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1-day Chinese Cosplay, Tea Ceremony & Shaded Stream Boating at the Xixi Wetlands

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Location
Hangzhou
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Duration
6 hours
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Number of Guests
2 - 15 guests
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Language
Chinese, English, French
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Dive into China's past with a day in the Xixi Wetlands. Indulge in Han-era cosplay, participate in a traditional tea ceremony, and enjoy peaceful boating. Relish the life of ancient elites.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

A one-day cultural immersion-style guided tour at Hangzhou’s Xixi Wetlands. A window into the life of dynastic China’s wealthy southern aristocratic families.


Escape the everyday. Touch bases with old southern aristocratic life. Experience ancient elegance.


Explore the family manor of an ancient aristocratic Chinese bloodline Chinese. Cosplay in old-era Chinese aristocratic dress and learn a tea ritual of the age. Boat on the quiet waters of the afternoon wetland.


1. Be fancy. Professional, high-detail hair and makeup Han-era cosplay experience. Taste the elegant miniature hotpot – vegetarian style.

2. Learn a ritual of Chinese nobility. Acquire the skill of lidded-cup tea steeping. Receive a certificate accomplishment when you master the process.

3. See the park. Wander the residence of the Hong lineage at Hong Manor. Sway on the shaded streams of the Xixi wetland on a sculling boat.

4. Lunch included. Taste the deliciously light miniature vegetarian hotpot.


What You Get

Chinese-English bilingual guide accompaniment
Boat Fees
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuity

Good To Know

  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers

What You’ll Experience

1

Hangzhou

Meet up. Ride out. [8:45 – 9:00] Meet up with your guide, get acquainted. Depart for the Xixi Wetlands.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
2

Xixi Wetland Park

Xixi Wetlands. Aristocrat's Hong Manor. Cosplay styling. Lunch. Arrive at the Xixi Wetlands, stepping off the bus at Hong Manor. Follow the bluestone paths of Hong Manor by clan temple houses, gardens and over streams bridges. Walk through the gardens to the Bei’Yin Han Dress Photography Studio. Select the old-era Chinese aristocrat clothing that catches your fancy, then sit back as professional stylists transform you into an oriental character from the past. Feel free to make style requests through your bilingual guide. Move with the old-time entourage to a specialty vegetarian hotpot restaurant nearby. Taste the delicious mini hotpot.
2 hours 15 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
3

Xixi Wetland Park

Tea ceremony. Wetland boating. Lunch ends. Tea begins. Meet with your tea ceremony instructor. Learn the origins of the art, then watch and imitate the elegant movements of tea steeping. Master the process and you will receive a certificate of accomplishment. Class ends, boating begins. Drift on the quiet wetland waters in the late afternoon light. Return to the banks as the sun is setting.
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included
4

Hangzhou

Return garments. Send off. Tour end. [15:30] Return to the Bei’Yin Han Studio, change clothes, then board the bus. [16:00] Return to downtown Hangzhou. This concludes the tour.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Start Time

Start Time / Opening Hours
09/08/2025 - 20/11/2025
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SUNDAY
10:00 - 17:30

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we pick up from any hotel in Hangzhou. we pick up from any station in Hangzhou.

Cancellation Policy

For experiences with opening hours, the cancellation deadline is 24 hours before the earliest opening time on the scheduled date.

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Earliest available date: August 9, 2025
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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