2. Time schedule

October 7  (Thursday)
Arrival in Xi’an City, stay in Dongfang Hotel
16:00-22:00  City tour visit
　　　　　　Enjoy the following program in Cultural event in Shaanxi Grand Opera House
(1) The Quarrel between Ducks    (2) Feather Dress Dance
(3) Spring Orioles Song          (4) Tang Dynasty Song & Dance show
(5) White Ramie Ribbon Dance    (6) Warriors Triumphal Dance
(7) Other songs and dances

October 8  (Friday)
Venue:  Northwest Institute of Designing and Planning
　　　　Opening session
　　　　Welcome speech by CHINCOLD, summary on the Chinese papers
　　　　Welcome speech by Northwest Institute 
　　　　Speech by JCOLD, summary on the papers and introduction of the Japanese participants
　　　　Speech by KNCOLD, summary on the papers and introduction of the Korean participants
　　　　Report of Gongboxia CFRD
　　　　Report of CSG
　　　　Others
* Qianling visit will be arranged for the companying persons on Oct. 8

October 9  (Saturday)
　　　　City tour, the participants will visit Terra-Cotta Museum and etc. 

October 10  (Sunday)    
　　　　7:30-13:00       From Xi’an to Luoyang, visit Longmen Grottoes
　　　　13:00-14:00      Lunch
　　　　14:00-18:00      From Luoyang to Xiaolangdi and visit Xiaolangdi Project
　　　　18:00- 20:00     Supper
　　　　20:00-23:00      From Xiaolangdi to Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province
　　　　23:00           Take the Train No. K49 to Yichang

October 11   (Monday) 
　　　　10:35-12:00      From Yichang railway station to Three Gorges Grand Hotel
　　　　12:00-13:00      Lunch
　　　　14:00-17:00      Three Gorges Project introduction and visit
　　　　18:00           Supper

October 12   (Tuesday)  
　　　　Three Gorges visit and discussion in the morning
　　　　Return to Beijing in the afternoon

October 13  (Wednesday)
Participant will visit Lab for Sanmenxia Project and etc. in the morning. The companying persons will go shopping and take a city tour in Beijing.
End the symposium after lunch.

3. Registration Fee:
The registration fee is US$1200 per person including hotel, meal, transportation for study
tour, domestic trains and flights. Also the Symposium cost such as preparation of the proceedings and interpreters are included in the registration fee.

4. Insurance
CHINCOLD and concerned persons working with the Symposium shall not be liable in respect of any cause or event outside their control for loss and damage suffered by delegates, participants or accompanying persons. Those persons are strongly advised to insure themselves again any of those unfortunate events.

5. Introduction of some places and projects

* Introduction of Qianling

Qianling, the tomb of Tang Emperor GaoZong (li zhi by name) and Empress WuZeTian, lies on Mount liangshan in the north of Qianxian county, Shaanxi province. It is 80km from Xi’an. It’s among the first group of important cultural relics units under state protection.
   LiZhi, the ninth son of Emperor Tai Zong, ascended the throne in 649. He reigned for 34 years. he died in luoyang and was buried in QianLing. WuZeTian, named Zhao, once was a concubine of TaiZong. After his death, she won the favour of Emperor GaoZong and became his empress. After the death of GaoZong, she dethroned Emperor zhongzong and the successor RuiZong. Soon she established the Great Zhou Empire and wore the crown. She was the only woman ruler in china’s history. Having reiged for 21 years, she died at the age of 82 in Luoyang. In 706, she was also buried in QianLing.
   Mount LiangShan, with a height of 1047.9 meters above sea level, comprises a peak and two lower hills. The peak stands out grandly with the underground palace hidden inside. To the south of it are two hills facing each other west to east, which the local people call Nipple Hills. Viewing it in a distance, QianLing looks like a sleeping beauty. It’s recorded that the cemetery is enclosed with an inner city wall and an outer city wall. The inner wall, with a coverage of 2.3 million square meters, has four gates-the Blue Dragon gate (east), the white Tiger gate (west), the Phoenix gate (south) and the Tortoise gate (north). The outer wall is 40km in circumference. The buildings in the cemetery include a sacrificial hall, side halls and watch towers, etc.
    Qianling, built on hills, copied by the capital Tang Changan city, with many large and exquisite stone sculptures, was the model of the successive dynasties. It is known as The First-Rank place of Royal Mausoleums in the Past Dynasties. According to historical records and excavations, Qianling is possibly the only Tang-Dynasty Mausoleum yet unrobbed.
   To the southeast of Qianling fan out 17 satellite tombs. From 1960 to 1972, 5 of them were excavated. Over 4000 valuable cultural relics as well as many frescos and the lined carvings had been unearthed. All these provide material data for the study of the politics, economy, military affairs, culture and architecture of the Tang Dynasty. So far the tombs of princess YongTai, Crown prince YiDe and Crown prince zhanghuai have been opened to tourists both from home and abroad.

