Tour: 15 days Beijing ,UrumqiSilk Road,Xian,Shanghai

Our tour guide will wait you at the exit of the airport holding a brand with your name before your landing.Then transfer you to your hotel by private car or van.Our experienced tour guide would like to introduce you city summary and some tips on the way. You could have a rest  to recover from jet lag after arrive at your hotel or to explore by yourself.

Pick you up from your hotel on departure time, and then drive to the Great Wall (80km away from downtown, about one and a half hour driving). Tour guide explain the sightseeings along the tour.
Badaling is situated at the very top of the mountain to the north of Guangou Valley. There is a narrow path leading to the top of the two precipitous mountains. the Badaling Great wall is built in between two mountains and was constructed to be a communications center. North of Badaling, you can travel to Kangzhuang, Huailai, datong and Zhangjiakou; to the east, you can reach Yongning, Sihai and Miyun; to the south you can go to Beijing city proper via Changping, Since the traffic is nice, so it is called Badaling (Eight Prominent Peaks) .

Driving to restaurant nearby the Ming Tombs and having typical Chinese lunch (50 minutes).

Driving (20minutes) to the Ming Tombs, The tombs of 13 Ming dynasty emperors and their consorts are scattered in a gorgeous valley 45km northwest of Beijing, all but three of the Ming emperors lies in Nanjing, the tomb of the second emperor remains unknown as he had his throne usurped by his uncle and another emperor was considered illegitimate and wasn't given the honor of an imperial tomb.

Enjoy Beijing Roast duck dinner .
In the evening (7:15~8:30PM), enjoy the Chinese Acrobatic show.

Driving the travelers back to your hotel. 

Ming Tomb

Great Wall

Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven.TheTian'anmen Square: is the spiritual heart of the world's most populous country, occupy an area of 44 hectares (440,000 square meters),big enough to hold (half) a million people.On October 1st,1949,Mao climbed atop the 'gate of Heavenly Peace'. which gives the square it's name, to proclaim the foundation of the people's Republic of China. On the square's north end is the Gate of Heavenly Peace, which leads towards the Forbidden City .in the centre of the square is the 40m-high Monument to the People's Heroes., chairman mao's mausoleum, on the square's east side house is Chinese history and revolution Museum, on the west is the Great Hall of the People.

The Forbidden City:The abode of 24 Ming and Qing emperors of the celestial Empire, the forbidden city is a fittingly awe-inspiring sight, Enclosed behind it's moat and 9.9m high walls are 980 buildings, vast courtyards and long corridors that occupy a total area of 720,000 square meters, It's alleged that as many as 1,000,000 workers and 100,000 artisans participated in the construction of this imperial palace, which began in 1406 and was completed in 1420 during the reign of Ming dynasty, the last emperor Puyi, left the Forbidden city in 1924,11 years after his abdication and the establishment of the Republic of China, after Puyi's departure, the Forbidden city, which had long been off-limits to most mortals, was opened to the public, Hence its current Chinese name, gugong bowuyuan, meaning “the palace Museum”.

The Temple of Heaven:The temple of heaven served Ming and Qing dynasty emperors as a vast sacred space to perform ceremonial rites on behalf of the Chinese nation, the layout of the compound reflects its religious purpose and so adheres to geomantic precepts, for instance, the northern end of the park is curved while the southern end is square, reflecting the traditional Chinese conception of heaven as round and earth as square .likewise, the park gates are located at the four cardinal points.

Transfer to your hotel about at 17:00pm-18:00pm.

Temple of Heaven	Forbidden City	Tiananmen Square

Take flight to Xian in the morning.

Visit the Provincial Museum , It was opened in 1991, is the largest comprehensive museum in the province.the museum exhibits over 3,000 historical relics, a small fraction of their collection, ranging from 115,000-year-old prehistoric artifacts to items from the Opium wars of the 1840's. the main attraction of the museum is the magnificent collection of Tang dynasty artifacts. Of special significance are the bronze pieces and the tang gold and silverware, the terracotta pieces and murals from Tang dynasty tombs.the museum is built in a traditional Tang dynasty architectural style is modern and well designed.

Move on to visit City Wall, Xi'an's gray city walls are imposing and built to keep out bandits and barbarians, The massive walls measure 12m high and 16m wide at the base, tapering to 12m to 14m and is 13.74km in circumference. Towers at each corner of the walls have defensive towers jutting our along the length of the wall, the surviving walls, built on Tang dynasty foundations, date to the Ming dynasty and were built during the 14 century. Parts of the wall have been destroyed and the wall is incomplete but many sections remain or have been rebuilt.

City Wall

History Museum

Be picked up from your hotel at 09:00 am. Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, In 1974 when the farmers drilling a well, what they found would excite the archeology world. In a vault of approximately 12,000 square meters and 5m underground lay some 8000 terracotta infantry soldiers, archers, cavalrymen and chariots arranged in battle formation, as warriors, they each held weapon, bronze swords, spears, axes and halberds-which were still sharp when discovered and longbows and crossbows, ready to defend their Emperor's (Emperor Qingshihuang) immortal soul. The terracotta sculptures show a high level of artistry with individualized facial expressions, hairstyles and clothing and were one brightly painted with black armor, colorful red scarves and green pants, though the colors have long faded.

Then we will visit the Huaqing Hot Springs, The museum is 30km east of xi'an, was once the playground of Tang dynasty emperors, though there have been buildings there as early as the western Zhou (about 3000BC),with later additions built during in Qin and Sui dynasties. the museum are famous because YangGuifei,one of four beauteous girls in Chinese history. The natural springs are considered to have beneficial minerals and there are several places to bathe, visitors also can enjoy these valued hot spring.

Taste delicious local Dumplings, One of the highlights in Xi'an is a Tang Dynasty Show , The show is a performance of Chang'an music and dance originated in China's Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago. It has been recreated in accordance with various historical records as well as ancient art and relics discovered in Xian, the capital of the empire during the Tang Dynasty.
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HuaQing Hot Spring

Terracotta Warriors and Horses

Take flight to Dunhuang.

Visit Hechang Military Depot, Great Wall of the Han Dynasty

Great Wall of Han Dynasty

Vsit The Crescent Lake, Mogao Grottoes, Echoing-Sand Mountain. 

Transfer to railway station.

Echoing-Sand Mountain

Mogao Grottoes

Visit the Karez Well, Grape Valley, Jiaohe Ruin, Pass through the Flaming Mountain.

Flaming Mountain	Jiaohe Ruin	Grape Valley
Karez Well

Take flight to Kashgar

Visit Lake Karakuli.

Lake Kalakuli	Lake Kalakuli	Lake Kalakuli

Visit The Etigar Mosque, Abakh Khoja Tomb, Sunday bazaar.

Take flight to Urumqi.

Sunday bazaar

Visit Mount Nan Pasture, The Terai Camp.

Mt.Nanshan Pasture	Mt.Nanshan Pasture	Mt.Nanshan Pasture

Take flight to Shanghai, transfer you to the hotel.

Pick up from your hotel at 9:00 AM.

Visit Yu Garden: classical Chinese garden in Shanghai, around which a nice shopping mall for all kinds of light products, specialties and local snacks.

The Bund:the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.Visit the Shanghai Pearl Tower: Standing by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.

Shanghai Museum: The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy. with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics.

Yu Garden	Shanghai Museum	The Bund

Transfer airport  for departure.