School Programs to China for Workmanship Craft Bamboo Palm Weaving Rice Paper Making Manual Pottery Ceramics

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In this tour, to understand China history and Chinese culture.  Student program to visit Great Wall and Forbidden City in Beijing, Terra-cotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an etc.
And the best is, you can study, learn the traditional Chinese workmanship crafts skills, craft bamboo weaving, rice paper hand making, manual pottery ceramics, to enrich your teaching, study, learning and school life.
And if necessary, we can arrange palm plaiting weaving in Xinfan township instead of bamboo weaving in Jiajiang, or plus additional more days (3days better) to learn palm fiber weaving articls in Xinfan.
In this teens students camps programs, you can participate the panda bears voluntary work in Wolong Bifengxia. This is a long term trip, just for kids, school students, teens, college students in a group leaded by your teachers or parents,  to experice the interact with panda bears, to understand the magic and lovely giant pandas.
And also visit Stone Carved Grottos and Buddha
carving sculpture in Leshan and Dazu; as well as the plants and geology study in Emeishan.
This trip is also available for parents and relatives to participate, to improve the exchange between parents and children while working together after the craftsman guidance, as well as tour in Beijing and Xian.
For international students, teens, either study in China, or any school or colleges worldwide.
And this trip could be arranged without City tour in both Beijing and Xi'an if you need.

Tour Code: Student-G-004-6 31days

Day01,  Arrive at Beijing, pick you up and transfer to Check-in 3stars Chongwenmen hotel or similar.
Day02,  Pick you up  for Day excursion to
visit Badaling Great Wall and Ming tombs, overnight in Beijing.(B/L/D)
Day03, Pick you up   for Day excursion to
visit Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Summer Place, in the evening enjoy the Beijing Opera, overnight in Beijing.(B/L/D)
Day04, Pick you up and drive to (out of building) visit
Olymipic Sites area, the Aquatic Center, Birds Nest and the Egg, as well as shopping in Wangfujing area, in the late afternoon or evening drive to Beijing A'port for evening flight to Xian, and pick you up and transfer to  check in 3* Xian Bell & Drum Tower hotel or similar..(B/L/D)
Day05, Drive to 
visit Terra-Cotta Warriors Museum, City Wall, Wild Goose Pagoda, overnight in Xian Bell & Drum Tower hotel.(B/L/D)
Day06,
Take flight to Chengdu, and in the afternoon, drive to Chengdu Pottery (Children) Camps (Pottery Studio), to learn the pottery skills, watering the clay kiln, to make up your own ceramics, ceramic art, overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day07,
Full day to learn the pottery skills, watering the clay, to make up your own ceramics, ceramic art, overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day08, Full day to learn the pottery skills, watering the clay, to make up your own ceramics, ceramic art, overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day09, Full day visiting Dujiangyan Irrigation System, to visit the System Model and the Movie, to understand the Majic Water Profect how to regulate the water flows in ancient China, as well as how the ancient Chinese to dig the rock without any iron stool; in the afternoon visit Jinsha Museum, and in the evening enjoy the Sichuan Opera, overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day10, Full day visiting Chengdu Panda Base,
to visit panda bear cub house, Captive Panda Bear Enclosure, Giant Panda Bear Museum and trekking in Base around, view movie in the Magic Theater to understand the panda habit and birthgiving etc, overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day11, After the clay art dried, you will go to
make ceramics /  pottary again, speical to coat / paint / glaze your own pottery or ceramic art, overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day12,
Again making ceramics, pottery, and special coating / paint / glaze your own pottery or ceramic art (then the studio will arrange to fire your ceramics in kiln, and you will get your own pottery piceces or ceramic art after days in Chengdu). overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day13, Drive to Wolong Bifengxia for night in Bifengxia Grand hotel, and visit Bifengxia Panda Base and process volunteering, as well as take panda with you for photo (cost extra).(B/L/D)
Day14, Full day volunteering, overnight in Bifengxia Grand hotel.(B/L/D)
Day15, Full day volunteering, overnight in Bifengxia Grand hotel.(B/L/D)
Day16, Full day volunteering, overnight in Bifengxia Grand hotel.(B/L/D)
Day17 Full day volunteering, overnight in Bifengxia Grand hotel.(B/L/D)
Day18, At about 10:00 pick you up and drive to Jiajiang for night in local hostel, visit the Rice Paper Making House, to understand the processing of Rice Paper Making in traditional way. (B/L/D)
Day19, To learn how to make rice paper, step by step, with the old way but current methods for the paper slurry, overnight in local hostel.(B/L/D)
Day20, To make up the rice paper, put the mould and deckle together, holding the mould and deckle vertically, dip it into the slurry, turn it under the water so it is horizontal .........., dry it. overnight in Jiajiang. (B/L/D)
Day21, Pick up your own Rice paper, and drive to Qingshen county for night in local 3* hotel, and in the afternoon visit the Qingshen Bamboo Weaving City of China, to understand the processing of Bamboo weaving, as well as to understand the different usage of various kinds of bamboos.(B/L/D)
Day22, To learn how to make bamboo strip, bamboo thread etc, as well as weaving, overnight in Qingshen.(B/L/D)
Day23, Full day study to make up bamboo articls, and weave your own arts, overnight in Qingshen.(B/L/D)
Day24, Drive to Lehsan, visit Leshan Grand Buddha,
to understand the sculpture culture in Sichuan, then drive Emeishan to overnight in Xiuhu hotel or similar, overnight in Emeishan.(B/L/D)
Day25,
 Take park bus and hike to the Golden Summit, lunch in Emeishan, then walk down Emeishan, to understand the plants, birds, and the natural geological museum, ecology etc along the road, and overnight in Wannian Temple area (hostel arranged).(B/L/D)
Day26, Wolk down to visit Baoguo Temple, then drive to Zigong for night.(B/L/D) 

