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Free cancellation available
Price is $105 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Rather than only walking through Beijing’s hutongs, guests spend time inside a real local family home. This private experience combines a guided Shichahai neighborhood walk with two hands-on traditions: Chinese calligraphy and dumpling making.

    A private English-speaking guide interprets the activities and conversations with the host family, helping guests understand both historic hutong culture and everyday life in Beijing today. Guests share a generous home-cooked lunch and leave with their own calligraphy artwork.

Activity location

  • 11 Nan Guan Fang Hu Tong
    • 11 Nan Guan Fang Hu Tong
    • 100035, Xi Cheng Qu, Bei Jing Shi, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 31 Di An Men Wai Da Jie
    • 31 Di An Men Wai Da Jie
    • 100009, Xi Cheng Qu, Bei Jing Shi, China

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5hr: Hutong Family Experience

  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Cultural Activities: Includes a guided hutong walk, siheyuan introduction, calligraphy class and hands-on dumpling making.
Private English-Guided Tour: A private experience for your group, led by an English-speaking guide who interprets the home activities.
Duration: 5 hours
Home-Cooked Dumpling Lunch: Includes handmade dumplings, seasonal family dishes, traditional Chinese tea, sweet snacks and fresh seasonal fruit.
Shichahai to Hutong Home: Shichahai Station, Drum and Bell Tower area, Yandai Xie Street, Yinding Bridge, Houhai and the family home.
Materials and Artwork: Includes calligraphy materials, dumpling ingredients and the calligraphy artwork you create and take home.

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00AM
Price details
$229.00 x 1 Adult$229.00
Total
Price is $229.00

5hr: Hutong Family Experience

  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Cultural Activities: Includes a guided hutong walk, siheyuan introduction, calligraphy class and hands-on dumpling making.
Private English-Guided Tour: A private experience for your group, led by an English-speaking guide who interprets the home activities.
Duration: 5 hours
Home-Cooked Dumpling Lunch: Includes handmade dumplings, seasonal family dishes, traditional Chinese tea, sweet snacks and fresh seasonal fruit.
Shichahai to Hutong Home: Shichahai Station, Drum and Bell Tower area, Yandai Xie Street, Yinding Bridge, Houhai and the family home.
Materials and Artwork: Includes calligraphy materials, dumpling ingredients and the calligraphy artwork you create and take home.

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00AM
Price details
$105.00 x 1 Adult$105.00
Total
Price is $105.00

8hr: Old Beijing Full-Day Tour

  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Full-Day Cultural Tour: Prince Gong’s Mansion, Shichahai, hutong home visit, Yandai Xie Street, Drum & Bell Towers, calligraphy & dumpling making.
Private English-Guided Tour: A private tour exclusively for your group, led by an English-speaking guide throughout the full-day experience.
Duration: 8 hours
Home-Cooked Dumpling Lunch: Includes handmade dumplings, seasonal family dishes, traditional Chinese tea, sweet snacks and fresh seasonal fruit.
Old Beijing Heritage Route: Hotel, Prince Gong’s Mansion, Shichahai, hutong home, Yandai Xie Street, Drum and Bell Towers, then hotel return.
Admissions and Activities: Includes mansion and tower tickets, calligraphy materials, dumpling-making instruction and take-home artwork.

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00AM
Price details
$299.00 x 1 Adult$299.00
Total
Price is $299.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Seasonal family-style dishes
  • Inclusions
    Dumpling-making instruction and ingredients
  • Inclusions
    All calligraphy materials
  • Inclusions
    Fresh seasonal fruit
  • Inclusions
    Handmade dumpling lunch
  • Inclusions
    Take-home calligraphy artwork
  • Inclusions
    Guided Shichahai and hutong walking tour
  • Inclusions
    Chinese calligraphy instruction
  • Inclusions
    Private English-speaking guide
  • Inclusions
    Traditional Chinese tea
  • Exclusions
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Exclusions
    Additional food and drinks
  • Exclusions
    Gratuities

Know before you book

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Specialized infant seats are available
    • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
    • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Activity itinerary

Step into Beijing’s historic hutongs and experience the neighborhood through its streets, traditions and family life. 1️⃣ Shichahai & Hutong Walk Meet your private guide outside Exit A2 of Shichahai Station. Walk through the Drum and Bell Tower area, Yandai Xie Street, Yinding Bridge, Houhai and residential hutongs while learning about Old Beijing. 2️⃣ Siheyuan Home Introduction Enter a local family home and learn how a traditional siheyuan courtyard is arranged, how families shared its rooms and how hutong homes have adapted to modern life. 3️⃣ Chinese Calligraphy Learn to hold the brush, practise basic strokes and write meaningful Chinese characters with a local instructor. Take your finished artwork home. 4️⃣ Dumpling Making Prepare northern Chinese dumplings by making the filling, rolling wrappers and practising different folds before cooking them together. 5️⃣ Home-Cooked Lunch, Tea & Stories Share your dumplings, seasonal family dishes, tea and fruit with the host family. Your private guide interprets the conversation and explains local traditions and everyday life in Beijing. As a private experience, the walking pace and activities can be adjusted to your group.

Location

Activity location

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    11 Nan Guan Fang Hu Tong
    • 11 Nan Guan Fang Hu Tong
    • 100035, Xi Cheng Qu, Bei Jing Shi, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    31 Di An Men Wai Da Jie
    • 31 Di An Men Wai Da Jie
    • 100009, Xi Cheng Qu, Bei Jing Shi, China

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