Today you have a cooking course, Chinese Traditional Arts and so on at Hutong local families in Beijing. Today we will give you a better understanding of the basics of Chinese cuisine and some insight into local life.

At 7:30am, learn Taiji at shichahai(30minutes) with its ancient style and modern setting, Shichahai is now a comfortable place for locals' recreational life and visitors' tours. It is amazing to stand on the bridge to view the Shichahai Lake. At 8:00 am, have breakfast with local beijinger.Then learn about Chinese calligraphy writing and learn the Art of Peking opera and the facial make-up of the Peking opera character(1hour).About 9:30am, local tour guide will take you to visit inner Hutong by rickshaw(1hour) and buy some vegetables at a local market(30minutes). At 11:00am, you have a cooking course in local family's and lunch. At the noon, you will have a rest.

In the afternoon, visit Drum tower, watch the fantastic drum beating performance(1hour). Then visit the Bell tower(1hour) and learn yoyo. Then we have a dinner at local family. After dinner, we could join in community activities(1hour) with local Beijinger. Then we and walking along shichahai and enjoy the night scene of shichahai. Return to your Hutong hotel.

Chinese calligraphy:

Learning Chinese calligraphy can be started at any age if we know the right methods. Adults and kids can both make astonishing progress if we can apply the correct methods - it does not matter when we actually started. What matters more is how well we understand the basic principles and apply them carefully. Besides, we have lots of time in our life to learn over and over again. In fact, some masters of Chinese calligraphy and brush painting actually started later in their life.