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20:00 · 08 Feb
01A seven-course banquet at the Imperial Dongbeilou
Eight travellers, eight courses, the room reserved at dusk. Red envelopes distributed by the proprietress herself.
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◦ A one-night departure · 09 Feb 2027The Wall,
The Wall,
at midnight.
A single departure, on the single night of the year a section of Jinshanling closes for us. You fly YYZ on 06 February. You are home by 13 February. You are never the same again.
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◦ A timeline, in five movements
What you actually do between
dinner and sunrise.
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22:30 · 08 Feb
02Private motorcoach to Jinshanling, through sleeping Beijing
A hot gaiwan for the road. Down duvets. We leave the city as the last of the fireworks begin.
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00:00 · 09 Feb
03The Year turns — on an empty Wall
Our section is closed. The keeper lights the first lantern at the Tower of the North Wind. Yours is the second.
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00:15 · 09 Feb
04A warm-wine toast at Watchtower XIII
Heated mulled huangjiu, jiaozi steamed on brick. Our guide, Mei Chen, reads a 1962 letter from her grandmother.
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04:00 · 09 Feb
05Dawn light; a photographer on hand; then bed
The Wall at first light is ours alone for forty minutes. Our photographer captures your portrait unobserved.
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A single departure
There is no other date. We run this once a year.
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14 seats — then closed
We cap at fourteen. We do not take a fifteenth.
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The Wall, closed to others
Our section of Jinshanling is ours alone from 23:30 to 01:00.
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Done by 13 Feb
You fly home the week after. One missed Monday. One priceless night.
◦ Three ways to sit at the table
Pick a seat, write your name.
Prices are in CAD and include everything you will see, eat, ride and sleep in — from the car that collects you on King Street to the car that drops you home. Deposit of 20% holds a seat.
№ 01 / 144 of 14 seats
Private room · solo
Single traveller
Admit
CA$ 5,890
/ one seat
Valid
09 Feb
2027
09 Feb
2027
- ◦Own room at the Imperial Dongbeilou01
- ◦Private Toronto airport transfer02
- ◦The midnight ceremony, of course03
- ◦Dawn-light portrait — framed print04
- ◦All domestic flights from PEK05
20% deposit · full refund until 01 Nov '26
№ 02 / 14Recommended
Double room · twin or king
CoupleA couple
Admit
CA$ 10,890
/ for two
Valid
09 Feb
2027
09 Feb
2027
- ◦King-bed suite at the Dongbeilou01
- ◦Two matching tangzhuang jackets02
- ◦Red-envelope pairing at dinner03
- ◦A private Wall tower at midnight04
- ◦Return transfer to YYZ05
20% deposit · full refund until 01 Nov '26
№ 03 / 142 families only
Two adjoining suites
Family of four
Admit
CA$ 18,480
/ for four
Valid
09 Feb
2027
09 Feb
2027
- ◦Two adjoining family suites01
- ◦Children's red-envelope ceremony02
- ◦Kid-size duvet for the Wall03
- ◦Separate family-only banquet hall04
- ◦All-ages-friendly dawn programme05
20% deposit · full refund until 01 Nov '26
◦ From last year's attendees
“We flew home on a Monday and told absolutely no one at the office where we had been. It felt like we would ruin it by saying it out loud.”
— Priya & James · Toronto · Lunar NY '26 cohort
◦ Doors close when 14 is 14