{"id":8839,"date":"2020-06-26T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T10:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:03:12","slug":"chinese-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/china\/chinese-treasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveller Tales &#8211; Wonders of China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <em>No one can bring our tours to life better than those who have seen, done and experienced it all first-hand, so we\u2019re opening up the blog to our wonderful customers who want to share their amazing Wendy Wu adventures!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Robert Thornton gives us the inside story on one of our most popular tours of China<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Robert  &amp; Susan<br><a href=\"\/china\/tours\/wonders-of-china.htm\">Wonders of China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/china\/\">China<\/a>&nbsp;is an extraordinary and a fascinating country, where tranquillity and clamour, ancient and modern, natural and man-made co-exist in perfect harmony. A quick look at a map of the world tells you China is vast, with treasures in every corner. For the visitor, the challenge is finding a way to \u2018see it all\u2019 when you have only fourteen days to do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chinese-bird.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4735\" width=\"346\" height=\"461\"\/><figcaption>Me and my \u2018Chinese bird\u2019 at a cormorant fishing show!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We solved this problem by booking \u2018<a href=\"\/china\/tours\/wonders-of-china.htm\">Wendy Wu\u2019s Wonders of China<\/a>\u2018 tour. The guided tour criss-crossed the country taking in&nbsp;<a href=\"\/china\/beijing\/\">Beijing<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"\/china\/xian\/\">Xian<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"\/china\/chongqing\/\">Chongqing<\/a>, Yangshou, and Shanghai. The \u2018we\u2019 in this case was me, my wife Susan, and our best friends Judy and Ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The itinerary meant we would visit the iconic sites you dream about seeing, including the Great Wall, the&nbsp;Forbidden City,&nbsp;the Terracotta Army, the pandas in Chongqing, and the&nbsp;Bund&nbsp;in Shanghai. But it gave us more. It included a four-day&nbsp;cruise on the Yangtze river, a day trip on the&nbsp;Li River, and a whole lot more besides! To cover this much ground, we had to take four internal flights, the quality and comfort of which rivalled anything to be found in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"395\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/terracotta-warriors-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8841\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/terracotta-warriors-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=8841\" class=\"wp-image-8841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/terracotta-warriors-2.jpg 395w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/terracotta-warriors-2-154x300.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"432\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/the-great-wall-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8842\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/the-great-wall-2-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=8842\" class=\"wp-image-8842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/the-great-wall-2-1.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/the-great-wall-2-1-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we walked the Great Wall. Came face to face with the Terracotta warriors. Explored the Forbidden City. Got close up and personal with&nbsp;pandas. Lazed around on rivers snaking through dramatic landscapes and picturesque countryside. But it was the experiences away from the tourist hot-spots that enchanted us the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, the iconic places were amazing. They absolutely have the \u2018Wow\u2019 factor. The sheer scale of the Great Wall and the Terracotta Army are breath-taking. But China, like everywhere in the world, is as much about the people as it is about the places. As this was a group tour, we joined eleven other people on arrival in Beijing. And a nicer bunch of folk you couldn\u2019t wish to find. They made the holiday what it was. Outstanding! To this day, we are in touch and even held a reunion dinner in London\u2019s Chinatown to re-live the experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet it was the local people we encountered who contributed so much to the success of our holiday. One example of this was a lady living in the Hutongs whom we visited for lunch one day. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinahighlights.com\/beijing\/hutong\/\">hutongs&nbsp;<\/a>are a collection of houses in Beijing, where narrow alleys pass for streets and residents share communal toilet blocks. The housing style, with four houses sharing a common courtyard, was created in the 13th Century, so it was a privilege to go inside someone\u2019s home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"711\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/judy-and-ray.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8843\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/judy-and-ray.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=8843\" class=\"wp-image-8843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/judy-and-ray.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/judy-and-ray-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/traditional-hutong-house.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8844\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/traditional-hutong-house.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=8844\" class=\"wp-image-8844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/traditional-hutong-house.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/traditional-hutong-house-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our host served us traditional Chinese home cooked food, tasty and plentiful. An enchanting glimpse of what traditional life in China was, and is like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ate as a group for most meals and the conviviality the group brought to the table resulted in some delightful evenings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there were the people you never met who, by their effort, left indelible memories for us to take home. And nowhere was this truer than in Yangshou. Despite pouring rain we watched a spellbinding show that boasted a cast of over six hundred performers! Set on the water, it was, without doubt, the most spectacular live theatre I have ever seen. People we never actually met, but people we will always remember putting on an unforgettable show!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/unforgettable-show-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4743\"\/><figcaption><strong>The fact that we were dressed like extras from Woody Allen\u2019s film,&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>\u2018Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask!\u2019<\/strong><\/em><strong>, because of the rain, gave us all a good laugh. Well, we had to keep dry somehow!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone I won\u2019t forget in a very long time was the acupuncture doctor up the Yangtze. No, that\u2019s not a euphemism \u2013 we really did meet him on the river! He was the resident star turn on board our river cruise and, as it transpired, I was to be his accomplice! He gave an acupuncture demonstration and used my leg to stick the needles into! It turned out to be a priceless experience. Not because of the needles, but because of the look on the faces of our group. Seeing them squirm in their seats at the sight of the needles disappearing into my calf made my day!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another lasting memory of the trip was most unexpected. It occurred toward the end of our journey when we reached&nbsp;Shanghai. It was the Maglev train, the world\u2019s fastest. At 430 kilometres per hour, the train operates between the centre of Shanghai and the airport. And we got to go in it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/maglev-train-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4744\"\/><figcaption>Fastest in the world, the Maglev train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing the speed hit 430 on the carriage monitor and to experience the sensation when two trains pass at that speed, is to behold a technological marvel. While people still practice the ancient art of tai chi in local parks and parents search for suitable partners for their children, these ultra-fast trains rocket past. It was almost surreal, but a lasting impression of a land rich in ancient history and tradition that is not afraid to embrace the future. The Ming emperors would approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/group-last-evening-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4745\"\/><figcaption>The group\u2019s last evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, as we said goodbye to China we took with us a kaleidoscope of memories. Not just the iconic sites, the hutongs, the rivers, and the people, but all the other things we had seen and done. Pagodas, temples, palaces, caves, museums, gardens, even a ghost city!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We loved every minute of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thanks for the great article and the wonderful pictures!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"\/china\/tours\/wonders-of-china.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wonders-of-china.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8969\" width=\"369\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wonders-of-china.png 492w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wonders-of-china-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Robert and Susan travelled on our Wonder of China Tour. This hugely popular tour is a comprehensive journey through China&#8217;s most iconic sights from the magnificent Great Wall to the mighty Yangtze River.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p> For tips on when to go, take a look at our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/china\/best-time-to-visit\/\">Best Time to Visit China<\/a>&nbsp;page <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"\/brochures\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HR_SML_WWT_CHINA_2021_22_Brochure_1043-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HR_SML_WWT_CHINA_2021_22_Brochure_1043-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HR_SML_WWT_CHINA_2021_22_Brochure_1043-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HR_SML_WWT_CHINA_2021_22_Brochure_1043-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/HR_SML_WWT_CHINA_2021_22_Brochure_1043.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Order your free China brochure<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Wu Client, Robert Thornton, gives us the inside story on one of our most popular tours &#8211; 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