China Special Activities Travel Planner

7/24/2019 China Special Activities Travel Planner

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LEAGUE GOTHIC

VIETNAM TRAVEL

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

TRAVEL PLANNER


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SPECIAL ACTIVITIES in BEIJING

1. Tea Ceremony during Hutong Tour:

We can arrange clients to visit a local family in Hutongs and sip tea

together with the local host/hostess. Witness and experience a traditiona

tea ceremony - the process of preparing tea for guests.

2. Meal Prep During Hutong Tour:Prepare meals (including shopping for vegetables, meat etc.) Cook

together with hostess, and have lunch with local family.

3. Kite Making During Hutong Tour:

We can also arrange clients to visit one of the folk artist/artisans, and

learn to make a traditional Chinese kite and then fly your own

masterpiece at the Olympic Park. (good experience for kids).

4. Visit Shichahai Sports School:

The home of many Chinese World Champions, such as the women's

table tennis world Champion, Zhang Yining. Visit 5 different training

halls to see students practice table tennis, martial arts, boxing,

badminton, taekwondo, and gymnastics. - A good experience for kids

interested in sports.

5. Peking Opera Pre Show Preparation:

Before watching the Peking Opera, visit the back stage of the Peking

Opera watching actor/actress doing face painting.

6. Group Dinner at the Great Wall:

We can arrange groups to have dinner on the Great Wall with catering

from a nearby hotel.

Requirements: Minimum 30 people (buffet style due to no fires allowed

at the great Wall) rental of the venue, lights (approx. $6500)

Buffet dinner cost $100 per person including red/white wine, but

requires minimum 50 pax.

7. Private Boat at Summer Palace:

We can charter the boat on the Kunming Lake for passengers, cost is $20for 30 minutes, and $300 for 1 hour.

8. Visit to Martial Arts School:

We can arrange visit to Beijing Shaolin Martial Arts School and see

students practicing martial arts, and if request, they can arrange a

performance.

9.Visit to Beijing Opera School:

See teenagers learning Beijing Opera singing and body performance.

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10. Plant Trees at Great Wall

We can arrange clients to plan trees at a site close to the Great Wall, or d

brick/cement repair work of Great Wall ruins.

11. Special Forbidden City Tour

We now can arrange special visit to Chong Hua Palace and Shufangzha

Palace (which are not open for regular tourists).

Chonghua Palace- Is the place where Emperor Qianlong lived hi

life as a Prince before succeeding to the crown and became the

Emperor. There are three gardens and three main houses in the

Palace .The three main houses were Emperor Qianlong's tea house

sitting room and study. It was in the Chong Hua Palace that

Emperor Qianlong practiced Chinese calligraphy .It is a big honou

for imperial family members, especially the concubines to receive

the writing of the big character "Happiness" from the emperor.

The Palace is not open to the public. This special visit can bearranged for the group to visit the Chong Hua Palace of the

Forbidden City to see the treasures behind the scenes.

Shufangzhai Palace- is the place where the emperors hold

banquets for the imperial family or his ministers in Qing Dynasty

A small stage was also built and used as the venue for the imperia

family to enjoy operas.

In Forbidden city, we can also arrange a visit to a ceramic museum insid

the Forbidden City. The museum displays ceramics from the earliestpieces of ceramic to the most contemporary masterpieces. The

experience shows the whole history of the development of the

craftsmanship of ceramics. We can invite experts from the Forbidden

City to discuss the work.

Other group activities are also offered such as lunch/dinner inside the

Great Hall of People, meals inside Diaoyutai State Guest House and

more.

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1. Bamboo raft trip (not motorized) on Yulong River

Clients can take bamboo raft on Yulong river, a tributary of the Li River,

where the water moves slow and calm. 2 clients will take one bamboo

raft, and drift downstream on the Yulong river and enjoy the beautiful

sceneries on both sides. The bamboo raft ride normally takes 40-60

minutes (short program), or 2-3 hours (long program)

Bamboo rafting on the Yulong River is getting more and more popularfor tours of Yangshuo. Rafting on the Yu Long River does not mean that

you go over rapids or waterfalls, it is actually a very peaceful way of

traveling on water, following in the arms of the green mountains and

bamboo forests. This is a relaxing, peaceful journey with beautiful

views to take it. It's also the easy way to have fun on the Yu Long River.

2. Motorized Bamboo raft on Li River

We can arrange clients to take motorized bamboo raft on the Li River.

The current moves faster and the ride is longer than the ride on Yulong

river. There are 4 seats on each raft, but normally, we put 2 clients onone raft so that it will be safer and more comfortable, and besides, the

guide requires one seat or will have to rent another raft.

There are several programs, some longer, some shorter, but we would

suggest two programs: 1. Yangdi pier-Nine Horse Mountain-Yangdi

pier, about 2 hours; 2. Yangdi Pier - Xingping, about 1.5 hours.

3. Cooking Class in Yangshuo

Upon arrival in Yangshuo, we can arrange clients to take a chinese

cooking class - from buying goods, cleaning, cutting, to preparing and

cooking dim sum. After the lesson, clients will have a dinner to present

their own work.

