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- Hero image alt: A woodcarver at his bench in a Chinese old-town workshop, his hand-carved figures laid out in front of him

Designed on the ground by our city masters

# China, experience by experience

Standalone days and half-days, from a Beijing workshop bench to a Sichuan temple mountain

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## Single days you can book on their own

Not itineraries. Each one is a standalone activity — a workshop, a morning, an afternoon — that fits inside a single day and belongs to no route.

### Beijing (北京)

Half-day workshops inside the city.

#### [Beijing · Clay Rabbit Painting](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/beijing-clay-rabbit-painting)

- Duration: 2 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Paint the plague-born rabbit god of Beijing, and carry him home.

#### [Beijing · Cloisonné & Ink Making](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/beijing-cloisonne-and-ink)

- Duration: Half day
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: One craft you only watch. One you take a brush to.

#### [Beijing · Cloth Shoes & Tea](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/beijing-cloth-shoes-and-tea)

- Duration: Half day
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Ninety operations go into one sole. Then somebody pours you tea.

### Chengdu (成都)

Everything here starts and ends in Chengdu.

#### [Chengdu · Sichuan Cooking Class](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/chengdu-sichuan-cooking-class)

- Duration: 4 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Bargain at the stall, cook at your own wok, eat in a garden.

#### [Chengdu · Opera Backstage & Teahouse](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/chengdu-opera-backstage-day)

- Duration: 8 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Tai chi at dawn, an antique market, then the wrong side of the curtain.

#### [Chengdu · Pandas & Opera Backstage](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/chengdu-pandas-and-opera)

- Duration: 8 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Pandas before the crowds, face-changing from three feet away.

### Qingcheng (青城山)

70 km west of Chengdu — morning and afternoon, bookable apart.

#### [Qingcheng · Taoist Temple Morning](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/qingcheng-taoist-temple-morning)

- Duration: Half day
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: A temple that grows its own lunch, forty minutes above the crowds.

#### [Qingcheng · Ravine Tea Afternoon](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/qingcheng-ravine-tea-afternoon)

- Duration: Half day
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: A private ravine, old-tree tea, and a stream you may stand in.

### Leshan (乐山)

A long day south of Chengdu.

#### [Leshan · Giant Buddha & Tea Farm](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/leshan-giant-buddha-and-tea-farm)

- Duration: 9 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: The Buddha from the water, then tea fired in a farmer’s wok.

### Mt Emei (峨眉山)

An overnight, not a day trip.

#### [Mt Emei · Monastery Night & Summit](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/emei-monastery-night-and-summit)

- Duration: 2 days
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Sleep inside the monastery. Wake for the summit above the cloud.

### Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟)

Northern Sichuan, in the panda valleys.

#### [Jiuzhaigou · Pandas & Baima Village](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/jiuzhaigou-pandas-and-baima-village)

- Duration: 8–9 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Volunteer beside four homecoming pandas, then eat in the village below.

### Songpan (松潘)

On the road north, inside the old walls.

#### [Songpan · Tibetan Leather Workshop](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/songpan-tibetan-leather-workshop)

- Duration: 2–3 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: The last leather workshop inside the old walls, and an awl in your hand.

### Zhangjiajie (张家界)

Two hours at a loom in Hunan.

#### [Zhangjiajie · Tujia Brocade Weaving](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/zhangjiajie-tujia-brocade-weaving)

- Duration: 2 hours
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Eight hundred warp threads, no chart, and she cuts your rows off for you.

### Shenzhen (深圳)

Two half-days on what the city actually builds.

#### [Shenzhen · Drones & 3D Printing](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/shenzhen-drones-and-3d-printing)

- Duration: Half day
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Fly one, print one, in the city that builds seven of every ten drones.

#### [Shenzhen · Robotaxi & Huaqiangbei](https://www.lyriktrip.com/experience/shenzhen-robotaxi-and-huaqiangbei)

- Duration: Half day
- Bookable on its own, not part of any route
- Pitch: Ride with nobody driving, then walk the street the parts come from.