Reschedule & Cancellation:

Your ticket can be refunded (minus a 4% processing fee charged by the booking platform) or rescheduled for free if cancelled more than 72 hours before the event. Any cancellation within 72 hours of the event cannot be changed or refunded, but you can transfer the ticket to others.

The walk will take place with snow, shine or pollution. But if bad weather really makes the walk impossible we will call you on the day of the tour to let you know it’s been cancelled and reschedule.

We suggest each team of 3-5 people, if you sign up individually, we will help you to set up teams on the day!

The Search for the Soul of Chinese New Year

What is the Chinese New Year about beyond Jiaozi making?

In an essay called Beijings New Year Lao She describes the new year’s celebrations he knew when he was a kid: the ghosts, the toys, the special porridge and all the other things that were only seen this one time a year. That has inspired us to create a special New Year Edition of our Hutong Scavenger Hunt.

You will as always visit locals of our neighborhood while navigating through the multi-layered history of Beijing. But in this edition you will be challenged with some old festival customs and traditional games.

You don’t need to have a lot of prior knowledge of Chinese history or Chinese language skills to take part, but the clock will be ticking as you desperately try to make sense of it all...