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5 days' Chengdu highlights tour
(with Leshan Big Buddha and Mt. Emei)
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 -------------- L/D --------- 3* Khamding hotel
Meet you at your hotel and then start the tour at 0830AM. do visits to Zhaojue temple and Panda research & feeding center; both are 110 to 15 kilometers to the north east corner outside the city.
Day02: 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.
Day03: 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.
Day04: Chengdu to Dujiangyan to Mt. Qingcheng ------ B/L/D ------ 3* Khamding hotel
At 0830AM, leave for Mt. Qingcheng, which is 55 kilometers to the north of Chengdu city, which is thought to be one of the 4 moast famous scared Daoists temples in China. when getting to Mt. Qingcheng, take cable car to the top, then walk down, on the way, visit Guanri Pavillion, Tianshi cave and Hall to ancestors of Daoists; after visit to Mt. Qingcheng, go and visit Dujiangyan Irrigation water project (230 - 206 B.C. by Li Bin). this project is one of the oldest water projects in the world and after almost 2200 years, the project is still in use and has benefited most people in Sichuan.
Day05: Chengdu ---------------------- B/L ------------------ 3* Kangding hotel
In the morning, start the tour at 0830AM, go and visit Jinsha museum, the museum to 'Old-Shu' civilization; the exhibits inside the Jinsha museum presents the arts and technology about 5000 years ago of ancient people dwelling in the present land of Chengdu plain. we suggest to have lunch in Longchaoshou snacks restaurant, which is one of the famous brands in Chengdu for its snacks
In the afternoon, first visit is to local arts and crafts market - Songxianqiao market; after here, do visit to Qingyanggong palace, a Daoist temple wish a history over 1300 years; and in the end of the day, finish the tour sightseeing at Wenshu temple, located in the northeast corner of the city inside the 1st ring road of Chengdu city (Chengdu city has 3 ring roads).