Destinies of tourist interest

In China the destinies abound with tourist interest. In the éltimos years, the National Bureau of Tourism of China has promoted a series of special itineraries, so that the tourists can appreciate the beauty of mountains and the rivers, to visit places of historical interest, to admire objects of cultural value and to know the customs popular. In order to do vacacional the period more entertained, a tight program of tourist activities is organized. Throughout itinerary sayings, the visitor has to his disposition best means of transport, hotels, restaurants, stores and centers of recreation.

Main itineraries of tourist interest

Between the numerous places of tourist interest whereupon China counts include the following: the Great Wall, the Imperial Palace, the Palace of Summer and the Thirteen Ming Tombs (Peking); tumba de Qin Shihuang (Shaanxi), turned into a museum that guard the world-wide famous figures of soldiers and corceles of terra-cotta, as well as the wall of the Ming dynasty and the Museum of the History of Shaanxi; the landscape nocturne of the district of Waitan and the Great Bridge on the River Yangtsé de Nanpu (Shanghai); the new appearance of the municipality of Shenzhen, the village of ethnic culture and the Magnificencia Park of the China Nation in Miniature (province of Guangdong).

Peking and Shaanxi, zones in which they are sinfín of famous abiertos tourist enclaves to the péblico for years, reénen the némero major of historical places and more representative archaeological deposits of the country. Thanks to the economic reform and the opening to the outside carried out during the éltimos 20 years, Shanghai and Guangdong (more well-known with the name of Corner) have undergone deep changes. If the tourists who visit China for the first time decide to approach these provinces and cities, besides becoming familiar with old China, they will have the opportunity to know modern China close by.

The Great Wall:

The Great Wall has 2. 000 years of history. Reconstructed and extended several times during the dynasties There are (206 a. n. e. - 220), and Ming (1368-1644), today are considered like the hugest construction of the human civilization. The sections of Badaling and Mutianyu

(Peking) they were constructed in the days of the Ming dynasty. The sections of Jinshanling and Simatai, located between Peking and the province of Hebei, have been abierto to the péblico recently; its fidelity to the original aspect attracts good némero of national and foreign tourists. In the province of Gansu and the Independent Region of the Nationality hui of Ningxia the ruins of the walls constructed during the dynasty are consevan aén Have. The passages of the Great Wall, among them Juyongguan (Peking), Huangyaguan (Tianjin), Shanhaiguan (Qinhuangdao), Yanmenguan (province of Shanxi) and Jiayuguan (province of Gansu), constitute other so many points of doubtless tourist interest.

The Amarillo river:

Along the Amarillo river the places of historical value, landscaping and anthropological follow one another, like the Island of the Birds of the lake of Qinghai (in the province of the same name), the birth of the Amarillo river; the immense deserts of Shapotou and the pilot places that have achieved success in the fight against blighting (Ningxia); the Grottos of Dunhuang, world-wide famous (province of Gansu); and the impetuous and deafening cataract of Hukou (province of Shanxi). The tourist lovers of history will do well in approaching until Shanxi, the Chinese province in which the némero major of archaeological rest is concentrated; Henan is another one of the provinces known in all the country, thanks mainly to the caves of Longmen (city of Luoyang) and to the house-cave excavated to several tens of meters of depth, typical houses of the people of the west of the province. In Qufu (province of Shandong), native land of Confucius, thinker of world-wide stature whose philosophical principles and morals impregnate the Chinese culture, the Kongmiao (Temple of Confucius) and the Kongfu can be visited (Mansion of Confucius). In the Independent Region of Inner Mongolia several cultural relics of the ancestors of mongoles are conserved, between which it emphasizes Tumba de Gengis Khan, founder of the empire mongol.

The Route of Seda:

The section of the Route of Seda corresponding to China measured more than 4. 000 kilometers. Throughout its old route they live at present more than 40 ethnic minorities. In order to know close by the varied popular customs of the northwest of China and to admire the numerous rest of historical interest, nothing better than to travel through the provinces of Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu, and the independent regions of Ningxia and Xinjiang. The old city of Gucheng and the karez (system of irrigation formed by wells connected by means of underground channel), and the Thousands Grotto of Budas de Kumutula are points of visit forced in any trip to Xinjiang.

The customs of the ethnic minorities of the southwest:

In China 56 nationalities exist, of which 36 are concentrated in the provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan and Tibet (southwestern of China). As each ethnic group has her own customs in the scopes of agriculture, the cattle ranch, the celebrations (including weddings and funerals), the clothing, the house, the feeding, the architecture, the language, the writing and the religion, a thematic itinerary has been elaborated to become familiar with the popular customs of the southwest of the country. To all this it is necessary to add the natural beauty of the landscapes that draw mountains and the rivers of this region. The places of Yunnan that the visitor does not have to lose itself are, among others, the Dianchi Lake, the Stone Forest, the natural park of Xishuangbanna and the villages of hani, tong and miao, these two ethnic groups éltimas of Guizhou, experts in the technique of the batik. The uses and customs of the ethnic groups jing and zhuang (province of Guangxi) draw attention by an originality that them difference clearly of all the others. Tibet, the call “ceiling of the world”, plenty of mysteries that defy all description, is the destiny that, if it is possible, the tourists will have to include in their program of trip.

