Xi'an Terracotta Warriors + Huaqing Palace + The Song of Everlasting Sorrow/Songcheng Show/Legend of the Camel Bell Day Tour (Complimentary Hanfu experience)
- Take you to visit: The Terracotta Warriors, one of the 'Eighth Wonders of the World' + Huaqing Palace, a historical site spanning a thousand years
- Watch China's first large-scale live-action historical dance drama—'The Song of Everlasting Sorrow', with more options: 'Songcheng Show', 'Legend of the Camel Bell', 'Empress of the Great Tang'
- Full coverage pick-up within the Second Ring Road
- Complimentary Hanfu experience, wireless commentary headset + featured Qin-style dumpling banquet
Package options
Product Info
Must-visit attractions + authentic local food + Hanfu experience + spectacular night show (optional) = the perfect 1-day Xi'an tour!
1. Tour Overview
⚔️ Core Attractions
Explore the underground legion! [Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum] Step into the underground army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang! See thousands of lifelike terracotta soldiers, horses, and chariots with your own eyes and feel the awe-inspiring power from 2,000 years ago.
Check in at the royal hot springs! [Huaqing Palace] Visit the Lishan royal garden, home to the legendary The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, and feel the warmth of history.
A taste of Shaanxi: Qin-style dumpling feast! Hungry after all the exploring? Dig in! Try an authentic Shaanxi dumpling feast, where every bite is packed with fresh, savory flavor to recharge your energy!
Special gift: Hanfu experience! (Group tours only) Put on a Hanfu for free and stroll through the ancient city of Xi'an. With the charm of Chang'an as your backdrop, take some traditional-style photos to make your trip even more immersive!
🌙 Nighttime Highlights (Optional Recommendations)
Xi'an Songcheng Show: A fast-paced show about Xi'an's history! Featuring dazzling stage effects, it takes you from ancient times to the glorious Tang Dynasty. Understand a thousand years of Chang'an in one show with a fast rhythm and plenty to see.
Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show: As the first tourism performance in China, created in 1988, the Tang Dynasty Palace's music and dance show pioneered the 'dining + performance' model, recreating the legendary life of the only empress in the glorious Tang Dynasty!
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: Highly recommended! A large-scale live-action dance drama performed against the real mountain and water backdrop of Huaqing Palace. Watch Lady Yang Guifei dance gracefully. As night falls, the lights illuminate Lishan Mountain, making this love story exceptionally moving.
Legend of the Camel Bell: Real animal performers! Real camels and wolves on stage take you through the wind and sand. With realistic effects and a stunning performance, it showcases the prosperity of the great Tang Dynasty.
🎁 Special Gift (No refund if not used)
Includes costume and styling. False eyelashes are not included (CNY 40 per person). Simple base makeup and lipstick are provided; please do not have high expectations as this is not professional makeup. If you require professional styling, you may pay for it separately. Advance reservation is required. A deposit of CNY 300 is required, which is refundable upon return. This is not for use on the day of the tour.
2. Important Notes
Tour sequence:
1. Visit Huaqing Palace up to the Bingjian Pavilion, with about 1 hour of free time. You may choose to pay for the Xi'an Incident performance or hike Lishan Mountain on your own; the guide will not accompany you.
2. The tour sequence may be adjusted based on park crowds, traffic, and other factors without reducing the number of attractions. Thank you for your understanding.
Terracotta Warriors tour guide: The tour inside the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum is conducted by professional museum guides (group tour guide). Thank you for your understanding.
Performance notes:
1. The guide will not accompany you to any performances, and waiting times may be long. Thank you for your understanding.
2. To purchase a ticket for The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, visitors 1.3 meters and above must book as an adult.
3. To purchase a ticket for the Xi'an Songcheng Show or Legend of the Camel Bell, visitors 6 years old and above and 1.2 meters and above must book as an adult.
