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1 Company's Programme Time Tour Route Sunday 23th April, :50 pm - 6:00 pm Dalian Modern Museum, Xinghai Square Heping Square Mall (Capita Mall Peace Plaza) Monday 24th April, :30 am - 11:30 am Binhai Road (Coastal Road), Mount Bird's Nest, Tigers Sculpture Square (the Tiger Beach Park), Yingbin Road, Japanese Street (Nanshan Street) 11:30 am - 13:00 pm Lunch at Fifteen-Shed of Dalian Port 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Donggang (East Port), Russian Street, People's Road and some squares along Zhongshan Road in Dalian city center Tuesday 25th April, :30 am - 11:30 am East Jiguan Mountain (East Crest Hill), Baiyu Hill (White Jade Hill) and Lushunkou District (Old Railway Station, Friendship Tower, et al) 11:30 am - 13:00 pm Lunch at Lushun 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Lushun Museum, Longwangtang (Dragon King Pond)Cherry Blossom Park Wednesday 26th April, :00 am - 11:30 am Visit Cheongsam Club 1

2 More details are following: Sunday 23 April, 2017 Time: 1:50 pm-6:00 pm Dalian Modern Museum Dalian Modern Museum is located on the west of Dalian Xinghai Square, opened in Dalian Modern Museum is the first "modern" title integrated museum in China. The exhibitions include more than 3000 displaces, over1860 pictures, 61 models and 43 sculptures. The representative exhibits are the Sinian Sedimentary rock cracking stone (600 million years ago), iron bell of Tiande Temple and diamond with high quality from the city of Wafangdian. Xinghai Square "Xinghai" literally means "the Sea of Stars". Xinghai Square is dubbed the largest city square in Asia. It is located north of Xinghai Bay. There is a sculpture named "the road", which was built in 1997 for celebration of 100th anniversary of the city. It is composed of two parts: one part is the footmark emboss, the other one is a curved square like an opened book. The footprint emboss has over 1000 pairs of footprints, every pair of footprints is from a well-known master. These footprints are sorted by age and the ones in the first row were the people born in 1899, it's the year when Dalian city was established. The last line is the one who was born 2

3 in These footprints mean that Dalian's 100 years history is created by the hard-working people of Dalian. Heping Square Mall (Capita Mall Peace Plaza) It s a large shopping mall offering fashion, entertainment and F&B. It is the closest mall to the John Harward Hotel. It will take about10 minutes from the workshop hotel to the mall by foot. Monday 24 April, 2017 Time: 8:30 am-11:30 am Tour route: Binhai Road (Coastal Road), Mount Birds Nest, Tigers Sculpture Square (the Tiger Beach Park), Yingbin Road and Japanese Street (Nanshan Street). Binhai Road (Coastal Road) Binhai Road of Dalian stretches about 40 km along from the southern edge of the Dalian Peninsula. In spring, one side of the road is mountainous area covered with thriving forests, flourishing flowers, while the other sideisthe steep and rugged cliffs, the panoramic coastline and sea. Thanks to the clear, fresh air and the beautiful seashore, Binhai Road has been nicknamed by locals "the natural oxygen bar". 3

4 Mount Bird's Nest For romantic souls, the Mount Birds Nest will surely make you love your mate more than before, for it is about coastal scenery ideal for couples, which is often used for weddings and other ceremonies Tigers Sculpture Square The marble tigers, located on the east of Tiger Beach Ocean Park, are the largest sculpture of animals in China. The length of the sculpture is 35.5 meters and the height is 6.5 meters. Yingbin Road Yingbin Road is a scenery road to Bangchui Island Resort, east to Tiger Beach Park. The cool fresh breeze 4

5 will kiss your face and the manicured lawns will appear before you. Japanese Street (Nanshan Street) Japanese Street has over 120 villas designed in a wide variety of styles. All the base installations are introduced from Japan and displayed Japanese ideas. There are some tea houses and performance halls. Lunch will be served at (a restaurantin) Fifteen-Shed of Dalian Port. (Fifteen-shed is an old building where there are several restaurants.) Fifteen-Shed Fifteen-shed was built in As the largest construction area in East Asia and the highest degree of mechanization of the port warehouse, it is known as the first shed in East Asia.Through the window, you canoverlook the Dalian Port which was built in

6 Monday 24 April, 2017 Time: 1:30 pm -6:00 pm Tour route:donggang (East Port), Russian Street, People s Road and some squares along Zhongshan Road in Dalian city center. East Port The old port area at the east end of Dalian is now changed into a scenery park of Oriental Venice with 4 km long artificial canal. Dalian international conference center is located in Donggang as well. Russian Street Russian Street is the oldest street in Dalian. The customs of Russian are shown by its authentic architecture style. With European style architectures, there are Russian restaurants, nightclubs, pubs, arts and crafts as well as souvenir shops, etc. There are also wax statues of the officials and tour scenes of administrative officials in 1920s and 1930s. 6

