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2012年5月4日星期五

Xian Big Wild Goose Pagoda


Xian is an ancient city in China and there are many wonderful and famous spots for you during your Xian tour. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the famous spots and well known in home and abroad. The simple and magnificent Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Ci'en Temple which is located on south of the Yanta Road in south of the ancient Xian city. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the most famous ancient pagoda in Xian now and it is the symbol of the ancient city. In the center of the city emblem, there is the magnificent Tang famous ancient pagoda.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda has the full name of Ci'en Temple Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It was started to be built in 652. The pavilion style brick pagoda use rubbed brick work which is the Chinese special traditional architectural art style.
According to the record, the Ci'en Temple was built by Tang Gaozong Li Zhi for his mother to pray for luck. The north side faces to the Hanyuan Hall in Daming Palace. Near the temple, there is Qujiang Pool, apricot garden and Leyou Garden. The scenery here is charming and beautiful. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built by the first Buddhist abbot—Xuanzang. He brought a large numbers of sutra, figures of Buddha and Buddhist relics from Indian. The pagoda was built to sacrifice and store them.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is pavilion style brick pagoda. It is 64.517 meters high and 25 meters long in each side. The pagoda body is square pyramid which sits on the 4.2 meters high brick platform. The black bricks build the pagoda body. The structure is vigorous. The external is wood structure. The pagoda becomes small and small from the down to the top. The whole building has grand momentum, simple and vigorous sculpture and coordinating proportion. It is the masterwork in Tang dynasty. Many famous poets climbed the pagoda and left famous poems here.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is built under the direction of the imperial family. There are large numbers of Buddhism sutras. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda has eminent position and grand scale. It is a must choice during your Xian travel.

2012年1月12日星期四

China travel19



Leshan Giant Buddha

China sightseeing tour has much to offer. There are a lot of world famous China sightseeing. Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan province is one of them.

Leshan Giant Buddha is located at the point where rivers converge: the Qingyi River, and the Dadu River. The sculpture depicts the seated Buddha Maitreya carved into the cliff of Qixia Peak, on Lingyun Mountain, right next to the water. The carving began in 713, the first year of the Tang Dynasty, and continued for more than 90 years. A China Sightseeing to this site is realy a great experience. 

The Buddha has a graceful posture and a solemn face, an it is carved into the cliff with its feet stepping into the river and its hands on its knees. The Buddha is 233 feet tall; the head is 49 feet long and 33 feet wide, the ear is 23 feet long, the nose is 18 feet long, the eyebrows are 10.8 feet long, the shoulders are 91 feet wide, the fingers are 27 feet long, and each foot meatures 28 feet wide. More than 100 people at a time can sit around one of its feet. The hair is dressed into 1, 021 buns. Seen from far away, these buns seem to be part of the head itself, but in fact they were studded onto it. With the amazing carving, it will make your China sightseeing tour much more wonderful. You can enjoy a great China sightseeing in this site.
The Leshan Giant Buddha is the "Greatest Buddha in the World." is the largest ancient Chinese sculpture of Buddha Maitreya as well as the World's largest stone sculpture. China sightseeing tour to this site will offer you a great chance to appreciate this largest buddha. It is a classic work combining religion, hydroscience, and techniques of traditional sculpture. As well as visit you can also know much about the Buddhist culture during your China Sightseeing to this site.

2012年1月10日星期二

China travel17


Half day Hutong and cultural heritage Tour. Price from 50 USD per person.
1. Pick you up from your hotel in Beijing at about 8:30am or 1:30pm and drive about 30 minutes to Mr. Bai Dacheng's house in the Shichahai area.
2. Arrive at Mr. Bai Dacheng' house at 9:00am or 2:00 pm and begin the one hour visit inside.
3. Then walk to the 300-year old courtyard nearby for a half hour visit. urtyard, take a 20-minute pedicab drive through the zigzag and narrow alleys or hutongs.
5. Drop off at the the Silver Ingot Bridge ( Yinding Bridge ), a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake.
6. Ascending the 67-meter high and two-story Drum Tower from 11:00am to 11:40am, it is dating from 1420.
7. Transfer to your hotel after the visit.  
4. After visiting the old co

Beijing Olympic Bike Beijing Half Day Tour. Price from 31 USD per person.
Pick you up from your hotel in Beijing. Then have a visit to Olympic Stadium from the outside. After the National Stadium (nest), move on to National Swimming Center (Water Cube) nearby for outside look. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.
Private Beijing Half Day Tour to Experience the Art of Taijiquan. Price is from 58 USD per person.
Pick you up from your hotel at about 8:30 am and transfer you to take a Taiji Class. The tour duration is about 4 hours. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel!
Half Day bike tour of Beijing Hutong and around Tour. Price from 31 USD per person.
Pick you up from your hotel. Then have a visit to Hutong. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.

Private Beijing Half Day Tour to Tiananmen & Forbidden City by Bike. Price from 31 USD per person.
The private tour guide meets you at your hotel lobby or in front of your hotel. Then start the bike tour, We are going to cycle Tiananmen Square, around Forbidden City, along the broadest street in Beijing Changan Avenue, the ancient observatory, the biggest intercity corner wall ruins.