JEWISH RENAISSANCE CHINA TOUR
18 October – 1 November 2009
The JR 2007 tour
to China was incredibly successful. We saw some of the most
wondrous sites of China and delved into the country's diverse Jewish connections
- from meeting the descendents of the Jews of Kaifeng to seeing a collection
of mementos of the once 20,000 strong Jewish community of Harbin, to strolling
around the former Ghetto of Shanghai. As in all JR tours, the group got
on marvellously together and many friendships were made.
The 2009 tour will be even better as we are able to draw on the previous tour's experience. This time the trip will have the benefit of the participation of the world authority on the Jews of China, brilliant lecturer and charming company, Professor Xu Xin of Nanjing University.
An optional extension to include a cruise on the Yangtse River is planned.
JR October 2007 group with guide Shi Lei, Dr
Zhang Qianhong, Dean of History and Culture, lecturer Deqing Zang and
Jewish Studies students at Henan University
Booking
Email: info@jewishrenaissance.org.uk if you are interested in joining us.
Provisional Itinerary
(Photos from JR Tour October 2007)
Day 1: morning arrival in Beijing, China's capital. Programme of the day includes the Lama Temple and Temple of Heaven. Dinner at a Lake of Ten Monasteries restaurant.
Day 2: Visit Tian-an-men square and the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall. Dinner at Dini's a superb kosher restaurant.
Day 3: Visit White Cloud Daoist Temple, trip to Chuandixia
Village. Evening Peking Opera performance.
Day 4: Trip to Tianjin and visit the Shi Family Courtyard/folklore
museum. Back to Beijing.
Day 5: Hutong tour (including Prince Gong's Residence),
flight Beijing/Harbin, visit the Jewish Cemetery.
Day 6: Visit Central Street, Jewish architectures (former
sites of Jewish Day School and Synagogue, etc); boat trip to Sun Island.
Day 7: Harbin Jewish Exhibit, Flight Harbin/Xi'an.
Day 8: Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Great Wild Goose Pagoda
Monastery, walking around downtown Xi'an and the Muslim market.
Day 9: Xi'an City Wall, Terracotta warriors' museum,
vegetarian dinner followed by Tang Dynasty show.
Day 10: Arrival in Kaifeng: Temple of the Chief Minister,
the Iron Pagoda, the Fan Pagoda, in the evening visit Kaifeng night market.
Day 11: Riverside Park (exhibit on Kaifeng Jewry), Kaifeng
Museum, Guild Hall, visit site of the old synagogue and the Jewish lanes.
Meeting with Students of Jewish Studies. Meet and dine with Kaifeng Jewish
descendents.
Day 12: Coach Kaifeng/Zhengzhou, visit Henan Provincial
Museum, flight Zhengzhou/Shanghai
Day 13: Yu Garden, Chinatown, Jade Budhhda Temple, Children's
Palace, evening boat ride along the Bund.
Day 14: Visit the Jewish ghetto, Ohel Moishe Synagogue,
former French/Intl Concessions, Shanghai Museum. Evening Acrobatic Show.
Evening departure to Beijing for those flying from Beijing
Day 15: Morning departure from Shanghai or Beijing.
Cost
To be advised in November but likely to be under £2,500 inclusive of flights to China.
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