Full Day Cultural Tour in Beijing: Chinese Calligraphy, Paper Cutting and Hutong Experience

Beijing, China

Learn a traditional Taichi lesson in the morning, take a rickshaw riding through the old hutong alleys, walk in the locals home for a visit and learn the traditional paper cutting, and Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink. This tour is full of surprises. You will also learn how to make the traditional Chinese Beijing opera facial masks, as well as the cute clay giant pandas. All of your masterpieces will be gifts to take back home with you as souvenirs.

If you want to learn some traditional Chinese culture in old hutong area of Beijing, this tour is perfect for you.

In the morning, at the drum tower square, join a traditional Taichi lesson to start the beautiful day. Your Taichi teacher graduated from the same martial art school with famous movie star-Jet Lee. The Taichi lesson will be about one hour, then take a rickshaw riding through the old hutong alleys with your tour guide who can give a very good introduction of hutong history and culture.

Then walk in the locals home for a visit and start the real hutong culture study tour, which will include learning how to make traditional paper cutting, learn Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink. You will also learn how to make the traditional Chinese Beijing opera facial masks and how to make the cute clay giant pandas. All of your masterpieces will be beautiful handcrafted gifts to take back home.

You will finish this tour at the drum tower ticket office.