A Four-day Tour of Luoyang City.docx

stu. id:1066010929graduation designshangqiu polytechnica four-day tour of luoyang cityname: tourism english of 2010faculty of languageliteratureshangqiu polytechniccao wei,the remedial teacherdecember,2012 a fourday tour of luoyang city1.itinerary:day 1arrive at luoyang by coach at 6pm.then meet your guide and transfer to luoyang grand hotel. welcome dinner. day 2have breakfast at 7:00,and then get on the coach to the wangcheng park to appreciate the beautiful peonies. at noon, well meet at the coach and go to the restaurant for lunch to taste the famous luoyang soup banquet. after a short rest, visit the white horse temple learning about the culture of buddhism. back to hotel.(bld)day 3leave at 7:30 in the morning after a good sleep and breakfast, go to the worldfamous longmen grottoes to appreciate the beauty of stone sculptures. at 12:00,go to the restaurant nearby the scenic area to have lunch. then visit the guanlin monastery and luoyang ancient tomb museum. finally go to the old street in the old city zone to make a deep contact with the old capital.(bl)day 4leave your luggage out of your room before 7:00.take the coach to the mount baiyun in the songxian county where you will be fascinated by the beautiful scenery. after lunch, visit the cockscomb karst lava cave. then come back home.（bl）2.characteristics of the tour:the fourday tour travel in luoyang will present you with the splendid culture and aged history of the capital of 9 dynasties. meaning while, the famous luoyang peony fair festival also will be fascinated. the package tour includes tour sites of the longmen grottoes, one of the three treasure houses of stone sculptures in china; the white horse temple, which is reputed as the source cradle of chinese buddhism; luoyang ancient tomb museum, where you will learn about the culture of ancient tombs. besides, from this tour you can feast your eyes on the picturesque natural scenery：the mount baiyun and the cockscomb karst lava cave known as the no.1 in north china. in a word, the fourday tour will give you a glimpse of many aspects of luoyang city.3.availability:during the peony fair festival in luoyang city according to the detail conditions.4.offers:a 26person tour with 800rmb per person ( coach with 30 seats).5.price including:entrance tickets:only the first main ticket of all the attractions are included.meals:containing three breakfasts, three lunchs and two dinners.each will be offered with 8 dishes and a soup with 10 people a table.accommodation:quasifourstar hotel with standard double room.guide service: excellent guide service on the whole tour.insurance: travel accident insurance.presentation: travel hats, brochures to introduce the attractions, mineral water,etc.6.price excluding:shopping feesperformances in some scenic areas acquired to be paid for with your own money.7.warm tips:take proper clothes in case of the changeable weather.bring some medicine.enough cash to buy things you need.the commentary of the longmen grottoesgood morning, ladies and gentlemen:welcome to the worldfamous longmen grottoes!the first cave we are going to visit is qianxi temple.as we see, its located at the northern edge of the west hill built in the early tang dynasty. entering the cave we can see 7 buddhist statues. amitabha is sitting in the central part. the others accompanying him on both sides are two of his favorite disciples: kasyapa and ananda; then two bodhisattvas: the goddess of mercy and the great force gamer; and two heavenly kings. as in the region of emperor taizong in the tang dynasty, people had a good living and were satisfied with their jobs. therefore these statues reflect the folk custom and fashion for considering fullness and plumpness as the symbol of beauty.follow me, please! now in front of us is binyang caves.it consist of 3 large caves namely the north cave,the middle cave and the south cave.the middle and the south caves were built under emperor xuanwu for practicing the merits and virtues for his diseased parents,later emperor xiaowen and empress dowager wenzhao.while the north cave was added for the late emperor xuanwu by a eunuch in the palace.look carefully! you can find that they are so different and characterized with the style of their own days.in the west hill you will feast your eyes on several “the most”.just now we have visited the tenthousand buddhas cave which has the most buddha images and the lotus cave where people find the tiniest buddha images with only 2cmhigh.now here is the largest and the most magnificent cave in longmen grottoes:the fengxian temple.it was built in the tang dynasty.let us pay attention to the most extraordinary statue:the grand vairocana buddha in the temple.we can see that it sits in the middle of the niche with 17.14 meters in tall.her head is 4 meters long and her ears are 1.9 meters wide.her lips are slightly upturned and a slight smile makes her look like a sagacious middleaged woman.it is said that this statue was modeled after the face of empress wu zetian.please look at the face! the gentle facial expression looks just like that of mona lisa,so this statue is also called “the eastern mona lisa”.everyone,please pay attention to the other statues! the grand vairocana is flanked with her disiplees,the 4 heavenly kings and vajars.all of these give us an air of dignity.people say that the overall arrangement of the fengxian temple is a scene of grand imperial court than a spot of buddhism.could you realize?go ahead! here is our last stop:the guyang cave.this cave was created in 493ad marking the formal beginning of buddhist carving project at longmen during the northern wei dynasty. except for the statues, it is also know