Destinations: Visit spring Great Wall, flower-adorned Forbidden City
This 7-day Beijing spring study tour invites overseas student groups to explore the ancient capital at its most vibrant season. Blooming peach blossoms and fresh greenery frame iconic sites including the Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace. Students combine field history research with seasonal cultural experiences such as kite-making and hutong visits, discovering how northern Chinese people celebrated spring rituals in imperial times and in everyday local life.
Enjoy Beijing's most beautiful spring season, combining blooming flower landscapes and thousand-year imperial history. Students visit spring-exclusive scenic views of the Great Wall and Forbidden City, and experience northern spring rituals and hutong spring life.
Day 1: Arrival in Beijing & Spring Opening Orientation Airport pickup and hotel check-in. Spring climate adaptation briefing and outdoor activity safety guidelines. Opening ceremony introduces Beijing's ancient capital spring culture, seasonal landscape characteristics and historical study themes. Distribute spring field research manuals.
Day 2: Tiananmen Square & Spring Forbidden City Study Morning visit Tiananmen Square and enter the Forbidden City. Appreciate the imperial palace set off by blooming spring flowers. Professional English guide explains royal spring outing rituals and ancient garden seasonal management. Students complete architectural and landscape comparative observation worksheets.
Day 3: Mutianyu Great Wall Spring Hiking & Geography Study Full-day spring Great Wall exploration. Walk the fresh green mountain Great Wall, feel the majestic northern spring mountain scenery. Learn Great Wall military defense history and mountain vegetation spring recovery laws. Evening group sharing of outdoor spring field experience.
Day 4: Summer Palace Spring Garden Aesthetics Visit the Summer Palace in spring. Observe the spring recovery of lake water, vegetation and garden plants. Study the imperial family's spring leisure culture and classical northern garden design philosophy. Students take spring landscape photos and write observation journals.
Day 5: Temple of Heaven & Traditional Spring Ritual Culture Morning in-depth study of Temple of Heaven, focusing on ancient spring worship rituals, praying for good harvests and seasonal solar term culture. Afternoon traditional spring custom workshop: kite making and spring blessing handicraft creation.
Day 6: Beijing Hutong Spring Life Immersion Morning walk old Beijing hutongs, visit local courtyard families, observe residents' spring daily life and seasonal diet customs. Afternoon cultural exchange and interview practice with local people. Evening prepare final study presentation.
Day 7: Closing Presentation, Certificate Awarding & Departure Student spring study achievement display and group sharing. Teachers give academic evaluation and award completion certificates. Closing ceremony and private airport transfer.
