Itinerary:
Day 01 Depart from West Coast to Shanghai
Depart from West Coast, board a spacious jet for your transpacific journey and enjoy meals and
entertainments in the airplane.
Day 02 Shanghai
Arrive in Shanghai, you are greeted by our tour guide at the airport and transferred to the school dormitory
Accommodation: School Dormitory in Shanghai
Day 03 Shanghai
Welcome Party is held in school and School Orientation Program
Day 04 Shanghai
Visit to World Expo 2010 Shanghai
Day 05 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese History, 12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Tour to Shanghai Museum
The Shanghai Museum is in the possession of a collection of 123,000 cultural artifacts in 21 categories, but bronze ware, ceramics, calligraphy and painting are its forte.
Day 06 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Modern China, 12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Tour to Shanghai Xintiandi
Shanghai Xintiandi is an urban tourist attraction imbued with the city's historical and cultural legacies where “yesterday meets tomorrow in Shanghai today.”
Day 07 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Tour to the Bund.
The picturesque Bund, extending for 1.5 km on the shore of the Huangpu River, is an emblem of Shanghai.
A total of 52 high buildings of various heights tower over the river along the western side of the Bund, looking
like a museum of modem world architecture.
12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-17:00 Tour to Yuyuan Garden & Bazar
As a paragon of the south Chinese landscaping style of the Ming and Qing dynasties built in 1559, the Yuyuan Garden is a MUST for all visitors to Shanghai.
Day 08 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Workshop on Chinese Traditional Painting
12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-17:00 Visit Arts & Crafts Research Institute
Established in 1956, this is China's first comprehensive center for the research of Chinese arts and crafts.
Its 19 departments are staffed with a galaxy of virtuoso craftsmen in such fields as woolen needlepoint tapestries, embroidery, ivory carving, jade carving, dough modeling, and porcelain carving. Visitors are in for quite a few rare artistic delights.
Day 09 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Workshop on Chinese Calligraphy
12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Library
Day 10 Shanghai
Free day in school (Weekend)
Day 11 Shanghai
Free day in school (Weekend)
Day 12 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Religions (Buddhism, Taoism and Confucius), 12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Tour to the Temple of Jade Buddha
The Yufo (Jade Buddha) Temple was built in 1882 but after all those years it remains in perfect condition as a sanctuary of Zen Buddhism. The temple derived its name from a jade statue of Sakyamuni from Myanmar.
Day 13 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Martial Arts like Shadow Boxing, 12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Stadium and Shanghai Tennis Center
Day 14 Shanghai
Full day tour to Shanghai Zoo
Day 15 Shanghai
Full day tour to Zhou Zhuang - No. 1 Water Country of China (http://www.zhouzhuang.net/)
Day 16 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Music and Music Instrument
12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Grand Shanghai Theatre
Day 17 Shanghai
Free day in school (Weekend)
Day 18 Shanghai
Free day in school (Weekend)
Day 19 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Language
12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-17:00 Tour to Pudong New District: Jinmao Tower, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai Ocean Aquarium.
Day 20 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Education,12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Visit Shanghai Fu Dan University / Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Day 21 Shanghai
Full day tour to Pudong New District: Century Park and Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Day 22 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Lecture on Chinese Cuisine, 12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Shopping time
Day 23 Shanghai
09:00-12:00 Certificate Issuing Ceremony and Rehearsal
12:00-13:00 Lunch, 13:00-17:00 Farewell Party
Day 24 Shanghai/ Xi’an
Fly to Xi’an, Our tour guide will pick you up at Xi’an airport which is 33 miles away in the north of the city. Transfer to the hotel. Visit the Provincial Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Banpo Neolithic Village, Bell Tower, Drum Tower and the Great Mosque
Holiday Inn or similar 3*
Day 25 Xi’an
Full day visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Shaanxi Provincial Museum and the City Wall
Day 26 Xian/ Beijing
Fly from Xi’an to Beijing, Our tour guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the hotel, Visit the Summer Palace.
Holiday Inn or similar 3*
Day 27 Beijing
Full day visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven, enjoy old-fashioned
man-powered tricycle.
Day 28 Beijing
Visit the Great Wall, the Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs, Beijing Opera
Day 29 Beijing/Los Angeles
Home, Sweet Home! Stay on the board
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