Huangshan Discovery Tour
Overview
Savoring up this 4-day Huangshan Discovery Tour, you can witness natural wonders in Yellow Mountain and explore villages around with unique culture. Find out the four highlights (shaped pines, distinguish stones, seas of clouds and hot spring) and stay overnight on the top of the mountain to see sunrise. Admire traditional cultural sites at Xidi and Chengkan Villages with Hui-style architectures and Tangyue Memorial Archways. Let’s make an amazing tour in Huangshan!
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Arrive at the airport / train station of Huangshan, your private guide will greet you and transfer to your hotel in downtown - Tunxi. The rest of the day is for your own exploration on Tunxi Old Street.
- Tunxi Old Street - located at the center of Huangshan City. Nowadays the street has been turned into a pedestrian street; tourists can walk along to buy all kinds of local souvenirs, like Qimen Black Tea, Tunxi Green Tea or Four Treasures of Chinese study: brushes, ink sticks, ink slabs and rice paper.
In the morning, drive to Huangshan Mountain for 80 kilometers (1.5 hours). Take the cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the mountain. After checking into your hotel and have lunch, you will start this walking tour and savor up all the highlights on the mountain. You can walk around Celestial Capital Peak, Lotus Peak and Bright Top where they are the ideal places to gaze over the breathtaking seas of clouds. And visit the outstanding West Sea Grand Canyon. Stay overnight on the top of Yellow Moutain.
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On this day, try to get up early in the morning to catch the magnificent sunrise on Huangshan Mountain. After breakfast, continue hiking before get down the beautiful mountain by cable car. Afterwards, drive to Xidi Village, one of the best places for visitors to see typical folk houses where residents have lived as their ancestors did long time ago. The village has a history over 900 years. The stone lanes and tiled-top houses are still well preserved as they were in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Check in a lovely character hotel in this village.
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This morning, you will be transferred to Chengkan Village and visit Tangyue Memorial Archways. Chengkan Village is famous for its well-preserved and amazingly designed residential architecture of Ming Dynasty. Additionally, Chengkan Village is a wonder among the ancient villages in China for its unique layout. It’s said that it was constructed according to the theory of the Eight Trigramkan in I Ching (the Book of Changes). The Tangyue Archways groups include 7 memorial archways. Three were built in Ming Dynasty, the other four in Qing, in a successive order of loyalty, filial piety, women's chastity and charity. Each of them was built in relation with a moving story and vividly reveals in one way or another moral values. In recent years, it has been a popular spot for filming the historical movies.
After lunch, your guide and driver will escort you to the airport or train station according to your schedule. Head to your next destination.
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