Private Yinchuan Day Trip to Western Xia Tombs with Flexible Departure

4–6 hours Free cancellation Private tour

About this activity

Join this private day tour from Yinchuan to explore the "Oriental Pyramid" - Western Xia Tombs. Choose from varies departure time, follow your personal tour guide to discover the history and culture of the Western Xia Dynasty. Learn the layout, burial ways, building techniques and arts of the imperial mausoleum. Get to know the Tangut civilization. This private tour including English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, lunch or dinner (depending on your start time)and travel by private vehicle.

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At a glance

Duration: 4–6 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Unique Beijing Tours

Ages: Infants (0–3 years) · Children (4–9 years) · Adults (10–90 years)

What is included

Included

Included: English speaking guide
Included: Bottled water
Included: Private Tour
Included: Hotel pickup and drop-off (for hotels in Yinchuan City)
Included: Entrance fee
Included: Transport by private vehicle
Included: Lunch or Dinner depending on your start time

Not included

Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

Western Xia Shihua Statue Museum

one hour Admission included

Your English speaking guide and private car will pick you up in your hotel's lobby. Then heading directly to Western Xia Tombs. On the way, your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories, feel free to ask questions if you have.

Your first stop is the Western Xia Museum. Follow your tour guide, get to know the splendid history and culture of the West Xia Dynasty (1038-1227). You will see cultural relics like stone horses, tablets, porcelains, Buddhist sutras, paintings, statues etc.
Western Xia Palace

one hour Admission included

Move on to Western Xia Tablets Forest. Stroll around the area, check out different tablets which tells the stories and histories about the dynasty.
Western Xia Imperial Tombs

2 hours Admission included

Western Xia Tombs are the royal mausoleums of the emperors in the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227), the Tombs are the best-preserved historic cultural heritage representing the Tangut civilization at the largest scale and in the highest rank. It include 9 imperial mausoleums, 254 subordinate tombs, 1 site of large architectural complex and more than 10 brick-and-tile kiln sites. Many unearthed funerary objects and the remaining cultural relics such as inscriptions, stone statues and building components take on vivid shapes, unique ornamentations, and living nomadic features. It was in the lists of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.

Follow your tour guide to explore the tomb which including the tomb walls, tomb platforms, foundations and building components. You will visit Tomb No1, 2 and 3. Learn the layout, burial ways, building techniques and arts of the imperial mausoleum. Get to know the Tangut civilization, an ethnic minority civilization, prospering in an agricultural-husbandry area in Northwest China.

Afterwards, enjoy a local lunch or dinner depending on your start time, then you will be transferred back to your hotel in Yinchuan.