4 Days Chengdu Panda Tour & Leshan Giant Buddha Tour

On arrival, our driver will hold a welcome sign to meet you at airport or train station and transfer to the hotel.

Chengdu is called the “Hometown of Giant Pandas”, which give you the best chance to see the cutest animal in the world. Chengdu Panda Base is the closest panda base to see over 100 giant pandas and their baby pandas. You’ll pay a visit to the Giant Panda Museum to know many scientific facts about pandas, walk through the verdant bamboo grove to different giant enclosures to see pandas in different ages, watch lovely pandas outdoor climbing trees, eating bamboo shoots, sleeping on the ground, as well, you can have a close look at the newborn pink panda babies being well taken care of...Cherish the time with the pandas and take photos as many as possible.

With a history over 1000 years, Wenshu Monastery is the largest and best-preserved Buddhist monastery situated in Chengdu downtown area. Once entering into this peaceful temple, you can see many locals worshiping and burning incense. And you’ll pass five halls in sequence including Tianwang Hall, Sandatu Hall, Daxiong Hall, Shuofa Hall and Cangjing Hall. Wenshu Monastery exhibits many precious cultural relics and treasures with over 300 Buddha statues. Enjoy a relaxing walk in this elegant monastery and if you like try the vegetarian food in its restaurant.

Renmin Park located in downtown area is the best place to feel the leisure spirit of Chengdu. In this comfortable park, you can see many locals doing the calligraphy on the ground, dancing happily in group, even engaging in matchmaking...After the visiting, take a rest in the largest and best-preserved tea house called Heming Tea House to have a cup of green tea and if you are interested, you can learn to play Mahjong or try traditional ear treatment. How time flies!

The last stop today is Jinli Old Street, the first street of Shu Kingdom with a history over 1800 years. Decorated with western Sichuan style architectures of Qing Dynasty, Jinli Old Street is the best place to explore culture of Three Kingdom period and folk culture of Chengdu. Strolling down the narrow street, you’ll find yourselves surrounded by a world of stores selling Shu Embroidery, folk handicrafts, curios, calligraphy and paintings. Besides, numerous snacks are displayed in front of you and try some favored ones to satisfy your taste buds.

Leshan Giant Buddha--------The Buddha is located to the east of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, at the confluence of three rivers, namely, Min River, Qingyi River, and Dadu River. It is carved into the cliffs of Mt. Lingyun. A local saying describes the Buddha like this:" The mountain unveils a Buddha, while the Buddha fades into the mountain."

How giant Looking solemn and stately, the Buddha is 71meters high. His shoulders are 28 meters wide, head 14.7 meters long and 10 meters broad, with a total of 1051 chignons of hair clustered on it. Each chignons is as big as a round table. Its drooping ear is 6.2 meters long and each eye is 3.3 meters wide. Its middle finger is 8.3 meters long, and each of its bare feet is 11 meters long and 8.5 meters wide, large enough for more than100 people to sit on.

What will we show you? Our guide will lead you to climb to the top of the mountain to closely look at the buddha, and discovery its architectural artistry, Buddhist culture. When climbing the mountain, you will also have chance to visit the temples like the Lingyun Temple. Then you can experience the Nine-bend Lingyun plank Road on the right side of the Buddha(You may need to wait for a long queue when peak season). Besides seeing the Buddha up close, you will also have a chance to take a boat to look at this huge Buddha from a distance, in this way you can see the whole buddha. Enjoy your boat trip and the fantastic view!

Transfer to airport by our driver.
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