Magnificent Yangtze/Ancient Capitals Deluxe 15-Day Tour (CIT005) Photo Itinerary: Days 9-10

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Day 9: Three Gorges – Chongqing – Xi’an
Special Arrangements: authentic Shaanxi-style dinner
Xi’an Accommodations: Titan Times Hotel 西安天朗时代大酒店 (5-Star) or equivalent


The bright lights of Chongqing line the Yangtze (photo by Jakob Montrasio)	Downtown Chongqing (photo by “Archey Firefly“)


Chongqing, nestled in the mountains (photo by David Schroeter)	Big Goose Pagoda (photo by Kevin Poh)	The view from Big Goose Pagoda (photo by Ben Yanis)	A temple at Big Goose Pagoda (photo by Andrew Eland)


Big Goose Pagoda is lively at night (photo by “taylorandayumi“)	Big Goose Pagoda and Buddha statue (photo by Matthijs Koster)	The Xi’an City Walls (photo by Andrew Eland)


A watchtower on the Xi’an City Walls (photo by Andrew Eland)	Snow blankets the Xi’an City Walls (photo by Ginny)	A bell on the Xi’an City Walls (photo by Jakob Montrasio)

Day 10: Xi’an
Special Arrangements: authentic Defachang dumplings, Tang Dynasty-style performance

Panoramic view of the main terracotta army pit
(photo by Kevin Poh)


Rank upon rank of terracotta soldiers (photo by CIT)	Terracotta archer (photo by David Dong)	“A wise man will only be useful as a man, and will not submit to be ‘clay’…” – Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” (photo by Richard Fisher)


Traces of the figures’ original paint can be seen in this photo (photo by Kevin Poh)	Terracotta horses (photo by Bill Tyne)	Bronze horses (photo by Tom Thai)


Huaqing Hot Springs (photo by Michael Tyler)	Imperial mistress Yang Guifei, immortalized in both sculpture and poetry: “Allowed to bathe at Huaqing on a cold spring day,/ She washed her creamy skin with the warm, silky water…” (photo by CIT)	The carefully landscaped grounds of Huaqing Hot Springs (photo by Sam Haldane)


Crabapple Pool, a bathing pool more than a millenium old (photo by Kevin Poh)	Be mesmerized by a Tang Dynasty-style performance (photo by Kevin Poh)	The dancers’ beauty and grace will leave you breathless and googly-eyed (photo by Kevin Poh)