This magical place is magnificently preserved and relatively unaffected by its modernized surroundings. After lunch enjoy a special briefing by a Chinese professor. Learn a littleof the geography and ancient cultures that helped form modern China. Today visit Fuyang, an old Chinese island-village, untouched by industry. Listen to the quiet sounds of breeding silkworms and bamboo weaving.
Farmers toil away in the ever-present rice paddies.
Beggar's Chicken is featured at tonight's dinner, back in the city. Back into the airplane for a quick hop to Xi'an. It took Marco Polo longer to get here, which at the time of his visit was one of the world's largest cities. Check into your hotel and look out your window onto another world. View the fabulous tomb of First Emperor Qin, who built the Great Wall.