Beijing Hutong tour with Rickshaw

Itinerary
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Stop At: Bell and Drum Towers, Beijing

Be met our private English-speaking tour guide at the Drum Tower area. Rickshaw helps increase the fun of your Hutong tour. Visit the Drum Tower, the time service at the center of ancient Beijing and a great observation deck for the old Hutong area. Pass through the old Hutong alleys just as following the traces of old Beijingers, and then drop in at a local Hutong family and appreciate their courtyard house (Siheyuan), the typical residence style of old Beijing people. We will have a lesson of learn Chinese paper cutting ( or learn to paint Peking Opera facial make up), which is a kind of folk art which uses scissors or knives to cut papers for decoration or other folk activities. Having a wide mass base in China, paper cutting has been involved in the social life for different peoples and has presented multiple social values in cognition, amusement and communication. Afterwards prepare Lunch together, learning to make dumplings and local home cooking. While eating the meal, listen to the ancient stories about the family. After the meal, go to the local market with the guide and ends the trip.

Duration: 4 hours