Make Sachet with Chinese Herbs
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - lounge
WHAT: Culture Night
Who: Keats students
Why:
A Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) sachet (Xiāngnáng / 香囊) is a small, hand-carried pouch filled with aromatic Chinese herbs, traditionally used for health promotion, disease prevention, and warding off evil spirits according to folk customs.
Visit Mile
Price: Split the Cost
Where: Meet at the school first
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
Visit Dong’an Lake Sports Park
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Excursion
Who: Keats students
Why:
We’ll stroll along the lakeside greenway, admire the grand Universiade Stadium and Tang-style Dong’an Pavilion, and take photos of the stunning lake scenery.
Visit Leshan Giant Buddha
Price: Split the Bill
Where: Meet at the Chengdu campus
WHAT: Visit Leshan Giant Buddha
Who: Keats students
Why:
Carved into the cliffs of Mount Lingyun, the 71-meter-tall Leshan Giant Buddha is a majestic Tang Dynasty masterpiece and the world’s largest stone Buddha, serenely watching over the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu, and Qingyi rivers.
Visit the Bird and Flower Market
Price: FREE
Where: Keats 8th Floor
WHAT: Visit the Bird and Flower Market
Who: Students
Why:
Please join us for a trip to the Bird and Flower market. Here at the market, you can see all kinds of Yunnan local handicrafts, jewelry, and interesting animals.
- You will be amazed at what you see at the market
- You will find something that might be suitalbe as a gift for your friends
- You will learn how to say those interesting things in Chinese
Have Yunnan Wild Mushroom Hot Pot
Price: Split Cost
Where: Meet at Keats school
WHAT: Enjoy a nice Yunnan Wild Mushroom Hot Pot
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
One of the features of Yunnan is there are many kinds of wild mushrooms. Mushrooms are not only delicious but also nutritious. Since Yunnan people create mushrooms hot pot, mushrooms are getting more and more famous. Mushrooms hot pot has a distinctive and delicious flavor and you will love it!
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.
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.
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.