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Context Tours of Shanghai
Our scholar-led walking tours of Shanghai cover contemporary art, history of buddhism, and the super-charged growth of the city, as well as history, art history, and cuisine.
Lasting 3 hours and limited to 6 people max, these walks are geared toward the intellectually curious traveler.
- Walks Include:
- In the Pure Land - a tour of Buddhist temples
- a tour of theShanghai Museum
- Hangzhou: Tea Tasting
Tea Tasting in Hangzhou
Featured Walks in Shanghai
Theology Walks
Pure Land, Buddhism and China
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Bund and Shanghai in the 20s
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Accelerated City
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Tea Tasting in Hangzhou
Tea's central role in Chinese culture and history shapes the course of this tea tour and tasting in Hangzhou, about 45 minutes by high-speed train from Shanghai. Led by a former te
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