Cycling Tour in Sichuan

Cycling Tour in Sichuan This 10-day bicycle tour is designed as a relatively easy-going ride in Chengdu - one of the major cultural centers in China. Average daily cycling mileage will be about 30 miles (50 km). On most days we will use vehicle transport to supplement the cycling to get us to the next destination. Luggage will be transported by the support vehicle. This tour will visit both well-known and little-known sights and will appeal to those who have cultural, social and archeological interests. We start with visiting Panda Breeding Research Center and Wenshu Buddhist Monastery followed by the visit of Baoguan Temple and then on to Guanhan to visit the Sanxingdui Archeological Museum with a number of copper masks and other artifacts next day then will head west to Duijiangyan, a location of the historic irrigation system that is still in use today. We will then head south to Anren near Dayi, to visit the Li Landlord Manor. This was used as a re-education center to illustrate the evils of the landlord-serf system and includes an area of clay figures graphically displaying the downtrodden workers being abused by the landlord. Next we travel to Emei Mountain, one of China's sacred Buddhist mountains for a night's stay at the summit in order to view the morning sunrise and walk some of the trails. The following day, we will return to the base for a ride to Leshan to visit the Giant Sitting Buddha ( 71 m). Afterwards we head east to Rongxian for another to visit China's second largest Buddha ( 58.7 m) and then on to Zigong, the location of dinosaur and salt museums. Continuing east, we will then visit Dazu to see a number of Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist sculptures (as well as a Christian church) in the surrounding area. Afterwards, we will return to Chengdu to complete the trip.

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DAY .1	Arive at Beijing,
	Arrive Beijing,
DAY .2	Beijing - Chengdu
	fly to Chengdu
DAY .3	Chengdu
	Meet group members/Brief City Tour - Chengdu Wenshu Buddhist Temple. Todays cycling distance is 30 Km.
DAY .4	Xindu/Guanghan
	Baoguan Buddhist Temple, Archeological Exhibit of Copper Masks from the year 1500. Todays cycling distance is 50 Km.
DAY .5	Duijiangyan
	Active Duijiangyan Irrigation System set up 2,000 years ago by the State of Qin during the Warring States Period .Todays cycling distance is 45 Km.
DAY .6	Dayi-Anren
	Landlord Manor Re-education Center , Todays cycling distance is 50 Km.
DAY .7	Emei Shan
	Scarced Buddhist Mountain - view sunrise from the 10,500 ft/3099 m summit, Todays cycling distance is 50 Km.
DAY .8	Leshan
	Giant (193 ft/58.7 m) Sitting Buddha. Todays cycling distance is 25 Km.
DAY .9	Rongxian & Zigong
	Rongxian - Big Buddha. Zigong - Dinosaur and Salt Museums , Todays cycling distance is 50 Km.
DAY .10	Dazu
	Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist Sculptures carved in surrounding hillsides. Todays cycling distance is 50 Km.
DAY .11	Dazu
	Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist Sculptures carved in surrounding hillsides. Todays cycling distance is 50 Km.
DAY .12	Chengdu
	Return to Chengdu. Todays cycling distance is 16 Km.
DAY .13	Chengdu - Beijing
	After breakfast, transfer to airport for flight to Beijing.
DAY .14	Beijing
	Full day city sightseeing tour of Beijing.
DAY .15	Beijing - Home
	After breakfast, transfer to airport for homebound flight.