Feast Your Eyes & Feed Your Mind

• 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 Masks 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)
• Visit a local village where the residents are still living off the land and visit a family to know their common life and enjoy a delicious home-made lunch
• Get lost in fast-disappearing Hutongs by rickshaw and have a close contact with a courtyard family
• Experience the thick ancient air through a list of ancient buildings in the Pingyao Ancient Town
• Marvel at the warriors and the horses guarding the qinshihuang Tomb, the first emperor in China
• Wake up your taste buds with the spicy Sichuan cusines
• Savor a tasty vegetarian meal at the mind-soothing Longhua Temple
• Stop at Shanghainese home nestled at a alley, explore an ingredient bazaar and cook lunch with them to soak in the commoner's lifestyle

Day 1: Beijing
Airport to hotel transfer, free time

Day 2: Beijing
Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Beijing Opera Masks, Beijing Opera

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

Day 4: Beijing - Taiyuan
Guanyuan Market (or Panjiayuan Market at weekend), Hutong tour by Rickshaw, Private Museum of Old Beijingners' Stuffs, Fly to Taiyuan and transfer to Pingyao Ancient Town

Day 5: Pingyao
Half a day of exploration tour in Pingyao Ancient Town, Rishengchang Draft Bank, Mingqing Street, Ancient City Wall, A night train to Xi'an

Day 6: Xi'an
Banpo Museum, Terracotta Warriors, Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Dumpling Banquet

Day 7: Xi'an - Chongqing
Fly to Chongqing, Check in the cruise ship, Three Gorges Museum, Light Rail, Hotpot

Day 8: Yangzte River Cruise
The fantastic view along the river, Fengdu Town, Shibaozhai or WanXian

Day 9: Yangzte River Cruise
Qutang Gorge/ Daning River or Shennong Stream, The Lesser Three Gorges, Wu Gorge

Day 10: Yichang - Shanghai
Three Gorges Damm, Fly to Shanghai, The Bund

Day 11: Shanghai
Shanghai Museum, Shanghai World Financial Center, A vegetarian lunch in Longhua Temple, Temple of the Town Gods, A bazaar around the temple, Yuyuan Garden, An acrobatic show

Day 12: Shanghai
A Shanghai family visit

Day 13: Depart