Xian One Day Tour of Famen Temple and Qianling Mausoleum

This morning out guide will meet you at your hotel and transfer you to visit Qianling Mausoleum. The Qianling Mausoleum are tombs housing remains of Emperor Gaozong (649–83) and his wife Wu Zetian (690–705), China’s only female emperor. The mausoleum is located on Mount Liang, 6 kilometers north of Qian County of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. Besides the main mausoleum, there are 17 small tombs for other members and officers of the royal family. Featured with classical Tang Dynasty architectural arts and skills, the Qianling Mausoleum is outstandingly noted for its magnificent architectures, the many stone statues and steles above the ground and the mural paintings decorated to the underground walls of the tombs.

Next our guide will transfer you to see the famous Famen Temple. Famen Temple is located in Famen Town of Fufeng County, which is 120 kilometers west of Xian City. With a history of 1,700 years, Famen Temple is a famous Buddhist temple with a long history. Famen Temple is considered as the “ancestor of pagoda temples in Guangzhong area” and it is especially famous for the finger bone relic of Sakyamuni it stored. Besides the Buddha’s relics, there are also relics of gold and silver, colored glaze, ceramics, silk and figure of Buddha preserved in the temple. Its classical and magnificent architecture of the temple is also worth seeing.

To conclude this tour, our guide will transfer you back to Xian downtown and drop you at your hotel.