7D6N MARVELLOUS NINGXIA from Chan Brothers Travel

Highlights:

7 Days Yinchuan + “Oriental Pyramid” Western Xia Tombs + Western Film City + Mt.Helan Rock Painting + Tengger Desert + Xumishan Grottoes
(CN7N-Effective from Apr 2016 onwards)

Highlights
Sightsee
- Oriental Pyramid: Western Xia Tombs
- China’s Hollywood: Western Film City
- Tengger Desert Shapotou District: 5A Scenic Area, Sand Skiing Site
- Shuidonggou Site: 5A Scenic Area, China’s largest immersive- dynamic exhibition
- Yellow River: Qingtonxia 108 stupas, Yellow River Altar
- Helan Mountain Rock painting: Art gallery for China’s nomadic tribes
- Complimentary Desert Shoe Cover
Special cuisine
- Boiled Lamb
- Century old shop- Laomao Hand held rice
- Eleven bowls cuisine
- Yellow river fish flavor Zhongwei Chrysanthemum stalk noodle
- Braised snacks
- Lamb Hotpot
Accommodation
- Local 4* Hotel Throughout

7D6N MARVELLOUS NINGXIA

Singapore - Yinchuan

Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport for our flight to Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Province. The city have is known as “Jiangnan at the Frontier” known for its delicate scenery of Southern China in the rugged terrain of Western China. Ningxia was the ancient capital city of Western Xia dynasty. Currently, Ningxia is also the permanent hosting city of China-Arab States Trade Forum, and the centre for economic, culture, transportation, and politics in the region.

Meals: Meals on Board

Yinchuan

YINCHUAN/ HUIXIANG CULTURE GARDEN(APPROX 1 HR DRIVE)/ SHUIDONGGOU SITE (MUSEUM+IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE+MILITARY TUNNEL+TRAM RIDE) (APPROX 1 HR DRIVE)
After breakfast, tour the Huixiang Culture Garden, it is a Mosque, and features the largest praying hall available to tourist access in China. Thereafter, visit the Hui ethnicity Museum, and Najia Ancient Street. Next, proceed to Shuidonggou Site Museum. The Site is a National 5A scenic area, and the only museum to feature the culture from the Stone Age in Midwestern China. The Museums integrates modern technology into the exhibits, using holograms, projections to create a painting spanning over 270 degrees on the wall. Combined with advanced sound, lighting, electrical, and adjustable seismic systems, it faithful recreates how hunter-gatherers lived and their constant struggle with the forces of nature, such as floods, earthquakes, and landslides over 30000 years ago. Currently, the exhibition is the only experiential museum in China.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

Yinchuan

YINCHUAN/WESTERN FILM CITY (APPROX 1 HOUR COACH)/ HELAN MOUNTAIN ROCK PAINITNG (INCLUDE TRAM RIDE) (APPROX 30 MINS DRIVE) / WESTERN XIA TOMBS (INCLUDE TRAM RIDE) (APPROX 1 HOUR DRIVE)
After breakfast, proceed to Western Film City located at Zhenbeibao. The film city is a 5A Scenic Area and also known as “Hollywood in the East”. Created by the renowned writer Zhang Xianliang, the film city is the set for over 80 movies and television series, including Ashes of Time, A Chinese Odyssey, etc. Walking between the sets, you will feel you have stepped back in time and enjoy the experience of a movie star. Next, proceed to Western Xia Tombs. The tombs are the royal mausoleums of the emperors in the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227). Built between the 11th and 13th centuries, the Tombs an area of some 50 square kilometers, the Western Xia Imperial Tombs include 9 imperial mausoleums, 254 subordinate tombs, 1 site of large architectural complex and more than 10 brick-and-tile kiln sites. et in the vast Gobi desert in front of the rolling Helan Mountains, the Tombs narrates the unique historical atmosphere and ethnic features of the Western Xia Dynasty by the magnificent layout, tiered tomb walls, high towers and various mausoleum buildings. Many unearthed funerary objects and the remaining cultural relics such as inscriptions, stone statues and building components take on vivid shapes, unique ornamentations, and living nomadic features. Thereafter, head admire the Helan Mountain Rock Paintings, which depicts the everyday activities of Nomadic tribes from over 10000 years ago.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

