Soul Retreat Heaven

• 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 and enjoy an overlooking view of this winding man-made structure on the cable car (Round trip)
• Explore a local village where the residents are still living off the land and visit a family to know about their common life and enjoy a delicious farmhouse meal
• Get lost in fast-disappearing Hutongs by rickshaw and have a close contact with a courtyard family
• Touch the past history of the Qin dynasty by visiting the Terracotta Warriors who have been guarding the tomb of qinshihuang, the first emperor in China
• Have a close contact with the giant pandas in Chengdu
• Wake up your taste buds with the delicious spicy Sichuan cuisine
• Have a real private Tibetan home visit
• Stop at Shanghainese home nestled at a alley, explore a food 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, Forbidden City, Beijing Opera mask painting, 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-Chengdu
City Wall, Great Mosque, Gao's Courtyard (Shadow Puppet Play included), fly to Chengdu

Day 7: Chengdu
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan cuisine, People's Park, Sichuan Opera Face Changing

Day 8: Chengdu - Mount Emei
Leshan Giant Buddha, Drive to Mount Emei

Day 9: Mount Emei
Jinding cable car (Round trip), Qing Yin Pavilion, One Line of Sky, Ecological Monkey Area

Day 10: Chengdu - Lhasa
Fly to Lhasa, rest and acclimatize the breath-taking altitude

Day 11: Lhasa
Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, A visit to a Tibetan family

Day 12: Lhasa - Shanghai
Norbulingka, Tibet Museum, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Fly to Shanghai

Day 13: Shanghai
Shanghai Museum, World Financial Center, A vegetarian lunch in Longhua Temple, Temple and Market of the Town Gods, Yuyuan Garden, Acrobatic show

Day 14: Shanghai
A Shanghai family visit, Free time

Day 15: Farewell, Shanghai