Visit the Botanical Garden
Price: FREE
Where: Meet at the school
WHAT: Visit the Botanical Garden
Who: Keats students
Why:
Kunming, known as the “Spring City”, is also a kingdom of plants because of the mild weather.
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.
BBQ
Price: Split the cost
Where: Chengdu campus
WHAT: Have some nice BBQ with your schoolmate
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Barbeque stalls are often located outside and friends will sit around a table together. They can try barbequing themselves or ask the staff to assist them instead. They have all sorts of meat and vegetable dishes they can try together. Eating together, drinking together, talking with friends is a very enjoyable experience. Let’s all go for a barbecue together!
Try Yunnan Pu’er Cuisine
Price: Split the Bill
Where: Kunming campus - Meet on the 8th floor
WHAT: Foodie Night
Who: Keats students
Why:
Pu’er cuisine (普洱菜) is the distinct culinary tradition of Pu’er City in Yunnan, China, characterized by its bold use of wild mountain herbs, fermented ingredients, and ethnic minority cooking techniques, reflecting the region’s biodiverse tea-forest ecosystems.
Play Table Tennis
Price: FREE
Where: Kunming - Tuodong Sports Stadium
WHAT: Sports Night
Who: Keats Students
Why:
Let’s do some sports after intensive Chinese classes!
Zhuang brocade circular fan
Price: FREE
Where: Keats 8th Floor
WHAT: Zhuang brocade circular fan
Who: Keats students
Why:
You can take a Zhuang brocade fan as a unique ethnic souvenir.
Come and create your own blown ink painting with us!
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Culture Night
Who: Keats students
Why:
Blow ink with breath, paint unique Chinese charm.
Nanqiang Street Night Market
Price: FREE
Where: Keats 8th Floor
WHAT: Nanqiang Street Night Market
Who: Keats students
Why:
Wander around Nanqiang Street Night Market, a bustling old-block night market full of Yunnan snacks, handicrafts and folk performances.
Visit Kuanzhai Alley
Price: FREE
Where: Chengdu campus - meet on the 3rd floor
WHAT: Night Market
Who: Keats students
Why:
Kuanzhai Alley, a meticulously preserved Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) district in Chengdu, interweaves ‘Wide Alley’ (宽巷子), ‘Narrow Alley’ (窄巷子), and ‘Well Alley’ (井巷子) to offer a living tapestry of Sichuan courtyard homes (四合院), sizzling street snacks, artisan crafts, and teahouse serenity amidst revived historical architecture and contemporary cultural energy.
Hike on Qingcheng Mountain
Price: Split the Bill
Where: Meet at the Chengdu campus
WHAT: Hike on Qingcheng Mountain
Who: Keats students
Why:
Let’s hike Qingcheng Mountain! Breathe fresh mountain air and explore ancient Taoist landmarks of Sichuan.