Day27, Visit Dinosaur Museum and Salt Museum (arrange the local expert to make brief introduction and answer students' question on museum culture), as well as the Salt Well to understand how to make salt, then drive to Dazu for night.(B/L/D)
Day28, Visit Baoding Carvings (grottos and sculpture) Museum, Beishan Carving (grottos and sculpture) Museum, (arrange the local expert to make brief introduction and answer students' sculptural question), then drive back to Chengdu for night in 3* JInhe hotel or similar.(B/L/D)  

Day29-Day30, Full day visiting local market (taxi or bus), local family, central marketing area, to understand the local daily life, as well as exchange with local students,  And picking up your own ceramics. Overnight in Chengdu.(B/L/D)
Day31,
Take earlier flight to Beijing for your international flight.(B) (today no service in Beijing.)


Quotation (per person in RMB): from 14600CNY/p.p., for   group of 10persons and more,  single suppplement 5580CNY.
Included:  local style meals marked, transportation and transfers by coach (taxi or bus in Chengdu on Day29/Day30, trishaw or pedicab for daily skill learning), accommodation in marked hotel with its b'fast or similar hotel (basis 2 persons share one standard room), entry fee for sightseeing, English speaking guide,  coordination fee for volunteering, local assistant (breeder, feeder) service while volunteering, park bus ticket in Bifengxia park, volunteering fee and permit, voluntary certificate,  economic cabin air tickets (Beijing-Xian-Chengdu-Beijing, or Beijing-Chengdu-Xi'an-Beijing if necessary) with its a'port construction fee and fuel surcharge, Entrance fee for Bijing Opera and Sichuan Opera, skills learning fee and skills guidance,  tour body insurance.
Excluded: International air ticket, tip to guide and driver, service in Beijing on Day31, car and guide service while volunteering , meals not marked, volunteering cloth rental (150CNY/p.p.), any other service not included above.
Departure date: daily all year around available, but better in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec. but cost will be adjusted up if trip falls on: 28Dec-07Jan(Chinese new year), 29Apr-03May, 29Sep-07Oct.

All above programs and quotation subject to our confirmation!

 

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