Family Muslim Tour to Beijing 5 Days

The most popular attractions in Beijing as well as trip to Beijing Zoo to see giant pandas will make this 5 Days Family muslim tour Beijing 2014 interesting and meaningful.
-Centrally Located Hotels
-Authentic Chinese Food
-Private transfers and tour guide
Hotels options,
Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple Of Heaven ***Tourist
Hotel Novotel Beijing Xin Qiao ****Deluxe
Crowne Plaza Beijing Wangfujing *****Luxury
Day 01, Arrival in Beijing
Airport to hotel transfer(Beijing)
Your family will be warmly welcomed at the arrival hall of the airport. Our guide will transfer you to your hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day with your family and have a good rest.
Day 02, visiting Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, 798 Art District, silk shop
Meals, Breakfast and Halal Lunch
Your Beijing sightseeing will start with Tiananmen Square. As the largest public square in the world, Tiananmen Square can hold over one million people. It is a must-see attraction when coming to China.
Then we will proceed for the exploration at Forbidden City. Forbidden City, also called Imperial Museum, was the imperial palace for emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. As the best-preserved imperial palace in China and the largest ancient palatial structure in the world, Forbidden City with the magnificence of royal architectures and imperial treasures is a must-visit attraction in Beijing.
After lunch, we will go to Niujie Mosque where you can do prayers. The next scheduled destination will be 798 Art District, a thriving community with unique art shops and galleries to discover fine artworks of Chinese modern art.
After dinner, our guide will transfer you back to the hotel.
Day 03, visiting Badaling Great Wall, Summer Palace and Jade shop
Meals, Breakfast and Halal Lunch
After breakfast at the hotel, our guide will transfer your family to Badaling Great Wall for an interesting hiking there. Built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Badaling Great Wall is the most well-preserved and the most visited section of the Great Wall of China. As a symbol of Chinese civilization and one of the wonders created by Chinese people, Badaling Great Wall is a must-visit attraction in Beijing. Hiking at this human-made wonder should be an educational activity for your kids. There will be a short shopping stop at a Jade Shop around Badaling Great Wall.
After lunch we will proceed to Summer Palace, the largest imperial park in China. Having a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces, Summer Palace attracts numerous tourists there for its natural beauty and historical sites.
After dinner, our guide will transfer your family to the hotel and you can have a good rest.
Day 04, visiting Hutong, Siheyuan (Ancient Courtyard), Yandaixiejie, Drum Tower Beijing, Beijing Zoo and Tea shop
Meals, Breakfast and Halal lunch
After breakfast, our guide will pick you up and transfer to the first destination Capital Museum. Housing a large collection of ancient porcelain, bronze, calligraphy, painting, jade, sculpture, and Buddhist statues from imperial China as well as other Asian cultures, Capital Museum is a great place to learn Chinese ancient culture and civilization.
The next scheduled activity is a rickshaw ride at Hutongs and Siheyuan. Hutongs are alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. As an important cultural element of old Beijing, Hutongs and Siheyuan are great choices for people to get to know Beijing local history and culture. A rickshaw ride is just the interesting and easy way to get to know Hutongs and Siheyuan, and local Beijing life.
Then we will head to Yandaixiejie get a deeper understanding of ancient Beijing culture. Yandaixiejie is a famous ancient street in Beijing. There are numerous stores and shops lining on both sides of the street selling various kinds of antiques and souvenirs.
The next destination will be Drum Tower. As the symbol of old Beijing, Drum Tower is a great site to experience the ancient atmosphere of Beijing.
The last scheduled destination will be Beijing Zoo. For tourists not convenient to see giant pandas in Chengdu, Beijing Zoo is a great destination to see the cutest pandas. There are around 450 different species of animals to see at Beijing Zoo.

After dinner, our guide will transfer you back to the hotel.
Day 05, Depart from Beijing
Hotel to Airport transfer(Beijing)
Meals, Breakfast
Enjoy free time before our guide transfer you to the airport for your homebound flight. Hope this Beijing tour have made you and your family satisfied! More muslim tours to China packages from Muslim2China.

Visiting Siheyuan in Beijing Hutongs

The historical Siheyuan (Chinese courtyards) are a symbol of ancient Chinese architecture that dates back 2,000 years. The layout of the courtyards is prevalent as a template for many palaces, housing complexes, temples and monasteries. To see the traditional buildings of Chinese architectural style, Beijing Hutong tours is a good idea.
The Hutongs in Beijing consist of numerous courtyards joined together. The histories of the Hutongs are interesting as it demonstrated the social class status beginning from the Ming Dynasty where the Forbbiden City was the center. Nobles and rich merchants lived in luxurious courtyards situated in the east and west. Commoners were located to the north of the palace.