4. Cormorant Fishing

We can arrange clients to see cormorant fishing at night. Clients will

take a fisherman's boat on the Li River, and watch how cormorant catch

fish.

5. Bicycle ride around Yangshuo area

We can arrange bicycle ride around Yangshuo area to see the rice

paddies, local villages and natural scenery. Length of the ride dependson clients interest, strength and health condition.

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1. Panda breading Center Tour

We can arrange visit to the Sichuan Panda Breeding and Research Base

where clients are able to hold pandas (depending on availability) and

take pictures.

2. Work for the Panda Research Base

We can arrange clients to work for the day at the Panda Research Base

and do the daily works of the personnel of the panda base - cleaning the

panda house, prepare food for pandas, feed pandas, observe the pandas.

(Normally work one day there).

3. Visit to the Bifengxia Panda Preserve

Originally, the Wolong Panda Preserve was the largest panda preserve in

China and in the world, with the largest group of pandas. But in 2008, an

earthquake severely damaged the Wolong Preserve, so all the pandas

were brought to Bifengxia Panda Preserve, and now this is the largest

panda preserve in China. Clients can see pandas in the wild, and we can

arrange to invite experts from the preserve to give discussions. We canalso arrange clients to work as volunteers in this preserve.

1. Special visits at the Terra Cotta Warrior Museum:

A. 2nd level of the Terra Cotta Warriors Museum:The second

level in front of the Pit #1 is a private VIP area open only to invited

guests such as state leaders. It can provide you with an over-all

view of the excavation site as well as a close-up look at the Terra

Cotta Army. When at this lower level you can enjoy your own

privacy without being bothered by other tour groups, particularly

in the tourist season.

B. Restoration area in Pit #1- at the back of Pit #1, there is a

workshop where the terra cotta warriors and horses are being

restored by archaeologists. There are quite a few Terra Cotta

Warriors and horses there, some of them have already been

restored while the others are still in the process. When led into the

restoration site, you can walk through the Terra Cotta Warriors and

enjoy viewing them at the same level.

C. Restoration Room- In the office area of the museum, a research

center has been established, where archaeologists study all the

cultural relics newly discovered from the tomb area. The research

center consists of two restoration rooms and museum labs where

painted broken pieces are scanned and treated with mildew

resistance. It covers a total area of 200 square meters with 30 staff.

By visiting you can get first hand information on what

technologies are applied by archaeologists for the preservation and

restoration of the cultural relics.

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2. Visit local cave dwelling families:Cave dwellings are common in certain areas of northern China

(especially in Shaanxi Province), where they serve as homes for millions

of people in history. In the provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi where the

yellow earth (called loess) is quite compacted, cave houses have been in

use for centuries. Now there are still some families living in these cave

houses. Visit a local village outside of Xi'an and visit one of the cavedwelling families and learn about their lives. (Note: nowadays, with the

development of rural economy, the cave dwelling are gradually

diminishing in areas close to big cities, and if clients want to see the real

cave houses that are still in function, they may need to drive 2.5-3 hours

out of Xi'an. If they only want to see the sites this can be accomplished

with a 1 hour fdrive out of Xi'an).

3. Special visit to the vault of murals:

Visit the Shaanxi Provincial Museum to see the vault. We can also

arrange experts to give discussions if requested.

4. Restoration Room of the Provincial History Museum:

Clients can pay a private visit to the special restoration room in the

provincial history museum, where an exhibition of national treasures is

held for clients only. There will be around 10 pieces of real national

treasures - art and relics, and clients can touch and hold them with whit

gloves.

5. Special visit to the restoration room of the Yangling Tomb.

6. Visit the Ancient City Wall of Xi'an and ride bicycle on top of thewall.

7. Special visit to the Ox Museum:

This is a private museum, but it has a wide collection of national

treasures. It consists of two parts: one part holds art and relic pieces wit

the image of ox, the other part has many national treasures of porcelain

and pottery, the value of each piece will be in the millions or tens of

millions in RMB. The clients can also pay a special visit to the curator's

room (Called Curator's Choice), and clients can see the essence of the

museum. The curator will meet the clients, explain the importance ofeach piece, and clients can hold the relic/art piece in their hands.

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SHANGHAI

1. Cooking Lesson:A cooking lesson can be arranged at Yueyang Road, Xuhui District of

Shanghai. Clients will learn to cook Chinese dishes or make Chinese dim

sum, and will present their own works after the lesson.

2. Be a Shanghainese for half a day:

Clients can visit the old local community, visit the community

committee, sit down with the director of community to learn about thecommunity and what their daily works are. Then, visit the local

food/vegetable market where the local people shop for food. Visit a loca

Shanghai family in the community to see what the local Shanghainese

family look like and learn about their daily life and concerns.

3. Visit to Feng Jing Water Town:

Feng Jing is an ancient water town, 1.5-2 hours drive from Shanghai.

Clients can visit this ancient town to see what a typical water town in

southeast of China looks like, and can visit a traditional Chinese Rice

Wine factory. You willalso pay a private visit to the local communitycommittee and listen to the director of the committee to talk about the

their local history. Visit a former bomb shelter during cold war used as

committee of a commune during the Cultural Revolution.

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