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2 days' coach tour to Leshan and Emeishan
by bus
Alert: the tour starts at your hotel in Chengdu city and ends at Chengdu shuangliu international airport; if you prefer to have other service, such as airport-hotel before Day01 and hotel-airport transfer, please let us know before you put reservation on this tour
Day01: Chengdu to Leshan to Mt. Emei ---- B/L/D ----- 3* Hotel
In the morning, at 0830AM, start driving 130 kilometers (about 2 hours) to Leshan. Leshan is famous for its big Buddha statue; This statue is seated at the conjunction point where three rrivers crash together: the Minjiang River, Dadu river and the Qingyi river; by recording, the huge buddha is built in 713 by a monk named Haitong, who found that the turbulent river had sunk and drowned many people who tried to cross the river, in order to tame the river and harness the river, he called on local surport and built this 71-meter Buddha statue. Besides the visit to Big Buddha, you will visit Lingyunn temple and Wuyou temple, both are in minutes walk to the Buddha.
In mid afternoon, drive another 30 kilometers to Baoguo temple, a famous Buddhist temple at the foot of Mt. Emei, stay overnight there and listen to the peaceful drum and bell sounding in the evening.
Day02: Mt. Emei to Chendu -------- B/L/D ------- 3* Hotel
At 0830AM, start the tour to visit half mountain of Mt. Emei (instead of going to summit).
Today we will visit Wanian temple (originally built in 980 A.D.), Qingyinge Pavillion, Monkey area and Yixiantian (a narrow part between two huge steep mountains; looking up, the sky seems to be a line, hence the name). in mid afternoon, drive back to Chengdu downtown area. dinner will be typically local Sichuan foods.