com
The following travel routes are provided by the
agency:
Option
1
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1
day tour (West of Xi’an) |
Price：＄48(USD) |
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★Qian
Mausoleum, where the only empress in Chinese history and her husband,
the emperor Li Zhi, were co-buried
★Famen
temple, where the finger sariras of Sykyamuni are displayed.
★The
treasure exhibit of Famen temple
★The
tomb of prince Yide |
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Back to Xi’an by tour bus (hotel fees not
inclusive) |
Option
2
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1
day tour to Huashan Mountain (one of the five best known Chinese mountains) |
Price：＄60(USD) |
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Up and down by cable |
Back to Xi’an by tour bus
(hotel fees not inclusive) |
Option
3
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Night tour of the old
city |
Price：＄30(USD) |
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★The
bell tower and the Drum tower in the city center
★The
ancient Changan city by night
★The
square of the Greater Wild Goose Pagoda
★A
visit to Datang Furong Park (the theme park of Tang dynasty culture
with music and dances from the old times) |
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Back to Xi’an by tour bus (hotel fees not
inclusive) |
Option
4:
Two-day tour to Yan’an and the tomb of Huangdi (Price:
＄128(USD))
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Day |
Arrangement and sites to see
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Overnight
|
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D1 |
Leaving for Yan’an (the critical revolution base of the modern Chinese
history) by tour bus
A
visit to the grand Hukou waterfall of the Yellow River |
In Yan’an |
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D2 |
Visit to:
★
Zaoyuan (the residence of Chairman Mao Zedong)
★ The old site of
Yangjialing, where the 7th People’s Congress were held)
★ The Huangdi (
father of Chinese people) mausoleum |
Back to Xi’an by tour bus (hotel fees not
inclusive) |
Option
5:
A
comprehensive 5-day tour around Xi’an (＄450(USD))
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Day |
Arrangement and sites to
see |
Overnight
|
|
D1 |
Visit to:
★The
8th world wonder, the Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors in Litong County
(Pits 1, 2 and 3)
★The
royal Huaqing Resort of Tang Dynasty (hot spring bath sites for the
emperor and his concubine Yang Yuhuan and the Xi’an Incident site)
★Emperor
Qin's Mausoleum |
In Xi’an
(★★★) |
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D2 |
★Qian
Mausoleum, where the only empress in Chinese history and her husband
emperor Li Zhi were co-buried
★Famen
temple, where the finger sariras of Sykyamuni are displayed
★The
treasure exhibit of Famen temple
★The
tomb of prince Yide |
In Xi’an
(★★★) |
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D3 |
Leaving for Huashan Mountain (one of the five best known Chinese
mountains), going up and down by cable |
In Xi’an
(★★★) |
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D4 |
★Leaving
for Yan’an (the critical revolution base of the modern Chinese
history) by tour bus
★A
visit to the grand Hukou waterfall of the Yellow River in Yan’an |
In Yan’an
(★★★) |
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D5 |
Visit to:
★
Zaoyuan (the residence of Chairman Mao Zedong)
★
The old site of Yangjialing, where the 7th People’s Congress was held.
★
The Huangdi (father of Chinese people) mausoleum
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Option
6:
A
6-day tour to the three ancient capitals of Xi’an, Luoyang and Kaifeng
(Price: ＄490(USD))
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Day |
Arrangement and sites to see
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Overnight
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D1 |
★Qian
Mausoleum, where the only empress in Chinese history and her husband
emperor Li Zhi were co-buried.
★Famen
temple, where the finger sariras of Sykyamuni are displayed.