Usually a whole family lives in a compound. The elder generation lives in the main house, the younger generation lives n the side houses, and the south house is usually their sitting room or study. All the houses have large windows at the front and small windows high up in the back walls. Some houses do not even have back windows.
Some larger residencies have two or more courtyards, they are usually inhabited by a big traditional extended family with several generations. There are still some siheyuan in Beijing, mainly former mansions of princes, some of which have been turned into museums, and others are used as government offices. The typical Siheyuan consists of four buildings and the main gate always faces the south. The Hutongs are a unique part of Beijing culture. Although the most famous remaining Hutongs are residencies of the rich and famous the most interesting part of visiting these areas is catching a glimpse of the everyday life that still continues.
Top Hutongs to Visit in Beijing
Nanluoguxiang - Nanluoguxiang is the oldest Beijing Hutong located in downtown Beijing.
Zhuanta Hutong - Zhuanta Hutong is one of the oldest hutongs in Beijing and one of the city's best-preserved hutongs with relatively little exposure to destruction.
Goldfish Hutong - Goldfish Hutong is located on Dengshikou Street, Dongcheng district. It begins at Dongdan Street and west to Wangfujing Street with the total length of 567 meters.
Lingjing Hutong - Lingjing Hutong is located in the center of Xicheng District, Beijing. Lingjing Hutong lies between Fuyou Street in the east and Xidan North Street in the west.
Mao'er Hutong - Mao'er Hutong is one of the Top 10 Beijing hutongs, and it ranks the fourth in Beijing. Mao'er Hutong is located in northwest of Dongcheng District.
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Go to Jinli to Explore Traditional Chengdu

Every city has a representative street where you can discover the most original local city culture and experience local life. In Chengdu, Jinli Street is the right one to know the most authentic Chengdu and experience the essence of Chengdu.

As one of the oldest and most commercialized street in the ancient Three Kingdoms Period, Jinli has got national wide fame since history. Jinli Street is actually a part of the famous Wuhou Temple Scenic Area. It is a new restored street of the ancient Jinli to remain its history and culture. Now Jinli has been an outstanding street in Chengdu that is specialized to provide the most authentic flavor of Chengdu from the aspects of architecture, culture, tradition and food.
Jinli is where to discover the taste of old Chengdu. Most architecture in Jinli is themed at ancient. They are age-old street, official residences, folk residences, teahouses, inns, wine bars and stages. Jinli looks fantastic especially at night when all lights and lanterns are lit up. These lights giving away sense of far-away obscurity setting off with the gray walls gives the feeling that even you are in the busy Jinli but in a distant and isolated world. This is quite strange, but also very special. At this time, choose a tea-house, seated by the window, enjoy the excellent performance on the stage or enjoy the passing by outside night scene, this is the slow way that you can really taste the flavor of Jinli at the best time of the day.
Jinli is also the place to have fun with traditional Chengdu. Whenever there are traditional festivals, you will always have chances to enjoy funny activities and excellent performances in Jinli Street. There are lantern exhibitions on Lantern Festival, there are eating competitions for glutinous dumplings when Dragon Boat Festival, moon appreciating gatherings on the Mid-autumn Day and so on. Jinli has glorious activities to celebrate traditional festivals.
At the same time, the part of Chengdu food in Chengdu culture is fully displayed in Jinli. There are many restaurants and food stalls standing along the road providing original Chengdu snacks and specialties. You can taste almost all the kinds of Chengdu snacks there. At the same time, those exquisite handcrafts and handiworks should amaze you. Paper cuts, clay figures, facial makeups and many other folk crafts. Explore Chengdu from these Chengdu tour from China Tour Advisors and find the best China tour packages service.

Travel to The Oldest Mosque in Xian

The mosque is not only a place of Muslim religious activities, but also the political, economic and cultural center of Muslim. China's earliest mosque was built in the early Tang Dynasty. There are two types of mosques in China according to the architectural style, one is the Arab-style cylindrical vault architecture, and the other is the palace-style building with Chinese characteristics.
Xian Daxuexi Lane Mosque is located in the west of Daxuexi Lane, made by the founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty. It is also called as the West Temple due to locate in the west of Xian Huajue Lane Mosque. This mosque is rather large scale, and only second to the Huajue Lane Mosque. It is recorded that it is the oldest mosque in Xian.