4. Children who meet the height requirement for the child price receive a free performance ticket but will not have a seat. Please have the child sit with you.
5. One adult can bring 1 child who meets the height limit and does not occupy a seat for free. If there is more than 1 child, a ticket must be purchased.
6. Performance tickets must be collected at the venue window using your own ID. Visitors must collect their own tickets. There is a possibility that seats will not be together, as they are assigned randomly.
7. [Group Tour] The included seating area for The Song of Everlasting Sorrow is 'East/West Area A' (you may upgrade to the Central Area for the 1st or 2nd show). If tickets are unavailable, the booking will be moved to the next show (e.g., 1st show moved to 2nd show, and so on). English tours have priority for 1st show tickets; if unavailable, they will be moved to the 2nd show.
8. [Private Tour] The default for the 1st show of The Song of Everlasting Sorrow is the Central Area, and the default for the 2nd show is the East/West Area. If tickets are unavailable, the booking will be moved to the next show (e.g., 1st show moved to 2nd show, and so on).
9. [Group Tour] and [Private Tour] The default seating for the Xi'an Songcheng Show and Legend of the Camel Bell is the 'VIP Area'. Please contact Customer Support if you wish to upgrade.
Discounted ticket information:
1. Terracotta Warriors: Minors 16 years old and under accompanied by parents (Chinese citizens) can enter for free with a valid ID.
2. Foreign visitors under 1.4 meters enter for free. Those 1.4 meters and above but under 16 years old are eligible for half-price tickets. Huaqing Palace: Children 6 years old and under or 1.2 meters and under enter for free; those above this are charged as adults.
3. For children booking the child price with The Song of Everlasting Sorrow package: Children 1.2-1.3 meters must purchase their own Huaqing Palace ticket. For children under 16, the guide will refund the Terracotta Warriors ticket fee on-site based on the attraction's ticketing rules.
4. For children booking the child price with the Xi'an Songcheng Show/Legend of the Camel Bell package: For children under 16, the guide will refund the Terracotta Warriors ticket fee on-site based on the attraction's ticketing rules. Please bring a valid ID, as the attractions require real-name registration for entry. This tour is a Xi'an day tour group.
Transportation notes:
1. Hotel pickup: A vehicle will be arranged to pick you up from a fixed area and take you to the departure point.
2. During the tour: You will need to change to a dedicated vehicle when traveling from the meeting point to each attraction.
3. Return arrangement: After the performance, you may need to change vehicles to return to the city center near the Bell and Drum Towers for drop-off.
4. Special reminder: This product involves changing vehicles mid-tour. Please be aware of this. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the nature of the group tour.
English tour:
1. If there are fewer than 8 foreign visitors, you may be combined with a Chinese tour group, and an English-speaking guide will be provided.
2. The attraction guide is an English-speaking guide. The driver who takes you to the performance area in the evening is a Chinese-speaking driver.
3. The child price only includes transportation and guide service fees (lunch not included). Other expenses must be covered by yourself.
Chinese tour:
1. The child price only includes transportation, guide service fees, and lunch. Other expenses must be covered by yourself.
2. This is a Chinese-only group tour, suitable for and accepting only visitors who can communicate and understand in Chinese.
Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum: One of the greatest archaeological discoveries in the world, featuring the Terracotta Warriors' chariot, infantry, and cavalry formations.
The overall style is bold, strong, and concise. If you observe closely, there are differences in facial features, hairstyles, postures, and expressions: some pottery horses have ears pricked up, some have mouths open neighing, and some stand quietly with mouths closed. All these Terracotta Warriors of Emperor Qin Shi Huang possess an artistic charm that is deeply captivating.
Huaqing Pool, also known as Huaqing Palace, is located at the northern foot of Mount Li in Lintong District, Xi'an, 30 km west of Xi'an. Backed by Mount Li to the south and facing the Wei River to the north, it is an ancient Chinese imperial palace famous for its hot springs. Rulers of the Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties all regarded this geomantic treasure as their resort for banquets and entertainment, either building stone structures, the Lishan Hot Spring, or constructing the Hot Spring Palace.
