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(CIT629) English Itinerary China International Travel CA 中國國旅假期［加州］ 2 West 5th Avenue / Lower Level Suite 200 (650) 513-1502 / fax (650) 513-1503 San Mateo, CA 94402 / www.chinatravelca.com (888) 648-1568 / [email protected] Cities of Eastern China + Mount Putuo 11-Day Discount Tour (CIT629) Wuxi 无锡 – Suzhou 苏州 – Hangzhou 杭州 – Shaoxing 绍兴 – Ningbo 宁波 – Putuoshan (Mount Putuo) 普陀山 – Shanghai 上海 June 29, 2012 Please note: * This discount tour will be conducted in Chinese. The tour guides featured on this tour are primarily Chinese speakers and are not fully proficient in English. * Chinese names are written with the simplified characters used in Mainland China. Day 1 (6/29): U.S.A. – Shanghai Today you will board a plane bound for China, where you will witness the vicissitudes of China’s five thousand-year history. Your tour will begin in the dynamic city of Shanghai. Day 2 (6/30): Arrival in Shanghai Today, after arriving in Shanghai, you will be greeted at the airport by CIT’s professional tour guide and escorted to the hotel where you will be staying overnight. Shanghai Accommodations: Wujiaochang Holiday Inn 五角场假日 (4-Star) or equivalent http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/280/en/hd?hotelCode=SHGWJ Day 3 (7/1): Shanghai – Wuxi (B/L/D) After breakfast, you will proceed by coach to Wuxi, nicknamed “Little Shanghai” and called a “land of plenty.” Your first stop in Wuxi will be the lovely Li Lake Park, whose enchanting variety of flower gardens and “mountain-and-lake” scenery look like something out of a poem or painting. Afterward you will tour a Zisha Teapot Museum, where you can admire and purchase stunning examples of the region’s highly sought-after “zǐshā” (purple clay) teapots, also known as Yixing teapots. Then you will visit Three Kingdoms City, a re-creation of a Three Kingdoms-era town featuring architecture, costumes, and performances from the 3rd century A.D. Finally, you will take a boat tour of Lake Tai, which is the most iconic symbol of Wuxi and is also famous for the freshwater pearls that thrive in its clean water and favorable ecological conditions. Lake Tai boasts a vast expense of emerald water and peaks that appear and suddenly disappear in the lake mist, creating a magical, constantly changing scene. You will stay in Wuxi for the night. Day 3 Attractions: Li Lake Park (蠡园公园, Lí Hú Gōngyuán) Zisha Teapot Museum (紫砂茶壶博物馆, Zǐshā Cháhú Bówùguǎn) Three Kingdoms City (三国城, Sānguó Chéng) Lake Tai (太湖, Tài Hú), including a boat tour Wuxi Accommodations: Sujia Business Hotel 金龙商务 (4-Star) or equivalent http://www.sujiahotel.com/ Day 4 (7/2): Wuxi – Suzhou (B/L/D) After breakfast today you will head to Suzhou, famous for its classical gardens. First you will tour Cold Mountain Temple (also known as “Hanshan Temple”), made famous by the poem “Anchored at Night by Maple Bridge.” The temple grounds feature carvings, statues, and stelae reflecting the area’s rich literary heritage; a treasure hall; a bell tower; and numerous other towers and buildings. Your next stop will be a visit to one of the four most famous classical gardens in China, the Lingering Garden, which features a variety of beautiful and interesting works of architecture and landscaping, as well as a distant view of picturesque Tiger Hill, with its famous leaning tower. Afterward, you can take a leisurely stroll along Guanqian Street and enjoy its Qing Dynasty-era commercial street atmosphere, with many old and famous shops, before heading to your Suzhou hotel for the night. Day 4 Attractions: Cold Mountain Temple (寒山寺, Hánshān Sì) Lingering Garden (留园, Liú Yuán) Guanqian Street (观前街, Guànqián Jiē) Cities of Eastern China + Mount Putuo 11-Day Discount Tour (CIT629) Page 1 © 2009-2012 China International Travel CA, Inc. China International Travel CA 中國國旅假期［加州］ 2 West 5th Avenue / Lower Level Suite 200 (650) 513-1502 / fax (650) 513-1503 San Mateo, CA 94402 / www.chinatravelca.com (888) 648-1568 / [email protected] Suzhou Accommodations: The Garden Hotel 园外楼饭店 (4-Star) or equivalent http://www.ywl-hotel.com/en/index.asp Day 5 (7/3): Suzhou – Hangzhou (B/L/D) Today you will head to the internationally famous city of Hangzhou. You will visit Hangzhou’s iconic West Lake, situated between the downtown area and the surrounding hills. You will take a boat tour of the lake and admire the magnificent views laid out along the shore in every direction. Afterward, you can stroll around the lake and enjoy such famous sights and attractions as Red Carp Pond, Broken Bridge, and a view of Six Harmonies Pagoda. Then you will proceed to Dragon Well Tea Village (literally, “Inquiring About Tea at Dragon Well”), another West Lake attraction, which will introduce you to China’s most famous tea, Dragon