Yinchuan - Zhongwei

YINCHUAN/ QINGTONGXIA 108 STUPAS (APPROX 1.5 HOUR COACH) – ZHONGWEI/SHAPOTOU (INCLUDE CABLEWAY RIDE, SAND SKIING, TRAM RIDE) (APPROX 1.5 HRS DRIVE)
After breakfast, proceed to Zhongwei city, visit Qingtongxia 108 stupas along the way. QingtongXia (Bronze Valley), is the final gorge of the upstream yellow river. The 108 Buddha stupas are arrayed in a triangular formation up the side of a hill, facing southeast, overlooking the Yellow River. There is one large stupa at the apex of the triangle, with a Buddhist hall behind it, and below that are eleven rows of one hundred and seven smaller stupas on brick platforms of increasing width running down the hill. The number of stupas on each level is: 1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19. The reason why there are 108 stupas is that the number 108 is a sacred number in Buddhism. Next, tour Shapotou Tengger Desert Scenic Area, one of the first 5A scenic areas in China. Experience the vast Tengger Desert and the tranquil Yellow River, or experience the thrill of sliding down the sand dunes.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

Zhongwei - Guyuan

ZHONGWEI/TONGXIN GREAT MOSQUE (APPROX 1.5 HRS DRIVE) – GUYUAN/MT.XUMI GROTTOES (APPROX 2 HRS DRIVE)
After breakfast, proceed to Guyuan via coach; visit Tongxin Great Mosque, the oldest and largest Mosque in Ningxia province. The mosque was built in Han style and decorated in Islamic style, which showcase the combination of Han and Hui culture. All of the buildings were built on a cyan platform, seven meters high. There is an imitation-timber work entrance wall, decorated with brick carvings, at the front gate. The main building, consisting of the main prayer hall and two connecting halls, accommodates 1,000 worshipers. Next, visit Mt. Xumi Grottoes, a collection of more than 130 Buddhist cave temples. Construction began during the Northern Wei dynasty (368-534) and was put under periodic reconstruction during later dynasties until the Tang dynasty (618-906). The site was situated along the Silk Road, an important route for the spread of Buddhism. The influence of this trade route is apparent in the decorative motifs, with influences drawn from India and Central Asia. The site has been subdivided into 5 scenic sites: Dafo Tower, Zisun Palace, Yuanguang Temple, Xiangguo Temple and Taohua Cave. Within the grottoes, statues, wall paintings and inscribed stelae can be found. Carved into red sandstone cliffs, many of the caves have little to no decorative elements. It is thought that the grottoes may have served to house monks. The site's most iconic element is a 65-foot depiction of the seated future Buddha.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

Guyuan - Yinchuan

GUYUAN – QINGTONGXIA YELLOW RIVER ALTAR (APPROX 3 HRS DRIVE) – YINCHUAN/HAIBAO PAGODA
After breakfast, you will return to Yinchuan. Visit Yellow River Altar, an iconic structure along the Yellow River. The structure, measured 999m by 200m, is dedicated towards worshipping Yellow River, the mother River of China. Upon arrival at Yinchuan, tour the Haibao Pagoda (Sea treasure Pagoda). with a history of over 1,500 years, the pagoda is regarded as the symbol of Yinchuan City. Haibao Pagoda is a pavilion-style pagoda, with nine tiers and eleven flights of stairs. The rectangular pagoda is made of bricks, 53.9 meters (about 177 feet) high. It has a square base, 5.7 meters (about 18 feet) in height and 19.7 meters (about 65 feet) in length. On the first floor, there is an arched door and a portico. From the second floor up, each storey has four arched doors that protrude a bit. Recesses in the wall were also built on both sides of the doors to add to the luxuriance and give a third dimension. There are wind-chimes hanging on all the corners, and these fill the place with pleasing sound on windy days From the top, it is possible to see the Yellow River away to the east, while to the west the majesty of Helan Moutain can be enjoyed. The view is comparable in beauty with any of the delicate scenery in South China.

Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

Yinchuan - Singapore

Proceed to the airport for your flight back to Singapore in the morning.

Meals: Packed breakfast

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7D6N MARVELLOUS NINGXIA

Agency: Chan Brothers Travel

7D6N MARVELLOUS NINGXIA

Agency: Chan Brothers Travel