Silk Tour of Qinghai Dunhuang, Urumqi, Xi'an

D1: Shanghai/Xi'an ancient city wall - wild goose tower square - clock drumtower square (L/S)             Living: The Xi'an
 Shanghai flies to while the scheduled flight by the reputation is “the natural history museum”, world one of four big ancient capitals, the Chinese 13 dynasties the historical city which founds a capital in this--Xi'an, rides in a carriage to the urban district, mounts Xi'an most to have the imposing manner, most famous[Ancient city wall]The extant city wall constructs in the bright Hongwu seven years to ten (1374-1378), until now already some more than 600 years history, was our country extant most complete ancient times city wall construction, the entire place city wall, including the moat, the hanging bridge, the floodgate building, the archer's tower, the building, the watchtower, the watch tower, the parapet wall, the crenel and so on a series of facilities, was a constitution strict integrity middle ages ancient castle.Latter goes[West goose tower square]Far view Xi'an's symbolic construction[Goose tower](Ascends tower expense to take care of oneself) hands down Tang Xuanzang Xuan Zang to learn from experienced people returning to homeland after India, in order to consecrate and preserves thing and so on Sanskrit classics and image of Buddha Buddhist relics designs personally and oversees the manufacture of completes.Tang Gaozong and Emperor Taitsung of Tang's once the imperial brush kissed the book Datang Tripitaka Saint To teach Foreword Tablet and States Tripitaka Saint To teach Foreword To record Tablet.The vehicle tours one of Xi'an's important symbols[Clock drumtower square]Watching had the national style ancient architecture, appeared dignified, the magnificent bell tower and the drumtower.

D2: Xi'an - burial figures of warriors and horses - Hua Qingchi - noble concubine soup - five halls (B/L/S)                     Living:  the train 
 After hotel breakfast tours is located north the Li the foothill “the world eighth big miracle”[Chin Shihhuang burial figures of warriors and horses museum]This huge underground museum buries  is hiding Chinese first Emperor the Chin Shihhuang imperial mausoleum protection army, near ten thousand person of and the honorable person real horse similar size pottery burial figurines have formed the huge army, had demonstrated in the history the Qin country army “mops up six countries, monopolize” the imposing manner, causes the tourist to frighten all for it, in 1987 included “the world humanity cultural heritage” by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization the table of contents.Afterwards tours one of Chinese most ancient imperial family botanical gardens[Hua Qingchi]Emperor Taitsung of Tang Li Shimin once in this construction “the hot spring palace”, A.D. 747 years, the Emperor Xuanzong in Tanh dynasty life went around a mountain builds the palace, changed “Hua Qinggong”, because the palace constructed on the tangchi, other name “Hua Qingchi”.Here geographical position superior, fluttering flags scenery and a lot of year flow endless hot spring, prepares all previous dynasties king's favor, the carry-over is had the quite complete week, Qin, the Chinese, Tang, bright, clear and so on all previous dynasties cultural relic resources and so on cultural remains sites, botanical garden landscape, historic building and old tree famous wood, You Yitang Ming Huang and Yang Guifei's tangled up love story[Noble concubine soup](Handed down Yang Guifei to bathe near ten spring and autumn in this) and shocks China and the world “the Xi'an Incident” the former site[Five halls]But becomes famous the world.Visit geology and mining museum.Late travels by the train to go to summer city Xining.

D3:Xining - Lake Qinghai - Riyue - Xining                   

      Living:  Xining (B/L/S)
 the reception depot surmounts when far A.D. 641 year Datang Princess Wen Cheng marries Turfan king Songzanganbu, is the table comes into Tibet the determination firmly to fall the livelihood valuable mirror[Riyue]Its unique geographical position, has accomplished its unusual natural scenery, is the most important Tang flourishing ancient road separatrix, also is the Qinghai-Tibet Plain and the loess plateau natural dividing line place, elevation 3520KM, is this traveling schedule peak; Afterwards enters the Chinese most beautiful lake -[Lake Qinghai]Lake Qinghai also names “the kokonor”, namely Mongolian language “green sea” meaning.It is located northeast in Qinghai Province's Lake Qinghai basin, is the Chinese biggest interior lake, also is the home biggest salt water lake.Its long 105 kilometers, extend 63 kilometers, the most deep place amounts to 38 meters, the lake catchment area approximately 29661 square kilometers, the level of the lake elevation 3196 meters.Compared to Chinese biggest fresh water lake Poyang Lake, must the greatly nearly more than 450 square kilometers, riding return to Xining to enter the hotel afterwards.

