Visit Kunming Museum
Price: Free
Where: Meet at Keats school, and walk to Kunming museum
WHAT: Visit Kunming museum
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Kunming Museum was built in September 1997. It is located in the city center, close to Keats school, 15 minutes’ on foot. Kunming museum is a comprehensive museum with interesting exhibitions such as Flying Tigers, photography of old Kunming, precious bronze collection. What’s important is that it has the oldest Buddhist pagoda of Kunming inside. Let’s immerse ourselves in the wonders of history.
Keats School’s 3rd International Cultural Festival
Price: Free
Where: Meet at Keats school first, and then walk there
WHAT: To celebrate Keats School’s 3rd International Cultural Festival
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Keats School will hold her third large school event next week —— Keats School’s 3rd International Cultural Festival. The theme of this event is “I Love My Hometown and I Love China”.
All Keats teachers and students will be gathered together to celebrate this spectacular festival. The core essence of this event is that teachers and students will give us fantastic shows. The teachers and the students in each class will sing Chinese songs that they picked. The most exciting and wonderful part is that every student will use a variety of ways to show their beautiful hometowns.
Each event at Keats School has fun games, and of course we will not miss any fun games for this coming event as well. Let’s count down to a feast of music and magic.
Learn a Chinese Song
Price: Free
Where: Keats Lounge
WHAT: Learn to Sing a Chinese Song
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
One good way to learn Chinese is to learn Chinese songs. Music can bring you joyful feelings while you study Chinese in China. Music not only makes you feel that learning Chinese is not boring, but also can make it much easier to memorize words. You can also learn some more authentic Chinese expressions. Join us and learn Chinese through the beautiful Chinese music.
Day Trip to Yunnan Nationalities Village
Price: Cost: Ticket —— 120 Yuan Bus —— 2 Yuan
Where: Meet at Keats school first, and then take bus to Yunnan nationalities village
WHAT: Visit Yunnan nationalities village
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
There are 56 minorities in China and 26 of out 56 minorities groups are living in Yunnan, so Yunnan is rich in minority culture, folk art, cuisine, customs, etc. Because all these minority groups live in different places of Yunnan, visiting all of them and learning about their cultures can be a hard thing. But don’t worry! We will take you to a wonderful place that has all Yunnan minority groups. It is Yunnan Nationalities Village. You only need to spend a day and then enjoy the Yunnan’s minority culture. Why are you still waiting? Let’s go together!
Appreciate the Chinese Traditional Music
Price: Free
Where: Keats Lounge
WHAT: Appreciate the Chinese traditional music
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Chinese music style is very unique, because we have a lot of traditional musical instruments, such as Erhu、Guzheng、Pipa、Hulusi and so on. The materials to make Chinese traditional musical instruments come from nature, so the sound of them are very close to the sounds of birds, river, wind, insect and so on. When you hear it in a very quiet environment, you will feel like you are in the nature. Please enjoy it together with us.
Yunnan Cuisine
Price: Bus ticket: 2 yuan Cost: food – 60 yuan
Where: Yunnan Cuisine Restaurant
WHAT: Enjoy a tasty Yunnan cuisine dinner
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Yunnan cuisine is similar to Sichuan cuisine, but the taste of Yunnan cuisine is not as spicy as Sichuan food. Because there were a lot of mountains in Yunnan province, many ingredients of Yunnan cuisine come from the mountains such as the delicious wild vegetables and mushrooms. In general, Yunnan food is rather healthy. Join us and we can’t wait for a fabulous dinner.
Day Trip to Flowers and Birds Market
Price: Bus-2 yuan
Where: Flowers and Birds Market
WHAT: Visit Flowers and Birds Market
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Kunming flowers and birds market is on the Yongdao street in Kunming city center. It is opened in 1983. At the beginning, there were only a few people who sold some flowers and stones. Several years later, as the business was getting better and better, the market attracted many visitors. Now, you can all kinds of Yunnan special products here. It has also become a very worth visiting place in Kunming. We will wait for you at the school to take you to the market.
Play Mahjong
Price: Free
Where: Keats Lounge
WHAT: Learn to Play to Chinese Mahjong
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Mahjong, orginated in China, is commonly played by four players. The origin of mahjong is widely discussed and one possible origin suggests that Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, developed the game in about 500 BC. The rules of mahjong are complicated, but don’t worry, we are here to help. Once you master all the rules, you will be attracted by the charm of it. Welcome to enjoy this activity!
Day Trip to Yunnan Provincial Museum
Price: Free
Where: Meet at Keats school first, and then take bus to the museum
WHAT: Visit Yunnan Provincial Museum
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Yunnan Provincial Museum is a comprehensive museum. It is located in Wuyi road of Kunming and it was established in August 1951. Yunnan Provincial Museum has a great collection of ancient bronze, ancient coins, ceramics, calligraphy, painting, stamps and various handcrafts, which have more than 200 thousand years of history. This is the best place for you to know about Yunnan’s culture and history. Let’s get the amazing trip started!
Play Chinese Chess
Price: Free
Where: Keats Lounge
WHAT: Learn to Play to Chinese Chess
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Chinese Chess or Xiangqi, is a very popular game in China. It has thousands of years history in China. It is suitable for all age groups. Containing the traditional Chinese philosophies, Chinese Chess has strict rules and a complete system, which are very helpful for your logic training and also it is a good way of entertaining. Welcome to enjoy this activity!