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Day
1
Arrive in Chengdu
Transfer via: Flight – on your own arrangement
Sightseeing: Bifengxia Panda Base
Arrive Chengdu and drive to Bifengxia Panda Base of CCRCGP (China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
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Day
2
Ya'an (B, L, D)
Decide with local staff from the panda base the photography spots.
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Day
3
Ya'an (B, L, D)
Photography Day.
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Day
4
Ya'an / Chengdu (B, L, D)
Transfer via: Private vehicle –on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Shangli Old Town, Jinli Street
Photography Tour for whole day.
Drive back to Chengdu in the afternoon, en route we will pay a visit of Shangli Old Town, it is called an "ink and Wash Landscape" painting. Situated in the Western Sichuan Basin, the town was once the important post on the Silk Road of the South and the Ancient Tea-Horse Trail in history. Nestling among the hills, the town has a dense growth of evergreen trees. Two streams with distinctive scenery on the banks flow gently around the town. The slab-paved streets are flanked with various styles of residential houses and courtyards in a layout of the Chinese character "well", which remain intact. The ancient bridges, ancient pagodas, ancient trees and ancient memorial archways are distributed in or near the town, contrasting finely with each other. The perfect combination of history, culture and tradition with natural beauty makes the town all of mystery and vitality.
This evening you will take a walk along Jinli Street which is particularly representative for this city. It is recorded that as already during Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC), Jinli Street was the most famous place for baldachin - a rich, ornate cloth. During Shu Kingdom (221-263) it was one of the busiest commercial streets. Hence, it is known as 'First Street of the Shu Kingdom'. In order to reclaim the street's prosperity of former days, it was restored with contributions from the Wuhou Memorial Temple and was opened to public in October of 2004.
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Day
5
Chengdu / Departure (B, L)
Transfer via: Flight –on your own arrangement
Sightseeing: Wuhou Memorial Temple, Thatched Cottage of Dufu, Wangjianglou Park
This morning we will fist visit Wuhou Memorial Temple. The Temple is dedicated to Zhuge Liang, the Martial Marquis of Shu in the Three Kingdoms. His outstanding intelligence place Zhuge Liang above all emperors, generals, and ministers in history.
The Thatched Cottage of Dufu, located by the side of the Huanhua Stream in Chengdu's western suburb, will be our first stop today. It was the residence of Dufu, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty when he took refuge in Chengdu. Du Fu (712-70 AD),one of China's most famous poets, left home at the tender age of 20, becoming a court official at the former capital in Chang'an (near Xi'an). Du Fu's civil service duties did not last long however, and he was captured by rebels and forced to flee the city for Chengdu after only a few years. It was in Chengdu, at this small and simple house, that Du Fu was inspired to write more than 200 poems which are regarded today as masterpieces of realist poetry.
Finally we will take a walk around Wangjianglou Park, and enjoy the beautiful nature there.
After the tours, you will be transferred to airport for your flight departure.