7 Harbour Square Harbour Square is a collection of sculpture of a ship (floating body), waterscape and plant landscape. Zhongshan Square Built up in 1899 by Russians, it's the oldest square in Dalian. Its name evolved from the "Nicholas Square" under Tsarist Russian concession, to "Big Plaza" within the Japanese colonization, and then "Zhongshan" (the formal name of Mr. Sun Yat-sen) after the Liberation (world wall II) (1945). The square is also the first musical square in China. Youhao Square In Chinese, "Youhao" means "Friendship". The square was built in the Tsarist Russia colonial period, and had the name "West Plaza" under Japanese reign. Later for the sake of commemorating the friendship between PRC and the Soviet Union, the name of "Youhao" was initiated, and a giant "crystal ball" was set up in

8 People s Square People s Square is a large square in front of Dalian Government. It was formerly known as Stalin Square and was built for commemorating the Red Army of the Soviet Union's liberation in northeastern China. Tuesday April 25, 2017 Time: 8:30 am 11:30 am Tour route: East Jiguan Mountain (East Crest Hill), Baiyu Hill (White Jade Hill) and Lushunkou District (Old Railway Station, Friendship Tower, Victory Tower, et al) East Jiguan Mountain East Jiguan Mountain (East Crest Hill) was a battlefield during Russo-Japanese War in It was in the place that the Russian army established a strong fortress after Lushun became a territory leased to Russia A museum was built in 1997 to display historical materials of the war. 8

9 Baiyu Hill (White Jade Hill) A 130-meter-high (427-foot-high) hill standing in the center of Lushun Region is the central scenic spot. The name 'White Jade' was given by Li Hongzhang, an influential official of Qing Dynasty ( ).The Park of White Jade Hill includes the Naval Weapon Museum, Bird Garden and Rock Museum. In 1985, the tower was formally renamed Baiyu Tower. A Cannon with a 210-mm-diameter barrel is displayed on the hillside nearby. It was originally bought by the Qing Dynasty from the Krupp Arsenal Germany. Old Railway Station Lushun Railway Station is the final stop of the Dalian-Lushun branch of the Dalian-Harbin railway. It sits on the east side of the Long River, within a hundred meters of the Lushun Naval Port, the building being of the Russian-style wooden architecture. In 1898, Russia obtained the Kwantung Leased Territory and started construction of Chinese Eastern Railway. In 1903, Lushun Railway Station was completed and put into operation. In 1905, after falling to the Japanese, the Russian broad gauge of the Dalian-Lushun branch line was changed to the Japanese narrow gauge. In 1985, it has become a Cultural Heritage site of Dalian City. 9

10 Shengli Tower (Victory Tower) Victory Tower is constructed before the Soviet withdrew Lushun. It was started in March, 1955 and completed in September in the same year. The tower is magnificent and 45 meters in height, covering 15,000 square meters. Youyi Tower (Sino-Soviet Friendship Tower) Located in front of Lushun Museum, surrounded by 78 evergreen Gulong Cypresses, Sino-Soviet Friendship Tower is standing among the trees. With the height of 22.2 meters, the tower is cylindrical, built of the rare snow marbles, and it is in delicate shape. The completion of the tower was on Feb. 23, 1955, and the inscription of Sino-Soviet Friendship Tower Foundation on the foundation stone was written by Premier Zhou Enlai. The following participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony: Soong Ching-ling, Vice President of PRC, Marshal Peng Dehuai, Marshal He Long, Marshal Nie Rongzhen, a famous Chinese litterateur Guo Moruo and Eugene, the Soviet ambassador to China. Blooming peonies, soaring pigeons and clouds are craved on the top of the handrails, which are representations our national art style. Scenes of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the Kremlin in Soviet Union, blast furnace of Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation, Friendship Farm and the Port Author are embossed at the bottom of the tower body. Lunch will be served during the visit. Tuesday April 25, 2017 Time: 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Tour route: Lushun Museum, Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park. Lushun Museum Lushun Museum is China's largest garden museum in terms of its floor space. 10

11 The museum is opposite the Lushun Friendship Tower. It is originally built in 1917, and has gone through several name changes since then. In 1954, it was finally named the Lushun Museum, and Mr. Guo Moruo, a famous Chinese litterateur, provided the calligraphic inscription for the main gate. With an exhibition area of 1,800 square meters and an attached area of 500 square meters, the museum houses 30,000 cultural relics of ancient and modern times including the fascinating Xinjiang mummy exhibition. In the cultural relics area there are examples of bronze carved handicrafts, lacquer ware and cloisonné, pottery handicrafts, calligraphy and paintings, and some Buddhist artwork. Among the exhibits, there are many treasures, the most famous is the bronze "double dragon basin" of the Song Dynasty. Lushun Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park(Dragon King PondCherry Blossom Park) Longwangtang is a reservoir for providing water for Dalian city,built in The cherry trees, planted downstream from the reservoirdam, come into full bloom in late April. It is one of the two most famous cherry blossom parks in China. 11

12 Wednesday April 26, 2017 Time: 9:00 am -11:30 am Cheongsam Club Cheongsam is a long dress with a high collar and slit skirt, traditionally worn by Chinese women. The club has an exhibition on the Cheongsam culture and Cheongsams of different styles. You may also take on some of them to have a wearing experience. 12