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By Soja Travel
Free cancellation available
Price is £270 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Explore Anyue with a Scholar: A Deep Dive into Song Dynasty Art
    • Explore Pilu Cave and see the "Oriental Venus" Zizhu Guanyin
    • Witness the fusion of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism at Huayan Cave
    • Visit Yuanjue Cave and learn about the "Three Saints" of the Northern Song
    • Admire the wind-sculpted warrior guardians at Mingshan Temple

Activity location

    • Chengdu
    • Chengdu, Si Chuan Sheng, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Chengdu
    • Chengdu, Si Chuan Sheng, China

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From Chengdu: Discover Oriental Venus at Anyue Grottoes

  • Activity duration is 1 day1d
    1d
  • English
Starting time: 07:15
Price details
£269.88 x 1 Adult£269.88
Total
Price is £269.88
Until Mon, 28 Sept

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Hotel pickup and drop-off (private air-conditioned vehicle, within Chengdu 2nd Ring Road)
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    Return private transfer from Chengdu to Anyue Grottoes
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    5.Peacock Cave (孔雀洞)
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    Travel Insurance
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    Professional tour guide specialised in Tang & Song Buddhist art history accompagined by a bilingual translator.
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    Bottled water（2 per ppl.)
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    Local lunch at a traditional restaurant (simple local specialities)
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    Entrance Fees:
  • Inclusions
    1.Yuanjue Cave (圆觉洞)
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    2.Pilu Cave / Purple Bamboo Guanyin (毗卢洞)
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    3.Huayan Cave (华严洞)
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    4.Mingshan Temple (茗山寺)
  • Exclusions
    Drinks / alcoholic drinks
  • Exclusions
    Service charge (optional)
  • Exclusions
    Hotel pickup for accommodation outside Chengdu's 2nd Ring Road. Guests staying in these areas must meet the group at our designated city centre meeting point: Sheraton Chengdu Lido Hotel (Sheraton Chengdu Lido Hotel, No. 15 Section 1, Renmin Middle Road, Chengdu). The vehicle will depart promptly from this location.

Know before you book

    • Not allowed: Prams, Baby buggies
    • Not suitable for: Children under 3 years, People over 80 years, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Begin with a morning pickup in Chengdu, where your scholar-led, expertly translated intellectual journey commences. Head straight to Yuanjue Cave (North Route), located just outside Anyue county seat. Your expert decodes the iconography of the colossal Song Dynasty “Three Saints of the West”—Sakyamuni, Vase Guanyin, and Lotus-hand Guanyin. Learn why their placement in separate niches marks a signature of Anyue's Northern Song artistry.

    Lunch in Anyue County

    Enjoy a well-deserved local lunch in the county seat. Use this pause to discuss the morning's insights with your scholar-guide before the drive south.

    South Route: The Crown Jewels (Afternoon)

    At Pilu Cave, stand before the “Oriental Venus”—the Purple Bamboo Guanyin. Under your guide’s analysis, uncover the revolutionary mechanics of her S-curve posture and the esoteric narratives of the Liu Benzun Ten Austerities reliefs. Nearby, Huayan Cave houses the serene Huayan Trinity; your scholar will illuminate the rare Confucian-Buddhist-Taoist fusion within the Mahaprajnaparamita niche. Ascend to Mingshan Temple to examine wind-sculpted Song warrior guardians, then finish at Peacock Cave with its vivid Ming-Wang relief and the solitary Tang stone pagoda.

    Return directly to Chengdu, enriched by a day of profound academic discovery.

Location

Activity location

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    • Chengdu
    • Chengdu, Si Chuan Sheng, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Chengdu
    • Chengdu, Si Chuan Sheng, China