★The
treasure exhibit of Famen temple
★The
tomb of prince Yide |
In Xi’an |
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D2 |
Visits to:
★The
8th world wonder, the Museum of Terra Cotta Warriors in Litong County
(Pits 1, 2 and 3)
★The
royal Huaqing Resort of Tang Dynasty (hot spring bath sites for the
emperor and his concubine Yang Yuhuan and the Xi’an Incident site)
★Emperor
Qin's Mausoleum |
At Hua Mountain |
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D3 |
★Leaving
for Huashan Mountain (one of the five best known Chinese mountains),
going up and down by cable
★Heading
for Luoyang (another ancient capital) |
In Luoyang |
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D4 |
Visits to:
★Longmen
Grottoes (a world cultural heritage)
★Baima
Temple (the best-known Buddhism temple)
★Shaolin
Temple, where Chinese Kongfu takes its source |
In Zhengzhou City |
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D5 |
Visits to:
★Xiangguo
Temple
★Baogong
Temple (temple built in memory of the most noted upright official,
Baogong, in Chinese history)
★Qingmingshanhe
Park (thus named after the famous Chinese scroll painting of
Qingmingshanhe) |
In Zhengzhou City |
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D6 |
The end of the tour |
Option
7:
Ancient Silk Road discovery tour (Price
＄700(USD))
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Day |
Arrangement and sites to
see |
Overnight |
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D1 |
Heading for Jiayuguan pass by train at 18:35 |
On the train |
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D2 |
Arrival at about 16:00 and free activity |
In Jiayuguan city |
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D3 |
Visit to:
★The
fortress of Jiayu pass
★The
Great Wall (the west starting point)
★leaving
for Dunhuang by tour bus |
In Dunhuang |
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D4 |
Visit to:
★The
Crescent Moon Spring
★The
Rattling Sand Dunes
★Mogao
Grottoes in Dunhuang (also known as Thousand Buddha Cave, one of the best
preserved and richest sources of Buddhist art)
★Departing
for Urumqi by train |
Overnight on the train |
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D5 |
Visit to:
★The
ruins of the ancient town of Gaochang
★The
Flaming Mountain
★Visit
Southern Mountain Pasture
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In Urumqi |
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D6 |
Visit to:
★The
Heavenly Lake (Boat Cruise) and the Heavenly Mountain |
In Urumqi |
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D7 |
The end of the tour
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Option
8:
Tour
to the highest destination of Lhasa of Tibet (Price
＄800(USD))
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Day |
Arrangement and sites to see
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Overnight |
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D1 |
Arrangement:
★Flight
CA4214 from Xi’an to Lhasa and arrival in Lhasa airport (3600m above
sea level ) at about 13:00
★
Meeting at
the airport and heading for the city center
★
Appreciating the inviting scenes of the Brahmaputra River and the
plateau
★
A good rest
and getting used to the high altitude and its weather |
In Lhasa |
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D2 |
Visit to:
★The
Potala Palace, the highest palace in the world, built by Songtsen
Gampo for Princess Wen Cheng, a lineal descendant of the Tang emperor
★The
holy Buddhism temple of Jokhang, where the figures of Songtsen Gampo
and Sakyamuni brought from Chang' an and Nepal are treasured
★
Bharkor Street—a
very special business center |
In Lhasa |
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D3 |
Visit to:
★The
Lake of Yamzho Yumc, one of the 3 sacred lakes in Tibet
★The
Kanola Glacier
★Palkor
Monastery
★Kumbum
Pagoda |
In Xigatse |
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D4 |
Arrangement:
★
A visit to Tashilunpo Monastery of the Gelug Sect, the winter palace
for the Panchen Lama
★
Back to Lhasa along the Brahmaputra River
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In Lhasa |
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D5 |
Free activity and the end
of the tour |
Note:
There are 4 flights each week from Xi’an to Lhasa (Monday, Wednesday,
Friday and Sunday)
Option
9:
Classical Tour to
Sichuan (including Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong National Park)
(Price ＄600(USD))
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Day |
Arrangement and sites to see
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Overnight |
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D1 |
Leaving for Chengdu
by train 2119 at 15:58
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on the train |
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D2 |
Arrival in Chengdu at 09:14 in the morning
Heading for Jiuzhaogou,
with villages of the Zang and Qiang peoples along the road
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In Jiuzhaigou |
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D3 |
★Jiuzhaigou
National Park, a secular wonderland |
In Jiuzhaigou |
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D4 |
★Huanglong
National Park (a conservation site for rare species such as the panda)
★
Stories about the 25,000 Li March |
In Maoxian County |
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D5 |
Back to Chengdu by tour
bus and having a stopover at the Natural Medicine Base
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In Chengdu |
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D6 |
Visit to:
★Wuhou
Shrine (about the legendary military genius Zhuge Liang of The
Romance of three Kingdom)
★Dufu
Thatched Cottage (the best remembered Chinese poet)
The end of the tour
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