Itinerary

QiGong Study Tour

"This trip may only last for fifteen days, but the beautiful mountain scenery and the knowlege of QiGong to better your health will last for a lifetime."  

"Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon"

The QiGong Study Tour makes a stop at the village where the Movie was filmed.

Yellow Mountains( HuangShan) is located at 118 east longitude and 30 north latitude

For thousands of years it has been regarded as a Natural Wonder in China landscape.

Lake Tai Ping ( where our hotel located ) is part of the Yellow Mountains region.

In 1990 it was listed in Catalogue of World Cultural and Natural Heritage by UNESCO.

In a beautiful lakeside resort for ten days, you learn how to live Better and live Longer with Chinese Qigong.  

• Improve your health with Qi (vital energy ) training.
• Relieve stress with simple beathing techniques.
• Learn the secrets that will advance your practice.
• Discover the foundations of Chinese medicine.
• Eliminate tension with soothing relaxation exercises.

QiGong training can improve your heath, cure illness, and help you overcome the stress of daily living. QiGong is the study of Qi, or vital energy, that circulates in the human body and it has been practiced by the Chinese for thousands of years. QiGong is unique and comprehensive approach to health and longevity, and can be trained by anyone. Get the most from your practice by understanding the principles and foundations of this ancient science.

When talking about QiGong, Chinese religion often come up because the Chinese monks and Taoists also practice QiGong and cultivate as part of their religious practice. However, practicing QiGong does not necessarily mean that you are practicing or taking part in that particular religion.

For thousands of years Yellow Mountains has been regarded as a natural wonder in China landscape. You will learn Chinese culture and you will return home with unforgettable mountain scenery at Yellow Mountains and Taoist Mount QiYun .  

This land-only trip starts and ends in Shanghai. What follows is a brief description of the activities for each day of the tour. For more details, please do not hesitate to contact us using the e-mail link on the navigation bar at the bottom of the page. For some pictures of each section, click on the magnifying glass icon.

Mt. QiYun in this region is one of four holy places of Taoism in China deeply revered and yearned for by Taoists. Its peaks, rocks and caves are red giving the area the name 'Landform of Rosy Clouds'. We will visit such scenic spots as Moonlight Street, the Cloud Rock Caves and Tower-upon-Tower. We will enjoy a ride down the XinAn River on a bamboo raft.



For over two thousand years Mt. QiYun has attracted scholars from all over the world. Their numerous stone inscriptions mark their pilgrimages. Mt. QiYun has become a holy place for Chinese culture lovers everywhere.

 

• Huang Shan: Huang Shan, with its many peaks, and spectacular scenery, is listed by UNESCO as a world culture and natural heritage area. There are over 400 scenic spots, making HuangShan one of the most spectacular areas in China. Our hikes will include visits to four unique attractions:
  • The Queer Pines are ancient, sinewy and oddly shaped trees that exude an exquisite beauty. Visitors will marvel at these delicate examples of nature's handiwork.
  • The Grotesque Rocks are extraordinary. These rocks are so unusual that visitors will be struck not only by their beauty but by the many images they represent.
  • The Cloud Seas seen from the peaks of Mount HuangShan are truly mystical. Stretching to the horizon these great waves of mist and clouds surge with the momentum of avalanche. At other times the clouds are still and silent
  • The Hot Springs are constantly at a temperature of 42C. These rare springs of carbonated water have remarkable curative effects on such diseases as dermatitis, arthritis and nervous disorders.

Cities: Although our trip is primarily in the countryside of China, we will also visit the cities.

• TunXi, is the capital of HuangShan Area

   

• YiXian, is a county in HuangShan Area

   

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to e-mail us using the e-mail link on the Navigation Bar below. To see some letters from past tour members, please look at our References page. For more details about the tour package, including what is included, please see our Details page.

Photos from hikers in the past
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Daily Itinerary:

The QiGong Study Tour starts and ends in Shanghai and lasts for two weeks. The first night is in a hotel in Shanghai. The tour includes a flight from Tun Xi to Shanghai (flight arrives Shanghai in the afternoon.).

Day 1...............................Depart North America

Day 2 Arrive in Shanghai airport. You have to take a taxi on your own to the hotel. You will meet the tour group for the first time in the evening at the dinner table. We shall stay one night in Shanghai. Our hotel is a good quality three-star hotel. Rooms have private bath.