* Emperor Qin’s Terra-Cotta Museum

Emperor Qin’s Terra-Cotta Museum is located east of Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum, which covers a total area of 20 hectares. Three main buildings of the museum, which were named Pit 1, Pit 2 and Pit 3, were constructed on their original sites in different periods of time. Pit 1 was found in 1974, and their explorations and excavations began in 1974. Following the discovery of  Pit 1, Pit 2 and Pit 3 were brought to light in 1976. Pit 2 started to be excavated in 1994 and was opened in October the same year while it was being excavated. Pit 3 was opened in 1989. Besides three pits, two sets of bronze chariots and horses discovered in the west of Emperor Qin’s Mausoleum in December in 1980, were on display in the museum after restoration. 
Emperor Qin’s Terra-cotta Museum is not only a treasure house where the tourist can learn history, culture and human civilization, but also a main scenic spot of Xi’an City.    

* Introduction of Longmen Caves

One of the three big treasure houses of stone sculptures famous in China, it is located to the bank of the Yihe River 12 kilometers away from the south of Luoyang, where two mountains stand opposite each other and the Yihe River runs eastwards between them. Engraving lasted more than 400 years from Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty. Now in existence there are more than 2100 caves, over 100 thousand stone figurines, above 3600 tablets. It ranks first in number among big grottoes in the country. Great boldness of spirit, profound messages and exquisite workmanship make it a unique treasure dazzlingly brilliant in the treasure house of sculptural arts in the world.

* Three Gorges Project

　　The Three Gorges Project (TGP) is located 40 km above the Yichang City. It is a vitally important and backbone project in the development and harnessing of the Yangtze River (Changjiang River). TGP serves as a multi-purpose hydro-development project producing
comprehensive benefits mainly in flood control, power generation and navigation improvement. This multi-purpose project attracts worldwide attention with its largest hydropower station in the world with a capacity of 18,200 MW to be installed. The project construction started in 1993. In 2003, the reservoir will be partly impounded and the first group of units (4×700 MW) will be put into operation. The participants will be invited to visit the magnificent project during the conference.

* Xiaolangdi Project

The Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Dam Project if located in the mouth o the last gorge on the main stem of the Yellow River, 40km north of Luoyang in Henan Province, 130km downstream of Sanmenxia dam, and 115km upstream of Beijing-Guangzhou railway bridge in Zhengzhou. There is a catchment area of 694200km2 above the dam site, i.e. 92.3% of the total of the Yellow River. Also 91.2% of the total runoff and almost 100% of the sediment discharge are distributed upstream of the dam site.
The reservoir provides a total storage capacity of 12.65 billion m3, including a long-term live portion of 5.1 billion m3.
The project objectives are mainly flood control and sediment reduction, but also water supply, irrigation and power generation. Clear water will be stored and muddy water will be released to promote what is beneficial and eliminate what is harmful.