D4: Xining - Changyeh - Buddhist temple - spring lake park - Jiuquan        

       Living:  Jiuquan (B/L/S)
After the breakfast visits Tibetan Buddhism Gelug sect one of six big temples -[Taer Temple].Eastern part is located Huangshui river bank Taer Temple, is the Tibetan Buddhism Gelug sect founder ancestor Pakistan master's birthplace, also is the follower one's heart rushes toward one's destination worships the Holy Land, here mural, the pile embroider, the butter perianth are called Taer Temple's art three certainly, in the history, here also received the all previous dynasties central dynasty to take highly, the royal government bestowed many times presents as a gift this rare things and so on temple inscribed horizontal tablet, Buddhist musical istrument, image of Buddha, scroll sutra pagoda, already became the Buddhism art treasure house which was worthy of the name.Surmounts beautifully reaches ban the mountain after Chinese one of most beautiful six prairies[Chilienshan prairie]Feeling rough and a tender feeling romantic body prairie state. Afterwards the vehicle goes to Changyeh, Changyeh is located middle the Chinese Gansu Province Gansu Corridor, the Martial emperor of Han dynasty Yuan tripod with two handles six years (previous 121 years) set at the Changyeh county, take “Zhang Guobi to tuck in, pass the western region” meaning.Is ancient Silk Road progresses enters the Gansu Corridor the important post town.The Changyeh history is glorious, the culture is bright, the mountains and rivers are elegant, the common social practice is simple and honorable, the water plant is lush, is known as golden Changyeh the fine reputation.After the lunch visits Changyeh[Buddhist temple]: Constructs is apart from now in the tangut to have 900 years history.In the temple constructs our country biggest big reclining buddha.The vehicle goes to Jiuquan to enter the guesthouse.

D5: Jiuquan - Jiayuguan city - Great Wall museum - Dunhuang         

       Living: Dunhuang (B/L/S)

Jiuquan the Hamilton Sundstrand mark -[Spring lake park],[Clock drumtower]The automobile goes to Jiayuguan[Guan Cheng].It is located middle the Jiayuguan narrowest mountain valley, on the topography highest fine valley mountain, the area just outside the city gate two wing city walls cross desert Gobi, hangs the wall Great Wall to the northern 8 kilometer company Heishan, to the south 7 kilometers, meets the first under heaven pillar, is the Ming Dynasty Great Wall west end control, since old times for Hexi first pass.Guan Chengshi constructed in the bright Hongwu five years (in 1372), from initially constructed builds an integrity the mountain pass, has experienced for 168 years (1372-1539 year) the time, was the Ming Dynasty Great Wall nine towns governs in along the route thousand mountain passes most male dangerous one, until now preserves complete.In March, 1961, is listed as the nation first batch of key cultural relic preservation organ by the State Council.Important because of the topography, but the building grand has “the world strategic pass”, “continually the frontier gynatresia” the name.Latter visits[Jiayuguan Great Wall museum]: Is located south Jiayuguan urban district lively road section New China south side the road, completed in 1988 year's end, opened a hall officially in October 1, 1989, was Chinese first comprehensive, demonstrates the Great Wall culture systematically the special subject museum.The latter automobile goes to Dunhuang to appreciate on the way[Desert scenery]And in hot sun   overpoweringly hot under partly visible Gobi marvelous sight - -[Mirage]Dissimilar in shape and form cloth prosperous base elegant Dan landform, snow gleams white Chilienshan.Late enters Dunhuang.

