Shanghai & Beijing Mandarin Study Tour

1. Introduction of Our Study Tour Program:

 Our study tour program provides lot of benefits. First of all, our study tour is coming with Chinese language study, the cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou travel sightseeing (particularly include historical and modern symbol spots) and Chinese culture experiment with include oriental arts which include Chinese music instrument, calligraphy, Chinese painting, paper knot, Chinese drama, Chinese chess and Kung Fu ETC.Meanwhile affords you the opportunity to make friends around the world. Secondly, study tour program provides the opportunity to travel, will help you develop skills and give you experiences a classroom setting will never provide. At the last, our program helps you to learn about yourself and expand your worldview.

 Our Study Tours are a great way for your students to learn Chinese in the mornings and spend time sightseeing or enjoying activities in the afternoon as well as Chinese student to learn English and communications between both Countries’ student. Our detailed itineraries, extensive support services and unrivalled accommodation options ensure that they will have the time of their lives.

 We have been organizing study tours program for international students to study and travel in both China and Australia for many years. In another words, we have got lots of experience on this field meanwhile with very good feedback. Students and their parents are really satisfied about our services included the placement for the school of study; the arrangement of excursion & travel; the sightseeing spots; the accommodation and foods; the safety care etc.
We invite schools or institutes administrators or individual organizers to contact us to discuss the study tour program.

 The age range of the students is from junior high school to college students. For the study tour program, we promise to offer quality school and teachers to teach Chinese for the tour group. Students can lean different language and practising the language through their tour. Excursions and sight-seeing travels for students to show them different cities and spots (we can arrange different destinations such as Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou).Different types of accommodation for students, and ensuring their safety, comfort and enjoyment. Students can choose to stay at a motel or hotel, live with a homestay family if they prefer. We are also helping handle the entire visa processing for the study tour group.

 The last and the most important point is that we always look after the students very carefully during their visit and ensure the safety of the students at all the time.

Special offer: A free ticket will be provided for a leader if the number of student is above 15.
You will have a great experience and pleasant time though our study tour program.
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2. Study Plan and Schedule Arrangement

Study plan

?From day 3- 6 and 9–13; Day 11 excluded; start from 8:30 to 11:40

1. The contents of 3 study fields.

1. Professional Chinese study （known as Pu Tong Hua）
2. Chinese cultures which are relevant to the scenes where we will visit, history and general communication Mandarin study.
3. Chinese traditional cultures and arts study. Include following items:

1. Chinese traditional musical instrumental: Flute, Guzheng, Erhu.
2. Chinese Kung Fu(famous Stars like: Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan and Jet Li)
3. Chinese traditional and Nations Dance
4. Chinese traditional Drama (known as Jing Ju)
5. Industrial Arts in China：Chinese knot，Paper-cut Art Etc.
6. Chinese or Oriental styles of calligraphy: writing brush character and Chinese painting.
7. Chinese Weiqi，Chinese Chess.

(You will be able to choose anyone or more of them, however please inform us early for our arrangement in order to provide you the convenience.)

1. Four lessons will be run in the morning session, 40 mins per class. There are three fields to study, 20 people per class.( Can be changed by various? requirement )

1. Time schedule for studying.

Study Tour Schedule

Day 1 Shanghai Arrival

Morning & Afternoon

Flight from Sydney to Shanghai

Evening

Guide picks up from Airport; visit Xintiandi Old Street.Visit night of Shanghai
Xintiandi is a car-free shopping, eating and entertainment area of Shanghai, China. It is composed of an area of restored traditional shikumen ("stone gate") houses on narrow alleys, a modern shopping mall with a cinema complex, and some adjoining houses which now serve as book stores, cafes and restaurants. Most of the cafes and restaurants feature both indoor and outdoor seatings. Xintiandi has an active nightlife on weekdays as well as weekends, though romantic settings are more common than loud music and dance places. Xintiandi means "New Heaven and Earth", and is considered one of the first lifestyle centers in China.
Day 2 Shanghai

Morning

a. Warm welcoming (will be held at youth exercise centre multi- function room)

b. Visit to Shanghai No.4 middle school or Xuhui district middle school.

Afternoon

After lunch, visits Shanghai World-Global Financial Centre.

The Shanghai World Financial Center known as SWFC is a supertall skyscraper in Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component containing 174 rooms and suites. On opening, this hotel will become the highest in the world, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the neighboring Jin Mao Tower.

Evening

Welcome party at night.

Day 3 Shanghai

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon

After lunch, visit Shanghai Yuyuan Garden, Chenghuang Temple.

