Being a capital of 13 dynasties, Xi’an has so much to offer. Today’s attractions are the best of the best. From your hotel, your local guide directs you to the site where local farmers drilling a series of wells in search of water found excavations of Qin Terror-cotta Army Museum by accident in 1974. It has been regarded as the '8th Wonder of the World.' It was created to guard Emperor In Sichuan's tomb that's to protect him in his afterlife in the mind of ancient Chinese. Three excavation pits have been opened to the public with a fourth underway. During his visit to China, US former President Clinton came to visit the dig. The fine troops, horses and carriages in battle formation are ancient art treasure and complete illustration of the history of In Dynasty.

Then set forth to Banpo Neolithic Village Museum located east Xi'an. It is one of the most important sites of the Neolithic culture that existed 6,000-7,000 years ago. Archeologists have uncovered a residential area, a pottery workshop and a cemetery in an area that covers some 50,000 square meters of ancient ruins.

This evening you could choose Jiaozi Banquet which covers over 10 kinds of Jiaozi in China as your dinner. The shapes of Jiaozi various from one to another, such as rabbit, duck, shrimp, peanuts and so on. Or you can enjoy Tang Dynasty Show with Dinner that was made for emperors only in ancient China. You'll enjoy the sumptuous dinner while watching a fabulous dancing and singing performance of Tang Dynasty. This is not only a performance of Chinese traditional dancing and singing but also a recurrence of Chinese ancient society and culture.

In the ancient city like Xi 'an, the museum should be an indispensable part of your visit. Shaanxi History Museum is a showcase of the civilization from Emperor In Sichuan to the present day. The museum is housed in a striking Tang Dynasty-style pavilion and features an enormous collection of 113,000 historic and cultural relics. We continue the trip to the nearby Ancient City Wall. It is the most complete city wall that has survived in China as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.

Wonderful time always passes so quickly that we need to take a train to Luoyang in the afternoon. Located in the west of Henan Province, Luoyang is on the middle reaches of the Yellow River. As one of China ancient capital cities, Luoyang was a seat of power for 13 dynasties and is a saint city in respect of the historical and cultural background. Its name comes from its strategic location by the Luo River. Used to be a well-known city with long history, Luoyang is nowadays an energetic and charming city. Moreover, it is a famous and excellent tourism city with 21 state-level key heritage sites, and more than 640 other level key heritage sites, including over 400 thousand pieces of unearthed relics being found.

A trip of Luoyang would be incomplete without a taste of Water Feast from Tang Dynasty. There are two reasons it got its name. One is for its top soup flavor among all dishes and the other is for the incessant dishes which has a similarity with the flowing water. Innovated by common people, Water Feast was favored by the only Empress in Tang Dynasty and became a kind of royal cuisine. Water Feast is distinguished for being ‘spicy and sour.' Their uniquely flavor is created by a mixture of spices and condiments. Even Chinese former Premier Mr. Zhou Enlai and Canadian former Premier Mr. Pierre Elliott Trudeau had highly appraised the Water Feast when they visited Luoyang in 1972.

Suited 12km south of Luoyang, Longmen Grottoes is one of three main treasure houses of stone inscription art in China. Longmen Grottoes is a complex of some 2,100 caves with more than 100,000 statues and 3,600 inscriptions carved on stone tablets. In Chinese, Longmen means ‘Dragon Gate'. In this amazing display of art and craftsmanship, you'll find Buddha that range in size from tall (17.14m) to small (2cm) and everything in between. Strolling along the rock path built on the cliff, you will see Guyang Cave, Binyang Cave and Cave of Ten Thousand Buddha, each with its own legend.

Located east of Luoyang, White Horses Temple is nested between the Luo River and Mang Hill. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor dispatched several monks to India for the sake of obtaining Buddhist scriptures. They were brought back to China on a white horse, which is why the White Horse Temple got its name. With its distinctive red walls, exquisite palaces and towering pagoda, the temple sits gently amid green pines and cypress groves, adding a solemn and silent quality to the complex. It is honored as ‘the Cradle of Buddhism in China’.

