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Tongren Shaman’s Festival Tour
- Tour Code: XN-1-GP
- Duration: 5 Days
- Customers' Reviews: 2
- Departure Date: August 2th,2009 only(Travel in a group with minimum of 2 adults)
- Tour Type: Land tour + well selected hotel + private airport/train station transfers and scheduled coach sightseeing with shared guide and driver in the cities
Shaman’s Festival is a traditional folk festival which takes place in many of the small villages around Tongren county which is presided over by the village's local shaman. There are numerous ceremonies and activities including ritual dances, the beating of holy drums, the singing of folk songs, and the shaman going into trances. Take this tour to experience a different side of China tour.
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 2
Place & Transport: Xining to Tongren
Today's Activities: Visit Thangka Painter’s House, Wutun Monastery
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
- Visit Thangka Painter’s House: Visit the Thangka painter’s house get to know the person how to painting.
- Wutun Monastery: There are two monasteries in Wutun village; one is upper Wutun Monastery, another is lower Wutun Monastery. These Monasteries is famous throughout Tibet for its beautiful artwork of Buddhist art of Thangka. Upper Wutun Monastery is magnificently decorated, and the surface of the entire assembly hall has been carved and painted with traditional Regong designs. Lower Wutun Monastery is just about 10 minutes' walk from the upper village. It boasts a much livelier monastery as the location for ceremonies and festivities that draw crowds of local worshippers.
Day 3
Place & Transport: Tongren
Today's Activities: Shaman's festival
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
- Shaman's festival: Shaman's festival is a traditional folk festival which takes place in many of the small villages around Tongren presided over by each village's local shaman. There are numerous ceremonies and activities including ritual dances, the beating of holy drums, the singing of folk songs, and shaman going into trances.Some people find this festival exciting and exotic and enjoy watching the ritual piercing of cheeks of all the young men in the village, the men dancing a drum dance with pierced backs, and the shaman in trance climbing the dragon pole then cutting his forehead with a knife.
Day 4
Place & Transport: Tongren to Xining
Today's Activities: Dongguan Giant Mosque, Longwu Monastery
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch
- Dongguan Giant Mosque: It's located on the south side of the East Dongguan Road in Xining. The well-known Dongguan Giant Mosque is the center where more than 100,000 Moslems in Xining practise their religion. It’s the largest-scale mosque in Qinghai Province, with a long history. It's called one of the four major mosques of Northwest China, with the Huajue Temple in Xi’an, the Qiaomen Temple in Lanzhou and the Aitike'er Mosque in Kashen, Xinjiang.
- Longwu Monastery: Longwu monastery was founded in the 12th century and currently has around 450 monks.The monastery is the leading Yellow sect monastery in the Tongren region. it is one of the six biggest monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism in Qinghai Province. The local Tibetans are very proud of the Longwu Monastery where religious activities are held on lecturing, praying and examination.
- 2009
| Tour Duration |
Tour Price Per Person | Hotel Single Supplement | Availability |
|---|
Hotels
| City | Tourist Class |
|---|---|
| Xining | Xining Hotel |
| Tongren | Repkong Hotel |
| Xining | Xining Hotel |
Price Inclusions and Exclusions
Price Inclusions:
- Entrance Fees:
To scenic spots as listed in the itinerary. - Meals:
All meals as specified in the itinerary.
If the restaurant indicated is not available on the day, your guide will arrange another restaurant from our list of approved restaurants. Breakfast is usually a western style buffet. We endeavor to ensure that a choice of western and Chinese breakfasts is supplied, however there may be occasions when only a Chinese breakfast is available in some remote locations. - Transfers:
Transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in Xining, Tongren by shared coach with a driver and English-speaking guide (as listed above). Your comfort is our priority! Click here to get a description of the vehicles that we use for our tours. - Guide:
As outlined in the itinerary an English-speaking guide and driver will be provided in each city, who will remain with you throughout your time in that city. A new guide and a new driver will meet you at each city on your tour, to provide you with the best local knowledge available. - Hotels:
Hotel fees are based on two people sharing one room with twin beds.
All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast. All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified. - Service Charge & Government Taxes:
- Insurance
The insurance is China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance.
Click here to learn more about the insurance coverage and the sum insured. - Luggage Transfers:
Between airports and hotels. - Arrangements:
The tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges.
Price Exclusions:
- Personal Expenses:
Expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary. - Meals:
Any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary. - Single Room Supplement.
- Our Food: We take our customers to real local restuarants.
- Our Private Transport : We use only modern air-conditioned luxury cars, vans and small buses.
- Our Guides: Our highly-trained professionals are flexible and courteous.
- Our Hotels: We select the best hotels in each city to suit our variety of customers..
