The Search for the Soul of Chinese New Year
What is the Chinese New Year about beyond Jiaozi making?
In an essay called Beijings New Year Lao She describes the new year’s celebrations he knew when he was a kid: the ghosts, the toys, the special porridge and all the other things that were only seen this one time a year. That has inspired us to create a special New Year Edition of our Hutong Scavenger Hunt.
You will as always visit locals of our neighborhood while navigating through the multi-layered history of Beijing. But in this edition you will be challenged with some old festival customs and traditional games.
You don’t need to have a lot of prior knowledge of Chinese history or Chinese language skills to take part, but the clock will be ticking as you desperately try to make sense of it all...
Cost: 300RMB per person; 150RMB per child