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Beijing Study Tour

Beijing study tours are designed to provide you Beijing China tours with an immersing experience in contemporary Chinese culture. Participants study various subjects like Chinese Taiji ( Tai Chi ), Chinese cuisine, Chinese language, basic Chinese medicine etc.

The study tours also include the travel to the Beijing major attractions which will give you insight into Chinese society, tradition and lifestyle, and provide you with many opportunities to explore Beijing China.

The study tour will be taught in English. The program is open to all majors and minors without prerequisite. If you find the Beijing study tours on this page not what you expect, you may contact our Beijing China trip advisors to organize for you the customized Beijing study tours.

Chinese Medicine Study Day Tour

This tour is intended for those who are interested in Chinese medicine and the Chinese methods for easing the aging and maintaining good health.

Pick you up from your hotel in Beijing around 9:00am. Then drive to the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. You will be arranged to meet and talk to the professionals at the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. They will make a brief introduction to the practices of acupuncture, Chinese herbology amd measures to protect the health. Then they will take you to visit the outpatient department.

Afterwards, you visit one of the medical wards and see how the doctors treating the patients by using acupuncture. Finally you are arranged to visit its pharmacy to see how people taking the Chinese medicines.

After finishing the visit to the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, you are arranged to have hutong tour in the Shichahai area and have lunch with the locals in their courtyard home.

After lunch, you proceed to visit one of the branches of Beijing Tongrentang Pharmacy. Beijing Tongrentang Pharmacy is a world famous Chinese pharmacy. Tongrentang was first set up in 1669. It was the designated brand of TCM for Qing court ( 1644 - 1911). Now it has a history of over 300 years. The pharmacy has been continuing to expand till today. You will see how people taking Chinese medicines and checking up their health. One practitioner at Tongrentang will teach you some basic knowledge of Tui Na. Tui Na is a form of Chinese manipulative therapy often used with acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping.

Tui Na is a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and is taught in TCM schools as part of formal training in Chinese medicine. After learning Tui Na, you will have one hour for relaxation to enjoy foot message at Beijing Tongrentang foot massage studio in Beijing Tongrentang Pharmacy. Return to your hotel in Beijing after your foot message.

Beijing Cooking Learning Day Tour

Tour Itinerary
Pick-up from your hotel and transferred to Beijing Cooking School in the morning. In the Cooking school you will learn a few different dishes and see how they are made from beginning to end learning the secrets of excellent Chinese cooking. You will prepare one dish yourself with the help from the experts of the school. This is a hands on learning experience.

You will have lunch at the school canteen. Afternoon you will visit the Market to learn about Chinese vegetables, meats and the many spices that make Chinese cooking special. Early dinner will be arranged at Tianjin Baijiaoyuan Restaurant to see how Chinese Jiaozi ( Dumping ) is made and enjoy them as well. return to your hotel.

Beijing Taiji Learning Morning Tour

Our Taiji Tour Guide picks you up at your hotel at 6:00am. You will be transferred to the Temple of Heaven. Every morning the Temple of Heaven is just like a huge playground, on which a great number of local people come here to do morning activities like Taiji, Martial arts, singing, dancing etc. Your Taiji master will show you an exhibition of Taichi, where the healing art mixes into the quick movements of martial arts.

Then your Taiji master will offer you one hour's lecture on Chinese Taichi on the spot starting with a demonstration of the basic steps of Taichi. Afterwards, your master teaches you how to do some of these elegant, flowing exercises together with him, assisting you to feel one of China's most highly regarded arts. Transferred back to your hotel around 9:00am.

Beijing City Highlight Tour with Taiji Learning

If you don't want to miss the learning of Taiji while travelling the major attractions of Beijing, this one day tour is right for you. Our Taiji tour guide pick up from your hotel at 9:00am. Today's highlight is your visit to the Temple of Heaven,the place where the Emperors prayed for peace and harvest.

On the Temple of Heaven, your Taiji master will offer you one hour's lecture on Chinese Taichi on the spot starting with a demonstration of the basic steps of Taichi.
After lunch, move on to the Imperial Palace. also known as the "Forbidden City". Afterwards, transferred to your hotel.

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