Xi'an Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and City Wall One-Day Tour

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07:00 (Reference time) Free pick-up from hotels within the Third Ring Road of Xi'an (except during national holidays such as Labor Day, National Day, and Chinese New Year). For locations far beyond the Third Ring Road, please proceed to the nearest meeting point. To ensure sufficient time for visiting scenic spots, the pick-up range and time are subject to the notice from our staff the night before departure. 08:30 (Reference time) Head to the North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the largest musical fountain square in Asia (tour lasts approximately 40 minutes). Take a distant view of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a landmark building in Xi'an, personally designed and supervised by the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang to enshrine the Buddhist scriptures he brought back from India. Despite enduring thousands of years and multiple major earthquakes, the pagoda leans 1006 mm yet remains majestic, a true miracle. Afterwards, visit the Great Ci'en Temple, a royal temple with a thousand-year history, to purify your heart and soul. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which has watched over Chang'an for more than 1300 years, is located here (Pagoda entry fee: 30 yuan/person, at your own expense). Since the Tang Dynasty, scholars and literati who passed the imperial examinations and were promoted to higher ranks often came to the Great Ci'en Temple to worship Buddha. Later generations followed suit, praying in advance for success and fame, gradually forming the custom of inscribing names on the pagoda for blessings and good luck. All tour members who enter the temple will receive a blessing card from the temple. Write your name and wishes on it to pray for blessings and good luck for the people in your heart, entrusting a trace of concern. 10:00 (Reference time) Visit the Ancient City Wall of Xi'an (tour lasts approximately 50 minutes), the most complete ancient large-scale military defense architecture in the world. The Ancient City Wall of Xi'an is the most complete city wall architecture preserved in ancient China, and also the largest and most complete military defense castle facility in the world. Its natural and heavy momentum has become a symbol of the ancient capital of Xi'an, and also a symbol of the splendid culture of the Chinese nation. The existing city wall was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. 12:00 (Reference time) Lunch is arranged for tourists (at your own expense). 13:00 (Reference time) Visit the Bell and Drum Tower Square in the center of Xi'an (approximately 30 minutes), and taste Xi'an's many local snacks in the Muslim Quarter Snack Street (approximately 30 minutes). Rou Jia Mo (Chinese hamburger), Yangrou Paomo (mutton soup), Liangpi (cold skin noodles), Qiao Mian He Luo (buckwheat noodles), Hulutou (pork intestines soup), barbecue, Fen Tang Yang Xue (vermicelli soup with sheep's blood), etc. are all well-known local delicacies. Taste the unforgettable Rou Jia Mo, and eat a plate of spicy and fragrant Liangpi, which can deeply imprint a permanent impression of the ancient capital of Xi'an. 14:00 (Reference time) End of a pleasant journey.