EHS IT Trip - China 2020

Students will visit multiple cities to learn and experience the rich history and culture of ancient and modern China. This experience will begin in Beijing where students will visit the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the Great Wall of China as well as other sites. During a visit to the modern port city of Tianjin, students will see the home of the Last Emperor of China and the Zhou Enlai Memorial. Students will take a high-speed train to visit the Terracotta Warriors and artifacts from the Han and Tang Dynasties in Xian and learn how to make dumplings and stretch noodles. In Guilin, ride a bamboo raft down the Li river! Additional excursions include, but are not limited to, tobogganing down the Great Wall, learning how to cut jade and grade pearls, learning Tai-chi, taking part in a tea ceremony, and visiting the Pandas at the Beijing Zoo!

Dates: January 3-14, 2020 (flight to Beijing leaves at 12:05 AM on January 3 - must be to airport 9:30 PM on January 2)

Cost Per Student: $3750 (includes Chinese Visa, hotels, flights, meals, entrance fees, local transport) Availability: 24 students

Trip Requirements: • Passport valid through August 1, 2020 (you can sign up if you don’t have a passport, but MUST submit passport information to the trip leader no later than 30 days after registration) • Two Passport Pictures (required for Chinese Visa) • Proof of International Health and Evacuation Insurance (must be an international health insurance policy, typical American insurance is not accepted)

Trip Deposit: $1000

Final Payment: $2750 (due Oct. 3, 2019)

Registration: First come/first served basis beginning at 7:00 AM in Ms. Davidson’s classroom (A220) on Tuesday, September 3, 2020. NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BEFORE THAT TIME. This trip is only for EHS students and faculty chaperones. (If students play a winter sport, please check with coaches before registration to make sure he/she will allow you to miss two weeks of practice and/or games.)

Registration Details and Information Required at Time of Registration: (See below)

Important Trip information: • Passport Details Due if not submitted during registration (due no later than Oct 3) • Two Passport Pictures for Visa (due no later than Oct 3) • Proof of International Insurance (due no later than Oct 3) • Student Activity Overnight Trip Form (obtained at registration and returned no later than Oct 3)

Trip Leader: Alice Davidson

China Trip is through Easy Tour Travel China Co. ltd

China 2020 Itinerary:

Day One & Two Day Three Day Four & Five Day Six Day Seven

Arrive in Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall (and ride a toboggan Yonghe Lama Palace (Tibetan Buddhist Temple) Ride Bullet Train to Tianjin Tiananmen Square down) LingLing’s Pearl grading and stringing lesson, Dabei Monastery, Forbidden City Jade Cutting lesson Silk factory. Porcelain House, Jin Shan hill overlook Summer Palace See the Pandas at the Beijing Zoo, Ancient Culture Street, Temple of Heaven Cloisonne making lesson Visit to Beijing University Zhou Enlai Memorial Museum, Rickshaw tour of Hutong Peking Duck Banquet and dinner show. Acrobatic show. Tianjin Museum, a tour of foreign concession areas, Home of former Emperor Puyi (last Emperor of China), Zhang’s Clay Figures Learn to make Jianbing Guozi, a traditional Tianjin food.

Day Eight Day Nine Day Ten & Eleven Day Twelve Day Thirteen

• TerraCotta Warriors • Ride a bicycle on the Xian Ancient City wall, • Morning city tour • Morning tea plantation visit Beijing to Houston by • Huaqing Hot Springs, • Visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda Park • Chinese traditional painting lesson • Bus to Guilin plane • Dumplings and stretch noodles lesson • Visit Hanyangling Tomb (Han Dynasty era – 200 • Ride a bamboo raft down the Li River • Flight to Beijing BC-200 AD) • Lesson on Karst mountain formations, • Taichi lesson.