Well, or Longjing (龙井, Lóngjǐng) green tea. Day 5 Attractions: West Lake (西湖, Xī Hú), including a boat tour Dragon Well Tea Village (龙井问茶, Lóngjǐng Wèn Chá) Hangzhou Accommodations: St. Rich Hotel 圣瑞驰财富大酒店 (4-Star) or equivalent http://www.strichhotel.com/en/about.asp?Articleid=1 Day 6 (7/4): Hangzhou – Shaoxing (B/L/D) After breakfast in your hotel, you will proceed by coach to the culturally rich city of Shaoxing. First, you will visit Shaoxing’s most famous tourist attraction: the Orchid Pavilion. Once the home of the great Eastern Jin Dynasty calligrapher Wang Xizhi, this area is noted for its great beauty. Afterward, you will tour the Former Residence of Lu Xun, the childhood home of one of modern China’s literary giants. Lu Xun also resided and taught here for two years later in his life. The last stop on today’s itinerary is Shen Garden, whose architecture and landscaping are replete with Song Dynasty characteristics such as densely packed sights and features, systematically arranged points of high and low elevation, and lush but carefully placed trees. Day 6 Attractions: Orchid Pavilion (兰亭, Lán Tíng) Former Residence of Lu Xun (鲁迅故居, Lǔ Xùn Gù Jū) Shen Garden (沈园, Shěn Yuán) Shaoxing Accomodations: Qinwang Hotel 秦望大酒店 (4-Star) or equivalent Day 7 (7/5): Shaoxing – Ningbo (B/L/D) Today you will travel by coach to Ningbo, where your first stop will be the famous Tianyi Pavilion, China’s oldest private library still in existence, as well as the oldest extant library in Asia and one of the three oldest family libraries in the world. The Tianyi Pavilion’s current collection boasts around 300,000 ancient texts, some 80,000 of which are rare and highly prized. In addition to these texts, the collection features many examples of painted and calligraphic art, stone inscription rubbings, and other examples of fine local handicrafts. After your tour of Tianyi Pavilion, you will proceed to the nearby town of Xikou and the Former Residence of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang’s birthplace, which features a cluster of buildings including a “great stove house” and a Western-style house, among others. Most of the buildings here were built in 1946; the two-story Western house, situated next to Wu Hill and overlooking Shan Creek, was built in 1930. Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek’s son, also resided here with his wife and son upon his return to the area. Tonight, you will stay in Ningbo. Day 7 Attractions: Tianyi Pavilion or Tianyi Chamber (天一阁, Tiānyī Gé) Former Residence of Chiang Kai-shek (蒋氏故居, Jiǎng Shì Gù Jū) Ningbo Accommodations: Jiale Hotel 嘉乐大酒店 (4-Star) or equivalent Day 8 (7/6): Ningbo – Mount Putuo – Ningbo (B/L/D) Today you will head from your hotel straight to the docks at Zhujiajian, where you will board a high-speed ferry for your trip to the “Buddhist paradise” of Putuoshan. There you will explore the island’s lovely and tranquil scenery. Mount Putuo is one of the “four sacred mountains” of Buddhism in China, and is also one of 1,390 islands in the Zhoushan Island archipelago. Mount Putuo is famous for its atmosphere of Cities of Eastern China + Mount Putuo 11-Day Discount Tour (CIT629) Page 2 © 2009-2012 China International Travel CA, Inc. China International Travel CA 中國國旅假期［加州］ 2 West 5th Avenue / Lower Level Suite 200 (650) 513-1502 / fax (650) 513-1503 San Mateo, CA 94402 / www.chinatravelca.com (888) 648-1568 / [email protected] magic, mystery, and sacredness; its appearance has been compared to a green dragon crouching in the ocean, and the renowned poet Bai Juyi described it as “an enchanted sea-mountain from an ethereal realm.” One of your stops on the island will be Puji Temple, known colloquially as the “First Temple.” Situated at the southern foot of Lingjiu Peak on Baihua Summit, it was founded in the year 916. After many years of misfortune and prosperity, the Kangxi Emperor issued an edict that it be rebuilt during an inspection tour around southern China, and later also bestowed upon it the honorific “Universal Savior of Many Souls.” After touring the temple, you will then visit the Purple Bamboo Forest, a cluster of rock formations that takes its name from the color of the stone, cross-sections of which reveal cypress and bamboo leaf-like patterns. After your tour of the island concludes, you will return to downtown Ningbo, where you will spend another night. Day 8 Attractions: Mount Putuo (普陀山, Pǔtuóshān) Puji Temple (普济寺, Pǔjì Sì) Purple Bamboo Forest (紫竹林, Zǐzhúlín) Day 9 (7/7): Ningbo – Shanghai (B/L/D) After breakfast, you will travel by coach to Shanghai. Along the way you pass over the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which at 22 miles long is the world’s longest trans-oceanic bridge.
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