- Hangzhou - Meet up. Ride out.
[8:45
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9:00] Meet up with your guide, get acquainted. Depart for the Xixi Wetlands.
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Xixi Wetland Park - Xixi Wetlands. Aristocrat’s Hong Manor. Cosplay styling. Lunch.
Arrive at the Xixi Wetlands, stepping off the bus at Hong Manor.
Follow the bluestone paths of Hong Manor by clan temple houses, gardens and over streams bridges. Walk through the gardens to the Bei’Yin Han Dress Photography Studio.
Select the old-era Chinese aristocrat clothing that catches your fancy, then sit back as professional stylists transform you into an oriental character from the past. Feel free to make style requests through your bilingual guide.
Move with the old-time entourage to a specialty vegetarian hotpot restaurant nearby. Taste the delicious mini hotpot.
- Xixi Wetland Park - Tea ceremony. Wetland boating.
Lunch ends. Tea begins.
Meet with your tea ceremony instructor. Learn the origins of the art, then watch and imitate the elegant movements of tea steeping. Master the process and you will receive a certificate of accomplishment.
Class ends, boating begins.
Drift on the quiet wetland waters in the late afternoon light. Return to the banks as the sun is setting.
- Hangzhou - Return garments. Send off. Tour end.
[15:30] Return to the Bei’Yin Han Studio, change clothes, then board the bus.
[16:00] Return to downtown Hangzhou.
This concludes the tour.
- Bilingual Chinese-English guide accompaniment
- All boat fees included
- Complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off service
- Authentic tea experience
- Xixi Wetlands Hong Garden entrance ticket covered
- Insurance for the duration of the tour
- Vegetarian hot pot lunch provided
- Traditional Chinese clothing and styling for memorable photos
- Gratuity
Enjoy a day-long guided cultural dive into the Xixi Wetlands of Hangzhou. A rare glimpse into the affluent lifestyle of Southern China’s age-old nobility.
Break away from the norm. Connect with a historic southern elite living experience. Feel the grandeur of the ancient world.
Delve into the family mansion of a deep-rooted Chinese nobility. Dress up in traditional Chinese aristocratic attire and immerse yourself in an age-old tea ceremony. Sail on the tranquil waters of the afternoon wetland.
- Embrace elegance. Exclusive, detailed Han-era cosplay experience offering professional hair and makeup. Treat yourself to the refined miniature-style vegetarian hotpot.
- Grasp an aristocratic Chinese ceremony. Master the art of brewing tea in a lidded-cup. Earn a certificate of achievement upon learning the procedure.
- Explore the area. Roam around the Hong Manor, once the abode of the Hong lineage. Float along the shadowy streams of the Xixi wetland in a rowboat.
- Lunch included. Relish the refreshingly mild miniature vegetarian hotpot.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