Zen Music Shaolin Grand Ceremony is China’ s biggest natural sightseeing performance combining with Chinese Kongfu. It composed by Tan Dun who is a Grammy and Oscar Best Original Music winner for the movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hider Dragon and Hero, etc. This ceremony is performed by 800 musicians, dancers, local villagers and Kungfu monks, this performance reflects the profound Chinese Zen culture and the world first-class audio and visual effect that you might have never experienced ever before.

In the morning, you will have a chance to do your Kungfu morning exercise guided by professional teachers from a local Shaolin Kungfu School.

First built in 495 AD, Shaolin Temple is famous for Chinese Kungfu or Martial Arts and the Zen Buddhism wide-spread in East Asia. Shaolin Temple is one of China's most famous ancient temples. Shaolin Temple once had many monks on its premises. Those monks of the lower level mostly came from the secular society and some of them knew some martial arts before entering the temple. Those who knew martial arts taught and helped each other to improve their skills. They also absorbed the experience of their predecessors and gradually developed their martial arts into the unique Shaolin school. You can enjoy a Chinese Kungfu show (about 40 minutes) before you approach on the mountain. Pagoda Forest in Shaolin Temple was a concentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks, abbots and ranking monks at the temple. A rough count shows more than two hundred fifty tomb pagodas of various sizes, making it the biggest pagoda forest in China.

As a capital of 5 dynasties, Zhengzhou was an important city as early as 3,500 years ago. The long history and brilliant civilization have made Zhengzhou rich in humanistic scenery, where there are 137 key protective units at national or provincial level. Many places of interest with their unique charms are dawning interests and attentions of tourists from all over the world, such as Yellow River Scenic Spot.

Being one of the largest national museums of the country, Henan National Museum houses over 120 thousand pieces of antiquities which show you the splendid Yellow River civilization. Besides, the Huaxia Ancient Chinese Music is a wonderful performance played by musicians in costumes using the copied instruments unearthed from Henan Province.

Continue your Chinese Kungfu tour from Shaolin Temple to Mt. Wudang. It is said that Shaolin Temple and Mt. Wudang are two origins of Chinese Kungfu.

Zixiao Temple (the purple clould temple) is the largest and most intact temple of those extant on Mt. Wudang. The temple was built in the 11th Yongle year of the Ming Dynasty (1413). The main hall of Zixiao Temple, enshrines the copper gold-plated statues of the Perfect Warrior made by imperial order in the Ming Dynasty, including those of the old, middle-aged and young Perfect Warrior dressed either as a civil official or a military official. You also find that there are two lanterns decorated with dragons, phoenixes, peacocks, flowers and leaves, which denote 'the iron tree blossoms'. They are only seen in China and have been recognized as national treasures.

Among 36 cliffs, Nanyan boasts the most beautiful cliff. With 30 centimeters wide it extends 2.9 meters long hanging in the air. A winding dragon was carved on it and an incense burner was carved at the end of the dragon's head. In the past, some pilgrims risked their lives to burn joss sticks there in order to express their piousness.

Located on the peak of the Tianzhu Hill, Golden Temple shines brilliantly in the sunshine. Although it is called Golden temple, it is made in copper, plated in gold and made to resemble wood. This temple and the icons were first made in Beijing and then transported to Mt. Wudang. Worshiped on the throne in the center of the temple is a copper, gold-plated statue of the Great Perfect Warrior Emperor, which is 1.8 meters high and weighs about 10 tons. Below the spirit seat are a tortoise and a snake, the latter winding its body around the former and the two raising heads to look at each other.

Today you have a rare chance to experience the Taiji/Wudang Kungfu by yourself. You could either enjoy the show of Taiji/Wudang Kungfu or learn some basic skills of Taiji/Wudang Kungfu by local resident masters.

