Private Beijing Hutong Culture Study Tour


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From $148.00

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

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Departs: Beijing, Beijing

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Join this Private Beijing Hutong Culture Study Tour to gain deep understanding of the local's culture and life! Listen to the expert's lecture on the traditional Sunmao style architecture and participate in; Watch the fun cricket flighting in the Hutong family and learn how to play Kongzhu and Jianzi. Enjoy delicious Beijing style homemade lunch and stroll around the Hutong allays to get a glimpse of the locals life and culture. You’ll also get a bird's-eye view of city from the Drum Tower! This private tour including English speaking tour guide, entrance fee, local lunch, hotel pick up and drop off.


What's Included

English speaking tour guide

Entrance Fee

Lunch in Hutong family

Round trip transfer

What's Not Included

Gratuites


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
  • CHILD: Age: 4 - 9
  • ADULT: Age: 10 - 90

Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Bell and Drum Towers
Your guide will pick you up from your Beijing city hotels lobby and take private vehicle heading to Bell and Drum towers.

With a long history, they were once the time-keeping Centre in the city. Drum Tower was first built in 1272, climb up to the tower, get to know the meaning of the 25 drums and enjoy an amazing view of the surroundings.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Baochao Hutong
Next, you will explore the off-the-beaten-path hutong allays, you will get to experience what it truly feels like to be a local on a more personal level without the crowds. Also wander through a maze of courtyards and spend time with a neighborhood family to get a glimpse of what life is like for a real Beijing hutong resident as you are invited into their home.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Spend 30 minutes with the local expert to learn the "Sunmao" Style ancient architecture, the class including the slideshow and models that will help you understand. Ancient Chinese architectures are featured timber framework as the supporting structure. The wooden frame structures are shock-resistant, because the parts are linked by tenon-and mortise joints so that they ares after in earthquakes. Learn how it works, and participate in.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Nanluoguxiang
Enjoy lunch in the Hutong courtyard for an authentic Beijing style homemade lunch.

Continue to next courtyard, there we will be meeting the local Beijingren and experience first-hand story about his collection of the "old Beijing Thing", learn the functions of his collections.

Continue our journey to watch the cricket flighting. Raising crickets is a traditional Chinese hobby. According to historical records from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), imperial concubines put crickets in small gold cages and took them to bed to hear their singing during the night.

Finally, watch a short performance of playing Kongzhu and Jianzi. Then learn how to play them.

After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included






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