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Private Mahjong Course: Half-day Experience in Local tea house in Chengdu
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12 Ratings
Chengdu
Immerse yourself in the local culture of Chengdu with a half-day private mahjong course. Explore a spice market, learn about Sichuan cuisine, and master the traditional Chinese game with an English-speaking guide.
Immerse yourself in the local culture of Chengdu with a half-day private mahjong course. Explore a spice market, learn about Sichuan cuisine, and master the traditional Chinese game with an English-speaking guide.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Chilli Cool’s Kitchen - Immerse yourself in a 3-hour mahjong workshop where you’ll venture into a genuine local spice bazaar to discover and understand the various types of Sichuan spices and ingredients utilized in Sichuan cooking. Following the market visit, you’ll retreat to a comfortable space adorned with Chinese motifs to learn the renowned…
- Chilli Cool’s Kitchen - Immerse yourself in a 3-hour mahjong workshop where you’ll venture into a genuine local spice bazaar to discover and understand the various types of Sichuan spices and ingredients utilized in Sichuan cooking. Following the market visit, you’ll retreat to a comfortable space adorned with Chinese motifs to learn the renowned traditional Chinese tile game, mahjong, under the guidance of an English-speaking instructor. You’ll grasp the rules effortlessly and then put your skills to the test over a local tea. For those looking to challenge their wits, mahjong is an unmissable experience when in Chengdu.
What's Included
- Complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off
- Guided tour with a professional guide
- Refreshments including bottled water, snacks, and afternoon tea
- Tea and coffee availability
- Experience local flavors with a food tasting session
- Complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off
- Guided tour with a professional guide
- Refreshments including bottled water, snacks, and afternoon tea
- Tea and coffee availability
- Experience local flavors with a food tasting session
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
During this 3 hours mahjong course, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it and learn different species of Sichuan spices and ingredients that will be used in the Sichuan cuisine. After that, you’ll go to a cozy room with Chinese characteristics and learn how to play the famous traditional Chinese game, mahjong, with a English…
During this 3 hours mahjong course, you’ll be taken into an authentic local spice market to explore it and learn different species of Sichuan spices and ingredients that will be used in the Sichuan cuisine. After that, you’ll go to a cozy room with Chinese characteristics and learn how to play the famous traditional Chinese game, mahjong, with a English speaking guide. You’ll learn rules in an easy way and then test your mastery degree with a local tea. If you want to test your intelligence, you can not miss mahjong when you visit Chengdu.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum age is 5 years
Location
Zhangjia Alley
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(12 Ratings)
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Josephinemd9652se
Jun 8, 2025
Fun learning Mahjong with tea and snacks - I found this tour on Viator but wasn’t able to book it same day so I emailed the contact info on the Chilli Cool website and Jerry contacted me within an hour at 7 AM! Lance took me and my family to a local market where we saw lots of fresh meat and produce being sold and then to a spice market where he explained the types of spices and some of their culinary and medicinal purposes. We picked up some delicious garlic peanuts and local fruit and then headed to the Chilli Cool office where he made some tea for us to have with our snacks from the market.
We then learned to play Mahjong on the really cool automatic self shuffling table and played several rounds until we got the hang of it. Even my hard to please 16 and 18 yo sons had a good time and are interested in trying to beat mom and dad when we get back to the States. Overall a great way to appreciate how the people in Chengdu enjoy a more slow paced life playing Mahjong and drinking tea.
Lance was such a great guide and mahjong teacher - patient and kind especially at the end when we had some issues with our payment working on WeChat which took us 15 min to iron out with our bank and escorted us to and from the metro station which was a short walk from the beginning and end of the tour.
Highly recommend this tour for something a little different from the traditional ones being offered elsewhere especially for families that might have older kids that would enjoy learning something new.
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Leonardow857
May 6, 2025
Really fun tour that made me feel like a local in Chengdu! - Had an amazing day with Jerry in the tour! I was taken in an adventure in Chengdu, eating delicious Sichuan food, playing mahjong with local aunties, and learning so much about this beautiful city. Felt like I was hanging out with an old friend!
Highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Sichuan!!