Originating from the roots of classical Chinese culture, Taiji absorbed a variety of sources including the Book of Changes, Taoism and Buddhism. Taiji consists of a sequence of for involving every part of the body and executed in a highly stylized yet natural manner. The whole Taiji sequence unfolds itself in an uninterrupted continuity. The body is naturally extended and relaxed with the hands, eyes, and limbs performing with the body as a whole. The performers should not concentrate the attention on a certain part.

Recently, Chinese Kungfu, no matter the Shaolin Kungfu or the Taiji, has been modernized. Training and competing standard systems have been set up. Continuing its fighting function, Chinese Kungfu becomes a more athletic and aesthetic performance and competitive sport. More and more foreigners come to learn this mysterious arts.

Don't miss the last chance to experince Chinese Kungfu in Mt. Wudang in the morning. Then you will be ready to go to Wuhan, another charming city in China.

Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, is located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Hanjiang rivers and at the east edge of Jianghan Plain. As a 3,500-year-old cultural city, Wuhan boasts beautiful landscape, including some feasts for visitors’ eyes such as the famous East Lake, Guiyuan Temple and Yellow Crane Tower. Wuhan, a famous transport hub in the central China, has good transport facilities and rich tourist resources.

Yellow Crane Tower is the symbol of Wuhan and is among three famous towers in south of the Yangtze River. With the height of 51.4 meters, the five-story Yellow Crane Tower is famous in the country for its long history and rich culture background. In history, the tower has inspired many famous poets and artists.

Although Shanghai is a busy city lined up by tall buildings and one of the most populated city in the country, it still has scenic ancient sites reminding the rich history of old Shanghai. Tonight you will enjoy an Evening Boat Ride on Huangpu River to view the exotic architecture along the Bund from different perspective.

Today you'll find a Buddhism shrine - Jade Buddha Temple, located in a crowd of Shanghai City. It was first built in 1882 in Jiangwan on the southern outskirts of Shanghai. In order to make it convenient for the adherents to visit , it was bodily moved to Shanghai City at the present sire in 1918. It is named for its two bejeweled white jade Buddha. It receives thousands of visitors and worshipers everyday while keeps its sanctity and charming. Carved from a whole piece of white jade, the sitting jade Buddha statue is translucent with a solemn expression, displaying the excellent skill and extraordinary art of Chinese people. Yuyuan Garden has a lot of stories for it was severely damaged in the 19 th century and was restored in 1961. This garden was first built in the 16th century by provincial governor, Pan Yunduan, in honor of his father who was the then government minister. It has many scenic courtyards decorated with baroque rockery, pools, and flora that are all connected by corridors and passageways. The delicate design and exquisite layout of the whole garden reveals a strong impression of 'garden in the garden, whole in the part.' Coming back from the nature, the shopping trip will begin in Nanjing Road which is starts at the Bund and runs westward, with People's Square in the middle. Renown for its bustling and modernization, Nanjing Road earns its reputation as the 'First Commercial Road in China', which is the good shopping heaven for your trip as the same as the Fifth Avenue in New York and Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris. Some of the traditional food and handicrafts of Shanghai can be found here. Then we comes to the Bund, the showcase with the old buildings of colonial-era leftover along Huangpu River. The renowned waterfront district is the city's most famous landmark. The word BUND is of Anglo-India origin meaning embankment on the waterfront. It is also the popular site to enjoy the night view of the city. Standing at Pudong New Area at the east side of Huangpu River, Oriental TV Tower was completed on October 1, 1994. The tower has a height of 468 meters. With multi-functions of sightseeing, catering, shopping, amusement and accommodations, this tower has become the symbol of the city and a popular tourist attraction in Shanghai.

Shanghai offers colorful recreations with rich contents and creative form. Your night may be filled with an interactive old form of art known as the Acrobatics. Those professional performers have been trained of as early as age six or seven so that they can play so well and excellent. It definitely will be an unforgettable night in your memory.