📌 Product Overview
• Discover Beijing cloisonné, also known as copper-wire enamel, through a guided cultural craft experience.
• This is a guided museum and craft experience, not a self-guided ticket product.
• The experience takes place at Beijing Cloisonné Museum.
• The museum introduces the history, materials, design process, and craftsmanship behind Beijing cloisonné.
• Cloisonné is a traditional Chinese enamel craft with a long royal and palace-art background.
• The experience is suitable for travelers interested in Chinese art, traditional craftsmanship, museum visits, family activities, and hands-on cultural learning.
• This product includes two options.
• Choose the Museum Ticket + English Guided Tour option if you want a shorter cultural visit without hands-on crafting.
• This no-hands-on option focuses on museum exhibits, historical background, rare pieces, craft techniques, and artisan demonstrations.
• Choose the Guided Tour + Hands-On Workshop option if you want a deeper craft experience and time to create your own piece.
• The hands-on option includes everything in the guided museum tour plus workshop practice.
• During the guided visit, learn about cloisonné origins, Ming and Qing-era works, palace-style designs, enamel colors, copper-wire patterns, and the 108-step production process.
• The guide or craft instructor explains how cloisonné pieces are designed, shaped, wired, colored, fired, polished, and finished.
• The hands-on workshop may include basic craft steps such as wirework, enameling, and polishing under instructor guidance.
• Guests choosing the hands-on option can complete and take home their own small cloisonné craft piece.
• No previous art or craft experience is required.
• Children are welcome, but parental supervision is required during the workshop.
• Hotel pickup and drop-off are not included.
• Transportation to and from the museum is not included.
• Meals, drinks, personal expenses, and extra souvenirs are not included.
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✨ Highlights
• Visit Beijing Cloisonné Museum with an English-speaking guide.
• Learn about cloisonné history, Ming and Qing-era works, and traditional craft techniques.
• Watch artisan demonstrations and understand the 108-step cloisonné process.
• Choose the shorter guided museum visit if you do not want hands-on crafting.
• Upgrade to the hands-on workshop to create and take home your own small cloisonné piece.
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🎫 Experience Options
• Cloisonné Museum Ticket + English Guided Tour: No Hands-On Workshop — suitable for travelers who want a focused 2-hour museum visit with English explanation but do not want to make a craft piece. This option includes museum entry, English guided tour, historical artifact explanation, cloisonné technique introduction, and museum exhibit access. It does not include the hands-on workshop or take-home craft piece.
• Cloisonné Museum Guided Tour + Hands-On Workshop — suitable for families, art lovers, creative travelers, and guests who want to learn by doing. This option includes everything in the guided museum tour, plus artisan demonstration, hands-on cloisonné workshop, craft materials, instructor guidance, and the opportunity to complete and take home your own small cloisonné piece.
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⏰ Departure Time / Meeting Time
• Duration depends on the selected option.
• No-hands-on guided tour option: around 2 hours.
• Hands-on workshop option: around 4 hours.
• Morning meeting time: 09:00.
• Morning guided museum tour: around 09:05–11:00.
• Morning hands-on workshop, if selected: around 11:00–13:00.
• Afternoon meeting time: 13:00.
• Afternoon guided museum tour: around 13:05–15:00.
• Afternoon hands-on workshop, if selected: around 15:00–17:00.
• Meeting point: Jingtai Subway Station, Exit B.
• Subway line: Beijing Subway Line 14.
• Chinese meeting point: Beijing Metro Line 14, Jingtai Station, Exit B.
• Please arrive 10 minutes before your scheduled start time.
• Final meeting details and guide contact information will be sent one day before the experience.
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🗓️ Experience Flow
• Meet your guide at Jingtai Subway Station, Exit B.
• Walk about 5 minutes with your guide to Beijing Cloisonné Museum.
• Enter the museum with the arranged ticket.
• Begin the guided museum visit.
• Learn about the origin and development of Beijing cloisonné.
