Day-by-day Itinerary

1. Day 1: Beijing – Luoyang by Bullet Train
   Longmen Grottoes (Lunch)

   AM: In the early morning from your Beijing downtown hotel, the driver will pick you up and drive you to the railway station for the high speed train running to Luoyang. After around 4 hours, you will arrive in and be greeted by local guide holding a sign with your name.

   Noon: Lunch at local restaurant.

   PM: Head to Longmen Grottoes, which is considered a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art with more than 100,000 stone statues varying from 2cm to 17.14m high. Longmen Grottoes extends for about 1,094 yards along both banks of Yi River and approx. 12 km far away from Luoyang city. It is one of the three most valuable Buddhist Cave and rock carvings in China.

   When the tour is concluded, you will be escorted back to your hotel in Luoyang downtown.

   

2. Day 2: Luoyang – Xian by Bullet Train
   Shaolin Temple, Luoyang Museum (Breakfast+Lunch)

   AM: After breakfast, the guide will meet you and take you to Shaolin Temple that is famous for Shaolin Kung Fu. You will have a chance to witness the real Kung Fu performed by Shaolin monks. Shaolin Temple is famous not only as one of China’s most important Buddhist temples but also as the center of Chinese Kung Fu. First constructed in 495, the temple was mainly designed to accommodate Batuo, a famous Indian monk. Now Shaolin Temple is reputed as “the Number One Temple Under Heaven” and also listed as UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 2010. The temple is the cradle of the Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin martial arts.

   Noon: Lunch at local restaurant.

   PM: Later on, we will stop by Luoyang Museum. There are over 1700 historical relics on display in 5 halls. Each hall reflects basic social facts of a period in ancient China like the Primitive Society, the Slavery Society and the Feudal Society.

   In the end, the guide will transfer you to the railway station for departure. Take bullet train for less two hours to Xian. Upon your arrival, Xian driver will meet you at the service center of the station, and then send you to your own-booked downtown hotel.