China-Inside offers flexible Chinese language courses on different levels. Courses are available for both groups lessons and individual lessons.
Group classes take place in small groups with a maximum of 8 participants on four levels: starter, beginner, intermediate and advanced. Standard courses last 20 hours per week. This gives plenty of opportunities during the week and the weekends to follow workshops, participate in the cultural program or to explore the city.
The teachers are specialized in teaching international students. Interactive, modern teaching methods and practical themes are used during the courses. This way, you'll soon notice that your Chinese language proficiency will improve very fast.
For students who want to participate in the HSK-examination, there are special HSK-training lessons.
Bike Tour
Discovering Beijing on a bike is one of the most fun ways to get to know the Chinese capital. Beijing turns out to be not only a large and anonymous city, but also small scale and intimate. On the bike you can observe street life and you get to know the real Beijing. This bustling city with more than twenty million inhabitants seems to be reduced to a small village, and on your bike you feel like you are really part of it.
Highlights
Cycling through the hutongs (old city neighborhoods)
Break at the Lakes (houhai) for a refreshment
Square of Heavenly Peace (near the Forbidden City)
Practical information
Duration: 3 - 4 hours
Costs: about € 39,-
Taking photos is allowed
It is recommendable to wear good walking shoes
Interested?
Use the contact form for more information about the tour.
Excursion: Forbidden City
For centuries The Forbidden City has been the centre of power and the residential palace of 24 Chinese emperors en their families. It is the scene of many plots and stories.
Highlights
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the most important hall for official ceremonies
Living area of the women
Imperial garden with landscaping features
Practical information
Duration: 2 hours
Costs: about € 65,-
Taking photos is allowed
It is recommendable to wear good walking shoes
Interested?
Use the contact form for more information about the tour.
More Tours
Fascinating and exciting tours to popular and less-known places of interest in and around Beijing, like:
Visit the Chinese wall
Theme-walking tour; such as the 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. This is one of China's most famous literary works. During the tour you get insight into the story, the main characters and the background of this novel.
Visit Cuandixia, located in the mountains outside Beijing. The village was built during the Ming-dynasty.
Interested?
Use the contact form for more information about the tour.
Workshops
Experience China in a workshop:
Calligraphy; writing Chinese characters with a brush and ink on rice paper (2 hours)
Traditional tea ceremony; tasting of different tea flavours, all prepared in their own way
Kite making and/or kite flying in the park (2 hours)
Taichi; Chinese shadow boxing in the park
Cooking; learn about the Chinese cuisine from a real Chinese chef in the setting of a beautiful courtyard (4 hours)
Traditional handicrafts; like the arts of paper-cutting and knotting (2 hours)
Horse riding; on the Mongolian grasslands (full day)
Visit social projects; like the sportsproject for children of migrants and the project with daytime activities for mentally handicapped.
Interested?
Use the contact form for more information about the tour.
Hutong Walking Tour
Wandering through the hutongs, you discover the daily life of ordinary Beijingers. These historical neighborhoods are the most characteristic living areas in Beijing. The atmosphere is friendly, almost village-like and there is always something new to explore: small shops, a local market, men playing Chinese chess. Every season and even every moment of the day has its own dynamics.
Highlights
Local market where you can find fresh vegetables, fruits and meat, but also the hairdresser and dentist
One of the courtyards, a traditional living complex surrounded by walls
Practical information
Duration: 2 - 2,5 hours
Costs: about € 13,-
Group size: 2 - 15 people (a private tour is a possibility as well)
Taking photos is allowed
It is recommendable to wear good walking shoes
Interested?
Use the contact form for more information about the tour.