• See exhibits related to royal craft heritage, Ming and Qing-era designs, palace-style pieces, and contemporary craft works.
• Learn how copper-wire patterns, enamel colors, firing, polishing, and finishing are used in cloisonné production.
• Watch artisan demonstrations and understand the 108-step production process.
• If you selected the no-hands-on option, the experience ends after the guided museum visit.
• If you selected the hands-on workshop option, continue to the workshop area after the museum tour.
• Under instructor guidance, learn basic cloisonné-making steps.
• Practice selected craft techniques such as wirework, enameling, and polishing according to workshop arrangement.
• Create your own small cloisonné craft piece.
• Take your finished piece home as a cultural keepsake, subject to the workshop’s final process and timing.
• The experience ends at the museum / workshop area.
• Guests return independently after the experience.
• Route, demonstration content, workshop sequence, craft piece type, and timing may be adjusted due to museum operation, instructor arrangement, visitor flow, material availability, or local rules.
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📦 Inclusions & Exclusions
✅ Beijing Cloisonné Museum entrance ticket
✅ English guided museum tour
✅ Guided explanation of historical artifacts and cloisonné techniques
✅ Museum exhibit access
✅ Artisan demonstration of cloisonné process
✅ Hands-on cloisonné workshop, only if Workshop option is selected
✅ Craft materials for the hands-on workshop, only if Workshop option is selected
✅ Instructor guidance during the workshop, only if Workshop option is selected
✅ Small take-home cloisonné craft piece, only if Workshop option is selected
✅ Experience arrangement support
❌ Hands-on workshop, if No Hands-On option is selected
❌ Take-home craft piece, if No Hands-On option is selected
❌ Hotel pickup and drop-off
❌ Transportation to the museum
❌ Transportation after the experience
❌ Meals and drinks
❌ Additional personal purchases or souvenirs
❌ Extra craft items beyond the included workshop arrangement
❌ Personal expenses
❌ Tips or gratuities
❌ Any service not clearly listed as included
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⚠️ Know Before You Go
• This product has two options: a guided museum tour without hands-on crafting, and a guided tour with hands-on workshop.
• Please choose the correct option when booking.
• The no-hands-on option is around 2 hours.
• The hands-on workshop option is around 4 hours.
• The morning session starts at 09:00.
• The afternoon session starts at 13:00.
• Please arrive 10 minutes before your scheduled start time.
• The guide will contact you one day before the experience by email, WhatsApp, iMessage, WeChat, or text message.
• Please check your messages before the experience date.
• Accurate passport information, including full name and passport number, may be required for ticketing.
• Incorrect passport information may affect entry.
• Please bring your passport or valid ID.
• Comfortable shoes are recommended, as the experience involves walking inside museum and workshop areas.
• Photography is usually allowed, but flash photography may be restricted in certain exhibit areas.
• Children are welcome, but parental supervision is required during the hands-on workshop.
• No previous craft experience is required.
• The hands-on workshop may involve small tools and craft materials.
• Guests should follow instructor guidance during workshop practice.
• Guests with accessibility needs or mobility limitations should inform us in advance.
• Museum exhibits, demonstrations, workshop steps, and activity order may change due to museum operation or instructor arrangement.
• Hotel pickup, transportation, meals, drinks, extra souvenirs, and personal expenses are not included.
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📍 Meeting Point
• Meeting point: Jingtai Subway Station, Exit B.
• Subway line: Beijing Subway Line 14.
• Chinese meeting point: Beijing Metro Line 14, Jingtai Station, Exit B.
• The museum is about a 5-minute walk from the meeting point.
• Please meet your guide at the confirmed subway exit.
• Do not go directly into the museum unless instructed in the final confirmation.
• Hotel pickup and drop-off are not included.
• Guests return independently after the experience.
• Final meeting details, guide contact, and start-time confirmation will be sent one day before the experience.










