Luoyang

Meals: Not included

Attraction: Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple, Luoyang Museum

Itinerary:

Longmen Grottoes

Your tour guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel lobby in Luoyang City at 8:30 AM. If you take a train to/from Luoyang, please provide your train information at the time of booking. After greeting, you will start this exciting Luoyang full-day tour. Longmen Grottoes is one of the most famous grottoes in China and a World Heritage Site enlisted the UNESCO. There are about 2,100 grottoes and niches, 40 crematory urns, 3,600 inscribed stone tablets and 100,000 Buddhist images and statues. These live cultural relics lie amid green mountains and serpentine rivers.

White Horse Temple

Lunch will be arranged at a local restaurant serving authentic Chinese dishes, very popular among local people. In the afternoon, visit White Horse Temple, backed by Mangshan Mountain and facing the Luohe River. White Horse Temple is regarded as the cradle land of Buddhism in China. In history, highly accomplished Buddhist monks from China, even world renowned Buddhist monks from abroad used to pay visits to White Horse Temple in pursuit of Buddhism inspirations and wisdom. When the tour ends, you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Luoyang Museum

Next, visit the Luoyang Museum to learn about the ancient capital's rich cultural heritage. More than 400,000 historical artifacts are on display here. They include antiques from palaces and temples. These relics establish the history of Luoyang, representing elements from the Neolithic Age to the ancient city of Jiudu in 937 AD. At the end of the tour, we will transport you back to your hotel in Luoyang.