One day Qutan Temple and Liuwan Ancient Pottery Museum Tour

  • 1 Day, 0 Night

This tour will lead you to Qutan Temple, located in the southern part of Ledu County, 90km (56 miles) from Qinghai's capital city, Xining. Qutan Temple consists of a group of buildings from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The style broadly follows the layout of the Forbidden City Imperial Palace in Beijing. When it was originally built in 1309, it was just a small temple of the Gulugpa Tibetan Buddhist sect. The Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang gave money to enlarge the temple and renamed it "Qutan." The temple is famous for its ancient architecture and paintings. On this tour you will also visit the Liuwan Museum of Ancient Painted Pottery. The museum houses about 40,000 ancient painted potteries, makes it the largest in China. Walk from the Pottery Museum, there is a village nearby, it's a natural village in the north of China but not a tourist place. You can walk around and take a look of  how does it look like the northern people's living area if time permitted.

 

 

 

Additional Info

  • LocationThailand
  • Duration4 Days
  • Min Age12+
  • Max People05
  • LandingThailand
  • Check In15/05/2019
  • Check Out15/06/2019
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Itinerary details

This one-day tour is perfect for those looking for a flexible tour out of Xining city. Not only visit the "Mini Forbidden City" at Qutan Temple, but also learn about Han People and Tibetan's history and culture. After touring the Ming Dynasty Buddhist temple, you will visit the Liuwan Ancient Painted Pottery Museum for an overview of the development of this fascinating art form. Our knowledgeable English-speaking guide will ensure you to have a informative day. With the convenience of a private car, you can stop along the way to take photos freely and decide how long you'd like to spend on the sightseeing.

Meet you at the hotel or Xining Airport (if depart from hotel, we would depart at 08:30am), drive 50 mins (from airport) or 1.5 hours (from Xining hotel) to Ledu County and visit Qutan Temple (1.5 hours sightseeing duration) and then drive1 hour and 15mins to Liuwan Pottery Museum (1 hour sightseeing duration). After that, drive back to Xining city to catch up with the train or back to your hotel. Note: If time permit, you would spend around 40 mins in walking around the village nearby the museum.

Price Quote:

If you are 2 persons traveling: US$213/per person exclude lunch en route.

If you need us to include the lunch served at the local restaurant, it cost US$22/per person is requested as additional cost.

If your time is critical and no time to have lunch at the local restaurant, we can prepare the lunch box with simple food for you (Sandwich, banana, yogurt or milk, cookie or chocolate)

Remark:

The price includes:

l  Private English speaking guide service

l  Private vehicle rental cost

l  One bottle of mineral water per person per day

l Entrance fee of Qutan Temple

l  Insurance 

The price excludes:

l Accommodation as specified with breakfasts

l  The transportation cost to enter/leave Qinghai province

l  Visa fee, passport application or renewal fee

l  Tips for guides, escort, drives, bellboys, etc.

Suggested Tipping Standards:

US$30 for local guide

US$15 for local driver

l  Lunch

l Personal expenses such as excess luggage fees, laundry, postage, communications and beverages, optional activities, dinner etc. are at your own expense.

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Why choose such kind of one day trip

You might probably stop at Xining as a passby city, like morning landing flight (the flight need to land in Xining before 11am) and depart by evening train to Lhasa,Tibet.

There is less tourists to visit Qutan Temple where is China Adventure Specialist's special recommendation for you but it's definitely a gem attraction. No matter the architecture or the mural inside the temple are worth-visiting. Comparing with the famous Kumbum Monastery with lots of the tourists hordes, we strongly recommend you to visit Qutan Temple without crowds. You would gain more under a peaceful environment. Meanwhile you would appreciate the beautiful mural.

 Traveling Tips:

l  Comparing with Kumbum Monastery, Qutan Temple is more about a cultural relics and no many local residences to do the praying activity there. So it's quiet and no many worshippers there. It's not a live monastery but it's a wonderful cultural heritage.

l  The Liuwan Ancient Pottery Museum is closed for tourists on each Monday.

l There is a small hill with easy climbing to go to the top and take a panoramic view of the whole architecture groups of the temple.

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