Introduction to China

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"China is one of the greatest places in the world."
"I’ amazed by its sheer size, by its diversity and its cultural abundance."
"China definitely is one of the life time travel destinations for people from Europe. For them it’s a dream."

The mystifying, stupendous and intriguingland of China is absolutelya once life time traveldestinationendowed with variously fascinates, dazzles and thrills thatnot easily compared to anywhere else on the planet.The country is known for the vast territory, the world’s oldest continuous civilization, the endlesshistory, and the brilliant culture.

The Middle Kingdomwas widely known by outsiders may start from Silk Road caravansand Marco Polo’s legendary journey to China; however, China begins its civilizationdating back to 5,000 years ago. Though the nation experienced many times periods of turmoil and unity in the history, Chinawas for a large part of the last two millennia the world's largest economy and comes out several golden ages thatcreated flourishedChinese culture and remainednumerousrelics,some of them are renowned around the globe, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Terracotta Warriors are the most iconic sites, almost become the synonymouswith China. In contrary tothe dizzyingantiquity, China is also a head-spinning developing, high-tech andlarge boom economy since decades, it arouses worldwide more attraction and curiosity to witness how the overlap exists between the tradition and modernization. This is China’s unique charm, leaving the enduring impressions for visitors.

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China's attractions are endless and you’ll never run out of things to see. While going away these key havens and popular sights, from cities to the mountains, to the interior, to the rural, and to the remote wildness,China renders surprisingly diversity and clearly reservedtraditions, its landscapes, its people, its customs, and its cuisines are so fabulous, making the travel as one of the great experiences in the world!

I’ amazed by its sheer size, by its diversity and its cultural abundance… China is vast.There is a wide range of terrain and distinctive landscapes dramatically across China, with many inland mountain rangesspanning in center, rugged and elevated high plateaustowering in the west, the broad grasslands, the Gobi and Taklamakandeserts occupying in the northwest,plains, deltas, and hills predominating the east along the lastingsea shores.

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The sheer size gives the country numerous variations in culture, dialect, custom, minority and species. Because of the country's highly complex geological environments, the climate differs from tropical regions in the south to subarctic in the norththat supports China hosting a largely biodiversity with a variety species of birds, mammals and plants, some only could be found in China, creating a countless discovering opportunities for botanists and eco-tourism amateurs. China has splendid56 ethnic groups, most of them live in west and southwest China.Each ethnic group has its own folk customs, religious beliefs and cultural traditions. Touring across China with a minority’s festivalshould be the eye-catching feast and the best chance to capture the colorful folks that vary drastically fromregion to region during the four seasons. Chinese cuisine is highly diverse, drawing on several millennia of culinary history.A journey to China is also a yummy for food. Incalculablecuisines are extremely different through the entire nation, from the famed dumpling in the north, to the searing hot pot in the southwest, and sweet dim sum in the south.

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Unsurprisingly, the Chinese cultural landscape is very diverse too. As the world’s earliest civilization, China has several economic and cultural booming periods during its long history, marked by a flowering of Chinese philosophy, statecraft,innovation, literature and poetry, Taoism and Buddhism, various forms of traditional Chinese art,technics, architecture and Chinese medicineect, which is still continuously influenced on aspects of today’s China. The rampant economic may drive manyChina’s cities are modernising, but the culture, the tradition, the thought, as the soul of a nation has never disintegrate,yetis underpinned inclearly beingvigorous present! Plan a trip to China with immersionsintothe learning of Peking opera, Kunqu opera, shadow plays, Taichi, Kungfu, calligraphy, Chinese painting, herbal treatment, paper-cutting, and even the flower-shaped steamed buns on the kitchen range of farmers will reveal elements of traditional Chinese cultures as well aswhat the way ofthe inheritances in modern days.

A Travel Dream for China…

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Tracing China with its gorgeous diversity, glorious history and beguiling beauty, the travelcould be the epic and kaleidoscopic experiences that range from the crucial China tour stops to the offbeat pastoral penetrations. It could be thrill of climbing mighty Mount Everest in Tibet, boating a delightful string of canal townsnearbySuzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai, birdwatchingacross the clusters of jungle in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan, photographing the magnificent vastness of Xinjiang, cycling labyrinthine city’s Hutong in metropolis of Beijing, trekking the spiral rice terraces with minority-rich villages in Guizhou, golfing at the beach of insular Hainan Island, celebrating the Naadam Festival with Mongols onlush grassland of Inner Mongolia, sipping a cup of Chinese tea in the lost-in-time teahouse in Chengdu, or 4WD venturing along the zigzags Sichuan-Tibet highway.

The travel experiencescould be many ways and many types for those who have dreams of journey to China. HoweverChina’s massive scaleis determined that travellers cannot ambitiouslyengulf the overall nationin a trip but should make some proper selects; and,the very character of the country can be pretty perplexing and can make one to loose on various interesting features while planning atourto China.Even if someone lives in China for many years, there is always something new to be discovered in hidden of the country.This diversity of the nation is what leaves travellers awestruck and requires assistance of alocal tour expertto take one’s travel dreams into the reality of China and importantly give a firm advice too. Plateau Tours exactly is!

As along-term China based inbound tour operator, we are here to take care of all your travel arrangements and insist on tailor made, special interests and adventure tours over the years. The seasons’ designs for the protean travel requirements enable us the possessing knowledge of the country that can help you to plan a suitable tour with bucket of options and to ensure an entirely smooth trip. All of our listed itineraries as thetemplate mouldcould be mended or reset according to personal needs and preferences. Our pre-constructed China tour programs involve the classic travel destinations as well as blend with the hidden treasurestowards the interior parts of western China. The essence of China is the skimming touch over its vibrant moments, while the rural and mountainous regions unfurlingits deeper perspective of traditions and simplicity. We believe theseare the perfect fusions to getcomprehensiveand truly insight of the contemporary Chinese society. Also, as our clients said, travel is a dream, we respect and carefully think of your China travel dreams and bring about them with our best offers and creations!