3 Days Yinchuan History and Culture Tour
Find something else in China
Yinchuan is a great place to find something else in China if you have already bored by ancient temples, towns, metropolis or other regular places. Here you will find many surprises – traces of disappeared kingdom, rock paintings of ancient human, Silk Road culture, Islamic culture, ruins of Great Wall, delicious foods… as well as some of the best wines in China! More importantly, it is not as crowded as other places in China.
Our Yinchuan Highlights Tour takes you to explore all above highlights with a well-paced itinerary and worry-free tour packages of guide, transfer, hotel, meals, etc.
Highlights of this tour
- Go to visit Chinese version of Pyramids in Tomb of Western Xia Dynasty and learn about the history and culture of this disappeared kingdom;
- Find out what is the living of ancient human beings around 10,000 years ago like from the Rock Paintings of Helan Mountain;
- Visit a local winery production base to try some of the best wines in China.
Basic Trip Information
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- 1. This price is for one person, based on a group of 2 adults sharing one double-bed room in a 4-star hotel and traveling in low seasons;
- 2. This price is subject to change according to your traveling season, group size, hotel class, change of activities and possible fluctuation of currency exchange rate.
- Travel Route:
- Yinchuan City and around
- Travel Length:
- 3 Days and 2 Nights
- Tour Code:
- CD-NXT-03
- Group Size:
- You, your family, friends or group
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- Departure:
- Any day you want
Full Itinerary Day by day
- Day 1 Yinchuan Arrival & Half-day Tour
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Welcome to Yinchuan, the capital city as well as the transportation hub of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. You will be greeted by our tour guide at Yinchuan airport/train station after your arrival, then be transferred to check in to you hotel in downtown. The rest time is free to explore this exotic northwestern city.
Free time idea: 1) go to watch the night view of Drum Tower; 2) stroll around Huaiyuan Night Market.
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- Day 2 Yinchuan Day Tour (B, L)
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After breakfast, meet your tour guide to start today’s exploration of Ancient Xixia Kingdom, Helan Mountain Nomadic Rock Painting and Winery Experience.
The first place to visit is the Western Xia Imperial Tombs which is located about 30km from Yinchuan downtown. Being built from the 11th century to the 13th century, it is one of the largest existing imperial cemeteries with the most complete ground sites in China. There are 9 emperors' tombs and more than 200 tombs of princes and nobles. Each imperial mausoleum is an independent building group that sits north to south and is a vertical rectangle, and its scale is comparable to that of the Ming Tombs in Beijing but with completely different style like Egyptian Pyramid.
After the Western Xia culture exploration, you will take an interesting visit to Yuanshi Chateau who produces one of the best wines in the region of Helan Mountain. Thanking to the special environment and weather, the grape growing there is high in sugar content and moderate in acidity, which ensure the high quality of wines production. During your chateau visit, you will be treated to try several kinds of wines (depending on your package). The architecture of Yuanshi Chateau is also very impressive and environment-friendly with a classic Chinese garden style. Please enjoy your time!
After the winery experience, move to next site - Rock Paintings of Helan Mountain which recorded the living scenes of ancient human beings 3,000 to 10,000 years ago in northwestern China, such as grazing, hunting, sacrificial ceremony, war, dancing, etc. It is an important treasure house for the study of the culture and history of mankind in ancient time.
After all the visits and activities, drive back to Yinchuan downtown.
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- Day 3 Yinchuan Half-day Tour & Departure (B, L)
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Today you will have a half-day tour before your departing flight/train.
You will visit Ningxia Museum first which has collected over 40,000 historical relics including 159 National First-class Cultural relics and more than 4,000 important relics of National Third-class or above. Among all the collections, The Hu Whirling Dance Stone-carved Tomb Gate, the Gilt Bronze Bull, and the Lishi Zhiwen Stone Carving are listed as National Treasures.
After the museum visit, drive about 38km (about 45mins) to next attraction - Shuidonggou Ruins (The Valley of Water Caves) which is the earliest Paleolithic cultural site excavated in China. It is known as "the birthplace of China's prehistoric archaeology" and "the historical witness of cultural exchanges between China and the West". It was found in 1923 by French paleontologists Teilhard de Chardin and E. Licent. Through excavation, a large number of stone tools and animal fossils were unearthed. From the exhibitions, you can imagine what is living of ancient humans like in 40,000 years ago. In addition to the ancient sites, in Shuidonggou, you can also see the most complete ancient military defense base in China which includes the Ming Dynasty Great Wall, beacon towers, castles, soldiers hiding caves, etc., as well as beautiful Danxia landform scenery.
After the visit, you will be transferred to catch your departing flight/train. Your Yinchuan trip ends.
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