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Traditional Chinese Diancui Jewelry Craft Experience
Traditional Chinese Diancui Jewelry Craft Experience Diancui (Kingfisher-feather Inlay) is an exclusive traditional Chinese craft dating back to the Han Dynasty(2000 years ago). The aesthetic of diancui aligns with China’s traditional reverence for the color cyan (qing). In the Five Elements philosophy, cyan represents the east and was regarded as a noble color in...
Zhangxiu Lacquer Chopstick Craft with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Zhangxiu Lacquer Chopstick Craft with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay As the birthplace of lacquer art with an 8,000-year history, China reached its golden age from the Warring States to the Han Dynasty. Chengdu’s “Shu Lacquer” has been world-renowned for over 2,000 years, famous for its exquisite painted decoration, engraving and gold inlay. The iridescent mother-of-pearl (from rare...
Savor Ancient Elegance: Tea Ceremony, Incense Art & Guqin
Savor Ancient literati Elegance Tea Ceremony, Incense Art & Guqin In ancient China, scholars and literati lived a refined and elegant life. They enjoyed tea ceremony to calm the mind, practiced incense art to purify the space, arranged traditional Chinese flowers to express beauty and harmony, and played guqin to nourish the soul. Together,...
Handmade Lampworking Glass Experience in Chengdu Downtown
Handmade Lampworking Glass Experience Lampworking is a traditional glass art. We shape colorful glass rods with a torch. Every piece you make is unique. Friendly for beginners • English service available • Easy access in downtown Chengdu Create your own unique art glass cup and take it home with you! ...
Half-Day Workshop: Build Ancient Chinese Wooden Architecture
Half-Day Workshop: Build Ancient Chinese Wooden Architecture If you are interested in traditional Chinese wooden architecture, this experience is not to be missed. What to expect A guided tour of a special museum dedicated to wooden architecture An easy-to-follow lecture on the construction of ancient Chinese wooden structures An impressive hands-on session, where you will...
Quick Tibetan Experience in Chengdu Downtown
Quick Tibetan Experience in Chengdu Half-day / Full-day / Customized period What to Experience Taste authentic Tibetan food at a local Tibetan restaurant Visit Tibetan shopping areas and browse traditional Tibetan handicrafts Visit a Tibetan community in downtown Chengdu Experience authentic Tibetan massage / herbal bath Try Tibetan thangka painting or create a Tibetan...
Bonsai Craft with Master Guide & Rural Immersion in Chengdu
Bonsai Craft with Master Guide Rural Immersion in Chengdu Half-Day / Full-Day What to Experience Drink traditional gaiwan tea in a private bonsai garden Visit a collection of bonsai artworks and try making traditional Sichuan-style Chinese bonsai (the oldest living bonsai school). If feasible, you may take your finished work home. Photo and video recording...
Original Tibet Nature and Music Experience Class
Original Tibet Nature and Music Experience Class Listen: prayer flags chanting in the wind, streams winding past mani stones like turning prayer wheels, the gentle hum of copper kettles as mother brews butter tea, and pastoral echoes drifting across the meadows… We will use professional equipment to record the most authentic melodies of the Tibetan...
The Tsongkhapa Thangka for Wisdom and Protection
The Tsongkhapa Thangka A Sacred Visual Narrative of Wisdom and Protection This hand-painted Tibetan thangka is a profound and visually striking representation of the core Gelug (Yellow Hat) Buddhist tradition, weaving together the foundational lineage, transcendent wisdom, and fierce protective energies that define the path to enlightenment. Far more than a work of art,...
The Guru Rinpoche (Lotus Born) Thangka: “The 13 Golden Practices”,Sampa Lhundrub, All Wishes Naturally Accomplished
“The 13 Golden Practices” The Guru Rinpoche (Lotus Born) Thangka Sampa Lhundrub, All Wishes Naturally Accomplished This traditional Tibetan thangka depicts Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), the “Lotus-Born Master,” in his standing form, surrounded by the complete mandala of the 13 Golden Practices (Sampa Lhundrub)—one of the most revered and powerful cycles in the Nyingma (Old School)...