Tour Description
Pick up from your hotel lobby at 9:00am.Transfer to Hutong area by car, walk to explore the most beautiful Hutong area in Beijing(1hour). Sightseeing of inner Hutong by rickshaw(30minutes). Visit a local family and learn about Chinese chess & D.I.Y Chinese dumplings, enjoy these with other Chinese dishes will be your lunch(2hour).
D.I.Y 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, learn the skill of playing Chinese majiang (majong)(2hours). Return to your hotel.
Chinese majiang:
Mahjong is a Chinese game of skill, which involves four players. The game played in general is similar to all the versions of mahjong. However the game pieces and scoring slightly differs depending on regional variations.Online Mahjong game is almost similar to gin, rummy, while the object of mahjong is to build sets, as well as get the highest point value. In order to do this, each player selects and discards tiles until an entire set of combinations has been made.



