PEREGRINE TRAVEL

Proudly Presents You With

Unique Access To The Treasures Of Xi'an That Are

NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Sample Venue: Close View of Pit #5 at
The Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses
(Not open to the public)

THE XI'AN VIP TOUR DIFFERENCE

Xi'an VIP Tours are filled with discovery, quality, and the depth of experience. Our one-of-a-kind itineraries are designed with special "behind the scene" visits.

The Xi'an VIP Tours consist of several VIP Venues that are NOT open to the public. To experience all these VIP Venues will take three full days. You can:

Add the THREE DAY Xian VIP Tour to any of the Packaged Tours, or we can customize a tour for you and include the Xi'an VIP Tou r
Select and Add individual VIP venue to your existing tour booking with us.* Denotes venues not open to the public.

1. Terracotta Pit # 5 Visit*

2. Shaanxi Archeological Research Institute*

3. Xi'an Museum Vault (White Glove Experience)*

4. Shaanxi History Museum Mural Room*

5. Forrest of Steles to copy Stele*

Talk to your travel agent or call us direct to make the booking of these once in a life time experiences.

Tour Description of our Three Days Xi'an VIP Tour
* Depict sites or experiences not open to the public

Day 1 Xi'an Highlights: Our VIP Tour begins at the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archeological Research* where you will see restoration work in action on murals over 1300 years old. There, you will see restored bronze pieces and even a princess crown that took 2 years to restore by a team of Chinese and German archeologists. Your tour will continue on to the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qin Shihuang where more than 8000 life-size statues, each sculpted with its own individuality, have stood guard around Emperor Qin's tomb for more than 2000 years. Not only do you get to see what ordinary tourists see when visiting the Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses; but as part of our VIP Tour, you get to visit Pit No. 5* where you will walk down to a pit and see actual Terracotta Soldier armor pieces still buried in the ground (more than 2000 years ago). After the Terracotta Museum, you will visit the Neolithic Village of Banpo that contains relics from the earliest known inhabitants of China. You will also have time for shopping and start your own collection of artifacts and souvenirs.

Day 2 Xi'an Highlights: Your morning begins with a drive to the Famen Temple and Museum where it houses the true body phalanx of Sakyamuni, the Buddhist patriarch. You are now entering the Buddhist "Holy Land of China." Famen Temple attracts pilgrims from all around the world and is considered sacred in the Buddhist religion. As part of our VIP Tour, you are invited to visit the Underground Vault* that stores the most valuable Buddhist relics. In the afternoon you will visit the Qianling Mausoleum of Tang Dynasty. A short walk up to the mausoleum offers you a beautiful natural scenic view of the area.

Day 3 Xi'an Highlights: Our VIP Tour begins at the Xi'an Municipal Institute for Archeological Research* where you can see the vessel that stores the oldest wine in the world (1000 years old). The highlight here is, with white gloves on, you get to hold in your hands original artifacts worth millions of dollars.* Needless to say, this will be a most memorable experience. You will then visit the Museum of Forest of Steles in Xi'an. Here, you not only get to appreciate different styles of Chinese calligraphy written by famous authors and poets from the Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty collections engraved in stone tablets, you are taught how to make inscription from selected Steles.* Each stele is limited to certain number of rubbing, but as part of our VIP Tour, the inscription copy you made is yours to keep as a valuable collector's item.* In the afternoon our VIP Tour will visit Shaanxi Provincial History Museum where over 370,000 precious relics were unearthed in Shaanxi province. You will get to go inside the National Treasure Vault* where mural paintings from the Tang Dynasty tombs are kept. Here, you will see the original murals depicting when the game “POLO” was first introduced to China during the Tang Dynasty. You will also be able to appreciate individual murals that paved the pathway (over 60 meters long) to one of the great Tang Dynasty tombs.

THREE DAYS XI'AN VIP TOUR SCHEDULE & ITINERARY

Day 1                  Breakfast at hotel
08:00-08:30am   En route to watch restoration work from “behind-the-scene”
08:30-09:30am   Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archeological Research* (1 hr)
09:30-10:00am   En route to Neolithic Village of Banpo
10:00-10:45am   Neolithic Village of Banpo (45 minutes)
10:45-11:30am   En route to visit terracotta warriors and horses
11:30-13:30pm   Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qin Shihuang (2 hrs)
13:30-14:30pm   Lunch at Friendship Restaurant (private room)
14:40-15:40pm   Pit No.5* (10 minutes walking on foot)
16:00-17:00pm   En route back to town
17:00-18:30pm   Shopping
18:30-19:00pm   En route to DaFachang Dumpling Restaurant
19:00-20:30pm   Dinner at Dafachang Dumpling Restaurant
21:00pm             Back to hotel               * depicts venues not open to the public

