Visiting: Jinan, Tai'an(Taishan Mountain)
Duration: 4days

Brief Introduction:

The Confucius Culture Tour is designed to introduce the real China to you. You will be surprised to see the posh shopping malls in the big cities. You will also marvel at the simple but happy life of Confucius descendants in Qufu, who still follow the doctrines of their ancestor.

Itinerary:?

Day 1 Beijing/ Mt.Taishan(by train)

Take overnight train to Mt.Taishan.(K51 23:31-6:46)

Day2 Mt. Taishan(B/L/D)

Pick up at the train station, Highlight of today’s tour is a visit to China’s most sacred mountain ‘Mt. Taishan’, a world class human heritage designated by UNESCO in 1982. In the long history of China there were altogether 72 kings and Emperors who came to Mt. Tai to pay their homage to the ‘Emperor of Mountains’. Coach to midway and cable car to summit. Visit Dai Temple. Overnight stay in 4 star Hotel.

Day 3 Qufu (Confucius Hometown) (B/L/D)

Take a scenic coach ride to Qufu in the morning. Visit the magnificent Confucius Temple , the ancient Confucius Mansion and the last resting place of Confucius. Coach back to Tai’an City after dinner. Overnight stay in 4 star Hotel.

Day 4 Taian/Jinan/Beijing(B/L/D)

Transfer to Jinan after breakfast. Jinan is best known as the City of Springs because of its some 120 bubbling natural springs. It was settled in Neolithic times, as evidenced by discoveries of black pottery prevalent during that period. You will visit the beautiful Daming Lake this morning. In the afternoon, a visit to the Yellow River: the birth place of Chinese civilization. Transfer to the train station and take a high speed train to Beijing arrive at night.