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CC-10 Shanghai-Yangzhou-Nanjing-Wuxi-Suzhou-Hangzhou (9D8N) |
| Day 1 Arrive in Shanghai, visit the Yuyuan Garden. Laid out in the 16th century by a Ming official, this small (2 hectares) garden is a delight of pools, pavilions and rock gardens. Strolling through the bazaar surrounding the garden, you will find lines of stores that sells traditional Chinese arts and crafts. Nanjing Road which starts from the Bund in the east and ends at Jingan Temple on Nanjing Road (West), totally 5 kilometers long. Enjoy the reputation of "China’s No.1 Street", Nanjing Road is the most bustling shopping center in Shanghai. Along the street are some 350 stores, large and small, only to be separated by theatres and restaurants here and there. These stores, especially the big department stores and specialty stores, are always crowded with shoppers. Among the pedestrians walking along the street are locals and tourists, who account for about 57 per cent according to statistics, as Nanjing Road is a must and a favorite shopping street for them. On Sundays and other public holidays Nanjing Road and the stores are even more crowded. Nobody has ever succeeded in working out the exact daily pedestrian flow on Nanjing Road. |
( L/D ) Overnight in Shanghai
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| Day 2 Visit the Bund, one of the most famous thoroughfares in China and here you will see a collection of buildings dating from the 1930’s displaying their western influence and fulfilling the role of the commercial heart of Shanghai. And visit the Jade Buddha Temple, which is a good place to go whether you are a Buddhist or not, the peaceful and transcendent atmosphere adds a kind of richness to our busy modern society. Leaving the ancient for the modern you visit the Pudong New Area is a triangular area adjacent to the city proper. Before 1990, it was farmland and rice paddies. Here you’ll find the biggest of everything: the tallest TV tower in Asia, the largest department store on the continent, and the tallest building in the world. The modern architectural wonders, the Yangpu and Nanpu Bridges, connect Pudong to Puxi, the city proper. The new Shanghai international airport was open in 1999, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange moves to its new building in Pudong in 1998. Take soft seat train to Yangzhou. |
( B/L/D ) Overnight in Yangzhou
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| Day 3 Visit Slender Lake，follow the Willow Forest Road, which is located 15 km (9.3 meter) south of Prince George off of Highway 97, past Stony Lake to Slender Lake. Rainbow trout, Dolly Varden and whitefish are abundant in Slender Lake. Ger Garden and Daming Temple, located northwest of Yangzhou, is a famous Buddhist temple built in the 5th century. This is where the Tang dynasty (618-907AD) monk Jianzhen studied and became superior of the temple and also a famed teacher of Buddhism in the region. Jianzhen played an integral role in the development of Buddhism in Japan, and after five failures he finally succeeded in crossing the seas and building the Toshodaiji Temple in Nara. In 1973 a memorial hall was built within the Daming Temple honoring Jianzhen and commemorating the renewed friendship between China and Japan. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Yangzhou
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| Day 4 Go to Nanjing and visit the Yangze River Bridge by bus ( car ), the bridge flies over Yangtze River, northwest of the city. It was the first double deck and double track highway and railway bridge designed and constructed by Chinese themselves. As a milestone, it was Chinese people’s pride. The construction of the bridge started in 1961 and ended in 1968. The highway bridge flies 4589 meters across the river, 1577 meters over the water and is 15 meters in width excluding two-meter-wide pavements on both sides while the railway bridge is longer and narrower. The bridge totally has nine piers, of which the highest one towers 85 meters and its base covers 400 square meters. The highway bridge approach is full of Chinese characteristics. Rising 70 meters high, two bridge towers stand on each end of the bridge. Inside of towers, elevators reach the two decks and watchtowers atop. The bridge banisters are decorated with 200 cast iron relief inlays. Beside the pavements, there are 150 pairs of yulan lamps. Like a rainbow the bridge spans across the river. When night falls, with more than 2,000 various lamps turned on, it looks like a pearl string of the Yangtze River. Visit Dr. Sun Yet Sen’S Mausolenm. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Nanjing
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| Day 5 Go to Wuxi by bus ( car ). Visit Tai Lake Located between Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the Tai Lake, known as "Seismic Pool" in ancient time, is one of the five freshwater lakes. It has an area of 2420 square kilometers with the lake coastline of 400 kilometers long, thus winning the fame of "Eight Hundred Li Big Lake". There are more than 60 kinds of fish and aquatic and other resources in abundance. Among the famous aquatic products are whitebait (salangid), whitefish, mandarin fish, white shrimp, etc. Riding on a boundless expanse of blue water, 48 isles and peninsulars and 91 peaks are emerging from the waves, known as "the 72 Peaks" with the East and West Hills of Dongting, Maji (horse-hoof prints) Hill, Shan (three) Hill and Yuan Tou Islet as the most famous among all. The Shan Hill Park has become the most famous scenic spot for tourism in the Tai Lake. Visit Turtle Head Island which is a small peninsula that is shaped like a turtle head and protrudes into Taihu lake. This is a great location to admire the beauty of the lake and can be reached by a small arched bridge (Perpetual Spring Bridge) that is lined with cherry blossoms and particularly stunning in the spring. There are several small pavilions, temples and teahouses on the island, but undoubtedly the natural beauty of the lake and landscape are the prime reasons for coming here. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Wuxi
