Intensive One-on-one Chinese Course

You can choose to study Chinese in Jianshui for 4 hours per day (20 hours/week) or 6 hours per day (30 hours/week). If you want to learn Chinese in China, the intensive one-on-one course is the fastest way to improve your Chinese.

We use unique teaching methods developed by Keats. Your Chinese teacher(s) will prepare your lessons according to your level of Chinese and your learning goals to ensure that you learn the most Chinese in the shortest possible time.

Accommodation is included.

Why learn Chinese in Jianshui?

There are many reasons why you should learn the Chinese language in China, especially in Jianshui town.

Jianshui is an ancient town with rich historical connotations, and there are traces of the passage of time everywhere. Jianshui was built in Tang Dynasty (around 810). Compared with the outside world, Jianshui is simpler. Except for the big festivals, you will rarely see tourists while walking in the ancient city. There are only local people wandering around. Therefore, it is very different from Dali and Lijiang, which attracts many tourists.

After 12 centuries of construction, Jianshui has preserved more than 50 ancient buildings and is known as the “Museum of Ancient Architecture” and “Museum of Folks Houses.”

How to Get to Jianshui?

Different types of transportation can be chosen when traveling to Jianshui town to learn Chinese. Jianshui County is located in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan province. It is approximately 129 miles south of the provincial capital of Kunming.

The easiest way to get to Jianshui is to take the high-speed train from Kunming to Jianshui. It only takes about 2 hours to get there, and the Jianshui train station is quite close to the Jianshui ancient town.

We offer train station pick-up and drop-off for free.

Places to Visit in Jianshui – Zhu Family’s Garden

Jianshui Zhu Family’s Garden is located in the middle section of Jianxin Street in the ancient city of Jianshui County. It is a family house and ancestral hall built by brothers Zhu Weiqing, a squire in the late Qing Dynasty. The Zhu Family’s Garden covers more than 20,000 square meters, a construction area of more than 5,000 square meters.

Zhu Family’s Garden is a precious architectural, historical and cultural heritage of Jianshui. It is a product of the combination of the architectural art of the Han people and the architectural art of local ethnic minorities.

Places to Visit in Jianshui – Tuanshan Folk House

“Tuanshan” is the Yi group language, which means “a place where there is gold and silver.” Jianshui Tuanshan folk house was the residence of Yi people in history. There is a large-scale, well-preserved Han folk house in this quiet small village after 600 years of wind and rain, which is rare in remote minority areas.

Things To Do in Jianshui – Take a ride on the touring train

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the southern Yunnan squire raised funds to build the Ge-Bi-shi Railway (Gejiu-Bisezhai-Shiping) to transport tin ore in Gejiu. It was the first commercial railway in China and the only Inch-rail (gauge 0.6 meters) railway in the country.

Jianshui government has reopened the “Lin’an-Tuanshan” section of the sightseeing train on this railway, with a total length of 13 kilometers. The carriages have been transformed from the original rail carriages. Take a ride on this touring train, and enjoy the ancient bridges, ancient villages, French-style train stations, and rural scenery around Jianshui.

Cuisine in Jianshui – Steamed Pot Chicken Soup 汽锅鸡

Do you know what to order in a Chinese restaurant?

Jianshui produces a unique earthenware pot steamer called 汽锅 qì guō, which is specially used for steaming food. The method of steaming chicken is to put chicken and condiments into the pot steamer and place it on a soup pot filled with water. The steam will pass through the steam nozzle in the steamer to heat the chicken. Because the soup is condensed by steam, the umami taste of the chicken is well preserved during the steaming process, and you can enjoy the original taste of the chicken from this dish.

Cuisine in Jianshui – Typha Orientalis 草芽

Typha Orientalis has a sweet, crispy, and fresh taste, unique to Jianshui County. After the fresh Typha Orientalis grow out of the water, they should be stored in the bottom of the bucket with water immediately and arrive at the kitchen and dining table in the shortest possible time; otherwise, they will get too chewy. Therefore, this is also a delicacy you cannot take away from Jianshui.

It can be stir-fried with meats, cooked as a soup, or added to the famous Cross-bridge rice noodles.

There are another 10 dishes you must try when learning Chinese in Yunnan.