Cultural Activities: Includes a guided hutong walk, siheyuan introduction, calligraphy class and hands-on dumpling making.
Private English-Guided Tour: A private experience for your group, led by an English-speaking guide who interprets the home activities.
Duration: 5 hours
Home-Cooked Dumpling Lunch: Includes handmade dumplings, seasonal family dishes, traditional Chinese tea, sweet snacks and fresh seasonal fruit.
Shichahai to Hutong Home: Shichahai Station, Drum and Bell Tower area, Yandai Xie Street, Yinding Bridge, Houhai and the family home.
Materials and Artwork: Includes calligraphy materials, dumpling ingredients and the calligraphy artwork you create and take home.
Full-Day Cultural Tour: Prince Gong’s Mansion, Shichahai, hutong home visit, Yandai Xie Street, Drum & Bell Towers, calligraphy & dumpling making.
Private English-Guided Tour: A private tour exclusively for your group, led by an English-speaking guide throughout the full-day experience.
Duration: 8 hours
Home-Cooked Dumpling Lunch: Includes handmade dumplings, seasonal family dishes, traditional Chinese tea, sweet snacks and fresh seasonal fruit.
Old Beijing Heritage Route: Hotel, Prince Gong’s Mansion, Shichahai, hutong home, Yandai Xie Street, Drum and Bell Towers, then hotel return.
Admissions and Activities: Includes mansion and tower tickets, calligraphy materials, dumpling-making instruction and take-home artwork.
Step into Beijing’s historic hutongs and experience the neighborhood through its streets, traditions and family life.
1️⃣ Shichahai & Hutong Walk
Meet your private guide outside Exit A2 of Shichahai Station. Walk through the Drum and Bell Tower area, Yandai Xie Street, Yinding Bridge, Houhai and residential hutongs while learning about Old Beijing.
2️⃣ Siheyuan Home Introduction
Enter a local family home and learn how a traditional siheyuan courtyard is arranged, how families shared its rooms and how hutong homes have adapted to modern life.
3️⃣ Chinese Calligraphy
Learn to hold the brush, practise basic strokes and write meaningful Chinese characters with a local instructor. Take your finished artwork home.
4️⃣ Dumpling Making
Prepare northern Chinese dumplings by making the filling, rolling wrappers and practising different folds before cooking them together.
5️⃣ Home-Cooked Lunch, Tea & Stories
Share your dumplings, seasonal family dishes, tea and fruit with the host family. Your private guide interprets the conversation and explains local traditions and everyday life in Beijing.
As a private experience, the walking pace and activities can be adjusted to your group.
Meet your guide directly outside Exit A2 of Shichahai Station (Line 8). The guide will hold a sign with your name. Please arrive 10 minutes early and message us on WhatsApp or WeChat when you arrive. If you cannot find the guide, contact us by message or phone.
Meet your guide directly outside Exit A2 of Shichahai Station (Line 8). The guide will hold a sign with your name. Please arrive 10 minutes early and message us on WhatsApp or WeChat when you arrive. If you cannot find the guide, contact us by message or phone.