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| Day 6 Take bus to Suzou. Visit the Humble Administrator’s Garden (Zhouzheng Yuan) is the largest garden in Suzhou, located in the northeastern section of the city, and one of the four most famous classical gardens in China. The garden’s scenery is focused on a central pond with various buildings of pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located by the water or on hillocks in a natural, unsophisticated, and appropriate composition. The garden is most representative of Chinese classical gardens in the Ming Dynasty. It was laid out in 1513 by the censor, Wang Xiancheng, after his retirement from political life. He named the garden after an essay by Pan Yue of Jing Era, "On Idle Living,": "Building house and planting trees, watering garden and growing vegetables are the affairs (Zheng) of humble (Zhuo) people." After his death, his son gambled away the garden. The Hanshan Temple, which is located in Maple Bridge town in the west outskirts of Suzhou, only 1 kilometer west of the Lingering Garden. It was first built in the Tianjian period of the Liang Dynasty (502-557) with the name of Miaolita Yuan (Miaolita Temple). During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), a famous monk named Hanshan was said to have lived and was the temple’s care-taker. The temple’s name was later renamed after Hanshan. Visit Tongli Town. It was established in the Song Dynasty, has a history of over 1,000 years. It is very rich in cultural heritage. Traditional residences including gardens, houses and temples, built in the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, are the highlight of the city. Jiayin Hall built in 1922 is known for its fine carvings on the structure. Congben Hall built in 1911 is also known for its carvings on the structure. There are more than one hundred of well-preserved woodcarvings of traditional figures from Chinese classics. |
(B/L/D) Overnight in Suzhou
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| Day 7 Go to Hangzhou. Visit West Lake. The West Lake is a like a shining pearl inlaid on the vast land of China, reputed for beautiful scenery, a multitude of historical sites, brilliant cultural relics, and a profusion of native products. Legend has it that the West Lake was a heavenly jewel fallen to earth. Pragmatists insist that it is a mere lagoon on Hangzhou’s western fringe. In any case, West Lake has inspired painters for centuries. Yue Fei Tomb, the Tomb of Yue Fei is set at the southern foot of the Qixia Hill, near the lake. General Yue Fei (1103-1142) was a national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty who distinguished himself in battles against northern invaders. He was sentenced to death after he was framed for crimes he did not commit. To the left of the simple tomb, which was built in 1162, is a temple containing a statue of the general; people often come here to pray respects to this heroic martyr. In the two side halls of the temple are 120 tablets; the tablets are engraved with Yue Fei’s poems as well as eulogies to him by noted figures. |
| (B/L/D) Overnight in Hangzhou |
| Day 8 Visit Lingyin Temple. The temple was to gain in importance during the Five Dynasties (907-960 AD) when the King of the Wu Yue State initiated a large-scale development of the temple as a sign of his devotion to Buddha. In its heyday, the temple comprised nine buildings, eighteen pavilions, seventy-seven palaces and halls with over thirteen hundred rooms providing accommodation for around three thousand monks. A monastery on this scale is difficult to imagine and needless to say over the centuries it has been subjected to many changes of fortune due to wars, religious repression and other calamities. The main temple that can be seen today is a result of the restoration that was carried out in 1974 following the ten-year Chinese Cultural Revolution. And back to Shanghai. |
| (B/L/D) Overnight in Shanghai |
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| Quotation |
Peak Season ( Apr. – Nov. ) |
Slack Season ( Dec. – Mar. ) |
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| ( USD p/p ) |
Budget |
Standard |
Luxury |
Budget |
Standard |
Luxury |
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| 2 – 5 pax |
1637 |
1730 |
1942 |
1570 |
1663 |
1874 |
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| 6 – 9 pax |
1210 |
1304 |
1515 |
1128 |
1222 |
1433 |
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| Single Room Supplement |
397 |
488 |
671 |
346 |
435 |
619 |
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| 10 pax up |
1030 |
1119 |
1311 |
948 |
1042 |
1230 |
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| Single Room Supplement |
333 |
396 |
586 |
283 |
346 |
535 |
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| INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE |
* One soft seat train ( Shanghai/Yangzhou )
* 3* hotel ( budget ), 4* hotel ( standard ) or 5* hotel ( luxury ), twin-bed room with private shower and WC* English speaking local guide
* Daily meals ( exclude the special flavor food )
* Admission charges where applicable as shown in the tour description
* Transportation in the program
* Service charges for baggage handling between hotel and airport
* Domestic travel insurance | |
| NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE |
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* International flights and tax
* Personal consumption
* Visa fee
* Tips for guide, driver and porter | |
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