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Lovetoeattravel2012
Mar 6, 2025
Great experience, definitely recommended! - Great tour for people interested in mahjong! We booked the tour with a transfer, our guide Lance picked us up and we took DiDi to north Chengdu, very quiet, leafy, residential part of the city. Tour started at the local market where we (Lance) bought some snacks to have with tea during the game. From the market we walked to their office where we played mahjong for about 2+ hours. It’s a small room with a real (mechanical) mahjong table and Lance taught us Sichuan version which is btw much much easier then the western or Cantonese or maybe Lance is a very good teacher:). It’s a great way to spend a few hours in Chengdu, not just for mahjong but also to be introduced to the different part of the city, definitely recommended!
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Kgirl9518
Oct 2, 2024
So fun! Great option for something different - I had the BEST time!!! My teacher and guide, Lance was more like a good friend than anything else. We first wandered around a local wet market and I learned about different Chengdu spices, vegetables and foods. Passed by numerous mahjong tea shops before getting to ours. After reviewing the rules we played for several hours while snacking on coffee, tea and fresh items purchased in the market. I had soooo much fun!!! Laughed a lot!!
Lance and another Chinese friend were friendly, patient and encouraging. Lance’s English was wonderful but he also helped me with my (bad) mandarin. Can’t recommend cool chili and lance any more highly
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Anonymous
Jun 22, 2024
Discovering Mahjong, but also making friends - Very grateful experience I recommend to anyone coming to Chengdu. You really can see how locals live in those non touristic areas. I felt like home, if the tour guide were my very old friend and we were just playing mahjong while enjoying local te and fruit. I also loved the smoked tofu (tasted like Spanish smoked cheese) so I just took some more to my hotel.
Thank you really much for the experience and your kindness! I'll practice more and challenge you guys when I'm back.
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Desiree_m
May 5, 2024
LOVED IT!!!!! - Excellent customer service from the start. Tour operator contacted me almost immediately after I booked to clarify my hotel location for pick up. Then, as we were driving to the location, my guide pointed out different sites we were passing that I might want to check out later. We walked through a marketplace on the way to the mahjong houses and my guide pointed out different produce that was in season and different herbs used in Chinese medicine.
My guide asked if I smoked and when I said no, he found a house where no one was smoking. He did an excellent job explaining the game to me, showing me how the tiles were organized and the general rules of the game. We played several games with him giving me advice and where we could see each other’s tiles. We then played more games without being able to see each other’s tiles. I am completely hooked on this game now.
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Mirrorwhatyouadmire
Jul 27, 2019
So cool this Mahjong course! - What an excellent idea to introduce this typical Chinese game to Chengdu visitors.
Before arriving in Chengdu, communication with Ocean from ChilliCoolChina was very clear, fast and smooth. Our plane was delayed, but she managed to postpone our tour for a few hours!! Thanks again Ocean!!
We were picked up at our hotel by the lovely Emma, visited a local market & tasted some yummie Chengdu snacks, walked to ChilliCoolChina's teahouse for tea, and started the mahjong course. Emma patiently explained the basic rules and we started playing. Then another staff member joined in and we could play a few rounds with 4 persons. Truly a wonderful experience! Highly recommended
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Glenn
Jul 4, 2019
Pleasant Family Time - It seemed like every other activity in Chengdu involved pandas or food, so we tried this out. My mother-in-law is an avid mahjong player, so this was something to share with her grandchildren (12 and 13). The table was a mechanical sort variety and despite being in a building with many smokers was thankfully smoke-free.
Our instructor, Ocean, was the nicest, most patient young woman who speaks passable English. We spent a half hour walking through a simulated game and then several hours playing 2 variants of mahjong separated by a decent lunch.
My daughter won enough to keep happy but my son would rather read his Kindle.
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Mvbriemen
Jan 11, 2019
So much fun! - Winter, a local guide and a very good Mahjong player, gave us a nice introduction to this difficult game. Step-by-step and in a fun way we learned the Chinese symbols (1-10) and the rules of the game. We played a couple of games in a nice warm room (it’s cold in Chengdu in the Winter!) and on a cool professional Mahjong table. We actually know the basics of the game and will for sure play it when we’re home. Winter knows Chengdu very well and helped us with lots of stuff. Like a good place to have diner, buying a nice Mahjong set for home and he also was a translator during cooking class! This class is a fun must do if you got time in Chengdu!
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Zjjdbd
Dec 15, 2018
Great half day lesson! - My guide, Ocean, was very knowledgeable and was a great instructor. We visited a local market and she pointed out different spices and things of interest. Afterwards, we went to a local tea house and she taught the game of mahjong. I'd definitely recommend the tour to anyone. Nice relaxing time.
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