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: This production cost hundreds of millions, features a powerful cast, and is magnificent in scale. With Lishan Mountain as the background and Jiulong Lake in Huaqing Palace as the stage, it uses pavilions, corridors, palaces, weeping willows, and lake water as stage elements. Utilizing world-class high-tech means, it creates a dreamy sky filled with stars, cascading forest fog waterfalls, roaring flames on the lake surface, and three sets of approximately 700-square-meter LED soft screens and a nearly 1,000-square-meter fully concealed liftable underwater stage. It organically blends history and reality, nature and culture, the human world and the celestial realm, and tradition and fashion, performing a magical historical movement and achieving an outstanding artistic model.
Special Bonus: Hanfu Experience! (Included in both Chinese and English tours for the Terracotta Warriors + Huaqing Palace itinerary; only included in English tours for the Terracotta Warriors-only itinerary). Put on a Hanfu for free, stroll through the ancient city of Xi'an, and take some traditional-style photos against the backdrop of Chang'an's charm for a more immersive travel experience! (Advance reservation required)
Purchase Notice
- 【Itinerary Sequence】The order of attractions during peak and off-peak seasons will be adjusted according to the actual situation. You may visit Huaqing Palace before the Terracotta Warriors, or vice versa. The visit to Huaqing Palace includes the Bingjian Pavilion with about 1 hour of free time; you may choose to watch the 'Xi'an Incident' show at your own expense or hike Mount Li, with no guide accompaniment. The one-way battery car at the Terracotta Warriors is 5 RMB/person, the battery car at Huaqing Palace is 20 RMB/person, and the round-trip cable car at Mount Li is 60 RMB/person; these are optional and at your own expense, not mandatory.
- 【Guide Information】Terracotta Warriors commentary: Professional on-site guides will provide group commentary; you will not be assigned to a different guide. Accompaniment: The guide will leave after the tours of the Terracotta Warriors and Huaqing Palace are completed. There is no guide accompaniment during free time waiting for shows, during the shows, or during the return trip!
- 【Pick-up and Drop-off】Outbound: Pick-up is available for hotels within the Second Ring Road of Xi'an. As tour buses cannot stop directly at hotel entrances, you may need to walk to a nearby pick-up point; thank you for your understanding. Return: The tour ends near the Bell and Drum Tower; hotel drop-off is not provided!
- 【Performance Information】Guides do not accompany guests to any performances, and waiting times may be long. The performance times for 'The Song of Everlasting Sorrow', 'Xi'an Songcheng Show', 'Legend of the Camel Bell', and 'Empress of the Great Tang' are subject to the actual schedule on the day and may be adjusted according to the season; thank you for your understanding.
- 【Vehicle Transfer】Morning hotel pick-up: Vehicles will be arranged to pick you up from a fixed area and take you to the assembly point. During the itinerary: You will need to transfer to a dedicated vehicle when traveling from the assembly point to each attraction. Return arrangement: If you are watching a performance, you will transfer to a vehicle after it ends to return to the city near the Bell and Drum Tower; hotel drop-off is not provided.
- 【Optional Performances】'Xi'an Incident' show, 258 RMB/person, duration approx. 60 minutes; 'Resurrected Legion' show, 298 RMB/person, duration approx. 60 minutes; 'Secret of the Sleeping Imperial Mausoleum' experience, 188 RMB/person, duration approx. 25 minutes. The guide will recommend local featured performances during the trip; these are all voluntary and not mandatory. If you choose not to watch, you may explore the scenic area freely and return at the assembly time informed by the guide; thank you for your understanding.
- 【Recommended Items】The guide will recommend optional self-funded items during the trip. Participation is voluntary based on personal needs and is not mandatory. If a guest chooses to participate and completes the experience on-site, it is considered an acknowledgment of the content and price of the item. After the trip, our company will not accept any refund requests or negative feedback arising from these self-funded items.
