Tai Chi + Living Culture
A 12-Day Tai Chi & Cultural Journey
Train, explore, and experience Chinese martial arts, history, and culture at their source.
More Than a Tour
This journey brings together the places, people, and traditions that make China extraordinary. Walk the Great Wall, explore the Forbidden City, train with respected teachers, experience Chinese painting and Gongfu tea, and connect with local martial artists.
This is not simply a sightseeing trip. It is an opportunity to experience China through practice, people, food, craft, and place.
Why This Journey Is Different
Practise Qigong and Tai Chi with experienced masters in Beijing and Zhangzhou.
Enter tea, painting, music, medicine, puppetry, and martial arts through guided experiences.
Enough space to converse, practise, and discover together as part of the Dao Universe community.
Stay in four-star hotels, travel together, and explore with English-speaking guides.
Two Chapters, One China
Chapter I · Days 1–6
Begin with movement, history, and the broad scale of China's capital.
Chapter II · Days 7–14
Move south for close-up cultural exchange and deeper workshop practice.
Experience & Practice
Learn and practise Hun Yuan Chen Style, Yang Style forms, and Qigong with experienced teachers including Grandmaster Xiang Chen, Grandmaster Jia Jian Xing, and Master Jianfeng Chen.
Explore whole-body coordination and integrated movement.
Work with 8-, 24-, and 48-form sequences throughout the journey.
Develop breath, posture, attention, and relaxed power.
Living Culture, Practised Together
Step inside living Chinese traditions through guided experiences created for the Dao Universe community.
Encounter the meditative sound world of China’s ancient zither.
Discover precision, hospitality, and flavour in a shared tea session.
Meet Fujian’s vivid traditional glove-puppet theatre.
Explore the language of brush, ink, space, and suggestion.
Experience the creative process through guided practice.
Gain an introduction to traditional approaches, including cupping.
*Some Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments or experiences may be optional and require an additional fee.
Choose Your Journey
Choose the full 14-day journey, Beijing only, or the Fujian experience. Reserve your place today with the deposit for your selected package.
14 Days · Beijing + Fujian
6 Days · Beijing
8 Days · Fujian
Package prices are listed per person in US dollars. Double and family pricing shown above is per person. International flights and personal expenses are not included.
Plan With Confidence
The essential details are coordinated so you can focus on the experience, the practice, and the journey.
Four-star accommodations in Beijing and Zhangzhou, or comparable four-star hotels.
All in-country transportation and scheduled transfers. Package A also includes the interior flight from Beijing to Xiamen.
Daily breakfast and most lunches, plus additional dinners where specified in the itinerary.
Tai Chi, Qigong, martial arts exchange, and scheduled workshops. The $500 Zhangzhou Workshop Education Fee is included in Packages A and C.
Listed cultural experiences including tea, painting, music, puppetry, martial arts, and other guided traditions.
English-speaking guides for major Beijing and Fujian tours, plus coordinated group logistics throughout the experience.
Your Journey
March 20–April 2, 2027
14 days of movement, iconic places, martial arts exchange, workshops, and living Chinese culture.
Movement, imperial landmarks, historic neighbourhoods, and the scale of China's capital.
Welcome, settle in, and prepare for the journey ahead.
Begin with breath, structure, and integrated movement.
Walk one of China's defining landmarks and visit modern Olympic Beijing.
Imperial architecture, civic scale, and classical gardens.
Move from ceremonial Beijing into its historic neighbourhood lanes.
Rest, revisit a favourite place, or explore at your own pace.
Martial arts exchange, workshops, local traditions, coastal culture, and Fujian's remarkable Tulou.
Travel south and begin the Fujian chapter with a night-market visit.
Train, share, and connect through martial arts.
Explore historic Zhangzhou and experience traditional glove-puppet theatre.
Visit Quanzhou Southern Shaolin Temple and experience Five Ancestors Fist training.
Qigong, Yang Style, calligraphy, tea, painting, and Chinese medicine.
Continue with 24-form and 48-form Yang Style practice.
Discover the coastal city and its distinctive atmosphere.
Visit the region's remarkable earthen communal homes.
Departure via Xiamen is currently planned for April 3. Itinerary details are subject to slight changes as local arrangements are finalised.
