Dounan Flower Market
Price: FREE
Where: Meet at school first and take subway there
WHAT: Visit the Dounan Flower Market
Who: Keats students
Why:
Dounan Flower Market is the largest flower trade market in Asia. You will be surprised about the number of fresh flowers and what’s more, the price is incredibly cheap. A bunch of roses only cost 5 RMB. Dounan Market also attracts many tourists come to visit. We can take the subway to the market directly.
Zhaojue Temple
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
Zhaojue Temple in Chengdu is a historic Buddhist temple famous for its serene atmosphere and traditional architecture.
Try Red-braised pork
Price: Split cost
Where: Chengdu campus
WHAT: Foodie night
Who: Keats students
Why:
Chengdu’s take on red-braised pork belly transforms this classic comfort dish into an aromatic Sichuan masterpiece—slow-cooked in soy, ginger, and subtle spices until fork-tender, glistening with a sticky-sweet amber glaze, often served atop steamed buns.
Learn Chinese Chess
Price: Free
Where: Keats Cafeteria
WHAT: Learn Chinese Chess
Who: Keats Students
Why:
Chinese Chess is not hard to learn, but it is very challenging.
Play Mahjong
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - lounge
WHAT: Culture Night
Who: Keats students
Why:
Mahjong (also spelled majiang) is a classic Chinese tile-based game for four players that involves skill, strategy, and luck, where players draw and discard tiles to form specific combinations and patterns.
Visit Chunxi Road
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Visit Chunxi Road
Who: Keats students
Why:
As Chengdu’s pulsating heart of commerce since 1924, Chunxi Road blends luxury flagship stores, neon-lit mega-malls like IFS (featuring its iconic rooftop panda sculpture), and hidden-century-old temples with bustling street food alleys, epitomizing the city’s seamless fusion of hyper-modernity and timeless Sichuanese culture.
Visit Sanxingdui
Price: Split the Cost
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
This archaeological site in Sichuan, renowned for its 3,000-year-old, otherworldly bronze masks and towering sacred trees, rewrites early Chinese civilization with artifacts unlike anything found in the Yellow River valley.
Visit Mile
Price: Split the Cost
Where: Meet at the school first
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
Visit Wangjianglou Park
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students and teachers
Why:
Wangjianglou Park is a poetic bamboo sanctuary honoring Tang Dynasty poetess Xue Tao, where over 150 bamboo species frame ancient towers and tranquil teahouses overlooking the Jinjiang River.
Bo Bo Chicken
Price: Split the Bill
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Foodie Night
Who: Keats students
Why:
Bo Bo Chicken is a classic cold street snack from Leshan, popular all over Chengdu, a representative of Sichuan cuisine. Let’s try authentic Bo Bo Chicken at the night market tonight.
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