Day 2                  Breakfast at hotel
08:00-10:00am   En route to visit Famen Temple
10:00-12 noon   Famen Temple (30 minutes) and Jewelry Storage House (30 minutes)
                            Underground Vault* (1 hr)
12:00-13:00pm   En route to picnic lunch
13:00-14:00pm   Picnic lunch with wine at a natural scenic setting
14:00-15:30pm   Museum of Qianling Mausoleum (30 minutes)
                            Qianling Mausoleum of Tang Dynasty (1hr)
15:30-17:30pm   En route back to town
17:30-18:30pm   Shopping
19:00-21:40pm   Tang Dynasty Dinner & Show
22:00pm             Back to hotel               * depicts venues not open to the public

Day 3                  Breakfast at hotel
08:00-08:30am   En route to see and hold ancient artifacts in your hands
08:30-10:00am   Xian Municipal Institute of Archeological Research* (1.5 hr)
10:00-10:30am   En route to visit Forest of Steles
10:30-12:30pm   Museum of Forest of Steles (1 hr)
                            Learn to make your own inscription print from selected stele* (1 hr)
12:30-13:00pm   En route to restaurant for lunch
13:00-14:00pm   Lunch at a first rate restaurant
14:00-14:30pm   En route to visit historical museum
14:30-17:00pm   Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum (1.5 hr)
                            See display of murals from the Tang tombs in National Treasure Vault * (1 hr)
                            (National Treasure Vault opens on MWF only)
17:00-17:30pm   En route back to town
17:30-18:30pm   Shopping
19:00-20:00pm   Dinner at Laosunjia Pao Mo Restaurant
20:30pm             Back to hotel               * depicts venues not open to the public

Xi'an VIP Tour includes:

private guide who speaks language of your choice & private air condition motor coach with driver
3 meals a day including 1 dinner show
entrance fees to all venues including VIP access fees

What Makes XI'AN VIP TOUR So Unique?

Access to sites NOT open to the public and see what the public do not get to see
Touch what the public do not get to touch
Only a limited number of people per day worldwide are allowed by the Chinese Government to see the Xi'an VIP Tour (To protect these national treasures)
Memorable life experience that will allow you to tell your friends what you see that they did not get to see, and may never be able to get to see
Experience only what dignitaries get to experience
No Lines, therefore more comfortable for the elderly

Detail Xi'an VIP Tour Descriptions

Day 1

Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archeological Research
This is a highly secured government building that is NOT open to the public. This is where the Shaanxi Government uses Chinese Scientists and German Scientists to painfully restore newly excavated relics within the province.

Our VIP's will see the following (Not Open to Public):

German Scientists (joint venture between China and Germany) restoring bronze pieces excavated from the Terracotta Excavation sites (Chin Dynasty)
Chinese Scientist restoring the Tang Dynasty murals excavated from the Tang Tombs Treasure Vault that hold some of the precious relics

German Scientist Restoring Bronze Crane
Excavated together with the Terracottas

Bronze Crane being restored

Tang Empress's Crown (took over 2 years to restore)

Chinese Scientists Restoring Tang Mural

Close Up Photo Opportunity with Terracotta Soldier

Close Up View of the Armor of a Terracotta Soldier

Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qin Shihuang (Pronounced as Chin Su Huang). Emperor Qin is the first emperor of China. He united all of China and built the Great Wall. The Terracotta Warriors were soldiers used to protect his tomb in the next life. His tomb too over 30 years to build.

Our VIP's will see {the following that are NOT open to the public):

Terracotta Pit Number 5. This is the famous Pit Number 5 that is NOT open to the public. Here you can actually walk down to a working pit where you will see a Terracotta Soldier's Armor still in the ground as originally discovered.

Pit Number 5 where our VIP's will walk down to Excavation Site
Note the Terracotta Solider Armor in the soil.

Close-up View of Terracotta Armor in Pit # 5

Note the Terracotta Armor Pieces in the ground as buried over 2000 years ago.

Close up view of Chinese History

Detailed Tour Descriptions

Day 2

Famen Temple. During the Tang Dynasty, the emperors all pay homage to the Famen Temple because it housed the "Finger-Bone of Buddha". During the later part of the Tang Dynasty, the "Finger-Bone" disappeared as a result of the Huichang Suppression of Buddhism. For centuries, Chinese Buddhists tried to find the Sacred Buddha's Bone. Surprisingly, it was rediscovered by Chinese archeologists in 1984 in an unearthed crypt near the old pagoda site of the Famen Temple. Buddhist from all over the world pay pilgrimage to the Famen Temple to worship the sacred "Buddha's Bone".

