Come and create your own blown ink painting with us!
Price: FREE
Where: Meet at the school
WHAT: Culture Night
Who: Keats students
Why:
Blow ink with breath, paint unique Chinese charm.
Sanse Road Night Market
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Night Market
Who: Keats students
Why:
Neon lights by Jinjiang River, trendy street food at Sanse Road
Visit Dujiangyan
Price: RMB 200
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
This UNESCO-listed 2,200-year-old irrigation system near Chengdu, engineered without dams in 256 BCE, still tames floods and waters farmland today as the world’s oldest surviving hydraulic project.
Visit East Suburb Memory
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
Born from a 1950s state-owned electronics factory, East Suburb Memory is Chengdu’s electrified creative nucleus where Soviet-inspired smokestacks loom over graffiti-splashed galleries, indie concert halls, retro cafés, and industrial relics reanimated as avant-garde art spaces and digital media hubs.
Make a Lantern Lamp
Price: FREE
Where: Kunming Campus
WHAT: Make a Lantern Lamp
Who: Keats students
Why:
Ms. Wang will teach you how to make a Chinese lantern lamp. It is a great time to do some handicrafts.
Make Gold Foil Paintings
Price: FREE
Where: Keats Cafeteria
WHAT: Culture Night
Who: Keats students
Why:
Gold foil painting (金箔画) is a traditional Chinese art form that involves creating intricate designs and images using thin sheets of gold foil, often resulting in luxurious and visually striking artworks.
Visit the Kunming Old Street
Price: FREE
Where: Meet on the 8th floor
WHAT: Kunming Old Street
Who: Keats students
Why:
Located in the city center, Kunming Old Street is the epitome of the history of Kunming with its ancient architecture and atmosphere.
Visit Nanqiang Market
Price: Free
Where: Train Night Market
WHAT: Try Street Food
Who: Keats students
Why:
Nanqiang Market has all kinds of street food that Yunnan could have. So visit this night market with one of Keats teachers.
Wangping Night Market
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - Meet at the school
WHAT: Market night
Who: Keats students and teachers
Why:
Wangping Street: A historic yet vibrant artery of Chengdu’s local life and modern culture.
Visit Yongling Museum
Price: Split the cost
Where: Chengdu campus
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
Discover the unique subterranean tomb and exquisite ancient musical stone carvings of the Tang and Five Dynasties eras at Chengdu’s historic Yongling Museum.