The LJCC has pleasure in inviting you to join our tour of CHINA, covering Beijing, Kaifeng, Xi�an, Suzhou and Shanghai. This tour is designed to educate, fascinate and enrich your imagination as you explore the Land of the Dragon. We focus on Jewish life, both past and present, discovering how it is intermingled with and also varied from Chinese culture, history and life-style throughout the centuries.

From the moment the tour starts, you will be accompanied by our Director of Overseas Operations, Jerold Gotel, who is an Associate Professor in Jewish Studies at Henan University in China, and also by skilled Chinese guides.

This will be our fourth tour of China, and, given the huge success and participation on previous occasions, we recommend that you enrol as early as possible as numbers will be limited.

To make the trip even more meaningful, there will be a pre-tour lecture on the History of the Jews in China. The cost of this is included in the tour price.

Our travel to and from China will be arranged through West End Travel Limited of London ATOL Protected Number 938. This travel company has appointed us their agent for this tour.

The tour will be co-ordinated by Lionel Unterhalter, who will be happy to assist you wherever possible.
Tel: 020 7612 7615
Email: ljcctours@yahoo.co.uk

We look forward to welcoming you to what we are sure will be a unique, rewarding and exciting adventure in China!

ITINERARY

Day 1 Sunday 31 August

- 16:40 Depart London Heathrow to Beijing on BA 093

Day 2 Monday 1 September

- 09:35 Arrival in Beijing. Transfer to the 5* Hotel (Hotel to be confirmed)

- Some time to rest and lunch

- Visit Tiananmen Square

- A visit to the Heaven Temple, built in 1420AD during the Ming Dynasty

- Dinner

- Back to hotel/ leisure time

Day 3 Tuesday 2 September

- Breakfast at Hotel

- Visit the Forbidden City

- Lunch

- Visit the Summer Palace and enjoy a boat cruise on the lake

- Return to hotel for dinner

- Free evening

Day 4 Wednesday 3 September

- Breakfast at hotel

- A visit to the Cloisonne Enamel Workshop

- Explore the Great Wall

- Lunch near the great Wall

- Visit to the Ming Tombs

- Return to Hotel

- Evening: Dinner and show: Enjoy the Peking opera

DAY 5 Thursday 4 September (Beijing/Kaifeng)

- Early breakfast

- 08:15 Morning flight to Zhengzhou

- 09:30 Upon arrival, we transfer by coach to Kaifeng, the Chinese capital of the Song Dynasty and home city of the Jewish Community

- Check into 5* hotel (Hotel to be confirmed)

- The day will be spent visiting:

1. Shi Family�s Mini-Jewish Museum (Community Centre)

2. The site of the former Kaifeng Synagogue

3. Stone Monuments of the Kaifeng Jews in the Kaifeng Museum

4. South and North Teaching Lanes

5. The Guild Hall

- Evening : Dinner then at leisure

DAY 6 Friday 5 September

- Breakfast at hotel

- We visit the Riverside Scene Park (also called Millennium City) and the Jewish Exhibition about Kaifeng Jewry

- Then we are the guests of the Judaic Studies Centre at Henan University where we will meet with students and the faculty

- Lunch break

- Onwards to the Yellow River and Chinese village

- Iron Pagoda

- Shabbat Dinner with some descendants of the Kaifeng Jewish Community

DAY 7 Saturday 6 September (Kaifeng/Xi�an)

- Breakfast at hotel

- Shabbat: no official programme

- Free day at your own leisure (Lunch and dinner not included in tour cost for this day)

- After Shabbat, coach transfer to Zhengzhou Railway Station

- Depart for Xi�an by soft sleeper train overnight (Train 2611 Journey 21:30 to 07:00)

DAY 8 Sunday 7 September

- Morning arrival in Xi�an. Check into 5* hotel (Hotel to be confirmed)

- After breakfast, onto the City Wall of the Ming Dynasty

- Before lunch, explore Pit 1 of the Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit

- Lunch (in a restaurant near the exhibit)

- Continue to other Pits of the Terra Cotta Warriors Exhibit and watch the related movie

- Return to the Hotel in Xi�an

- Dinner and then attend a performance of the Tang Dynasty Dancing and Music Show

DAY 9 Monday 8 September

- Breakfast at hotel

- Visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the ancient city wall

- On to the Shannxi Provincial Museum

- Dinner, Evening at leisure

DAY 10 Tuesday 9 September (Xi�an / Shanghai)

- 09:35 Morning flight from Xi�an to Shanghai

- 11:25 Arrive in Shanghai. Transfer to and check in 4* Hotel.

- After lunch, a visit to the Yu Garden

- Then a walk on the Bund

- Evening: Dinner and enjoy a performance of the Chinese Acrobatics Show

DAY 11 Wednesday 10 September

- Breakfast at hotel

- Then a full day visiting: �

1) Hongkew District (former Hongkew Ghetto)

2) Ohel Moshe Synagogue

3) Jade Buddha Temple

- Stop for a vegetarian lunch at the Jade Buddha Temple

- Visit the Children�s Palace

- Join a drive by -�

1) Ohel Rachel Synagogue (in today�s Shanghai Education Bureau�s Compound)

2) Shanghai Music Conservatory (the former Jewish Russian Club)

3) The Bund

- Evening: Dinner and at leisure

DAY 12 Thursday 11 September (Shanghai/Suzhou/Shanghai)

- Breakfast at hotel

- Coach to Suzhou (about 2 hours)

- Arrive at about 10:30 and visit the Lingering Garden

- Continue to the Silk Factory and after our visit, some lunch

- On to a boat ride at Luzhi, the water town of China

- Return to Suzhou by coach

- Dinner. Evening at leisure

DAY 13 Friday 12 September

- Breakfast at hotel

- Visit the Shanghai Museum

- Enjoy a cruise on the Huangpu River

- Lunch

- Back to hotel, , prepare for Shabbat

- Shabbat dinner with the Shanghai Chabad

Day 14 Saturday 13 September

- Breakfast at Hotel

- Shabbat: No official programme

- Free day: at your own leisure (Lunch & dinner not included in the tour cost of today)

DAY 15 Sunday 14 September

- After breakfast, check out

- Coach transfer to Shanghai Pudong Airport

- 11:00 Depart Shanghai on BA 188

- 16:05 (same day) Arrive London Heathrow

- End of tour

For further information, please contact the tour coordinator Lionel Unterhalter,
Tel: 020 7612 7615
Email: ljcctours@yahoo.co.uk