Yuyuan Garden is a famous classical garden located in Anren Jie, Shanghai. The garden was finished in 1577 by a government officer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) named Pan Yunduan. Yu in Chinese means pleasing and satisfying, and this garden was specially built for Pan's parents as a place for them to enjoy a tranquil and happy time in their old age.

The Chenghuang Temple is a taoist temple, also called yi temple, which is composed of many a halls such as the grand hall, middle hall, bedroom palace, star gods hall, yama palace, xuzhen god hall and so on. The Chenghuang Temple had an area of more than 10,000 square meters including two gardens: west garden (Yu Garden) and east garden.

Evening

Night views of the Bund.
The Bund (known as Waitan) is an area of Huangpu District in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The area centres on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, facing Pudong, in the eastern part of Huangpu District. The Bund usually refers to the buildings and wharves on this section of the road, as well as some adjacent areas. The Bund is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Shanghai. Building heights are restricted in this area.

Day 4: Sports Night

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon

After lunch, visit Shanghai Museum.

The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. The eleven Galleries cover most of the major categories of Chinese art: Ancient Bronze, Ancient Ceramics, Paintings, Calligraphy, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Jade, Coins, Ming and Qing Furniture, Seals, and Minority Nationalities.

Evening

A basketball match or Ping-Pong ball match will be arranged between Chinese students and Australian students holding at shanghai No.4 middle school at night.

(To notify that any sports could be chosen as all playgrounds are constructed in shanghai No.4 middle school)

Day 5 Shanghai

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon
After lunch, visit the Exhibition of Shanghai’s Urban History Development Museum in the Oriental Pearl Tower.
The Exhibition  of Shanghai's  Urban History and  Development Museum, covering an area of approximately 10000 square meters, gives you a vivid and impressive representation on Shanghai City's evolution history starting from the time when shanghai became a commercial port linking up China and the world. The Museum displays over 1000 cultural relics and about 100 waxwork figures. The consummate combination of multimedia technology and exquisite architecture models takes you travel in the time tunnel of Shanghai history. The Museum shows various aspects of Shanghai in her former days, laid out in six halls.

Evening

Nanjing Road

Nanjing Road (known as Nanjinglu) is Shanghai's main shopping street, famously named one of the World's Seven Great Roads in the 1930s and now making a rapid comeback after decades of Maoist austerity. The road stretches from The Bund east towards Hongqiao, with Shanghai's centerpoint People's Square in the middle.

Day 6 Shanghai

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon

After lunch, transfer to Zhujiajiao visit the Water village, Setting-fish-free Bridge, Lang Bridge, Lunch, Ke Zhi Yuan. Then go back Shanghai.

Shanghai’s Venice, Located in Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town well-known throughout the country, with a history of more than 1700 years. Covering an area of 47 square kilometres, the little fan-shaped town glimmers like a bright pearl in the landscape of lakes and mountains. Endowed with another elegant name - 'Pearl Stream' - the little town is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in Shanghai. Unique old bridges across bubbling streams, small rivers shaded by willow trees, and houses with courtyards attached all transport people who have been living amidst the bustle and hustle of the modern big city to a brand-new world full of antiquity, leisure and tranquillity.

Evening

Graduation, hand out certificate, Goodbye Meeting

Day 7 Hang Zhou Trip

Morning

Guide picks up from hotel and transfers to Hang Zhou.

Afternoon

After lunch, Visit Peak Flying from Afar, Hua Gang Park, Su Causeway, Lunch, West Lake (enjoy the sight of the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon) and Longjing Tea Village then back Shanghai.

Xi Hu (West Lake) is located west of Hangzhou City and a famous fresh water lake located in the historic center of Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province of eastern China.The lake is divided by three causeways called SuDi, Bai di, and Yanggong di.

Evening

Go back to hotel Shanghai.

Day 8 Go to Beijing

Morning

Pick up and transfer to airport fly to Beijing, local guide pick up at airport.

Afternoon

Visit Tiananmen Square and the Front Door Street.

Tiananmen Square is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. It has great cultural significance as a symbol because it was the site of several key events in Chinese history.

Evening

Beijing’s night view.

Day 9Beijing

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon

After lunch visit the Forbidden City and JingShan Park.
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government.
Jingshan Park, a beautiful royal landscape garden, is situated in the center of Beijing City. Covering an area of 230,000 square meters (about 57 acres), the park stands on the central point of the south-north axis of Beijing City and faces the north gate of the Forbidden City. Jingshan Park is found on Jingshan Hill, which was originally named Wansui Hill (Long Live Hill), Zhen Hill or Meishan Hill (Coal Hill). The mid summit of Jingshan is the highest point in Beijing. Looking from the peak, the visitor is able to get a full and clear view of the Forbidden City.