Group first dinner meeting

Day 3 ...............................Go by bus to Lake Tai Ping Resort and stay at Xiuhu hotel, a very beautiful resort.

Day 4 ...............................Morning QiGong class. In the afternoon Chinese calligraphy class.

Day 5 .............................Morning QiGong class. In the afternoon Chinese painting

Day 6 .............................Morning QiGong class. In the afternoon go to visit Tea Farm to pick tea and the participants will learn how to make tea by themselves.

Day 7 ............................Morning QiGong class. In the afternoon take a river cruise on Taiping Lake.

Day 8 .............................Morning QiGong class. In the afternoon lecture about religion of Buddhism.

Day 9 .............................Morning QiGong class. Free afternoon. In the evening we offer you entertainment of Chinese Opera : the famous HuangMei oporal show and tea ceremony. HuangMei opera is the origin of Peking opera.

Day 10 ............................a whole day QiGong class

Day 11 .............................We will issue certificate of participancy in the evening party .

Day 12 ...............................Leave for Yellow Mountains( HuangShan)

In the morning we go by bus to the Jade Valley where the famous film "Croaching Dragon and Hidden Tiger " was made. Then, we will take the cable car to the top of Mt. Huangshan to visit the North Sea and West sea senic spots. In the evening we will stay at Noth Sea Hotel, a four stars hotel on top of HuangShan.

We stay at four stars hotel on top of mountain...

In 1990 the HuangShan region was listed by UNESCO as a world culture and natural heritage area. It has many famous mountains and peaks over 1800 metres above sea level. There are over 400 scenic spots making HuangShan one of the most spectacular areas of China. We will stay overnight at a four-star hotel on top of Yellow Mountain. It is amazing to rise early and witness a sunrise above the clouds.

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Day 13 ...............................Watch sunrise on cloub sea

............................................Leave by cable car for Hong Cun to visit ancient village( lunch at the village)

............................................stay overnight at Paradise Hotel

We stay at YiXian

We stay in a very nice hotel in YiXian...

We have wonderful food in every meal ...

The village Hong Cun where Movie was shot...

 Day 14 .. We will visit Mt QiYun to have some knowledge about Taoism. Then, go by bus to Tunxi to visit the famous ancient street( famous because the entire street retains Song Dynasty architectures. Many movie were produced in this location), to visit factory which produces most Chinese black ink. That evening we will stay at Hong Ta Hotel. You will have a chance to go shopping at TunXi city.

Mt. QiYun is one of the four top Taoist Mountains in China. You will have a chance to learn at first hand experience about the five thousand years old China treasure, Taoism Philosophy. Mt. QiYun was originally called the White Mountain. In the circumference of 110 square Kilometers, there are 36 wonderful peaks, each being like a picture. There 72 strange big rocks, each having its peculiar view. The activities of Tasism in Mt QiYun began in the years of QianYuan ( 758 -- 760) of Tang Dynasty, and again in fashion in the Ming Dynasty. This was the time when the temples attracted a large number of pilgrims, who left behind numerous Stone tablets and Stone inscriptions.

A typical Chinese breakfast ...

Day 15 ...fly by flt MU 5584 (0600-0700) from TunXi to Shanghai and tour ends as the plane lands in Shanghai

The following is part of a letter from Jeff and Ellen in Maine (email : MessyJean@aol.com), who hiked this year on Yellow Mountains October 5 to 19, 2001 :

". . . .

You have done a wonderful job choosing fascinating places to visit. These are places

that would be so hard to visit on one’s own. I absolutely fell in love with the villages

and scenes along the Xin An River. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to

see the rural China that has existed for so many centuries and that is fast disappearing.

Climbing the religious mountains was spectacular as well. QiYun was a fascinating

place with its Taoist shrines and grottos. It was exciting to be there during the National

holiday and to see so many Chinese families visiting the shrines. Jiuhua was the

experience of a lifetime. The Buddhist religion is still very much alive – it was totally

unexpected to see so many temples being built. Attending the Buddhist ceremony at

night was incredible – I felt like I had been transported several centuries back in time...'"

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