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Traditional Culture Education

Discover the riches of Cantonese culture with authentic experiences that connect you with local traditions, history, and people. We provide opportunities for visitors and the local community to revitalize and perpetuate cultural heritage. ​

Blue Tile Talks
Cangdong Talks

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Experts and practitioners share their wisdom in monthly lectures, performances and exhibitions on art, architecture, music, film, history, antiques, archeology, stories of overseas Chinese, and more.

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Traditional Chinese Arts

Folk artisans offer opportunities to see, hear, touch, and  learn. . .

Calligraphy

Painting

Paper-cutting

Brush-making

Guqin and bamboo lute

Chinese song and poetry

Tea culture

Herbal culture

Food culture

Explore Village Culture

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Enhance your experience by visiting the Cangdong Project in the Kaiping countryside, approximately 45 minutes from Blue Tile Heritage Center. Spanning nearly 300-mu or 50 acres, it includes the 700 year-old village, surrounding hills, community museums, and family kitchen.

 

Cangdong is known for high-quality local products, such as organic rice, herbal chicken, Traditional Chinese Medicine ingredients, rural crafts, and organic farm cuisine prepared from the same day's harvest. In the Cangdong community vegetable garden, visitors may experience time-honored ecological practices and environmental education.

Hands-On Workshops

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine cuisine

  • Cantonese cooking class

  • Architectural craftsmanship 

  • Lunar calendar folk customs and festivals

  • Lion dance and drum culture

  • Traditional craft-making

  • Clay carving

  • Traditional village games

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Nature and Heritage Walks

  • City and country walking tours

  • Cangdong herbal trail

  • Edible wild plants trail

  • Cantonese village fengshui and architectural trail

  • Seasonal farming culture experience

Touch the soil where our ancestors once walked
Hear the echoes of their stories
Feel the beating heart of our homeland 🤎
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