Xi’an Trip Overview
This is a tour designed for exploring the different religions in Xi’an. Through the tour, you will explore temples, a mosque and a church in this multi-cultural city. The guide will show you how the locals pray in the temples and how they have protected the invaluable cultural wealth of their ancestors for thousands of years.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Xi’an, China
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> City Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
This is a tour designed for exploring the different religions in Xi’an. Through the tour, you will explore temples, a mosque and a church in this multi-cultural city. The guide will show you how the locals pray in the temples and how they have protected the invaluable cultural wealth of their ancestors for thousands of years.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Daxingshan Temple, No.55 Xiaozhai, Xingshan Temple West Street Yanta District, Xi’an 710061 China
Your local guide will pick you up at your hotel lobby at 9 am. Starting the tour, you’ll visit Daxingshan Temple, which is a pure and peaceful Buddhist space in the prosperous metropolis of Xi’an. This temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in China and a birthplace of Chinese Tantric Buddhism.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Guangren Temple, NO. 152 North-West Road, Lianhu Dist, Xi’an 710003 China
Next, carry on to Guangren Temple – the only Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Shaanxi Province. It is a witness to the cultural communication and national solidification of Tibetan and Han ethnicities.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of the Eight Immortals (Ba Xian An), Wu Dao Shizi Dongjie, Xi’an China
Afterwards, visit Temple of the Eight Immortals, the largest Taoist temple in Xi’an.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Xi’an Mosque, Huajue Alley, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710043 China
In the afternoon, the tour continues and you will visit the Great Mosque, one of the oldest, largest, and most well-preserved Islamic mosques in China. It is really well worth a trip to see the Great Mosque, not only for its century-old history but also for its particular design of mixed architecture style combining traditional Muslim and Chinese aesthetics. After that, you will get to visit the Catholic Church at Wuxing Street.
Once the tour concludes at the end of the day, your guide will drop you off back at your hotel.
Duration: 3 hours
