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Learn Chinese in Jingmai Tea Mountain
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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.

How to Get to Jingmai Mountain?

Jingmai Mountain is located in the southwestern of Kunming. There are two airports located nearby Jingmai Mountain, which are Lancang River Airport and Xishuangbanna Airport. The fastest way to get to Jingmaishan Mountain is to take a flight from Kunming to Lancang River Airport and then take a bus to Jingmai Mountain, which is about a 2-hour ride.

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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.

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Places to Visit in Jingmai Mountain – Chahuntai

When learning Chinese in Jingmai Mountain, China, you must visit the Chahuntai.

Chahuntai is where Bulang people worship their ancestors, Pa’aileng, and his wife, the Dai Princess Qigongzhu. Pa’aileng was the leader of the ancient Bulang group who taught Bulang people how to grow tea leaves.

Every year in the middle of April, the Bulang group holds a ground ceremony to memorize and worship their ancestors, so it is also called Tea Ancestor Festival.

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 – Tea Gardens

One of the many places for you to visit after the Chinese classes is the local tea gardens.

Jingmai Mountain is famous for its long history of producing top-quality Pu’er tea. Many ancient tea gardens still work well nowadays. Among them, the Dapingzhang tea garden is the most famous one. It is located in a land that flats like a palm.

In the Dapingzhang tea garden, there is an ancient tea tree living for over 1,000 years. This ancient tea tree breathes with the dense forests around it and radiates a unique fragrance. It would be even stronger in fall when the tea blossoms are everywhere on the hill.

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 – Photographing the sea of clouds

The autumn and winter seasons are the best time to appreciate the pretty natural view of the sea of clouds here in Jingmai Mountain. You can slow down your footsteps here in Jingmai Mountain to enjoy a peaceful daily life by basking in the warm sunshine, drinking the best Pu’er tea, and taking amazing pictures of the sea of clouds flowing among the hills.

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 – Chopped raw meats 剁生

Raw meats are minced raw meat repeatedly chopped with lean meat from various animals and pure natural wild seasonings. In the chopping process, people will also chop an appropriate amount of animal blood together. The dish of chopped raw meats has many ingredients. When served with a variety of fresh wild vegetables and fruits, the taste is even more remarkable, making people unforgettable for a lifetime. This dish is an exceptional minority cuisine popular among the Bulang and Dai people in Jingmai Mountain.

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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.

 

Cuisine in Jingmai Mountain – Bulang group’s grinded Chilli 布朗舂辣子

Bulang people prefer the spicy flavor. The Bulang group’s ground chili is with distinctive minority characteristics. Bulang people use self-grown chili, mixing with at least 12 spices to pestle together. When all of these ingredients are evenly ground, this dish is completed. This dish of Bulang group’s ground Chilli can be served as an appetizer or added directly to the main course or other dishes to enrich the taste.

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I really enjoy coming here because it is like kind of a home for me. It is a great environment to learn Mandarin Chinese in China and meet great people from all over the world. Everyone here is extremely friendly. Kunming has a really nice climate. It is a very good mix of the modern city and also a lot of historic Chinese culture. Probably got the cleanest air in China and possibly the cleanest water too. I invite you to come to study Chinese in Kunming.

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I really enjoy this place because we have private Mandarin lessons. I took the 6-hour program, 4 hours in the morning, 2 in the afternoon. Even though it is quite a lot, the teaching is complimentary. This is very helpful because I could review what I did before and learn new things. My 2 teachers are fantastic. We live in the school, so it is convenient. It is interesting to me to meet people from all over the world.

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My first semester that I studied at another school, and the pressure there was pretty high, the classroom hour was long, and the homework was pretty tedious. Since I came to Keats, I found I have a lot more opportunities to speak in the classroom. My classmates all are fluent and love speaking and participating in the class. We have great classroom dynamic.

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Robert | Netherlands

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Since last semester, we started studying Chinese at Keats. It was the best choice we can ever make. It is a really good school. The classes are a lot of fun, you learn a lot, but very interactive, so you talk a lot which means it is not just books and writing. Kunming is a really pleasant city to live in, especially if you compare it to other cities in the east. If you like to travel, if you like to study Chinese in a fun way, Keats has the best Chinese language program for you.

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Matteo | Italy

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I really enjoy studying Chinese in Kunming at Keats. The teachers are great and my classmates are awesome. It is an unforgettable experience for me. I also got the chance to travel to other places in Yunnan. Those places are amazing and you definitely need to visit these places when you study Chinese in China at Keats.

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I’ve been at Keats school and Kunming now for one month doing the one-on-one Chinese lessons with two different teachers. I really enjoy it. Both of my teachers are very friendly and patient. They really helped me to improve my Chinese, both of my reading and speaking. I really enjoy studying Chinese in Kunming as well. This city is really beautiful and the weather is nice, the air is clean. It’s one of the best cities in China to study Chinese.

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So during my first week at Keats, I didn’t dare to speak any Chinese words. I found out that my Chinese level quickly improved since then. Although I have many options to study in China, for example, some other schools have homestay, I found I could immerse myself and fully focus on learning Chinese by staying at Keats.

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I found Keats to be very good, teachers are excellent and really take the students seriously. Kunming is the best place to learn Mandarin in China. The environment is awesome, no pollution. The air quality is great, good weather. The people here are very friendly. I come to take classes every day. I feel comfortable studying Chinese at Keats. I learned so many things, although I only studied at Keats for 2 months. I am really satisfied with my teacher. For us foreigners, Keats is the best Chinese school in China. Therefore, I would highly recommend Keats to all of you.

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