This is a deep cultural tour to visit the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage. We will go to the intangible cultural heritage cities in Jiangnan, visit the world-class intangible cultural heritage projects such as Su Embroidery, Kunqu Opera, Yangzhou Lacquerware, Longquan Celadon, communicate face to face with the national intangible cultural heritage inheritors, experience the production process of intangible cultural heritage by yourself, from embroidery to opera, from lacquerware to celadon, deeply understand the thousand-year history of each intangible cultural heritage, take away your own intangible cultural heritage handwork, feel the unique charm of Chinese thousand-year intangible cultural heritage.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Suzhou, First Experience of Su Embroidery Intangible Heritage

09:00-11:00: Arrive in Suzhou, private transfer to hotel, check in at Park Hyatt Suzhou, rest for a while, adapt to the Jiangnan climate.

14:00-15:00: Go to Su Embroidery Museum, visit the intangible heritage exhibition of Su Embroidery, understand the thousand-year history of Su Embroidery, Su Embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China, with more than 2000 years of history, it is the world intangible cultural heritage.

15:00-17:30: Su Embroidery intangible heritage experience, our national Su Embroidery inheritor will teach you personally, you can make a Su Embroidery plum blossom bookmark by yourself, the inheritor will teach you the basic embroidery stitches, such as flat stitch, set stitch, you can finish your own Su Embroidery small work, take it away as a souvenir.

17:30-18:30: Communicate face to face with the inheritor, you can understand the story of the inheritor learning Su Embroidery, and the current situation of Su Embroidery inheritance, feel the persistence of the intangible cultural heritage inheritor.

18:30: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Suzhou, taste Suzhou cuisine, such as Squirrel Mandarin Fish, Sizzling Eel Paste.

Day 2: Kunqu Opera, The Thousand-year Charm of the Father of Hundred Operas

09:00-10:30: Visit Kunqu Opera Museum, understand the history of Kunqu Opera, Kunqu Opera is the Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity listed by UNESCO, the father of hundred operas, with more than 600 years of history, it is the living fossil of Chinese opera.

10:30-12:00: Kunqu Opera experience class, our Kunqu Opera actor will teach you a classic singing part of 'The Peony Pavilion·Startling Dream', you can learn the basic pronunciation of Kunqu Opera, feel the charm of the water mill tune of Kunqu Opera.

12:00-13:00: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Pingjiang Road, taste Suzhou special food.

14:00-15:30: Kunqu Opera makeup and costume experience, you can experience the Kunqu Opera makeup, wear the Kunqu Opera costume, take photos as a souvenir, feel the costume culture of Kunqu Opera.

15:30-17:00: Visit Pingjiang Road, experience the ancient street culture of Suzhou, visit the ancient bridge of Pingjiang Road, feel the water town culture of Jiangnan.

19:30: Watch the special performance of Kunqu Opera, you can watch the classic selection of 'The Peony Pavilion', feel the art charm of Kunqu Opera, this is a professional Kunqu Opera performance, let you deeply feel the charm of the father of hundred operas.

Day 3: Yangzhou, Lacquerware and Paper-cutting Intangible Heritage

08:00-10:00: Take the high-speed train to Yangzhou, private transfer after arrival.

10:30-12:00: Visit Yangzhou Lacquerware Factory, understand the intangible heritage skill of Yangzhou Lacquerware, Yangzhou Lacquerware is one of the four famous lacquerware in China, with more than 2000 years of history, it is the national intangible cultural heritage.

12:00-13:00: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Yangzhou, taste Huaiyang cuisine, such as Yangzhou Fried Rice, Lion Head.

13:30-15:30: Yangzhou Lacquerware experience, our lacquerware inheritor will teach you, you can make a small lacquerware decoration by yourself, learn the basic painting of lacquerware, finish your own lacquerware small work.

15:30-17:30: Visit Yangzhou Paper-cutting Museum, understand the intangible heritage skill of Yangzhou Paper-cutting, Yangzhou Paper-cutting is the national intangible cultural heritage, with more than 1000 years of history, you can experience the production of paper-cutting, the inheritor will teach you to cut a Fu character, take it away as a souvenir.

18:30: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Yangzhou, taste Huaiyang cuisine special food.

Day 4: Hangzhou, Hang Fan Intangible Heritage

08:00-10:00: Take the high-speed train to Hangzhou, private transfer after arrival.

10:30-12:00: Visit Hangzhou Fan Museum, understand the intangible heritage skill of Hang Fan, Hang Fan is one of the four famous fans in China, with more than 1000 years of history, it is the national intangible cultural heritage.

12:00-13:00: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Hangzhou, taste Hangzhou cuisine.

13:30-16:00: Hang Fan experience, our Hang Fan inheritor will teach you, you can paint a small landscape painting on the fan surface by yourself, learn the painting skill of the fan surface, finish your own Hang Fan, take it away as a souvenir.

16:00-17:30: Visit West Lake, feel the landscape beauty of Hangzhou, experience the slow life of Jiangnan.

18:30: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Hangzhou, taste Hangzhou cuisine special food, such as Dongpo Pork, West Lake Vinegar Fish.

Day 5: Longquan, Celadon Intangible Heritage

08:00-11:00: Take the high-speed train to Longquan, private transfer after arrival.

11:30-12:30: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Longquan, taste Longquan special food.

13:00-14:30: Visit Longquan Celadon Museum, understand the intangible heritage skill of Longquan Celadon, Longquan Celadon is the world intangible cultural heritage, with more than 1700 years of history, it is the representative of Chinese porcelain, with the reputation of 'Green as jade, bright as mirror, thin as paper, sound as qing'.

14:30-17:30: Longquan Celadon experience, our celadon inheritor will teach you, you can make a small celadon cup by yourself, learn the celadon pulling skill, feel the production process of celadon, your work we will help you fire it, and send it to you later as a souvenir.

18:00: Communicate with the inheritor, understand the inheritance story of celadon, feel the thousand-year culture of celadon.

19:00: Return to Hangzhou urban area.

Day 6: Shaoxing, Yellow Wine Intangible Heritage

08:00-10:00: Take the high-speed train to Shaoxing, private transfer after arrival.

10:30-12:00: Go to Yellow Wine Town, visit Yellow Wine Museum, understand the intangible heritage skill of Shaoxing Yellow Wine, Shaoxing Yellow Wine is the national intangible cultural heritage, with more than 2500 years of history, it is the representative of Chinese yellow wine.

12:00-13:00: Dine at the characteristic restaurant in Yellow Wine Town, taste Shaoxing special food, and taste different years of Shaoxing Yellow Wine, feel the yellow wine culture.

13:30-16:00: Yellow wine brewing experience, you can experience the brewing process of yellow wine, understand the brewing skill of yellow wine, learn the brewing steps of yellow wine, feel the thousand-year brewing culture.

16:00-17:30: Visit Lu Xun's Former Residence, understand the culture of Shaoxing, feel the humanistic style of Shaoxing.

18:00: Return to Hangzhou urban area.

Day 7: Departure

09:00: After hotel breakfast, pack your luggage, your celadon work we will send it to you after firing, according to the flight/train time, private transfer to the airport/station, end this deep intangible cultural heritage tour, with full intangible cultural heritage memory, and your hand-made Su Embroidery, Paper-cutting, Hang Fan works, return to your hometown.