| October |
Thursday |
2nd |
1
|
16.00
Depart Virgin Flight VS250 London Heathrow |
| |
Friday |
3rd |
2
|
10.15
Arrive SHANGHAI Pudong (1) Register
at Hotel. Visit Yu Gardens and Antique Markets. See
Pudong night
skyline. |
| Saturday |
4th |
3
|
Morning
food market by hotel. Visit Shanghai Museum. Late
afternoon air.con bus to YIXING (3) |
| Sunday |
5th |
4
|
Demonstration
of teapot-making by master potter. Tea Ceremony. Tour
water canals & studios. |
| Monday |
6th |
5
|
Wood
kiln survey of area. Market shopping day. |
| Tuesday |
7th |
6
|
Drive
to HUANGSHAN (Yellow Mountain) (3) Enroute
visit Yi county ceramic village & kiln site. |
| Wednesday |
8th |
7
|
Cable
car to top of mountain & walking tour. Visit
surrounding area, paper-making village and |
| Thursday |
9th |
8
|
old
market town of Tunxi. |
| Friday |
10th |
9
|
Drive
to JINGDEZHEN (7) settle in at San
Bao.
Afternoon studio visits |
| Saturday |
11th |
10
|
Studio
demonstrations & workshops on local porcelain
Techniques including, throwing, trimming, blue-on-white
Painting, enamel & coil built folk jars. |
| Sunday |
12th |
11
|
All
demonstrations will be by local masters. Hands-on
experience with materials & techniques. Studio
practice throwing and decoration of dry forms &
fired pieces. |
| Monday |
13th |
12
|
Touring
porcelain markets & studios of Jingdezhen and
Visit to Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. |
| Tuesday |
14th |
13
|
Drive
to Yao Li with lectures in an old Qing Dynastry Building
(now the town hall) by local experts on the History
of porcelain, celadon glaze & evolution of early
kilns. Visit early kiln sites, country pottery, dragon
kiln Gao Lin mountain – site of first major kaolin
mine. |
| Wednesday |
15th |
14
|
Visits
by master artists to Sanbao. Calligraphy and Painting
demonstrations. Evening Beijing Opera Perf. |
| Thursday |
16th |
15
|
Leisure
….& traditional craft demonstrations including
Bamboo chair making, wooden bucket making, brush Making.
Prepare to travel. |
| Friday |
17th |
16
|
Overnight
WUYUAN(1) famous Ming architecture
town |
| Saturday |
18th |
17
|
Enroute
to HANGZHOU (2) Visit China Academy
of Fine Arts. Tour Silk Market |
| Sunday |
19th |
18
|
Visit
Zhejiang Provincial Museum & West Lake.
Lingyin Buddha Temple complex |
| Monday |
20th |
19
|
Drive
via Liuhe Pagoda to Shaoxing. Visit studio of 16th
century painter Xu Wei, Yu Temple & Guanshan kiln
site. Yue Yao Ethnology Museum. Return to late to
SHANGHAI (1) |
| Tuesday |
21st |
20
|
Depart
12.30/13.30 SHANGHAI PUDONG
Virgin Flight VS251 to London Heathrow
Arrive London Heathrow 17.50 same day |
| |
| |
COST: |
£2,300
(incl. international flights) |
| |
£1,700
(landprice only) |
| £280
Single Room Sup |
