Tour Summary
Day By Day Itinerary
Dates & Prices
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1
Place & Transport: Arrive in Xining, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Xining)
Day 2
Place & Transport: Xining to Tong ren
Today's Activities: Visit Thangka Painter’s House, Wutun Monastery
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
- Visit Thangka Painter’s House: Visit the Thangka painter’s house get to know the person how to painting.
- Wutun Monastery (1.5 hours): There are two monasteries in Wutun village; one is upper Wutun Monastery, another is lower Wutun Monastery. These Monasteries is famous throughout Tibet for its beautiful artwork of Buddhist art of Thangka. Upper Wutun Monastery is magnificently decorated, and the surface of the entire assembly hall has been carved and painted with traditional Regong designs. Lower Wutun Monastery is just about 10 minutes' walk from the upper village. It boasts a much livelier monastery as the location for ceremonies and festivities that draw crowds of local worshippers.
Day 3
Place & Transport: Tong ren
Today's Activities: Shaman's festival
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
- Shaman's festival: Shaman's festival is a traditional folk festival which takes place in many of the small villages around Tongren presided over by each village's local shaman. There are numerous ceremonies and activities including ritual dances, the beating of holy drums, the singing of folk songs, and shaman going into trances.Some people find this festival exciting and exotic and enjoy watching the ritual piercing of cheeks of all the young men in the village, the men dancing a drum dance with pierced backs, and the shaman in trance climbing the dragon pole then cutting his forehead with a knife.
Day 4
Place & Transport: Tong ren to Xining
Today's Activities: Dongguan Giant Mosque, Longwu Monastery
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
- Dongguan Giant Mosque (30 minutes): It's located on the south side of the East Dongguan Road in Xining. The well-known Dongguan Giant Mosque is the center where more than 100,000 Moslems in Xining practise their religion. It’s the largest-scale mosque in Qinghai Province, with a long history. It's called one of the four major mosques of Northwest China, with the Huajue Temple in Xi'an, the Qiaomen Temple in Lanzhou and the Aitike'er Mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang.
- Longwu Monastery (2 hours): Longwu monastery was founded in the 12th century and currently has around 450 monks.The monastery is the leading Yellow sect monastery in the Tongren region. it is one of the six biggest monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism in Qinghai Province. The local Tibetans are very proud of the Longwu Monastery where religious activities are held on lecturing, praying and examination.
Day 5
Place & Transport: Depart Xining, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Hotel to airport Transfer (Xining)
Meals: Breakfast
Travel Tips:
1. Hotels are generally poor in some regions of Qinghai. Staff will probably not speak much English.
2. Visitors should respect local customs and traditions.
3. The quality of the restaurants will not be as high in some less developed parts of China.
Dates and Price
| Tour Duration | Tour Price | Hotel Single Supplement | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug.02 - Aug.06 | $503 | $159 | Inquire» |
| Aug.02 - Aug.06 | $546 | $180 | Inquire» |




