Travel in Shennong Stream

During your Yangtze River cruise, you will have an excursion to the Shennong Stream which is a tributary of the Yangtze River. Shennong Stream is in Badong County and it is good scenery with beautiful landscapes.

Shennong Stream originates from the mountains. The stream water is clear and clean. There are rare and grand mountains on the two sides of the stream. 20 kilometers away from the stream mouth, there is Longchangdong Gorge, Parrot Gorge, Jinzhu Gorge. They are also called “Shennong Three Gorges”. During your traveli in Shennong Stream, you will go to drift by the small boat whose shape likes a flat bean. You will feel the difference between your Victoria Jenna or your VictoriaPrince in your Yangtze River tour. Sitting on the ancient small boat and drifting on the clear river, you will feel fun and interesting.

Following the flat bean boat go into the Jinzhu Gorge, you will see the verdant and green bambbos on the mountain on the two sides of the gorge. They reflect on the river surface. The stream water looks more green and charming. The air there is fresh. The gorge there is quiet. Sometimes, you will also hear the birds’ singing or the work song singing by the boat trackers. You will feel far away from the world at that time. You will never find this feeling outside the Shennong Stream.

Pass the Jinzhu Gorge, you will go into the Parrot Gorge. There are many rare peaks and scenery. Some of the peaks like roaring tigers; some of them like playing monkeys. In the Parrot Gorge, there is also the largest cave—Yanziqian and some ancient plank road built on the cliff. Unconsciously, you will go into the third gorge—Longchang Gorge. Longchang Gorge ahs many cliffs, rare rocks and stones. The famous ones include “immortal say goodby to the old man” “crocodile goes out of the cave” “natural swimming pool” and “panda stone” and so on. Go out of the Longchang Gorge, you will be in the border of Shennong Stream and Yangtze River. The drift is finished. Tourists can go back to the Badong County to visit the Three Gorges Dam.

The beautiful natural scenery in Yangtze River and the great manmade project there will give you deep impression for your Yangtze River tour. Welcome to join the Yangtze River cruise in your travel in China.

Shantang Street in Suzhou

The ancient city Suzhou is a famous south Yangtze River delta. In the ancient town, rivers and harbors interlace; streets are vertically and horizontally. Among so many streets in Suzhou, the famous Shantang Street is called “first street in Shuzhou”. First, it is the ancient street which has more than 1100 years’ history. Second, the layout of the street presents the character of Suzhou streets. Third, many famous celebrities and events have relationship with the Shantang Street. It is really worth visiting in your Shanghai tour to Suzhou.

Shantang Street was started to be built in Baoli period Tang Dynasty. One side of the street links the prosperous commercial Changmen and the other side links the Huqiu Town and Huqiu Mountain. It was the distributing and collecting district from Tang Dynasty.

Suzhou is a region of rivers and lakes. There are many riverways and bridges. It is also the most representative street in Suzhou. The Shantang River is in middle of Suzhou. On the north bank of the Shantang River, there is the Shantang Street. It links with the streets on the other side by bridges. On Shantang Street, there are row upon row of shops and houses.

Shantang Street is also a typical water alley. The boats carrying jasmine flower, gardenia and other goods come and go on the rivers. There are steps on the side of the river. Women always wash vegetables there. Some pedlars sell rice, desserts, snacks and salt and so on. The people upstairs don’t have to go down. They use the wire to pass the goods. Is that interesting? Go to have a visit there in your China city tour in Suzhou.

Shantang Street can be divided into east and west two parts. The east side is from Changmen Duseng Bridge to Bantang Bridge. The Xing Bridge area is the most prosperous area in east side. The west side is from Bantang Bridge to Huqiu Mountain. This area has spacious river surface. On the bank of the river, there are verdant trees, fragrant grass and cottages.

There are also Puji Bridge and Yefangbang and so on spots. The Five People Tomb and Gexian Tomb are also there. Go to west, you will reach to the first resort in Wuzhong—Huqiu Mountain. The peaks and pagodas are charmed. You will have a good visit during your Beijing to Shanghai private tour. You will also take the different beauty of north China and south China in you China tourpackages. 

Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves

Do you want to explore the ancient and cultural Chinese western city? Go to visit the Urumqi. There you will find more. Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves is a must visit spot in Silk Road Tour in Urumqi. It is located in Mingwutage Mountain in Kizil Town Baicheng County which is closed to the Kuche. The caves were built on the cliff on north bank of the Muzhate River. The Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves are the earliest large scale cave group in most west China.

The Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves and the Dunhuang Grottos are both the caves of the Chinese four large grottos. But the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves were the earliest grottos which were carved from 3th century. Now there are 236 caves including 135 complete caves, 80 caves with murals. The mural area is totally more than 10000 square meters. They all have high value. In 1961, the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves were listed as Chinese first batch important protection unit.

The Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves group includes two parts. One part which supplies places for monks is the Piheluo cave. The other one is the Zhiti Cave which is for worshipping Buddha and expounding the texts of Buddhism. From the scale of the caves you will imagine that it was a prosperous place ever. According to the research, there were more than hundred thousand residents there in South-North period.

The Mogao Grottos are famous for its colorful Buddhism mural. The Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves are also a long mural corridor. The abundant content, large number are long history all first among Chinese grottos. The German explorer said that the mural in Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves is the most beautiful mural they can found in middle Asia.

The most representative grotto to present the characters are the center pillar grottos. They have the main room and the back room. You will know more ancient culture about Chinese Buddha there in your best China tour. The most attractive murals in the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves are the Lingge Structure. Every picture in Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves has one story. Every picture has its most typical story with important figures, animals and background. The long history and profound culture background will make you think of much during your China trip there.

Also you can visit the Chinese capital Beijing city and take a Beijing package tour. During your Beijing package tour, you can visit both the modern Beijing city and the ancient Urumqi.