Huang Shan & Huizhou Culture Tours, Option 3|travel package

Huang Shan & Huizhou Culture Tours,
Option 3
travel package - 7 days / 6 nights Mt. Huang Shan: From ancient times Huang Shan has been considered the ultimate awesome mountain destination. Its jade mountains, ethereal mists, dizzying precipices and breathtaking panoramas continue to inspire lovers, scholars, poets and artists, and everyone else as well! Huang Shan amply deserved its present-day designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Shexian County: Shexian area is the renowned historical cradle of Huizhou culture. Get a real feel for the ancient architectural styles and bonsai gardens of the Huizhou, one of the three major cultural groups in China.

Jingdezhen and Wuyuan: Visit famous Jingdezhen, which long enjoyed the patronage of the imperial court and has been China's capital of porcelain manufacture since the 14th century. Marvel at fine and curious porcelain creations and view the production process. Wuyuan has long boasted the most beautiful countryside in China and today is being developed as a model tourist zone of culture and ecology. Day 1 Beijing / Shanghai - Tunxi Flight from Beijing / Shanghai to Tunxi in the evening.
Arrive in Tunxi (Huang Shan City) in agriculturally rich Anhui Province. There you will be met by your local guide and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Tunxi Day 2 Tunxi - Huang Shan Scenic Area (B, L) After breakfast at your hotel, you will start your tour of Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain).
Go to Huang Shan Scenic Area by bus and take the Yungu cable-car up the mountain.
Enjoy the Begin-to-Believe Peak, the spectacular views at Flower-scattering Valley, Lion Peak, Flying-over Rock and Bright Summit. Begin-to-Believe Peak is very popular with its classic landscape of deep chasms and awesome ruggedness. You may notice the locks that loving couples have romantically fastened around the chain railings. After closing the locks together they throw the key off the peak as a token of their undying devotion.
Overnight in a hotel on Huang Shan Day 3 Huang Shan - Tunxi (B, L) Watch the sunrise in the early morning and if the weather is fine you will see 'island' peaks jutting through a blanketing 'sea' of cloud.
After breakfast, continue touring the Cloud-dispelling Pavilion, the Grand Canyon of the West Sea (Beihai) and more breathtaking scenic spots.
Go back down the mountain by Yungu Cable-car and return to Tunxi District by bus.
Visit the best-preserved commercial street, the Ancient Street of Tunxi, built in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Here you can still see the old bluestone paving and the distinctive Huizhou architecture with its fine woodcarvings on lattice windows and doors. This old trading area continues to sell traditional wares such as Chinese medicines, Shexian ink stones, special local tea and Huizhou ink sticks.
Appreciate Wancui Mansion, a private museum with a valuable collection of artifacts.
The Hukaiwen Ink-stick Factory is also part of the tour.
Overnight in Tunxi Day 4 Tunxi - Shexian - Tunxi - Jingdezhen City (B, L) In the morning, take a bus trip to the renowned historical and cultural area, Shexian County and view the unique Tangyue archways, perhaps the largest ones in China, the largest bonsai garden of the Huizhou School, Bao's Clan Garden.
After lunch, transfer by bus to the capital of Chinese porcelain, Jingdezhen City.
Overnight in Jingdezhen Day 5 Jingdezhen City - Wuyuan (B, L) Go to the History Museum of Porcelain and Pottery and appreciate the display of porcelain and pottery through the ages.
You will also see a demonstration of the traditional process of making porcelain by hand.
The next part of our tour is the big porcelain plaza, where you can view high-quality porcelain curiosities, enjoy some artistic exchange and do some shopping as well.
In the afternoon, enjoy a bus trip to Wuyuan County.
Overnight in Wuyuan Day 6 Wuyuan - Tunxi (B, L) Many consider Wuyuan to be the most beautiful countryside in China. It is also a developing ecological and cultural tourist zone. Our morning tour includes the three picturesque villages, Likeng, Xiaoqi and Wangkou.
Likeng is a beautiful mountain village with small bridges and flowing water.
Xiaoqi boasts the most beautiful courtyard in China.
Wangkou is home to the great and beautiful ancestral hall of the Yu Clan. You are sure to feel close to nature and free from mundane things of life while wandering in the beauty of these settings.
In the afternoon, back to Tunxi.
Overnight in Tunxi Day 7 Tunxi - Beijing / Shanghai (B) Breakfast in your hotel.
Transfer to the airport for your return flight to Beijing / Shanghai. For travel package bookings and more information please contact Hotline Beijing: +86-10-8519 8999(phone)