- 【Shopping Reminder】Shopping at scenic areas and shops along the way is a personal voluntary act. Please choose carefully and keep your receipts and certificates safe; such shopping is unrelated to the travel agency. There are shopping areas inside the Terracotta Warriors scenic area; these are not travel agency-designated shops. You are free to enter or leave, so please shop cautiously and do not easily believe sales pitches.
- 【Scenic Area Credentials】Entry to the scenic area requires the original ID card, passport, or Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents used during booking. Any additional costs incurred due to issues with credentials will be at your own expense. Please inform us in advance if you hold any discount credentials. 【Booking Restrictions】Seniors: Those over 70 years old must sign a 'Health Certificate' and be accompanied by a family member to travel; we cannot accommodate those over 80. Minors: Those under 18 must be accompanied by a family member; we cannot accept individual registrations. Patients, pregnant women, and those with limited mobility: We cannot accommodate those with serious illnesses (e.g., cardiovascular, respiratory, mental illness, severe anemia, post-operative recovery, etc.), pregnant women, or those with limited mobility.
- 【Other Reminders】You may not leave the tour group without authorization during the itinerary; otherwise, all losses and consequences caused will be borne by the tourist. If the itinerary is delayed or other costs are incurred due to force majeure, please understand and bear the costs yourself. Once the tour has started, no fees will be refunded if the guest leaves the group or cancels for any reason.
Reminders
A minimum of 2 traveler(s) are required for the tour to depart. If the number of participants does not reach the minimum requirement, the tour will be canceled. An email regarding tour cancellation will be sent 1 day(s) before the departure date
Travelers with the following conditions or other health issues that could be worsened by excessive stimulation should not participate in this activity: High blood pressure, Heart disease, Asthma, Epilepsy, Pregnant women
[Senior Citizens] Travelers aged 70 (inclusive) and above must sign a 'Health Certificate' with our company and be accompanied by a family member or friend (excluding those who cannot be served or have restricted service due to service capacity limitations) to travel. Due to service capacity limitations, we cannot accept bookings from travelers over 81 years old. Thank you for your understanding. As the intensity of different routes varies, please ensure you are in good health and suitable for travel. You can consult customer service for specific age restrictions.
[Minors] Travelers under 18 years old must be accompanied by a family member (excluding those who cannot be served or have restricted service due to service capacity limitations). Due to service capacity limitations, we cannot accept solo bookings from travelers under 18 years old. Thank you for your understanding.
[Patients, pregnant women, and those with limited mobility] To ensure a smooth trip, please have a medical check-up before traveling. We cannot accommodate those with serious illnesses (e.g., infectious, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, respiratory diseases, mental illness, severe anemia, post-operative recovery from major/medium surgeries), pregnant women, or those with limited mobility due to service limitations.
[Scenic Area Credentials] Entry to the scenic area requires the original ID card, passport, or Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents used during booking. If you cannot enter the scenic area due to not bringing the document or providing incorrect information, any additional costs incurred will be at your own expense. Please inform us in advance if you have any discount credentials. The refund amount will be the difference between the group ticket price purchased by the travel agency and the actual discounted ticket price, not the retail price! If not stated in advance, our agency will purchase adult tickets uniformly, and no discount refunds will be provided; thank you for your understanding!
[Shopping Reminder] Shopping at scenic spots and shops along the way is a personal voluntary act. Please choose carefully and keep invoices and certificates properly; such shopping is unrelated to the travel agency.
[Other Reminders] You may not leave the tour group without authorization during the trip; otherwise, all losses and consequences caused by this will be borne by the traveler. If the itinerary is delayed or other expenses are incurred due to force majeure, please understand and bear the costs yourself. Once you join this tour, no fees will be refunded for any reason if you leave the group midway.