The construction of the mosque was at about 150 years after the introduction of Islam, but for various reasons, they were repeatedly when destroyed corps. There was no mosque of Tang Dynasty in Xian city now, and the most well-preserved mosques are the East and West Mosque within Xian City.
The mosque covers an area of 9.1 acres, with a total construction area of 270O square meters, consisted by screen wall, door, courts, shower room, the main hall and other buildings.
Six beliefs of Islam is the foundation of Islam and if accept the six creed, that is, he is the believers of Islam. In all the six faith, belief in Allah is the most basic, command of other five.
There are five lessons for Islam, which are known as the "five destiny", referred to as the "Five Pillars". Each lesson has stringent regulations. Only recognition of the six beliefs and actions fully implemented Muhammad provisions of the "Five Pillars", to become a complete Muslim.
The Temple architecture is rather similar with that of Huajue Lane Mosque, but a little bit smaller. The pavilions, tables, temples, court layout properly in the mosque, and the temple gates opposite to a big screen wall with brick ornamentation.
Shengxin Pavilion is one of the main buildings of the monastery. According to legend, it was built in the Song Dynasty.
Followed by north-south tablets pavilion, and there is a well known “Zheng He Monument” in the south tablets pavilion, surrounded by stone fence.
There are two tablet pavilions on each side of the compound channel.
The whole layout of the mosque is reflects the architectural style of early Islam Islamic mosques in China.
If you want to walk around the mosque, there's something to attention:
1 Do not wear clothes such as short skirts shorts, or you may not allow entering.
2 Do not smoke, and do not enter the Chapel (main hall).
More information about Xian travel here.

Shanghai Tour Package from Malaysia

Shanghai literally means the city by the sea. Shanghai is situated at 31o14' north latitude and 121° 29'east, on the west shore of the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered on the north and west by Jiangsu Province, on the south by Zhejiang Province, and on the east by the East China Sea. Shanghai tour is becoming more and more popular all over the world. Many traveler come to Shanghai have business and then enjoy the wonderful Shanghai tourist attractions. Please don't miss this great chance of Shanghai tour package Malaysia, and following is a 3 days Shanghai muslim tour package from Muslim2China!
Accommodation
Luxury ★★★★★ Courtyard by Marriot Shanghai Puxi
Deluxe ★★★★ Holiday Inn Shanghai
Tourist ★★★ Holiday Inn Express Zhabei Hotel
Day 1, Arrive at Shanghai
Attraction & Activities, Guide meet you at Shanghai International Airport, then escort to hotel for check-in.
Guide meet you at Shanghai International Airport, then escort to hotel for check-in. Take a good rest and be ready for the Shanghai 3 days tour.
Day 2, visit Chenghuang Temple, Yu Yuan Garden, Shanghai Museum, The Oriental Pearl Tower, The Bund
Meals, Hotel buffet breakfast, Halal Lunch
Have Downtown Shanghai one day tour, visit Chenghuang Temple which is The Shanghai Chenghuang Temple is a Taoist temple located at Shanghai town in East China.Then pay a visit to Yuyuan Garden which is Yu Yuan Gardens which is an old Chinese quarter of Shanghai with cobbled streets that are lined with traditional shops selling herbal medicines, handicrafts, Chinese tea, and a variety of delicious snacks. Then prayer at Xiaotaoyuan Mosque, and then proceed to visit Shanghai Museum which is a museum of ancient Chinese art, is situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. Then visit Oriental Pearl TV Tower (incl two spheres) which is Located in the Lujiazui Road, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower stands 468 meters and faces the buildings of exotic styles in the Bund on the other side of the river. Together with the nearby Nanpu and Yangpu Bridges, it creates a picture of "twin dragons playing with the pearl". After visit a Silk Factory, then visit the the Bund which is as the most famous sightseeing destination in the city, the Bund has become a symbol of Shanghai and a must-go place for tourists.
Shanghai Xiaotaoyuan Mosque is the educational and cultural center for Shanghai Muslim. It was constructed in the year of 1917 and reconstructed in 1925. Xioataoyuan Mosque gets its name as the gate of the mosque faces the Xiaotaoyuan Street. Now it is a mosque consisted by four Islamic architectures of west Asia styles with dome roofs.

Day 03, Depart Shanghai
Attraction & Activities, Free for leisure until transfer you to airport to take flight to your next station.
Meals, Hotel Buffet Breakfast
Free for leisure until transfer you to airport to take flight to your next station. And your Shanghai tours ends.