Evening

Visit the east gate of the Imperial Palace Market.

Day 10 Beijing

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon

After lunch, visit the Great Hall of the People and Beihai Park.

The Great Hall of the People? is located at the western edge of Tiananmen Square, Beijing, People's Republic of China, and is used for legislative and ceremonial activities by the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China. It functions as the People's Republic of China's parliament building.

With the Forbidden City and Jingshan Park to its east, Zhong Nan Hai (Central and South Seas) to its south, Beihai (North Sea) Park is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved ancient imperial gardens in China located in the center of Beijing. This ancient garden, with over 1,000 years' history, is not only a classic combination of the grandiosity of the northern gardens and the refinement of the southern gardens in China, but also a perfect integration of magnificent imperial palaces and solemn religious constructions.

Evening

Sports Night.

Day 11 Beijing

Morning & Afternoon

Visit Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tomb.
The Great Wall is a symbol of Chinese civilization, and one of the wonders that the Chinese people have created. Badaling Great Wall, the most representative part, was promoted as a key national cultural relic, protected under the approval of the State Council in 1961. In 1988, it was enlisted in the World Cultural Heritage Directory by UNESCO. July 7, 2007 has once again witnessed the worldwide reputation that the Great Wall gained: it was listed among the New Seven Wonders of the World.
The Ming Tombs are located about 31 miles from Beijing, with 13 emperors buried in a complex that spreads some 15 square miles. Visitors approach the tombs through The Great Red Gate.

Evening

Go to Beijing famous Roast Duck restaurant called Quanjude.

Beijing roast duck dishes are signs Beijing is also my hotel for your point of a Specials. It's unique in its own production - is made of Ganoderma lucidum and Ceriops tagal form, not only taste delicious, rich content and nutritional value.

Day 12 Beijing

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon

After lunch, visit Beijing Capital Museum.

The Capital Museum locates at 16 Fuxingmenwai Dajie, Xicheng District in Beijing is an art museum. It opened in 1981 while the present building was built in the late 90s and it houses a variety of items from imperial China as well as other Asian cultures. Part of the museum’s collections was formerly housed in the Confucius Temple on Guozijian Road in Beijing.

Evening

Houhai Sightseeing.
Houhai is a lake in central Beijing. In recent years it has become famous for nightlife because it is home to several popular restaurants, bars, and cafes.
Day 13 Beijing

Morning

Mandarin and Chinese culture study

Afternoon

After lunch, visit the Bird's Nest and Water Cube. Well known as Beijing Olympic 2008 stadium.

Evening

Graduation, hand out certificate, Goodbye Meeting

Day 14 Beijing

Morning

Visit Beijing Hutong by Chinese traditional way by rickshaw, and have lunch (dumpling) at Beijing local family.

Beijing’s hutongs, lanes or alleys formed by lines of siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where old Beijing residents live, witness the vicissitude of the city.

Afternoon

After lunch, Visit Wangfujing Street and shopping time; China's National Grand Theater.

Wangfujing is now considered the central heart of the city.  Certainly from Wangfujing all areas of Beijing are easily accessible. Wangfujing is a fairly long street.  A walk from end to end would take you about 30 minutes, and that's without looking at any shops.
The National Centre for the Performing Arts, formerly known as the National Grand Theatre, and colloquially described as The Egg, is an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 6,500 people in three halls and is 200,000 m2 in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
Evening
Pleasant tour ends, back to SYD.

3．Our Study Tour Package includes:

1. English tour guide service
2. Accommodation: 3-star hotel, 2 persons share 1 room with breakfast
3. Meals: specified in the itinerary (B for Breakfast, L for Lunch and D for Dinner.)
4. First Entrance fee for sightseeing spots
5.?International and Domestic air tickets :( Sydney to Shanghai, Shanghai to Beijing, Beijing to Sydney)
6.?Local Transportation
7. 33 Seats Air-conditioned coach
8. Tuition fees for teaching
9. Text book costs

The amount of students of this study tour could be vary from5 or 40 persons private tour

If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact us.

Contact Information

Sydney Head Office
Suite1003,level10，The Chambers,
370 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia.

TEL: (612) 92676047
Fax: (612) 92676035
Website: www.ct21.com.au
Email: info@ct21.com.au