D6: Dunhuang - Mt. Mingsha - crescent moon spring - Turfan               

       Living: Train   (B/L/S)                                                          
After the breakfast tours the desert and the water seepage coexistence natural marvelous sight -[Mt. Mingsha],[Crescent moon spring].The own expense rides the camel to have a good swim the desert, feels the camel bell ancient road the flavor, visits in the afternoon[Mogao Caves]: Is the nation key cultural relic preservation organ, is named Thousand Buddhas Cave, and makes an idol world famous by the fine mural.Since the modern times had discovered the Buddhist scriptures hole, in had more than 50,000 ancient times cultural relics, and grew one to study the Buddhist scriptures hole ancient book and the Dunhuang art discipline - Dunhuang studies specially.Latter visits the luminous winecup factory. After the supper travels by the train to go to Turfan.

D7: Therefore the Turfan - ridge well - grape ditch - hands over the river the city - Mt. Huoyan - Urumqi                 live: The Urumqi Huadu     (B/L/S)

the early morning arrives at  Turfan early, the Turfan history glorious, beautiful mysterious, since two Chinese has always been our country western region area politics, the economy, the cultural center, on Silk Road strategic place.After the breakfast visited the tour to have China ancient times three big hydraulic engineering fine reputation[Ridge well]The ridge well is the underground water conservation irrigation engineering which the ancient times Xinjiang person created, as early as on already appeared the embryonic form in 2000 ago Han Dynasty, the Turpan area altogether has the ridge well 1100 multi-channel, the year amount of runoff amounted to 294,000,000 cubic meters, it was the oasis origin of life.Tours known far and wide[Grape ditch]This is north and south long approximately 7 kilometer, the thing width approximately 2 kilometers canyons, according to mountain nearby water, peaceful quiet and tasteful.In the entire strip ditch each and every family's vineyard links up into a single stretch, everywhere green and luxuriant, like green sea.Here fine scenery, the cool breeze blows gently in the summer, is the fire continent summer vacation heaven.The Uygur national minority family visit experiences the national character and style visit[Therefore hands over river city]Therefore the city opens for Che Shiren constructs, the construction age is apart from the now approximately for 2000~2300 years, is from natural lives in the earth to excavate becomes.Tour[Uygur ancient village]It take the Turfan sincere history culture inside story and the rich folk custom character and style as the background, therefore is the Uygur national minority tradition nationality character and style and hands over the river the city history culture, the natural landscape concentration, is one of Turfan city existing ancient Uygur natural villages.Afterwards tours[Mt. Huoyan]The Mt. Huoyan mountain massif surface blade of grass does not live, whenever the midsummer red glowing sun overhead, the rusticity transpiration, the reddish brown red mountain massif like soars procession of lanterns, extremely magnificent sight.Rides in a carriage goes to Urumqi (240KM), after the size saline lake, reaches ban the city wetland, the Silk Road essential channel: Clear water gorge, black Gobi, Asia biggest wind power station[Reaches ban city wind power station]Way view Wula anchors the reservoir.Goes has the rich Islam nationality characteristic commercial line[Xinjiang international big bazaar](About tour time approximately 2 hours).The big bazaar floor space near 100,000 square meters, have 3000 national handicrafts store, 80 meter high sightseeing towers, the imposing manner grand mosque and so on, the area, the hardware facility, the cultural atmosphere surpass the Istanbul big bazaar greatly, being possible be called “the world first big bazaar”

D8: Urumqi - Tianshan day pond - Shanghai        (B/L)           
After the breakfast rides in a carriage (driving for 3 hours) to go to[Tianshan day pond scenic spot](Including rope way, not including pleasure boat 35), this is one the mountain drift-dammed lake which formed in 200 ten thousand year before quaternary period big glacier activity, the sea dials 1980 meters, the lake delivering in person half a month, was the world famous mountain lake, the scenic area take the mountain lake as the center, the snowy peak produces an inverted image, the spruce link supported, blue Shui Sijing, the scenery like picture, ancient called “Yao Chi”, it is said in the myth the queen mother of the west feast group immortal flat peach grand meeting then was located in here.“The day pond” comes from the Qing Dynasty, takes “the day mirror, Shenchi” meaning, says beauty extremely this ground wind light.May pay own expenses sits the pleasure boat watching snowy mountain inverted image, the ocean waves vast lake water, Shimen, the great day pond, east/west the small day pond, decides the sea god needle, looks out Borger to reach the peak.Finally rides the scheduled flight to return to the Shanghai warm homeland!