Tour code: SWLYF01
4 Days Luoyang Peony Festival Tour 2009
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Trip highlights
Luoyang Peony Festival (held from April 1st to May 10th, 2009) is a major annual event featuring flowers, lanterns, exhibitions of traditional Chinese calligraphy, painting and photography. Tour highlights are Longmen Grottoes, Shaolin Temple, Peony Festival.
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Tour price
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Destinations
Beijing, Luoyang, Beijing
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Tour type
Private tour available everyday, private tour guide & driver
Day by Day Itinierary
| Day 1 Beijing ( ) |
| You will be picked up at the lobby of your hotel in Beijing by local English speaking tour guide and transferred to Beijing railway station to catch the overnight train to Luoyang. Train ticket is booked by Sinoway Travel. Train No.: K269 (21:42/06:51 next morning), takes 9 hours and 9 minutes. Stay overnight on the train. |
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| [ Optional ] Longmen Grottoes: The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. |
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| Day 2 Luoyang ( B,L ) |
| Upon arrival at Luoyang railway station at 06:51a.m, pickup by our English speaking tour guide and drive to hotel for your breakfast. Later drive to visit the Longmen Grottoes, Guanlin Temple, White Horse Temple. |
Guanlin Temple | An art gallery was also built inside the temple, displaying a collection of nearly 2000 ancient steles, epitaphs and stone inscriptions. More than seventy stone-tablets with calligraphic inscriptions are also found here. A five-meter-high stone stele with inscriptions written by emperors from differ…… | White Horse Temple | Located 12.5 km east of Luoyang, White Horse Temple was built in 68 A.D. It is the first Buddhist temple in China since the religion spread to the country. Therefore it is regarded as the ancestral temple and respectfully called "No.1 Ancient Temple in China". | Longmen Grottoes | The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. |
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| [ Optional ] The Shaolin Temple: The Shaolin Temple is a Buddhist temple at Mount Songshan in Henan Province. Long famous for its association with Chinese martial arts, the Shaolin Temple is the Mahayana Buddhist Temple best known to the Western world. The Shaolin Temple has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. |
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| Day 3 Luoyang ( B,L ) |
| After breakfast, drive to Dengfeng to visit the Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese Kong Fu and Zhongyue Temple. After the tour, drive back to Luoyang. |
The Shaolin Temple | The Shaolin Temple is a Buddhist temple at Mount Songshan in Henan Province. Long famous for its association with Chinese martial arts, the Shaolin Temple is the Mahayana Buddhist Temple best known to the Western world. The Shaolin Temple has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. |
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| [ Optional ] Luoyang Peony Festival: The Peony, the emblem flower of Luoyang, is lauded as "Queen of flowers, with ethereal colour and celestial fragrance". Since the Tang Dynasty no Chinese city has been able to rival Luoyang in growing peonies boasting nearly 10 million peony trees with more than 700 species - all thanks to improvements in technology of peony cultivation. |
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| Day 4 Luoyang, Beijing ( B,L ) |
| Day tour to Museum of Luoyang Eastern Zhou Royal Horse and Chariot Pits, Luoyang museum, then join in the Peony Festival in Wangcheng Park in the downtown at the rest of the day. Later, you will be transferred to Luoyang railway station to take the overnight train back to Beijing. Train No.: K270 (20:21/05:57 next morning), for soft sleeper. Upon arrival at Beijing railway station, own arrange to transfer to your next destination, free time in Beijing on your own arrangement. |
Museum of Luoyang Eastern Zhou Royal Horse and Cha | Museum of Luoyang Eastern Zhou Royal Horse and Chariot Pits is a special museum which mainly displays the giant horse and chariot sacrificial pit of Eastern Zhou Dynasty on its original site. Besides the latest excavations unearthed from the kings tomb and some valuable relics of Eastern Zhou Dynast…… | Luoyang Peony Festival | The Peony, the emblem flower of Luoyang, is lauded as "Queen of flowers, with ethereal colour and celestial fragrance". Since the Tang Dynasty no Chinese city has been able to rival Luoyang in growing peonies boasting nearly 10 million peony trees with more than 700 species - all thanks to improveme…… |
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| [ Optional ] Museum of Luoyang Eastern Zhou Royal Horse and Cha: Museum of Luoyang Eastern Zhou Royal Horse and Chariot Pits is a special museum which mainly displays the giant horse and chariot sacrificial pit of Eastern Zhou Dynasty on its original site. Besides the latest excavations unearthed from the kings tomb and some valuable relics of Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the brief introduction of the Emperor City is also included. |
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