Keats 10th International Cultural Festival and Potluck Dinner
Price: FREE
Where: Keats Cafeteria
WHAT: Keats 10th International Cultural Festival and Potluck Dinner
Who: Keats Students and Teachers
Why:
Please bring/cook some food to share with your Keats classmates and teachers. If you do not have a kitchen, you are welcome to use the big Keats kitchen, which will be available from 2PM. Then we will have a talent show.
Visit the 1970 Shenli Cultural Park
Price: FREE
Where: Keats School
WHAT: Visit the 1970 Shenli Cultural Park
Who: Keats students
Why:
This park used to be a factory. Now it was turned into a cultural park with the old architecture to reminisce about the old times.
Daytrip to the Stone Forest + Jiuxiang Caves
Price: RMB 275
Where: Meet on the 8th floor
WHAT: Visit the Stone Forest & Jiuxiang Caves
Who: Keats Students
Why:
Stone Forest is a must-go place in Kunming. It takes 1.5 hours of drive getting there.
Make your own Chinese embroidery
Price: FREE
Where: Keats School
WHAT: Make your own Chinese embroidery
Who: Students with Ms. Wang
Why:
Visit Yunnan Provincial Museum & Guandu Ancient Town
Price: FREE
Where: Keats School
WHAT: Visit Yunnan Provincial Museum & Guandu Ancient Town
Who: Keats Students
Why:
If you want to understand a city, the museum is the place you need to visit. Guandu Ancient Town is an old town in the Kunming city which has old buildings and tasty food.
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
Price: FREE
Where: Keats School Cafeteria
WHAT: Have a nice hot pot dinner
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
We will eat hot pot at the school and then make mooncakes to celebrate the mid-Autumn Festival.
Visit the Green Lake & Military Museum
Price: Free
Where: Meet on the 8th floor
WHAT: Visit the Green Lake & Military Museum
Who: Keats Students
Why:
The Green Lake Park is a park close to the city center. It is not far from the school. Next to the Green Lake, we will visit the Military Museum.
Trip to the Kunming Plants Research Center
Price: FREE
Where: Meet at Keats school and take bus there
WHAT: Visit the Kunming plants research center
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Kunming Plants Research Center is lying in the north of Kunming. Thousands of plants are attracting many tourists every year. Indoor and outdoor plants will make you surprise. Every tag of different plants will show you information about plant’s name, type, and years etc. It is a good place for people to appreciate the beautiful scenery and close to the nature.
Learn Tang Poetry
Price: FREE
Where: Keats Lounge
WHAT: Learn Tang Poetry
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Tang Poetry is a very important and valued part of the Chinese Han culture. Its history dates back more than twelve-hundred years. Tang Poetry has influenced and even continues to influence the culture of China and its surrounding countries. There is an abundance of knowledge to learn about ancient Chinese culture through Tang poetry. Let’s study this fascinating historical literature together.
Day Trip to Tanhua Temple
Price: FREE
Where: Meet at 8th floor, and then take bus to Tanhua Temple
WHAT: Visit Tanhua Temple
Who: Students and Teachers
Why:
Tanhua temple is located in the east of Kunming. There are all kinds of flowers in Tanhua temple, no matter what season you can appreciate the beautiful flowers. There is a very typical Chinese Jiangnan style park in it. It is far from the city center, and it is a good place that you can relax and enjoy the peace.