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Learn from the people who keep China's crafts alive. Small, private sessions with potters, tea masters, martial artists and cooks, in the places those traditions come from.
Learn from masters, not from a tour bus. We find the right potter, tea family, kung fu school or chef for you, and arrange the stay around it.
What we do for you
Porcelain, tea, kung fu, silk, cooking or village life; a day or a week.
We shortlist studios, schools and hosts that take foreign guests and suit your level, and check them before you go.
Private sessions, stays near the studio or school, interpreters and shipping of what you make or buy.
Small private sessions, with a host on call and halal meals on request.
Why book through us
Services
“I want to make something, not just buy it.”
Jingdezhen has made porcelain for over a thousand years. Spend a day or a week in a studio learning to throw, paint and glaze, and take your piece home.
“I love tea but have never seen where it comes from.”
Pick and process tea with growers in Hangzhou's Longjing villages, Fujian's Wuyi Mountains or Yunnan's Pu'er region. Spring is harvest season for most green teas.
“I want to train, not watch a show.”
Short training stays at schools near the Shaolin Temple in Henan or on Wudang Mountain in Hubei, for beginners and experienced students.
“I want to understand how silk is really made.”
Visit silk workshops and embroidery studios in Suzhou and try the techniques yourself.
“I want to see a China that isn't in the guidebooks.”
Stay in Miao and Dong villages in Guizhou or ethnic communities in Yunnan, timed with local festivals where possible.
“I want to cook the food I ate in China.”
Cook with local chefs: Sichuan dishes in Chengdu, hand-pulled noodles in Lanzhou, dumplings in Xi'an. Halal classes available.
Yes. Studios in Jingdezhen teach beginners over a day or several days, and can ship your finished pieces home.
Spring, roughly March to May, is harvest season for most green teas, including Longjing in Hangzhou.
Many martial arts schools near the Shaolin Temple in Henan take foreign students for short stays. We match you with a school that suits your level.
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