Round-the-China Odyssey

• Exercise in China as the Chinese Exercise. In the Temple of Heaven, find out what kind of different exercises that the locals do to keep healthy and join in them
• Have a private mask drawing lesson and try your hand at drawing the Beijing Opera mask with an experienced master
• Make a private drive to the Great Wall at Mutianyu--the less-commercial section after an overlooking view of this winding man-made structure on the cable car (Round trip)
• Get a close contact with the giant pandas in panda's hometown--Chengdu
• Wake up your taste buds with the specially-selected spicy Sichuan delicacies
• Experience Tibetan lifestyle in a local home
• Stop at Shanghainese home nestled at an alley to explore an ingredient bazaar and cook lunch with them so as to soak in the way of commoner's lifestyle

Day 1: Arrive in Beijing
Airport to hotel transfer

Day 2: Beijing
Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, Draw Beijing Opera mask, Beijing Opera

Day 3: Beijing
Great Wall at Mutianyu, Mutianyu Cable Car, A visit to nearby rural village, Bird's Nest, Water Cube, Peking Duck

Day 4: Beijing - Xi'an
Guanyuan Market (or Panjiayuan Market at weekend), Hutong Tour by Rickshaw, Private Museum of the Old Beijingners' Stuffs, Fly to Xi'an

Day 5: Xi'an
Banpo Museum, Terracotta Warriors, Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Dumpling Banquet

Day 6: Xi'an
City Wall, the Great Mosque, Gao's courtyard (Shadow puppet Play included)

Day 7: Xi'an - Chengdu
Fly to Chengdu, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan Cuisine, People's Park, Sichuan Opera Face Changing

Day 8: Chengdu - Lhasa
Fly to Lhasa, free time to acclimatize the altitude

Day 9: Lhasa
Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, A visit to a Tibetan family

Day10: Lhasa
Norbulingka, Tibet Museum, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street

Day 11: Lhasa - Gyantse
Yamdrok Tso Lake, Karola Glacier, Mt. Nojin Kangsang, Palkhor Monastery, Gyantse Old Town, Pala Manor, Dzong

Day 12: Gyantse - Shigatse
Tashilhunpo Monastery

Day13: Shigatse - Lhasa
Yarlong Tsangpo scene

Day 14: Lhasa - Shanghai
Fly to Shanghai, free time

Day 15: Shanghai
Shanghai Museum, World Financial Center, A vegetarian lunch in Longhua Temple, The Temple and a Market of the Town Gods, Yuyuan Garden, Acrobatic show

Day 16: Shanghai
A Shanghai family visit

Day17: Depart
Bid Farewell to Shanghai and your China trip