Stay & Travel in Comfort
Stay in comfortable four-star accommodations throughout the journey, including Sunworld Hotel Wangfujing in Beijing and Xiangjiang Hotel in Zhangzhou, or comparable four-star hotels.
Each stay is selected to give the group a dependable, comfortable base while keeping you close to the experiences, training, and places that make up the journey.
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Your Host
Dao Universe
Master Jianfeng Chen is a Tai Chi teacher and the host of the Dao Universe China Experience 2027, bringing students together for an immersive journey through practice, culture, and meaningful exchange.
Throughout the experience, Master Chen will guide participants through Tai Chi practice and workshops while creating opportunities to learn alongside experienced masters and local martial arts communities in Beijing and Fujian.
The journey reflects the spirit of Dao Universe: not simply observing these traditions from the outside, but experiencing them through movement, shared practice, conversation, and connection with the people and places that keep them alive.
Choose Your Journey
Choose the full 14-day journey, Beijing only, or the Fujian experience. Reserve your place today with the deposit for your selected package.
14 Days · Beijing + Fujian
6 Days · Beijing
8 Days · Fujian
Package prices are listed per person in US dollars. Double and family pricing shown above is per person. International flights and personal expenses are not included.
Travel With Confidence
March 20–April 2, 2027. Departure via Xiamen on April 3.
Comfortable four-star hotels in Beijing and Zhangzhou.
International airfare is not included in the package price.
A valid passport is required. Visa requirements depend on nationality.
Expect moderate walking, stairs, sightseeing, and optional training.
Breakfast and most lunches are included as specified in the itinerary.
Major tours are conducted in English, with translation where needed.
Small adjustments may be made as local arrangements are finalized.
Questions
Helpful details to make planning your China experience a little easier.
Included meals are pre-arranged for the group, such as hotel breakfasts or scheduled lunches and dinners. If you prefer a different meal outside the included option, it will be at your own expense.
Simple food modifications may be requested, but cannot be guaranteed. Local businesses may not always be able to accommodate specific allergies.
Any additional arrangements or costs are the participant’s responsibility, and participants are responsible for managing their own allergy-related needs and risks.
Major tours will be conducted in English, with some Mandarin Chinese support. Translation from Mandarin to English will also be provided for selected cultural experiences, training sessions, and interactions with local masters and martial arts groups.
A basic level of cardiovascular fitness and mobility is recommended. Some sightseeing days may include approximately 3–4 miles of walking, stairs, and uneven surfaces.
The Great Wall includes cobblestones and large stone steps, although some areas offer cable cars or chair lifts. Training and workshops should always be modified to suit your individual abilities.
You may choose not to participate in a scheduled activity, but any alternative arrangements, expenses, and associated risks are your responsibility.
There are no discounts or refunds for itinerary activities you choose not to attend.
It is helpful to carry some local currency (RMB), since some businesses may not accept credit cards.
WeChat is also widely used in China and may allow you to link a credit card for payments. Participants should research and choose the payment methods that work best for them.
Single-room pricing is for one participant occupying a room alone.
Shared-room pricing means you will share a double room with another participant. Roommate preferences may be submitted through the registration form after payment.
Family pricing allows family members to room together.
Yes. Suggested gratuities are approximately $100–$150 USD or more if you choose, for master trainers, tour bus operators, translators, and performers.
You may also wish to tip hotel concierge staff if you use their services.
No. There are no additional child or senior discounts. Pricing is based on the rates listed for each experience package.
Yes. You need a valid passport with more than six months remaining before expiration.
Visa requirements depend on the nationality of your passport, so please check with your local Chinese embassy or consulate. Additional entry forms, such as an arrival card, may also be required.
Visa applications should generally be started at least three months in advance. If your application requires a Letter of Invitation, one will be provided.
Passport, visa, entry application, and related fees are the responsibility of each participant.
Dao Universe China Experience 2027
Spend 14 days training, learning, exploring, and experiencing Chinese traditions where they live — from Tai Chi and Qigong practice to martial arts exchange, tea, art, historic landmarks, and everyday moments shared along the way.
March 20–April 2, 2027
Choose the Dao Universe experience that fits you and reserve your place with your package deposit.
Choose Your Experience
Get started today before this once in a lifetime opportunity expires.
