4000Page 2009 China Canada Ceramic Exchange Program Itinerary

Day one	Arrive in Shanghai, Hotel downtown, rest and recovery from jet lag.
Two	Visit Shanghai Museum, Old Port of Shanghai, (the Pudong), and gallery area.
Three	Fly to Kunming (Yunan), Hotel downtown Kunming, visit craft museum and local market. Dinner with local style cuisine.
Four	Private bus to Lijaing, to visit the most unique old Naxi people living area. Stopping at textile and silver making villages.
Five	Touring surrounding area around Lijaing. Visit old temple and papermaking and pottery village.
Six	Private bus to Zhongdain , stay in Tibetan style hotel and enjoy Tibetan cuisine.
Seven	Visit one of the most important Tibetan pottery villages, Naxi workshops and demonstrations by Tibetan master potters.
Eight	Visit Tibet Monasteries and local villages.
Nine	Bus to Dali stopping at pottery and tile making villages.
Ten	Day trip to Weishang to visit one of the most important Buddha temples and local tie dye markets.
11	Bus back to Kunming airport and fly to Guiyan, the capital of Guizhou.
12	One day visit to Guizhou Museum, and local attractions.
13	Bus trip to Kaili where most of the Miao and other ethnic people are living. Hotel in Kaili..
14	Bus to Danzai, a 500 year old paper making village.
15	Bus trip to Leishang with traditional silver and pottery making villages.
16	Visit local textile market, bus back to Guiyang.
17	Fly to Nanchang and bus to Jingdezhen.
18 - 26	Exhibition and symposium, workshops and studio experience at Sanbao Ceramic Working Village. Touring porcelain studios and factory villages and old kiln sites around Jingdezhen. Exhibition opening party with traditional Beijing opera performance at Sanbao. Lectures and workshops by international artists and local masters.
26	Fly back to Shanghai, Hotel in downtown Shanghai
27	Shopping and wandering around Shanghai, Farwell party with Shanghai style cuisine.

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