Pick up from your hotel lobby at 9:00am.Transfer to Hutong area(1hour) by car, explore the most beautiful Hutong area in Beijing by walking. Sightseeing of inner Hutong by rickshaw(1hour). Visit a local family and learn hands-on making Chinese dumplings(2hours), enjoy these with other Chinese dishes as this will be your lunch.

Making Chinese dumplings:

To make Chinese dumplings, first of all, chop the meat into pieces and mash them, then add salt, sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, scallions, Chinese cabbage and MSG if you like. Mix thoroughly the ingredients; add two spoonful of water if necessary.In a big bowl, add water to flour gradually. Mix and knead by hand to form soft dough, then cover it with towel and put it aside for about an hour. Then scatter some dry flour on the board, knead and roll it into a sausage---like dough about 5 centimeters in diameter, then chop it into small pieces. Press each piece with your hand and get a pancake. Finally, to hold the pancake with your palm and put the filling in the center and wrap into half-moon shaped and seal the edges.

In the afternoon, visit the Bell tower and Drum tower(2hours),watch the fantastic drum beating performance,then return to hotel.

Bell tower:

Bell tower of Beijing, stands closely behind the drum tower. Together with the drum tower, they provide an overview of central Beijing and before the modern era, they both dominated Beijing's ancient skyline.Bells and drums were musical instruments in ancient China. Later they were used by government and common people as timepieces. The Bell and Drum towers were the center of Chinese chronology during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.