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CHINA
QIGONG STUDY TOUR 2005
With Qigong Master Simon Blow
10th Sept. to 29th Sept. 2005
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This year’s tour takes you to the wide expanses of the colourful Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, staying in a yurt, joining in the songs and dances. Here you feel the heartbeat of Mother Earth. Another highlight of this tour will be the sacred Mt. Taishan, every Emperor of China, must during his reign, come here to express his humility to Heaven, to have his mandate to rule endorsed, and to be empowered by the sacred energy of the Universe. Every Chinese person, and especially every Qigong person aspires to visit Mt Taishan once in his or her life-time. It is the only UN ‘ Double’ Registered World Heritage Site ( for its natural beauty and also for the magnificent ancient buildings). At the ancient sites wherever you visit, you will be guided to absorb the nurturing , empowering Qi. You will also learn so much from Chinese Qigong Masters, it truly is a journey of a life time!!
TRAVEL COSTS
Costs of all expenses after arrival in
China (all travel, accommodation, all meals, tickets to attractions, cost
of lectures Qigong training etc, excluding airport taxes) US$
1750
Flying Air China– airfare approx $1450
including visa fee, including travel insurance. Travel Agent JIANGSU China
Travel Service Melbourne. China Portion through China Trusty Travel Company,
Beijing. Total approx A$3900.
Group size of 10-15 helps make this a unique experience
Bookings:
Simon Blow Ph (02) 9716 4696. Mobile 0421 815 254
Please send form to Simon with $200 non-refundable deposit, cheques made
payable to ‘Jiangsu China Travel Service’ Simon Blow PO Box
446, Summer Hill NSW 2130, Australia. Email simon@simonblowqigong
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Itinerary
Day1
Depart Saturday 10th, Sydney. Air China 11.20am (connecting flights from
Melbourne ) Arrive Beijing 11.20pm
Day 2 Start your tour
with the Imperial palace, Tiananmen Square (Gate of Heavenly Peace)
Day 3 Visit the Great
Wall of China- its magnificence is overwhelming. Only by being there can
one understand how great an engineering feat this is. Visit the Underground
Palace at the Ming Tombs. Evening express train to the Inner Mongolian
Autonomous Region
Day 4 Morning arrive
at Huhehot- the capital. After breakfast, 2-3 hours bus ride to the vast
Mongolian grasslands, which stretch out far into the distance. A herdsmen’s
family has a huge highly decorated round-shaped tent called a Yurt. Imagine
sleeping in one!. Here it is another world altogether. These people dress
in distinctive colourful costumes and excel in horsemanship. See their
wrestling contests and see them performing their beautiful songs &
dances.
Day 5 Morning will
see you marvelling at the sunrise on the grasslands. To see more of the
region, there is a bus ride to the small town of Gou Yang.
Day 6 Visit the biggest
Mongolian Buddhist Monastery, the Wudang Monastery, Baotou.
Day 7 See the famous
“Singing Sand-hill of the Mongolian desert. Bus back to Huhehot
Day 8 Five-Pagoda
Temple, then in the afternoon visit a Chinese Traditional Medicine hospital.
Meet Qigong Master in the evening for a lecture.
Day 9 The magnificent
Dazao Pagoda and then the Great Mosque. Evening train back to Beijing.
Day 10 Each morning
there will be Qigong practice in the local parks, filled with thousands
of locals also practicing their Qigong or Tai Chi. Visit the Summer Palace-
the Imperial Gardens with the serene lake and lotus flowers beside the
Jade Ribbon Bridge, and palace buildings to be seen in all their glory.
Many of the jade & gold ornaments and utensils are on display. Close
by we visit the Xi Yuan Hospital one of the largest traditional hospitals
in Beijing. Then on to the Sleeping Buddha Temple where there is the huge
Sleeping Buddha statue where you feel the most wondrous Qi. Near there
are the Botanical Gardens..
Day 11 The Lama Temple
in Beijing with the marvellous Buddha embedded with precious stones. This
statue must be 5 stories high, and all carved out of one tree, brought
to Beijing over thousands of kilometres. It would need over 20 people
at the base holding hands to encircle it! You don’t have to try to
feel the Qi here; the loving energy just comes and melts your heart. Time
also for shopping!
Day 12 In the morning
we take a bus to Mt. Taishan, thus we view so much of the scenery on the
way. The beautiful city at the foot of the mountain welcomes us and we
take a tour while viewing the great mountain from a distance..
Day 13 Climbing Mt.
Taishan- really it is going up by cable car, as there are nine thousand,
nine hundred and ninety nine steps up! And there you sense the powerful
Qi! Film as much as you can as you can access the Qi from the photos!
High up there is the Heavenly Avenue with such beautiful structures..
Day 14 Some time to
recover from this breathtaking experience. Qigong meeting here also.
Day 15 Bus in the
morning to the much revered birthplace of Confucius-Qufu pronounced “Chufu”.
The whole area with its magnificent temples and historic altars had always
been protected by imperial decree. Ancient ceremonies are held here of
olden times.. Evening train to Shanghai.
Day 16 “The Pearl
of the East”-Shanghai is now a grand modern metropolis. See the bustling,
new, hi-tech Shanghai with shining skyscrapers, and also see the ancient
still there..
Day 17 Discussion
with students & teachers of the Shanghai University of Sports &
Education who specialise in Wushu & Qigong. Free time in the afternoon.
Evening acrobatics concert.
Day 18 Visit the Jade
Buddha Pagoda and have free time to roam and explore and shop. Evening
flight back to Australia.
Day 19 .Arrive Sydney
9.30am, Melbourne 6.30am