The customs of the center of China:

Throughout the courses half and inferior of the Amarillo river, considered zone as the cradle of the Chinese civilization, is most distinguished of the traditional culture of the country. The customs of this zone reflect all vivamente the Chinese culture. The provinces of Shanxi, Shandong and Henan, and the municipalities of Peking and Tianjin, although share the same national civilization, have their own characteristics. The great “patio” of the Qiao family (Shanxi) and the Museum of the Popular Customs (Hebei) can be considered like the most representative houses of the Chinese town; the walls of the old city of Pingyao (Shanxi) have arrived intact to the present time; the fresh airs of the Yuan dynasty (1277-1367) hoarded in the Palace of Yongle represent the quintessence of the beautiful ones

arts of China; the comets of Weifang (Shandong) are known and appreciated inside and abroad. In Shijiazhuang (province of Hebei) are villages where one can know the popular customs and habits better and the local folklore.

The itinenarios and tourist enclaves above-mentioned include all the places of forced visit. As the description of the tourist programs is verified when reviewing, throughout the different itineraries numerous points of tourist interest follow one another. Since it is impossible to visit them all in one go, when the tourists arrive at certain city or province, can choose those destinies that interest to them more in agreement with the diverse mentioned subjects; for example, when arriving at the province of Henan, they can choose between itinerary “the Amarillo River” and “Popular Customs of the Center of China”. Those visitors who wish to enter themselves in the Chinese culture and to learn respiratory handwriting, painting, gastronomy, exercises, acupuncture and massage, will find all the facilities for it while they cross the places of tourist interest in Peking, Shanghai, Tianjin and in the provinces of Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong and Shaanxi.

Diverse tourist festivales

Spring: Festival the International of the Coco de Hainan (first decade of April); 6 of June. Festival of the Flowers of Qinghai (first decade of June); Festival of the Water of the Ethnic group Dai de Yunnan (at the beginning of April); Encounter of Boats of Qintong, in Yangzhou (province of Jiangsu, at the beginning of April); Annual contest of Handwriting the International of Chang'an (third decade of April); Festival of the Peonías de Luoyang (province of Henan, third decade of April); Festival the Song International Folkloric of Guangxi (third decade of April); Festival the Comet International of Weifang (at the end of April);

Festival of Ma Zu (“santa Madre of the Sky”) of Fujian (second decade of April, at the beginning of October); Festival of the Sófora China de Dalian (province of Liaoning, third decade of May); Festival of the Azaleas of Guizhou (at the end of April).

Summer: Festival of Antorchas of the Ethnic group Yi de Liangshan, in Sichuan (third decade of July); Equestrian festival of Qangtang, in Tibet (third decade of August); Festival of Antorchas of the Ethnic group Yi de Yunnan (at the end of June); Sholdon festival, in Tibet (August); Encounter the International of Boats in the form of Dragoon, in Yueyang (province of Hunan, second decade of June); Tourist month the International of Wutaishan (of principles of July at the beginning of August); Festival the International of Glide of Jiayuguang (of the second decade of July to the second decade of August); Festival the International of Cinema of Changchun (province of Jilin, at the end of August); Celebration the International of the Beer of Qingdao (province of Shandong, second decade of August); Romería de Jiuhua (province of Anhui, second decade of August); Fair of the Watermelon of Daxing, in Peking (June and July); Festival of Brandies of FAMA of Guizhou (July and August); Festival Tourist Natam Steppe (independent region of Inner Mongolia, July and August); Festival of the Grape harvest of Xinjiang (at the end of August).

Fall: Tourist festival of Huangpu, in Shanghai (at the end of September); Festival the International of the Forest in Zhangjiajie (province of Hunan, second decade of September); Tourist festival of Seda in Suzhou (province of Jiangsu, by the end of September); Festival the International of Ceramics and Porcelain in Jingdezhen (second decade of October); Festival of Old Culture and Art in Xi'an (September); Festival the International of Mareas of the Qianjiang River (September); Festival the International of Martial Arts Shaolin in Zhengzhou (September); Festival the International of the Fashion in Dalian (at the beginning of September); Festival the International of the Confuciana Culture in Qufu (September and October); Tourist festival by Mountains and Rivers in Guilin (October and November); Artistic festival of Opera of Beijing (biennial); Artistic festival of the Three Throats in Hubei (September and October); Tourist festival the International of Huangshan (October); Festival of Veneration to Old and the Health in Baoding (October).

Winter: Four Religious Assemblies in the Temple to deTa'er (February, May, July and October); Festival of the Snow and the Ice in Harbin (January and February); Great Religious Assembly in the Temple of Labuleng, Xiahe.