Famen Temple

Buddha's Bone

Our VIP's will see the following (NOT open to the Public):

Underground Treasure Vault. This is a Treasure Vault that is heavily guarded and Not open to the public. Inside the vault, our VIP's will see:

A Stone Carving (over 12 foot long) from the Tang Dynasty that describes in details the measurements, color of the Buddha's Bone. This stone carving is significant because it is proves the authenticity of the Buddha's Bone that was housed in the Famen Temple, lost and later rediscovered.

Precious relics that were discovered at the same time the Buddha's Bone was rediscovered. You will see a piece of garment
Over 2000 years old (kept inside a plastic display case) perfectly preserved with all the bright colors and fine designs. Close examination will review that this garment has already disintegrated into fine powder form.

Garment over 2000 years old

Detailed Tour Descriptions

Day 3

Xi'an Municipal Institute Archeological Research. This Research Building is NOT open to the Public. Inside this Institute, our VIP's will see the following that are NOT open to the Pubic:

Possibly the Oldest Wine in the world still in good condition. This wine authenticated as over 1000 years old was discovered in Xi'an. The wine was very sealed and scientists were able to determine it was still in good condition.

1000 Years Old Wine was well preserved in this wine container.

At this Institute, our VIP's will have a ONCE IN A LIFE TIME EXPERIENCE. They will sit around a velvet table and put on white gloves. An official will present one piece at a time, authentic relic pieces that are thousands of years old. These Treasures are normally put in museums and inside display cases. Our VIP's will have the chance to hold each piece and closely examine the artifacts while an expert describes the history and significance of each piece.
Only one piece will be showed at a time. A total of about 12 pieces that cover for 5000 years of history will be shown.

This Bronze Piece is over 2000 years old

These 24 karat gold pieces weigh exactly 1 KG each.
To make them the exact weight, holes are punched
to adjust the weight. These pieces are over 2500 years old.

Appreciating a pair of Jade Pigs

Considered as the most well preserved and precious
Pair of Jade Pigs ever discovered in China
(Over 2500 years old)

The same Pair of Jade Pigs discussed in a leading publication

Forrest of Steles. The Forrest of Steles is also known as the Temple of Confucius. It was build in the year 1087 AD and started with over 1000 Steles (Stone Tablets) inscribed with the most important calligraphy and teachings at that time. Over time, the number of Steles grew to over 3500 and is considered a National Treasure not only because it recorded some of the most important teachings, but also because it preserved the most important calligraphy of many of the best known Chinese scholars, including Confucius. It is being considered by the UNESCO as a designated World Heritage Site.

The Forrest of Steles is open to the public, but our VIP's will experience the following that is ONLY available to our VIP's:

Each of our VIP will be taught by the staffs of the Forrest of Steles how to make an inscription of a pre-selected Stele (we have selected over 30 Steles for our VIP's use). The inscription process include:

putting carbon powder on the Stele

putting a thin rice paper on the Stele

Using a brush to brush on the rice paper

The calligraphy will be copied onto the rice paper

This entire process of training and copying will take
Approximately 1hour. This copy of the Stele is very
Valuable as each Stele is limited to how many times
A copy can be made (to preserve the quality of the
Stele). The Steles selected for our VIP's are as old
703 AD. EACH VIP WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP
HIS/HER COPY OF THE STELE AS LIMITED
EDITION AND A VALUABLE COLLECTIBLE.

Brushing the Rice Paper on the Stele

Finalizing the copy of the Stele

Finished copy of the Stele. A Limited Edition &
Valuable Collectible.

Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum. This museum was built in 1991 and an exhibition area of over 11,000 square meters (110,000 square feet). The design of the museum is based on Tang architecture, With a collection of over 370,000 pieces of relics, it has the largest collection of paintings from over 20 Tang Tombs (Tang is considered as the most prosperous dynasty among all Chinese dynasties).

Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum

The Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum is open to the public, but our VIP's will be able to visit following that is NOT open to the Public:

Our VIP's will be escorted to the underground Treasure Vault. This Vault is normally locked up with no one inside the vault. Inside the Vault, our VIP's will be able to appreciate the most valuable Tang Murals that are not even exhibited in the museum. This Treasure Vault has been visited by many of the World Leaders, including former President Clinton of United States. Inside this vault, our VIP's will see a Tang Mural showing the Polo Game was already introduced to China over a thousand years ago through the Silk Road.

Murals Showing Polo Game in Tang Dynasty