Intensive One-on-one Chinese Course

You can choose to study Chinese in Jingmai Tea Mountain 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 make sure that you learn the most Chinese in the shortest possible time.

Accommodation is included.

Why learn Chinese in Jingmai Mountain?

Where to learn Chinese in Yunnan? Jingmai Mountain can be one of your choices.

Jingmai Mountain is located on the southwestern border of Yunnan Province, at the junction of Xishuangbanna, Pu’er, and Myanmar.

It is famous for Pu’er tea. As one of the six central tea mountains in China, Jingmai Mountain is also the birthplace of tea.

Jingmai Mountain has the world’s best-preserved, oldest and largest artificially cultivated ancient tea garden, which has witnessed the development of Chinese tea culture.

You can experience the minority culture of the Bulang group and the Dai group.

Places to Visit in Jingmai Mountain – Ancient Villages

There are two famous ancient villages on Jingmaishan Mountain. One is the Wengji Village, which the Bulang minority group inhabits. The other one is Nuogan Village, where the Dai minority group lives in. These two ancient villages are the most well-preserved two of many ancient villages here in Jingmaishan Mountain.

These featured minority group wooden-fenced buildings are scattered along the hill, breathing together with the old tea trees and forests.

Places to Visit in Jingmai Mountain – Bee God Tree

Among many places for you to visit in Jingmai Mountain, the Bee God Tree must be an interesting one.

There is a tall ancient Banyan tree near the Mangjing area. More than 60 honeycombs are always gathered on the tree, so the local Bulang group calls it Bee God Tree. The Bulang people believe that bees are the angels of happiness and the incarnation of their ancestors Pa’aileng. A ritual event called “attracting bees” will be held at significant festivals under the Bee God Tree.

Places to Visit in Jingmai Mountain – Manghong Octagonal Pagoda

This pagoda is a Theravada Buddhist Pagoda built in the Qing Dynasty by the Bulang people. This pagoda is in an octagonal pattern with a height of 2.1 meters. There are seven stone carving patterns on the top and bottom of the tower body and a tower gate in the west. There are ancient weapons painted under the eaves of the pagoda, and the interior of the tower is hollow, which is the place where the Buddhist scriptures of the Bulang people are collected.

Things To Do in Jingmai Mountain – Experiencing ethnic minority’s culture

Many ethnic minorities have lived on Jingmai Mountain for generations, such as Bulang, Dai, Hani, and Wa. Each minority group has its characteristics, and only when you study Chinese in Jingmai can you truly experience the folk customs and folklore of these minority groups.

April is the most concentrated time for celebrating minority festivals in Jingmai Mountain. The Songkran Festival, the Shankang Festival, and the grand tea ancestor ceremony were held by the Bulang people. Each village will have a banquet; people will also set off fireworks. April is also the time for spring tea to go on the market, and there will be many tea merchants, which is very lively.

Cuisine in Jingmai Mountain – Wrapped and steamed rice noodle 包蒸

The dish of wrapped and steamed rice noodles is also the specialty flavor ethnic cuisine of Jingmai Mountain. Rice noodles, fresh pork meats, plantain leaves, small bitter fruits, and mushrooms are the main ingredients. Chopping the ingredients separately, mixing them with rice noodles evenly, adding various seasonings, and wrapping them up with banana leaves. Steaming the wrapped dish for a while, you can enjoy this delicacy.